Center Symposium Presents Renowned Holocaust Scholar Prof. Michael Berenbaum on Anti-Semitism: Long Histories, Present Dangers (Sun., July 18)
 The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies invites the public to an online presentation by Prof. Michael Berenbaum, the director of the Sigi Ziering Institute and professor of Jewish Studies at American Jewish University, Los Angeles. Berenbaum, an internationally renowned and hugely-infuential Holocaust scholar, will tackle one of the most pressing issues of our day, speaking on "Anti-Judaism and Anti-Semitism: Long Histories, Present Dangers." His lecture will take place on Sun., July 18, from 12:30 - 2:00 pm EST. The event is part of the 19th Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Summer Symposium organized and hosted by Appalachian State University’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies. The presentation is free and open to the public. To register for this lecture, please click here. A Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Sigi Zieirng Institute at American Jewish University in LA, Michael Berenbaum served as the Project Director overseeing the creation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and first director of its Research Institute. He was also President of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. The author and editor of 22 books, he was also Managing Editor of the second edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica, 22 voluments 16 million words more than 25,000 contributions to scholarship. His work in the Media has been recognized with Emmy Awards and Academy Awards. He has developed Museums and Museum exhibits in a half dozen cities in the United States as well as in Mexico and Poland, most recently the much-acclaimed "Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away" exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. For more information about the talk or the symposium, please contact the Center at 828.262.2311 or holocaust@appstate.edu. |