JFAS

Arab-Israeli Journalist Lucy Aharish
2024-04-02 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | Academic Building Room 2160, 15 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
About Lucy Aharish

First Arab to present the news on mainstream Israeli TV
Israeli news presenter, reporter, and television host on Israel’s Channel 2
Prime-time manager, anchorwoman, and present of the evening edition of i24news and host of a morning news show on Israeli channel 2
Winner of the OMETZ (courage) award for her fight against racism in Israeli Society

2024 Bishop Lecture: The Robison Hebrew Manuscript Collection: 50 Yemenite Treasures in Our Midst
2024-04-02 16:00 - 17:00 | Alexander Library
Gary Rendsburg will deliver the Bishop Lecture, “The Robinson Hebrew Manuscript Collection: 50 Yemenite Treasures in Our Midst.” While not officially a JFAS event, we are thrilled that Gary has been asked to deliver this prestigious lecture. In person at Alexander Library.
A calendar invitation can be downloaded from https://libcal.rutgers.edu/event/12100082.
Rutgers Distinguished Professor Gary A. Rendsburg will deliver the 35th annual Louis Faugères Bishop III Lecture, entitled “The Robison Hebrew Manuscript Collection: 50 Yemenite Treasures in Our Midst,” on Tuesday, April 2, at 4:00 p.m., at Alexander Library.
Gary Rendsburg holds the Blanche and Irving Laurie Chair in Jewish History at Rutgers University, with appointments in both the Department of History and the Department of Jewish Studies. He is the author of seven books and over 200 articles; his most recent book is How the Bible Is Written (2019).
Alexander Library Teleconference/Lecture Hall – TLH (4th floor)
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.

Office hours with researchers from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)
2024-03-25 14:30 - 17:00 | Rutgers Hillel, 70 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
(drop by when you can): Office hours with researchers from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), a group that gathers data to expose political extremism on both the right and the left, as well as other troubling sociocultural phenomena. More information is at https://networkcontagion.us/. NCRI is working to gather information on antisemitism and is looking to speak with Rutgers faculty and staff about their experiences. The office hours will be held at Rutgers Hillel, 70 College Ave. in New Brunswick. (If you can’t attend, you can contact the NCRI for a 1:1 appointment at another time.)

Lecture by Aaron David Miller: "Gulliver’s Troubles: America in the Middle East"
2024-03-20 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual talk
March 20, 4:00 p.m. on Zoom: Lecture by Aaron David Miller (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace): “Gulliver’s Troubles: America in the Middle East.” A Zoom link will be forthcoming.

JFAS meeting with Juli Wade, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick
2024-02-07 16:30 - 17:30 | Virtual talk
February 7, 2024, 4:30 p.m. via Zoom. Email rutgers.jfas@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

David Hirsh: "Does Antizionism Create a Hostile Environment on Campus for Jews?”
2023-12-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual talk
David Hirsh is a senior lecturer in sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London; and academic cirector and CEO of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.

Bruce Hoffman: “How October 7 Changed Everything: Lessons from Terrorism for Counterterrorism”
2023-11-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Rutgers Academic Building, 15 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, 08901, United States
Bruce Hoffman (Georgetown University and the Council on Foreign Relations) has been studying terrorism and insurgency for almost half a century. He is the Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. David senior fellow for counterterrorism and homeland security at the Council on Foreign Relations and a tenured professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Professor Hoffman has written several books about terrorism including the classic Inside Terrorism and, with Jacob Ware, God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terorrism in America.
Rutgers Academic Building, Room 2400
Watch the recorded presentation and read an article about the talk from JewishLink.
