Bruce Hoffman: “How October 7 Changed Everything: Lessons from Terrorism for Counterterrorism”
2023-11-30 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | 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.

David Hirsh: "Does Antizionism Create a Hostile Environment on Campus for Jews?”
2023-12-06 16:00 - 17:30 UTC | 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.

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

Lecture by Aaron David Miller: "Gulliver’s Troubles: America in the Middle East"
2024-03-20 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | 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.

Office hours with researchers from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)
2024-03-25 14:30 - 17:00 UTC | 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.)

2024 Bishop Lecture: The Robison Hebrew Manuscript Collection: 50 Yemenite Treasures in Our Midst
2024-04-02 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | 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.

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

Teach-in with Rutgers faculty
2024-12-03 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
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Talk with Dr. Miriam Elman, Executive Director of Academic Engagement Network (AEN): Asessing the Post-October 7 Campus Landscape
2024-12-04 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Dr. Elman will speak with JFAS about the conditions impacting Jewish and openly Zionist students and faculty on U.S. campuses after October 7. She will identify current trends and the work of the Academic Engagement Network (AEN) in supporting faculty nationwide and its efforts to address antisemitism and anti-Israel bias on U.S. campuses.
Miriam F. Elman has served since 2019 as Executive Director of the Academic Engagement Network (AEN), an educational nonprofit that builds nationwide networks of university faculty and administrators to counter antisemitism and advance the academy’s principles of open inquiry and free expression.
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Teach in: The Rising Threat of Academic Boycotts with Netta Barak-Corren and Ronald R. Krebs
2024-12-05 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Since October 7, Israeli researchers and faculty have felt the chilling effects of a flourishing global boycott movement. In a shift that’s taken hold at high levels of American academia, Israeli scholars and universities have been barred from conferences, squeezed out of research grants, and cut out of collaboration with colleagues around the world.
Is there a way out of this mess? Join us for a SAPIR virtual event on Thursday, December 5 at 1:00 PM ET as SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens interviews Netta Barak-Corren, the Haim H. Cohn Chair in Human Rights Law at the Hebrew University’s School of Law and Ronald R. Krebs, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and a professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. They’ll discuss the dangerous normalization of academic boycotts and which forces in the American University are fighting back.
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JFAS General Meeting
2024-12-18 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Join us for our final general meeting of the fall semester next Wed, Dec 18th. We’ll discuss the outcome of the faculty union vote and other issues on your minds.
Please mark your calendars!
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Title VI "Know Your Rights" Webinar
2024-12-19 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
In addition, we want to inform you about an important upcoming webinar hosted by AEN, ADL, and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The session, titled “Title VI: Know Your Rights,” will take place next Thursday, December 19, at 12:00 PM ET.
Description from AEN:
As we continue to observe an alarming rise in antisemitism on college campuses, it is important to know your rights as a faculty member. What should you do when you or someone you know faces antisemitism on campus? What role does the U.S. Department of Education have in safeguarding the campus community? What is Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and how does it protect you?
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