At 3:00pm at the Dave and Mary Alper JCC: The Art of Dubi Arie The Mission: Under the Wings of God and the Shadow of Amalek Opening Reception. The artist will be present and will be interviewed by Dr. Haim Shaked.
  The centerpiece of this amazing exhibit is the seven panels of the 19’ x 7’ long The Mission, which vibrantly illuminate 4,000 years of Jewish history. Having taken twenty years from inception to completion, The Mission radiates with brilliant color and imagery and icons of the Jewish odyssey through the ages. Explanatory texts illuminate each of its panels. With The Mission, Dubi Arie, Holocaust survivor, artist, Israeli soldier and farmer completed a dream that was conceived on June 7, 1967 - the day Jerusalem was united during the Six Day War by Israeli paratroopers, thereby regaining control of the Western Wall. Also included in the exhibit are oils, lithographs and mixed media pieces (for sale). At the JCC 11155 SW 112th Avenue Miami, FL 33176. Telephone: (305) 271-9000.
  The exhibit runs through February 15, 2009. The opening reception is free.
  The opening will take place between a 1:00pm and a 5:00pm performance of A Jew Grows in Brooklyn in the Russell Theater. A Jew Grows in Brooklyn is a touching, poignant and hilarious new musical comedy about a family and a young boy's quest for the American Dream. The show has been playing to sold out audiences and standing ovations. Join the author/star Jake Ehrenreich as he takes you on a musical journey of his life: from his parents’ survival of the Holocaust, to stickball in Brooklyn, to his career in the Catskills and then onto Broadway! For tickets for the performance and show times call (888) 875-2955.

At 8:00 p.m. The Eighth Jack Chester Memorial Lecture by Dr. Jacob Neusner Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism. Senior Fellow, Institute of Advanced Theology - Bard College, NY on TIME FOR ISLAM: FROM DIALOGUE TO TRIALOGUE IN INTERFAITH RELATIONS. At the Miller Center Auditorium, 105 Merrick Building, 5202 University Drive, UM - Coral Gables. Cosponsored with the Department of Religion and The Dr. M. Lee Pearce Chair in Middle East Peace Studies. R.S.V.P. ccjs@miami.edu; Tel. 305-284-6882; Fax 305-284-5274

– Herbert D. Katz Memorial Lecture – Dr. Beth Wenger, Prof. of History, University of Pennsylvania on “The Jewish Americans – Three Centuries of Jewish Voices in America”. Dessert reception at 7:30. Lecture at 8:00. At the UM/Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. R.S.V.P. ccjs@miami.edu

Donor briefing with Profs. Haim Shaked and Elie Rekhess. Prof. Rekhess is an expert on Israel’s Arab population. By invitation only.

Lecture by Amb. Martin Indyk on his new book Innocent Abroad. Part of the 29th Annual Jewish Book Festival. At the Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center, 11155 SW 112th Ave., Miami at 7:30 pm. General Admission $10. Free with UM student ID.

“Tree of Paradise” exhibition opening night lecture by Edward Blieberg, Curator of Egyptian, Classical and Ancient Middle Eastern Art at the Brooklyn Museum. At the Lowe Museum, 1301 Stanford Dr., Coral Gables @ 7:30 pm.

Holocaust Education directed by Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff. Scott Miller of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will speak on “Refuge Denied – From the St. Louis Ship to the Bad Arolsen Archives”. At 7:30 p.m. at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables.

Film and talk by Mas'ood Cajee. The film Forgotten Resistance: The Paris Mosque (30 minutes) tells the story of how the Paris Mosque helped prevent hundreds of Jewish families and Resistance fighters from being deported to Nazi concentration camps.
  Mr. Cajee will discuss the film and lead a discussion about Muslim rescuers during the Holocaust of WWII. Mas’ood Cajee is a founding board member of the Muslim Peace Fellowship and former vice-chair of Fellowship of Reconciliation national council. He is currently practicing dentistry in Stockton, California, and is working on several books related to human rights, history, the Nazi genocide and Islamic themes.
  4:00–5:30pm, University of Miami Learning Center, Room 110. Cosponsored with MUSUM, The Muslim Students of the University of Miami. For more info, email MSofUM@gmail.com

Lecture by Dr. Mitchell G. Bard, author of “Myths and Facts” on his newly published Will Israel Survive? Books available for purchase and autographing. At 8:00 pm at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP ccjs@miami.edu

Seventh Annual Robert Russell Memorial Foundation lecture. Newly elected President of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Prof. Arnold Eisen. Topic “Commandment, Community and the Future of American Jewry”. 8:00 pm at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg.,5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP ccjs@miami.edu

Susannah Heschel, daughter of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Prof. of Judaic Studies at Dartmouth College. “Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity – Celebrating the Centennial of Abraham Joshua Heschel”. Co-sponsored by the Citizens Board of UM, Temple Judea and the American Jewish Committee. 8:00 pm at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg.,5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP ccjs@miami.edu

Guest speaker Dr. Mordechai (“Motti”) Aviam, Miller Center Visiting Fellow, as part of Dr. John Fitzgerald's Judaic Studies class REL 314/JUS 314: "The Rise of Judaism" on Galilee (I): Introduction to the Galilee: The Galileans Prior to the Hasmoneans and the Hasmonean Conquest.
  Dr. Aviam is the Director of the Institute for Galilean Archaeology as well as of the Galilee Research Center and Lecturer at the Ort Braude College in Karmiel, Israel. He is an accomplished archeologist and scholar. Slides of relevant archeological sites in the Galilee and will be shown during the presentation.
  The book Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Galilee: 25 Years of Archaeological Excavations and Surveys: Hellenistic Byzantine Periods (Land of Galilee) by Dr. Mordechai Aviam, University of Rochester Press, 2004, is available for purchase at the UM Bookstore or through online book sellers. 2:30-5 pm at the Miller Center Auditorium. RSVP to ccjs@miami.edu or 305-284-6882.

Dr. Menachem Kellner Prof. of Medieval Jewish History at Haifa University on “Maimonides in Jewish Thought”. At 12:00 pm at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. Lunch will be served. RSVP ccjs@miami.edu

Guest speaker Dr. Mordechai (“Motti”) Aviam, Miller Center Visiting Fellow, as part of Dr. John Fitzgerald's Judaic Studies class REL 314/JUS 314: "The Rise of Judaism" on Galilee (II): Jewish Life in the Galilee in the First Century CE and the Galilee during the First Jewish Revolt.
  Dr. Aviam is the Director of the Institute for Galilean Archaeology as well as of the Galilee Research Center and Lecturer at the Ort Braude College in Karmiel, Israel. He is an accomplished archeologist and scholar. Slides of relevant archeological sites in the Galilee and will be shown during the presentation.
  The book Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Galilee: 25 Years of Archaeological Excavations and Surveys: Hellenistic Byzantine Periods (Land of Galilee) by Dr. Mordechai Aviam, University of Rochester Press, 2004, is available for purchase at the UM Bookstore or through online book sellers. 2:30-5 pm at the Miller Center Auditorium. RSVP to ccjs@miami.edu or 305-284-6882.

The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, cosponsored with the Department of Religious Studies invite you to attend a panel presentation on The Land of Israel as a Crossroads in Antiquity with Dr. Mordechai (“Motti”) Aviam and Dr. David Graf. Dr. Aviam is the director of the Institute for Galilean Archaeology as well as of the Galilee Research Center and lecturer at the Ort Braude College in Karmiel, Israel. Dr. Aviam is an accomplished archaeologist and scholar of the Galilee. He will be at UM as a Miller Center Visiting Fellow. Dr. David Graf is a professor in UM’s Department of Religious Studies and accomplished archaeologist and scholar. Specialist in the Nabataeans of Petra and their role in the international incense trade between Yemen and the Mediterranean via the Petra-Gaza route across Israel. Recently a Lady Davis Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University and presently a Fellow at the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Dr. Aviam and Dr. Graf will concentrate on the Galilee and on the Negev, respectively. RRSVP ccjs@miami.edu; Tel. 305-284-6882 Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. At 8:00 pm at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables.

Guest speaker Dr. Mordechai (“Motti”) Aviam, Miller Center Visiting Fellow, as part of Dr. John Fitzgerald's Judaic Studies class REL 314/JUS 314: "The Rise of Judaism" on Galilee (III): The Galilee During the Time of the Mishnah and the Talmud.
  Dr. Aviam is the Director of the Institute for Galilean Archaeology as well as of the Galilee Research Center and Lecturer at the Ort Braude College in Karmiel, Israel. He is an accomplished archeologist and scholar. Slides of relevant archeological sites in the Galilee and will be shown during the presentation.
  The book Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Galilee: 25 Years of Archaeological Excavations and Surveys: Hellenistic Byzantine Periods (Land of Galilee) by Dr. Mordechai Aviam, University of Rochester Press, 2004, is available for purchase at the UM Bookstore or through online book sellers. 2:30-5 pm at the Learning Center, Room 190. RSVP to ccjs@miami.edu or 305-284-6882.

Natalie Zemon Davis, Professor Emeritus of History, Princeton University and Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto, on “Jews, Africans and Philosophes”. At the Miller Center at 5:00p.m. Sponsored by the Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures and the Dept. of History.

A special briefing at 8pm on CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: BEYOND THE HEADLINES, Featuring Yaakov Katz, Military Correspondent and Defense Analyst for The Jerusalem Post at the Miller Center Auditorium. University of Miami, 5202 University Drive, Merrick Building 105, Coral Gables. RSVP: ccjs@miami.edu; Tel. 305-284-6882. Cosponsored with JCRC and UM Hillel.

The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies; The ADL; JCRC; ACJ; and ICCAS invite you to attend a lecture a panel presentation on “The Influence of Iran in Latin America: The Venezuelan and Cuban Connection. Guest Speakers will be Carlos Alberto Montaner, renowned journalist and frequent contributor to El Nuevo Herald, Dr. Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director for research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and author of Eternal Iran: Continuity and Chaos, and Dr. Jose Azel, Senior research associate at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at UM. The presentation will be moderated by Dr. Jaime Suchlicki, Professor and Director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at UM. At 7:30pm in the Bill Cosford Cinema, University of Miami, Memorial Building 2nd Floor Please RSVP by March 12th to rsvpflorida@adl.org or 561-988-2916.

Exhibit on The Jews of Cuba with text by Visiting Prof. Ruth Behar and photographs by Humberto Mayol. Co-sponsored with the School of Communication, the Dept. of Art and Art History and the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. At the Wesley Gallery, 1210 Stanford Dr. on the UM campus. Gallery hours: Tues., Wed., Fri. and Sat. from 12-4pm. Thurs. 12-7pm. Closed Sunday and Monday.

The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies; The Taplin Middle East Peace Project; The Dr. M. Lee Pearce Chair in Middle East Peace Studies; Hillel, University of Miami; Muslim Students of UM (MSofUM) and Organization of Arab Students Instituting Solidarity (OASIS) invite you to attend a panel presentation by Dr. Gershon Baskin and Hanna Siniora on Paving the Road for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. Dr. Gershon is the Israeli founder and co-director of the Israel/Palestinian Center for Research and Information (IPCRI), a joint Israeli-Palestinian public policy think-tank. Author of The Future of Jerusalem; How to Conduct Business in the Palestinian Territories; The Future of the Israeli Settlements in Final Status Negotiations, and more. Hanna Siniora is a Palestinian peace activist. Co-director of the Israeli-Palestinian Center for Research and Information (IPCRI). He has been a member of the Palestinian National Council since 1990. His career includes editing and publishing the Palestinian daily Arabic Newspaper Al Fajr and The Jerusalem Times. At 12:00 pm in the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Building, 5202 University Drive, UM - Coral Gables. R.S.V.P. ccjs@miami.edu; Tel. 305-284-6882; Fax 305-284-5274. Free and open to the public. Please bring your own lunch. Refreshments will be served.

Opening event with lecture by Ruth Behar on her recently published book An Island Called Home, about the Jews of Cuba. With the possible participation of Humberto Mayol (if a visa is secured). At 8:00pm at the Wesley Gallery, 1210 Stanford Dr. on the UM campus. RSVP ccjs@miami.edu

“The Accomplices” co-produced with the GableStage The eminent Rabbi Stephen Wise is confronted by an obnoxious young foreigner. The young man, who goes by the name of Peter Bergson, is frustrated by the unwillingness of the most influential American Jew of his era to use his power to speak up to save European Jews slated for death by Hitler’s Nazis. At the GableStage Theatre in the Biltmore Hotel. 1200 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables. 8:00 pm. Sponsored by the Futernick Family Foundation. Ticket sales through the Miller Center by Mar/08.

“The Accomplices” co-produced with the GableStage The eminent Rabbi Stephen Wise is confronted by an obnoxious young foreigner. The young man, who goes by the name of Peter Bergson, is frustrated by the unwillingness of the most influential American Jew of his era to use his power to speak up to save European Jews slated for death by Hitler’s Nazis. At the GableStage Theatre in the Biltmore Hotel. 1200 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables. 8:00 pm. Sponsored by the Lapciuc Family. Ticket sales through the Miller Center by Mar/08.

Lecture by Prof. Gabi Weiman on “Terrorism in Cyber Space” Dessert reception at 7:30pm. Lecture at 8:00pm. At the UM/Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. RSVP: ccjs@miami.edu

“The Land of Israel: Topography " taught by Prof. Mordechai (Motti) Aviam as part of Prof. John Fitzgerald’s course on The Rise of Judaism. Dr. Aviam is a distinguished archeologist who specializes in the Galilee region. Prof. Fitzgerald has kindly given his permission for auditors. 2:30-5:00 pm at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Building, UM Coral Gables Campus. RSVP: ccjs@miami.edu

Conference on Jewish Geography, 10:00 am – 3:40 pm. In the Ibis Room at the James L. Knight Center, 400 SE Second Ave., Miami. Contact isheskin@miami.edu for more information.

Dr. Andrew Bostom on The Legacy of Anti-Semitism in Islam. This is part of the Dave and Mary Alper JCC’s 28th Annual Jewish Book Festival. $7 admission to benefit the JCC. Free with UM Cane ID. At the UM/Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. RSVP: ccjs@miami.edu

In the Ibis Room at the James L. Knight Center, 400 SE Second Ave., Miami. Contact isheskin@miami.edu for more information.

“Who Lived in the Galilee?” taught by Prof. Mordechai (Motti) Aviam as part of Prof. John Fitzgerald’s course on The Rise of Judaism. Dr. Aviam is a distinguished archeologist who specializes in the Galilee region. Prof. Fitzgerald has kindly given his permission for auditors. 2:30-5:00 pm at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Building, UM Coral Gables Campus. RSVP: ccjs@miami.edu

“The Pagan and Jewish Cities” taught by Prof. Mordechai (Motti) Aviam as part of Prof. John Fitzgerald’s course on The Rise of Judaism. Dr. Aviam is a distinguished archeologist who specializes in the Galilee region. Prof. Fitzgerald has kindly given his permission for auditors. 2:30-5:00 pm at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Building, UM Coral Gables Campus. RSVP: ccjs@miami.edu

The Soul of Gershwin: The Musical Journey of an American Klezmer at Parker Playhouse. The Miller Center is please to be a Strategic Partner with National Jewish Theater in offering you a 10% discount on tickets to a special show that is not entertaining but also culturally significant. Please use the password MUSIC to receive your discount. For more information, please log on to: www.soulofgershwin.com

Menachem Hofnung, Professor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem on "Judicial Rejection as Substantial Relief: The Israeli Supreme Court and the War on Terror?" at the Law School Faculty Seminar Room, 4th Floor Law School Library Building. 12:30pm, light lunch will be served. RSVP d.davis1@miami.edu

Robert Russell Memorial Lecture with Rabbi Irving Greenberg on “The Third Great Cycle of Jewish History: After Modernity, the Shoah and Israel, where are the Jewish people headed?” Dessert reception at 7:30. Lecture at 8:00. At the UM/Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. RSVP: ccjs@miami.edu

The Sixth Annual Jack Chester Lecture with Aaron Lansky, founder and President of the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. on "Outwitting History", At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

"Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945". A traveling exhibition of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum presented by the UM’s Richter Library and the Miller Center. At the Richter Library, UM campus.

Screening of "The Merchant of Venice" starring Al Pacino as Shylock. This is part of Prof. Jeffrey Shoulson’s class on "Jews, Turks and Moors in Early Modern English Literature". Q & A session will follow the screening. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Opening event for "Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945" exhibit. Screening of "Bent" at Whitten Learning Center followed by a dessert reception at the Richter Library. 8:00 – 11:00 p.m.

Prof. Patricia Crone of the School of Historical Studies at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study on "The Medieval and Modern interpretation of the Koranic verse 'There is no compulsion in religion'". At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 3:30-5:00p.m.

"Encounter Point", an award winning documentary about Israeli and Palestinian peacemakers. Co-sponsored with the School of Communications At the Cosford Theatre. 7:00 p.m.

David L. Phillips, Executive Director of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity on "From Bullets to Ballots: Is Democracy the Antidote to Violent Muslim Movements?" Co-sponsored with the MAIA Program (Master of Arts in International Administration). At the Miller Center, 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Michael Oren on his just-published Power, Faith and Fantasy:America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present. Fifteenth Annual Luria Family Lecture. Co-sponsored with UM’s Departments of History and Political Science, the George Feldenkreis Program in Judaic Studies and the American Studies Program. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Third Annual Posen Conference. By invitation only. At the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies.

"Teaching About the Holocaust". Presented by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and co-sponsored by the School of Education and the Miller Center at UM. For high school English and Social Studies teachers and by invitation only. At the Storer Auditorium, UM.

"Jewish Women in American Sport: Settlement House to the Olympics". The first of its kind documentary defying the stereotypes, capturing the historical legacy Jewish women have contributed in shaping American sport. From the 1880’s through the 20th century, Jewish women have played a vital role as athletes, administrators and activists, confronting ethnic and gender constraints in American society. Co-sponsored with the American Studies Program. Reception at 6:45, screening at 7:00, Q & A at 7:30. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 6:45 – 8:00 p.m.

"Golda’s Balcony" at the GableStage. Special performances for Friends of the Miller Center on April 19 at 8:00p.m. and April 24 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets on sale from the Miller Center at the discounted price of $25. At the Biltmore GableStage Theatre, 1200 Anastasia Ave. Coral Gables.

Michael Bar-Zohar on his autobiography of Shimon Peres. Co-sponsored with the 27th Annual Jewish Book Festival. At 8:00 pm at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP ccjs@miami.edu

The Twelfth Annual Taffy Gould Lecture with Dr. Tawfik Hamid on “The Roots of Jihad” – At 8:00 pm at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP ccjs@miami.edu

Showing of the film “The Abraham File” by Romanian-French-Israeli filmmaker, Abraham Ségal. The film deals with the importance of Abraham in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The Miller Center is co-sponsoring with the Office of Undergraduate Education, Department of Religious Studies and the School of Communication. At the Cosford Theatre on UM’s campus. 7:30 - 10:00. Light refreshments will be served.

Showing of the film “The Mystery of Paul” by Romanian-French-Israeli filmmaker, Abraham Ségal. The film deals with images of Paul the Apostle throughout the ages. The Miller Center is co-sponsoring with the Office of Undergraduate Education, Department of Religious Studies and the School of Communication. At the Cosford Theatre on UM’s campus. 7:30 - 10:00. Light refreshments will be served.

Lunch & Learn - Omer Bartov on his new book Erased, a study on the Holocaust in Ukraine. Bring your own lunch to the UM School of Law. 12:00 – 1:30.

Prof. Holocaust Memorial Lecture I – Bryan Mark Rigg. At Temple Emanu-El. 1701 Washington Ave. Miami Beach. 7:30 P.M.

“Address Unknown” at the GableStage, 12000 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables. Reception at 6:30. Performance at 7:45.

Ninth Annual Jewish Film Festival

“The Ritchie Boys” 6:00p.m. and “The Syrian Bride” 8:00 p.m. Part of the Ninth Annual Jewish Film Festival. At the Cosford Theatre on the UM campus on the second floor of the Memorial Bldg.

Prof. Deborah Lipstadt on History on Trial. Co-sponsored by the Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center. The First Annual Scheck Family Lecture. At the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, University of Miami, 5202 University Dr. At 8:00 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Holocaust Memorial of Miami Beach.

Fifth Annual Jack Chester Memorial Foundation Lecture: Prof. Fred A. Lazin The Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics: Israel versus the American Jewish Establishment. Comments by former refusnik, Rabbi Leonid Feldman and former Chairman of the Israel Emergency Fund, Norman H. Lipoff. Professor Lazin is the Lynn and Lloyd Hurst Family Professor of Local Government at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva. Part of the Dave and Mary Alper JCC’s Twenty-fifth Annual Miami Jewish Book Festival – At the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. 8:00 – 10:00 P.M.

Holocaust Memorial Lecture II - Prof. Harry Reicher. At the Shul of Bal Harbor, 9700 Collins Ave. Miami Beach. 7:30 P.M.

Dr. Walid Phares will lecture on his new book Future Jihad: Terrorists Strategies Against America. The book will be available for purchase and signing. Co-sponsored with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. At the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. 8:00 – 10:00 P.M.

Re-dedication by Dr. and Mrs. Phillip Frost of the frieze in honor of Dr. Janusc Korczak. By invitation only. At the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, University of Miami, 5202 University Dr. At 6:00 p.m.

“Blood and Tears” A critically acclaimed documentary on the Arab-Israeli conflict, exploring the emotions and issues on both sides. Co-sponsored with Shalom Miami at UM Hillel. At the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. 6:30 – 9:00 P.M. Supported by the Futernick Family Foundation. Dinner will be served.

Holocaust Memorial Lecture III – “We Want the Light”. Co-sponsored by Channel 2 at Temple Emanu-El, 1701 Washington Ave. Miami Beach. 7:30 P.M.

Posen Conference.

Prof. Khaleel Mohammed of San Diego State University on “Anti-Semitism in Islamist Thinking: The Islamist Interpretation of Islamic Sources”. Co-sponsored with the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. At the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, University of Miami, 5202 University Dr. At 8:00 p.m.

Donor Reception and Briefing with Dr. Haim Shaked. By invitation only. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 7:00 – 9:30 p.m.

“Adio Kerida” (“Goodbye Dear Love”) – A film by Ruth Behar about a Cuban-American woman’s search for her Sephardic roots in Cuba. Co-sponsored with the American Studies, Women and Gender Studies and Latin American Studies Inter-disciplinary Programs at UM. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 7:00 – 9:30 p.m.

Dr. Uzi Arad, Founder of the annual Herzliya Conference on Israel’s National Security and Resilience, on "The Aftermath of Lebanon - Israel’s National Security Revisited" Eleventh Annual Taffy Gould Lecture. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Twenty-Sixth Annual Jewish Book Festival

The Second Annual Ellie and Herb Katz/Meyerhoff Lecture. Dr. David Ruderman, Director of the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania on "Ghettoes – Are They Good for the Jews?" At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

"Among the Righteous" by Robert Satloff, Executive Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. At the Alper JCC, 11155 SW 112 Ave. 7:30 p.m. Part of the 26th Annual Jewish Book Festival. Dr. Introduction of the speaker by Prof. Haim Shaked.

Daniel Libeskind, world renowned architect and designer of the World Trade Center monument, will lecture on his autobiographical book, "Breaking Ground". 7:30 p.m. reception at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 8:00 – 9:30 p.m lecture at the School of Business Storer Auditorium. Part of the 26th Annual Jewish Book Festival. Introduction of the speaker by Dean Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk.

"The Auschwitz Album" is a unique exhibition of photos taken by German SS officers which was hidden and somehow survived the war. The photos represent one day in the systematic transport and murder of the Jewish people during the Holocaust. Presented by Yad Vashem and the Miller Center. Co-sponsored by UM’s Dept. of Art and Art History. At the Wesley Center, 1210 Stanford Dr. Gallery hours: Tues.-Sat.: 12-4pm; Thurs. until 7pm. Free and open to the public.

Reception for opening of the Auschwitz Album exhibit. Hosted by Irma and Norman Braman. Keynote address by Dr. Michael Berenbaum. Co-sponsored with Yad Vashem. At the Wesley Center, 1210 Merrick Dr. 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.

Kristallnacht Commemoration. At the Holocaust Memorial, 1933-1945 Meridian Avenue, Miami Beach. 6:00pm.

Lecture by Dr. Mordechai Aviam on “The Galilee that Jesus Walked” . At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Lecture by Dr. Gideon Greif on his recently published book about the Sonderkommando, We Wept Without Tears. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. Part of the 26th Annual Jewish Book Festival. Refreshments will be served. RSVP ccjs@miami.edu or (305) 284-6882. Admission: $7. Free with UM ID.

Screening of "The Grey Zone", A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkomando, Jews who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow Jews, find themselves in a moral grey zone. The director and screenwriter, Tim Blake Nelson, and the star, Harvey Keitel will join us for a question and answer session. At UM’s Cosford Cinema, 2nd Floor Memorial Bldg., Campo Sano Drive, Coral Gables. RSVP ccjs@miami.edu or (305) 284-6882. Seating is limited. Reception begins at 7pm; Screening at 7:30pm.

A Treasure in Auschwitz – A documentary. At the Shul of Bal Harbour, 9540 Collins Avenue, Sufside. Refreshments will be served. 7:30pm -9:00pm.

Dr. Eran Lerman, Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee’s Israel/Middle East Office on "The War in Lebanon – what can we learn about Israel, the region and the world?" Co-sponsored with S. Florida Region, AJC. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Sixth Annual Robert Russell Foundation Lecture with Rabbi Joseph Telushkin. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Prof. Robert Rockaway on Jewish gangsters. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus. 8:00 p.m.

Prof. Fred Lazin – Political Scientist at BGU (with ATJC) on "The Impact of Project Renewal on the Communities in Israel and the U.S." At the Aventura-Turnberry Jewish Center, 20400 NE 30th Ave. Aventura.

Nonie Darwish on “How I, a Product of the Palestinian School System, Came to Be a Supporter of Israel”. Co-sponsored with Greater Miami Hillel Jewish Student Union. . At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Kenneth Treister on “Synagogue Architecture Through Time and Space”. Co.sponsored with the UM School of Architecture. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus. 8:00 p.m.

Scharlin Patio Dedication at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus. 12:00 luncheon (by invitation)

Thirteenth Annual Luria Lecture with Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Yaakov Amidror, former Head of Military Intelligence Research, on “Israel’s Strategy in Curbing Palestinian Violence”. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Briefing by Dr. Uzi Arad. Dr. Arad is Director of the Institute of Policy and Strategy (IPS) and Professor of Government at the Lauder School of Government, Policy and Diplomacy at Herzliya’s Interdisciplinary Center. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus. 8:00 p.m.

“Paper Snow” a film about the 1930’s in Tel Aviv and the love affair between a star of the Habima theatre and a poet. Intro by Prof. Ranen Omer-Sherman. Co-sponsored by the Miller Center as part of the Eighth Annual Jewish Film Festival presented by the Center for Advancement of Jewish Education of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. At the Cosford Theatre, UM Campus. 8:00 p.m.

Stuart Schoffman, regular columnist for The Jerusalem Report on “Is Peace Possible in Our Time? A View From the Jerusalem Street”. Presented by the Judaic Studies Program and the Miller Center. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus. 8:00 p.m.

Rabbi Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, grandson of the Eliezer Ben-Yehuda who brought Hebrew back from being a language of liturgy and prayer to the everyday vernacular of the people of Israel. Co-sponsored with UM Hillel. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus. 12:30-1:45 p.m. Bring your own lunch or call us and we'll order for you.

“El ultimo sefardi“ documentary film about a young rabbi who undertakes a journey that takes him back through history from Salonika to Sarajevo, Curacao, Istanbul and Toledo.– intro by Prof. Henry Green. Co-sponsored with UM Hillel as part of their Jewish Film Festival. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Prof. Laurel Leff of Northeastern University on Buried by The Times: The Holocaust and America’s Most Important Newspaper. Lunch and Learn at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg., UM Campus. 12:30-1:45 p.m. Bring your own lunch or call us and we'll order for you.

Dr. Michael Kramer, Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Advanced Judaic Studies on "How the Jews Discovered America: A Literary Adventure. Michael Kramer completed his BA, MA, M. Phil. and PhD from Columbia University; he is associate professor and Chair of the English Department at Bar Ilan University and Director of the Anne Shachter-Smith Memorial Project in Literature. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus. 8:00 p.m.

Briefing by Haim Shaked & reception for donors. By invitation only. “The Middle East: Between Despair and Hope”. At the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. 8:00 P.M.

Holocaust Workshop for Teachers for Miami-Dade County public and private school teachers for Grades 4th – 12th
8:30am – 3:30pm at the Alper JCC 11155 SW 112 Avenue
Reservations required. TEC Credits. No charge
Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Presenter / Facilitator
Dr. Anita Meinbach US Holocaust Memorial Historian
Dr. Mary Johnson, Program Officer of the North America Project of Facing History and Ourselves

Dedication of the George Feldenkreis Plaza and George Feldenkreis Program in Judaic Studies. By invitation only at the Miller Center. 6:00 p.m.

Fifth Annual Jack Chester Memorial Foundation Lecture: Prof. Fred A. Lazin The Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics: Israel versus the American Jewish Establishment. Comments by former refusnik, Rabbi Leonid Feldman and former Chairman of the Israel Emergency Fund, Norman H. Lipoff. Professor Lazin is the Lynn and Lloyd Hurst Family Professor of Local Government at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva.
Part of the Dave and Mary Alper JCC’s Twenty-fifth Annual Miami Jewish Book Festival – At the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. 8:00 P.M.

Tom Reiss on The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life. Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany. After escaping the Russian Revolution in 1905, and finding refuge in Germany, Nussimbaum became a celebrated figure across fascist Europe for his remarkable books about Islam and global revolution. In this astonishing book, author Tom Reiss presents a picture of the twentieth century – of the origins of our ideas about race and religious self-definition, and of the roots of modern fanaticism and terrorism.
Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz on Unsafe Haven. While serving as a US Army Chaplain in Europe, Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz heard hundreds of stories about Jewish victims and their despair and struggle with the vicious perpetrators of WWII. These stories are consolidated into the novel Unsafe Haven, and although fictitious, they serve as a dramatic reconstruction of the horrifying brutality of the Holocaust. Part of the Dave and Mary Alper JCC’s Twenty-fifth Annual Miami Jewish Book Festival. At Congregation Bet Breira, 9400 S.W. 87th Ave, 7:30 P.M.

Holocaust Education Week. This year’s theme is “The Holocaust Through the Arts and Film”.

Shulamit Reinharz, author of American Jewish Women and the Zionist Enterprise. The Fourteenth Annual Luria Family Foundation Lecture. Part of the 25th Annual Jewish Book Festival. With comments from Leonard Luria about his aunt, Rose Luria Halprin. At the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. 8:00 P.M.

Prof. Marilyn Safir of Haifa University’s Dept. of Psychology “The Psychology of a Society that Breeds Suicide Terrorists”.

Dr. Michael Berenbaum on his new film “Imaginary Witness – Hollywood and the Holocaust”. Part of the Holocaust Memorial of Miami Beach’s Holocaust Education Week and Lecture Series. At the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr., Coral Gables. 7:30 P.M.

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin on A Code of Jewish Ethics: Volume 1: You Shall Be Holy. The Fifth Annual Robert Russell Foundation Lecture. At the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, University of Miami, 5202 University Dr. At 8:00 p.m.

Daniel Libeskind, architect of the World Trade Center Monument and author of Breaking Ground. Co-sponsored with the UM School of Architecture and part of the Dave and Mary Alper JCC’s Twenty-fifth Annual Miami Jewish Book Festival. At the Alper JCC, 11155 SW 112th Ave. Miami 33176. 7:30 P.M.

Dr. Mitchell G. Bard on “Myths and Facts Surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”. Sponsored by the Futernick Family Foundation. At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Prof. Geoffrey Hartman on “Angels in the Academy”. At the Miller Center, 5202 University Dr. 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Prof. Geoffrey Hartman on “The Literature of the Shoah: Defining Its Importance”. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. at Temple Beth Sholom, 4144 Chase Ave. Miami Beach.

Dr. Uzi Arad on “Rethinking Israel’s National Security in the New Regional and Global Environment”. The Ninth Annual Taffy Gould Lecture. At the Miller Center, 5202 University Dr. 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Dr. Ghil'ad Zuckermann on "The Camouflaged Influence of American English on 'Israeli Hebrew'". This lecture is based on his just published book called Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew. Discounted autographed copies will be available. At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Bring your own brown bag lunch or we can order you lunch from Chartwells. For menu and price, see below.*

Dr. Shmuel Trigano on "Jews From Arab Lands in the 20th Century". At the Miller Center, 5202 University Dr. 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Bring your own brown bag lunch or we can order you lunch from Chartwells. For menu and price, see below*.

"Haggadot Through Time and Space". An exhibit of haggadot from the collection of Richard Goldstein, including those in other languages and from other cultures (Russian, Amharic, Chinese) those created for advertising purposes (Maxwell House, etc.), those created for commercial purposes (sale in bookstores), those created by institutions and movements within Judaism and those created by individual families. Half will be in the Miller Center Foyer and half at Temple Beth Am, 5950 N. Kendall Dr.

Prof. Yaffa Eliach on “The World We Lost – Jewish Europe Before the Shoah”. The George Feldenkreis Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture. At the Miller Center, 5202 University Dr. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Lunch and Learn. Prof. David Stern on “Through the Pages of the Past: The Jewish Book in Historical Context” At the Miller Center. 12:00 – 1:30. Bring your own brown bag lunch or we can order you lunch from Chartwells. For menu and price, see below.*

Prof. David Stern, Chairman of the Judaic Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania "The Haggadah as a Book". Co-sponsored with Judaic Studies Program at UM and Temple Beth Am. At Beth Am, 5950 N. Kendall Dr. 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Prof. Sandor Gilman on “The Physical Representation of Jews in European Culture. Campus Lunch and Learn Series at the Miller Center, 5202 University Dr. 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.*

Prof. Amatzia Baram on “Quo Vadis Iraq?” The Twelfth Annual Lura Lecture. At the Miller Center, 5202 University Dr. 8:00-10:00p.m.

"Trembling Before God" an award-winning documentary film about being gay and orthodox. The film will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by attorney Elizabeth F. Schwartz, a graduate of the UM School of Law. At the UM Cosford Theatre in the Memorial Bldg. 7:00-9:00

"A lecture by Donna Rosenthal on "The Israelis Nobody Knows". Author of The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land. Former news producer on Israel Television; reporter for Israel Radio and The Jerusalem Post and lecturer at the Hebrew University, Rosenthal has reported from Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan. She has won three Lowell Thomas awards. 8:00pm - 10:00pm (Doors open at 7:30pm) at The Miller Center, 5202 University Drive, C. Gables. Ms. Rosenthal’s book will be available for autographing and purchase. Co-sponsored with UM’s Citizens Board. R.S.V.P.: ccjs@miami.edu; Tel. 305-284-6882; Fax 305-284-5274

Dr. Muhammed Abu Samra (unable to attend at last minute and replaced by Mr. Mohammed Hussein) and Dr. Tzvi Adelman “Difficult Dialogue: A Palestinian and and Israeli Perspective on the Conflict” – Sept. 1 8:00 p.m. at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. Co-sponsored with JSP, Oasis, School of Law and JSO.

Dr. Ranen Omer-Sherman Assistant Professor of English, will present on Jewish Literature and the Desert: Israel in Exile. 12:30 p.m.—2:00 p.m. The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies 105 Merrick Building 5202 University Drive, UM—Coral Gables Main Auditorium.

First Annual Kent Security Corporate Lecture –Dr. Boaz Ganor on “The Challenge of Countering International Terrorism Post 9/11”. At The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies 105 Merrick Building 5202 University Drive, UM—Coral Gables Main Auditorium. 8:00 p.m.

Matty Cohen, Deputy Consul General, State of Israel, will meet with a group of students to discuss the topic of “The Disengagement Plan and the Security Fence”. Co-Sponsored with UM Hillel. The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies 105 Merrick Building 5202 University Drive, UM—Coral Gables Main Auditorium. 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Light lunch will be served.

Fourth Annual Jack Chester –Amb. Alon Pinkas on “The Evolution of the Relationship Among Israel, the U.S. and American Jewish Organizations”. The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies 105 Merrick Building 5202 University Drive, UM—Coral Gables Main Auditorium. 8:00 p.m.

Kenneth Triester on Cherubim and Palm Trees The 24th Annual Miami Jewish Book Festival. At Temple Emanu-El, 1701 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. 7:30 p.m.

Rabbi Dr. Shimon Cowen on the “Noahide Movement”. Presented by UM Chabad. The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies 105 Merrick Building 5202 University Drive, UM—Coral Gables Main Auditorium. 12:00 noon.

Prof. Jonathan Sarna on American Judaism: A History. The 24th Annual Miami Jewish Book Festival. At the Alper JCC, 11155 SW 112 Ave. 7:30 p.m.

Neil Lazarus will engage audience in a discussion on “The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and its Effect on Israeli Society”. Co-sponsored with UM Hillel. At The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies 105 Merrick Building 5202 University Drive, UM—Coral Gables Main Auditorium. 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Rabbi Laibl Wolf on “Kosher Yoga and Meditation”. Presented by UM Chabad. The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies 105 Merrick Building 5202 University Drive, UM—Coral Gables Main Auditorium

“Teaching the Holocaust Through Film” with Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff. Presented by UM Hillel. At The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies 105 Merrick Building 5202 University Drive, UM—Coral Gables Main Auditorium. 8:00 p.m.

Annual Emil and Estelle Gould Lecture commemorating Kristallnacht. Vivian Fulop concert of songs set to the poetry of Hannah Senesh. Co-sponsored with the Holocaust Memorial of Miami Beach. At Temple Emanu-El, 1701 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. 6:00 p.m.

Israel Lapciuc on Thou Shalt Not Forget. The 24th Annual Miami Jewish Book Festival. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus. 8:00 p.m.

Dr. Samantha Baskind on Raphael Soyer. The 24th Annual Miami Jewish Book Festival. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus. 8:00 p.m.

Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev, two journalists with Yediot Aharonot and authors of In Our Hearts We Were Giants, about a family of dwarves who survived the Holocaust and Dr. Mengele’s experiments. Co-sponsored with UM Hillel. At The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies 105 Merrick Building 5202 University Drive 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Isaac Bashevis Singer Centennial Memorial Event – Lester Goran and Jan Schwarz. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus.

Annual Robert Russell Foundation Lecture. Rabbi Joseph Telushkin on Jewish humor. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. UM Campus. 8:00 p.m.

Eli Rosenbaum, head of OSI at the Justice Dept., on “Nazi Hunting”. Co-sponsored with the Holocaust Memorial of Miami Beach. At the Cuban Hebrew Congregation, 1700 Michigan Ave., Miami Beach. 7:30 PM.

The Eighth Annual Futernick Family Lecture. Rabbi Jack Riemer on “What is the Most Difficult Mitzvah to Keep?” At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr. 8:00 - 10:00 PM.

Dr. Adolfo Roitman on “The Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Judaism and Christianity”. At the Miller Center, 8:00 - 10:00 P.M.

Dr. Orly Lubin, Chair of the Department of Poetics and Comparative Literature at Tel Aviv University on “Women in Hollywood”. Co-sponsored with the Greater Miami Section of the National Council of Jewish Women. At Temple Beth Sholom, 4144 Chase Ave., Miami Beach. 7:30 PM.

“Shooting the Prime Ministers” Arnold Newman, world-famous portrait photographer, will discuss his experiences photographing Israel’s prime ministers. He has donated these portraits to the Miller Center. At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 12:00 - 2:00 P.M.

Rabbi Harold Kushner. Co-sponsored with Temple Beth Am. At Beth Am, 5950 N. Kendall Dr. 7:30 - 9:30 P.M.

Lynn Nicholas, author of “Rape of Europa” - confiscated Nazi Art slide presentation. Co-sponsored with the Holocaust Memorial of Miami Beach. At the Cuban Hebrew Congregation. 7:30 PM.

Rochelle Saidel on “The Women of Ravensbruck”. Co-sponsored with the Holocaust Memorial of Miami Beach. At the Cuban Hebrew Congregation, 1700 Michigan Ave., Miami Beach. 7:30 PM.

The Eighth Annual Taffy Gould Lecture with Dr. Elie Rekhess, Senior Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University. Dr Rekhess is the acknowledged expert on Israel’s Arabs. At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr. 8:00 - 10:00 P.M.

Zhenya Senyak on his recently published book, "The Hebrew Book of the Dead“. A Lunch and Learn co-sponsored by the Miller Center and the Judaic Studies Program. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg., 5202 University Dr. 12:00 - 1:30.

"Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness" and Rabbi Marvin Tokayer. The film is about the Japanese diplomat who saved many Jewish lives during the 1930’s and 40’s. Rabbi Tokayer spent many years as the Chief Rabbi of Japan and who wrote The Fugu Plan, the story of Chiune Sugihara. Co-sponsored with Temple Emanu-El and the Holocaust Memorial of Miami Beach. At Temple Emanu-El, 1701 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. 7:00 P.M.

Dr. Ron Kronish on "Is Arab Jewish Coexistence Still Possible?" Co-sponsored with Temple Beth Sholom at Beth Sholom, 4144 Chase Ave. Miami Beach. 7:30 P.M.

Dr. Raymond Tanter on "Rogue Regime Change and Democratic Peace: Cuba, Iraq and Palestine". Co-sponsored with the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 8:00 - 10:00 P.M.

Hon. Miki Arbel, Consul General of Israel for Florida and Puerto Rico on "The Holocaust’s Effect on Israel’s Second Generation: A Personal Perspective". At the Cuban Hebrew Congregation, 1700 Michigan Ave., Miami Beach. 7:30 P.M.

Panel on Anti-Semitism on the Campus. Co-sponsored with Hillel. 7:00 P.M. Location TBA.

The Eleventh Annual Luria Lecture with Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, newly elected Chairwoman of the House Sub-Committee on the Middle East. Rep. Ros-Lehtinen will speak on "The U.S. in the Middle East - A View from the House". At the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 8:00 - 10:00 P.M.

Prof. Menachem Hofnung of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on "Israel After the War in Iraq". In cooperation with the School of Law and the Judaic Studies Program.  At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. By invitation.

Third Monday Lunch and Learn Series. Prof. Ira Sheskin on "How Jewish Communities Differ: Prospectives from Demographic Research" At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Bring your own brown bag lunch or we can order you lunch from Chartwells. For menu and price, see below.*

Prof. Ilan Stavans “Jews and Latino – Unlikely Partners?”. Co-sponsored with the Department of English, and the Judaic Studies Program. At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Lecture on History of Klezmer with Hankus Netsky, leader of the Klezmer Conservatory Band. At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 7:30 p.m. Co-sponsored with the Dora Teitelboim Center for Yiddish Culture.

South Florida Klezmerim. Co-sponsored with Dora Teitelboim Center for Yiddish Culture. At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 8:00 p.m.

Third Monday Lunch and Learn Series. Dr. Samantha Baskind, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History and Judaic Studies on “’Some Kind of Iconography About My Jewish Identity’/Tradition and Continuity in the Art of Jack Levine. At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Bring your own brown bag lunch or we can order you lunch from Chartwells. For menu and price, see below.*

Warren Bass Support Any Friend: Kennedy’s Middle East. Part of the 23rd Annual Jewish Book Festival co-sponsored with the Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center. This lecture also co-sponsored with Temple Judea. At Temple Judea, 5500 Granada Blvd. 7:30 p.m.

The Third Annual Jack Chester Lecture. Prof. Stephen M. Berk, Prof. Of Judaic Studies at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.”Lessons of the Holocaust”. At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 8:00 – 10:00 P.M.

Lunch and Learn with Dr. Dana Kaplan on "Is There a Future for American Reform Judaism?" At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Bring your own brown bag lunch or we can order you lunch from Chartwells. For menu and price, see below.*

Peter Z. Malkin (the man who captured Adolph Eichmann) on The Argentina Journal and Casting Pebbles on the Water With A Cluster of Colors. Part of the 23rd Annual Jewish Book Festival co-sponsored with the Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center. This lecture also co-sponsored with the Holocaust Memorial of Miami Beach. At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Teacher’s Workshop with Alexandra Zepruder Salvaged Pages: Diaries of the Holocaust Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Dr. Anita Meinbach, Facilitators, at Alper JCC. Co- sponsors: Holocaust Memorial, MDCPS, Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at U of M. Young Israel of Kendall.

Prof. Ghil’ad Zuckermann on “Between Revival and Survival: Yiddish and the Emergence of ‘Israeli Hebrew’”.” Campus Lunch and Learn Series at the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Bring your own brown bag lunch or we can order you lunch from Chartwells. For menu and price, see below.*

Daniel Levitas on The Terrorist Next Door: The Militia Movement and the Radical Right; Barry Rubin on Yasser Arafat: A Political Biography; Phyllis Chesler on The New Anti-Semitism. Part of the 23rd Annual Jewish Book Festival co-sponsored with the Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center. This lecture also co-sponsored with Congregation Bet Breira. At Bet Breira , 9400 S.W. 87th Ave. 7:30 p.m.

Sami Michael, Israeli author of A Trumpet in the Wadi, Refuge, Victoria, etc. He will address the class of Drs. Ranen Omer-Sherman and Christina Civantos on “Jews and Arabs – Representations of the Semitic Self and Other in Literature and Film”. Mr. Michael’s specialty is relations between Jews and Arabs in Haifa. At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Bring your own brown bag lunch or we can order you lunch from Chartwells. For menu and price, see below.*

Prof. Ruth Amossy of Tel Aviv University on “Israel and Jews in the French Extreme Right Discourse”. At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.

UM Homecoming Week-end "UM Experience 2003" lecture on Middle East Update by Dr. Haim Shaked, Director of The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, reviews the antecedents of the current conflict in the Middle East, offering his analysis of the situation to date and his recommendations for moving forward. His discussion covers the region in general and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular. 2:30-3:30pm at the Miller Center, 105 Merrick Bldg, 5202 University Drive.

Third Monday Lunch and Learn Series. Michelle Warren, Associate Professor of French on "Hebrew Etymology in Medieval French Literature". At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Bring your own brown bag lunch or we can order you lunch from Chartwells. For menu and price, see below.*

Amy Kronish on "Contemporary Trends in Israeli Cinema" - a look at the issues and developments of Israeli cinema over the last 10-15 years - as Israelis move from the self-sacrificing ideology of the communal endeavor to the new post-modern emphasis on the individual. Co-sponsored by UM Hillel Jewish Student Center. At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Prof. Jael Silliman on "Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames: Women’s Narratives from a Diaspora of Hope". At the Miller Center, Merrick Bldg. 5202 University Dr. 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Lecture by A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli novelist and author of Mr. Mani and A Journey to the End of the Millennium on his new book The Liberated Bride. At the Cosford Theatre on the UM Campus.

Robert-Jan Van Pelt – "How We Know What We Know About the Holocaust".In cooperation with the Holocaust Memorial of Miami Beach. At Cuban Hebrew Congregation-Temple Beth Shmuel, 1700 Michigan Ave., Miami Beach. 7:30 P.M.

Dr. Norman A. Stillman lecture at Hecht Residential College. 4:00 – 7:30 P.M.

Dr. Norman A. Stillman lecture on "Muslim/Jewish Relations in History". UM Faculty Club, 1550 Brescia Ave. 8:00 – 10:00 P.M.

UM Cosford Cinema, special screening of the 1998 Academy Award winner for Best Documentary, “The Last Days”, produced by Steven Spielberg and the Shoah Visual History Foundation. It portrays the story of the Nazi destruction of Hungary’s Jews in late 1944 through the stories of five survivors. One of them who resides in S. Florida, Mrs. Irene Zisblatt, made a moving presentation about her harrowing experiences during World War II.