ANTH 270 – MIDEAST PEOPLES & CULTURE Unit(s): 4 A broad anthropological overview of everyday life in the Middle East examining social, cultural, political, historical and religious issues and trends. The region’s diversity and complexity are explored in relation to issues such as… Continue Reading
Tuesday, Nov. 16 | 5:30–7 p.m. | Online How is oppression represented onscreen in Israel/Palestine? What can we learn from both cinema and everyday videos, filmed on cell phones and camcorders, about how power structures the visual field in the… Continue Reading
Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 | 6:30–8 p.m. | Online Over the last half-century, American Jews have increasingly told nostalgic stories about Eastern European Jewish immigration to the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. Based on her book,… Continue Reading
Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 | 6:30 – 8PM | Online The Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice is co-hosting the West Coast debut of artist Shimon Attie’s Night Watch, a floating media installation featuring 12 video portraits of… Continue Reading
| Tuesday, April 20 | 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | ONLINE Based on their new book, Jewish activist Penina Eilberg-Schwartz and Palestinian activist Sulaiman Khatib address the urgent need for joint nonviolent resistance and relationship building between Israelis and Palestinians. This… Continue Reading
Wednesday, March 31 | 6:30–8 p.m. | ONLINE The Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice is excited to present the 11th Annual Social Justice Passover Seder. This year’s seder will focus on the urgent need for climate justice.… Continue Reading
Sunday, March 7th | 5–6:30 p.m. | ONLINE In the 11th annual JSSJ Social Justice Lecture, Black Jewish activist and rabbinical student Tamar Manasseh uses her experience combating gun violence with Mothers Against Senseless Killing (MASK), an organization she founded… Continue Reading
Wednesday, September 23 | 6:30 – 8:00 PM | Online Webinar In this talk, Rebecca Pierce will discuss anti-Black racism and antisemitism in the context of U.S. white supremacy from her perspective as a Black Jewish filmmaker and activist. She… Continue Reading
Thursday, October 8th | 6:30–8 p.m. | Online Webinar In the national reckoning over racism in the U.S., all communities have a part to play in racial justice. Jewish peace activist and feminist trailblazer Rabbi Amy Eilberg will present sacred… Continue Reading
Wednesday, October 21st | 6:30–8 p.m. | Online Webinar Dr. Clarence Jones, Director of the USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, will deliver the sixth annual Swig Program Human Rights lecture to address the need to revitalize Black-Jewish solidarity.… Continue Reading
