Past Events

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Golda Meir seated at a table, 1964

Golda Meir (1898-1978)

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Marking the 120th birthday of Golda Meir (1898-1978), this panel celebrates the many contributions of the great Zionist leader and Jewish stateswoman.

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Samuel D. Kassow
Samuel D. Kassow

Charles H. Northam Professor of History, Trinity College

Pnina Lahav
Pnina Lahav

Professor of Law Emeritus, Boston University

Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies; Boston College; Chair, Seminar on Russian and Eurasian Jewry, Davis Center

woman painting in Odessa park

Jewish Odessa: Trade, Community, and Culture in the Port City

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Patricia Herlihy will discuss how in many respects Jews adopted Odessa as their city more than did any other inhabitants.

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Patricia Herlihy
Patricia Herlihy

Professor Emerita, Brown University; Center Associate, Davis Center

Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies; Boston College; Chair, Seminar on Russian and Eurasian Jewry, Davis Center

Josef Brodsky reclining in front of a blackboard

Brodsky Among Us: One Book, Two Cultures

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Ellendea Proffer Teasley offers much previously unknown material about the great poet’s life in Leningrad, his leaving Russia and his career in the New World.

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Ellendea Proffer Teasley
Ellendea Proffer Teasley

Author; Co-founder, Ardis Publishers and Russian Literature Triquarterly

Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies; Boston College; Chair, Seminar on Russian and Eurasian Jewry, Davis Center

Italian government building with flags

Russian Jews in Italy: 1905-1922

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Russian Jews made a fascinating contribution to the political life of Italy, to its culture, literature and the arts during a turbulent period of history.

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Stefano Garzonio
Stefano Garzonio

Professor of Slavic Studies, Pisa University

Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies; Boston College; Chair, Seminar on Russian and Eurasian Jewry, Davis Center

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews façade

The Wrong Family Holocaust Story: Survival of Polish Jews in Stalin's Russia

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Ellen G. Friedman’s presentation centers on the largely unknown story of Polish Jews who were saved from Hitler by Stalin.

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Ellen G. Friedman
Ellen G. Friedman

Professor, The College of New Jersey

Joshua Rubenstein
Joshua Rubenstein

Associate Director, Major Gifts, Harvard Law School

Maxim Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer

Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies; Boston College; Chair, Seminar on Russian and Eurasian Jewry, Davis Center