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German-Jewish after 1945

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Historian Michael Brenner (American/University of Munich) will discuss contemporary Jewish life in Germany on the occasion of the English-language publication of A History of Jews in Germany since 1945 (Indiana University Press, 2017). Brenner, the volume’s editor, will join historian Atina Grossmann (Cooper Union), who contributed a chapter of the book focused on the period 1945–1949. Originally published in German in 2012,…

$10

Anna Haifisch’s Von Spatz

Desert Island 540 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, NY

German illustrator Anna Haifisch will read from her latest graphic novel Von Spatz. An absurdist tale about artists in crisis, Von Spatz follows a mentally exhausted Walt Disney trying to recover at the Von Spatz Rehabilitation Center. There Disney meets Tomi Ungerer and Saul Steinberg, and together, they embark on a regimen of relaxation and art therapy. Expanding on her graphic exploration of the anxieties…

Free

Exhibition: Artists Caught Behind the Iron Curtain

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York, NY, United States

Encounter the original works Lee Freeman collected from cutting edge artists from communist-era Czechoslovakia, art pieces that might have never breathed and prospered without his vigorous determination to bring them across the Iron Curtain. Exhibition will be on view April 12th - May 4th, 2018 The opening is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.czechcenter.com. RSVP…

Film Faction: Woyzeck

Deutsches Haus Columbia 420 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

1979. Germany. Directed by Werner Herzog. With Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Reichmann. At what point do we regard the conditions of an individual’s existence, rather than the individual himself, as responsible for his actions, regardless of how heinous these may become? Werner Herzog - the enigmatic filmmaker central to New German Cinema - addresses this question in his 1979 filmic adaptation…

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Screening: Lettera al Presidente (Letter to the President)

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Screening of the film Lettera al Presidente (Letter to the President) (2013, Italy, Documentary, 74 min.) In ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles. Directed by Marco Santarelli. Written by Teresa Bertilotti and Marco Santarelli. Followed by a conversation with Teresa Bertilotti. On the grounds of the residence of Italy’s president, three men are listening to a guide who is explaining the history of the gardens. Who are these three men? To…

Wrestling with Shylock: Jewish Responses to the Merchant of Venice

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 15 West 16th Street, NYC, New York City, NY, United States

Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice occupies a unique place in world culture. As the fictional, albeit iconic, character of Shylock has been interpreted as exotic outsider, social pariah, melodramatic villain and tragic victim, the play, which has been performed and read in dozens of languages, has served as a lens for examining ideas and images of the Jew at various historical moments.…

$5 – $10

Synagogues in Hungary—Genealogy, Typology and Architectural Significance

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Rudolf Klein, professor of modern architectural history at Szent István University, Budapest, will give a talk on his new book, Synagogues in Hungary, 1867–1918 (Central European University Press, 2017). This is the first comprehensive study that systematically covers all synagogues in Hungary from the Edict of Tolerance by Joseph II to the end of World War I. Unlike prior attempts, dealing with…

$10

La Rhétorique des Dieux – Concert

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

CATHERINE LIDDELL, Baroque lute Tickets and details:  showclix.com/event/la-rhetorique-des-dieux Born out of the salons of the Grand Siècle, the 1652 manuscript called La Rhétorique des Dieux by Denis Gaultier offers an impressive synthesis of music, mythology, engraving, gold work, prose, and poetry. Weaving ravishing music with the spoken word, Boston-based lutenist Catherine Liddell mines the mythological roots of lute repertoire of Versailles, one golden…

$20 – $100

Irish Institute Lecture: Senator George Mitchell

Rosenthal Pavilion, Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South

RESERVE TICKETS April 2018 marks the twentieth anniversary of Belfast's Good Friday Agreement. Senator George Mitchell, who played a pivotal role in this peace settlement, will reflect on how this historic milestone came to pass. Funding to endow this lecture series has been generously granted by the Irish Institute of New York, which has been dedicated to the support and promotion…

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