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Talk: A Slow Revolution: Early Steps Towards Jewish Emancipation

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

In the talk "A Slow Revolution: Early Steps Towards Jewish Emancipation in Bohemia, 1780s-1860s," Jindrich Toman, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will guide the audience through select points that mark legal and cultural emancipation of Bohemian Jewry in the decades between the so-called Josephinian Decrees of the 1780s and the Monarchy’s liberal…

Echoes of Ji.hlava Film Festival: Teach (Romania)

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

Screening of the Romanian documentary film "Teach " (Profu'), recipinet of the Best Central and East European Documentary Film Award at the 2019 Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. A peculiar math teacher from Transilvania is becoming a local Don Quijote when he quits the conventional educational system and opens a private lectures office in his own two-room apartment. Throughout a…

Music concert by the Fluffy Bao Trio: Heather Chang, Annett Ho, and Zoe Lin

La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

To RSVP, please click here. The Fluffy Bao Trio performs music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Paul Schoenfield. Presented as part of the Music Performance Program by the Department of Music and Maison Française. Program: Piano Quartet in B-flat Major Op. 41 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) I. Allegretto Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97, "Archduke" Ludwig…

How to Make Precarious Russia Habitable – or, What Russians Want in Putin’s Fourth Term

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY, United States

This talk is about ethnographic research Professor Morris carried out in ‘small town’ Russia and beyond since 2009. In this talk, Professor Morris will review the main ideas of his book Everyday Postsocialism: that even in contexts characterised by deindustrialisation, loss, and precarity, ordinary people do more than just ‘get by’ – they actively make their social environment habitable in numerous…

CALA Spring 2020 Film Series: “Your Voices, Your Votes: Activism around the World”

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

As part of the CALA Spring 2020 film series "Your Voices, Your Votes: Activism around the World,” the NYU Center for Applied Liberal Arts and Deutsches Haus at NYU present a screening of the film The Edukators (2005), directed by Hans Weingartner. The introduction will be held by Marie-Luise Goldmann. About the film: The Edukators. Germany. 2005. Directed by Hans Weingartner. Written by Armin Ortmann. With…

Blarney Star: Margie Mulvihill, John and John Paul Reynolds

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Margie and John Reynolds are leaders of the vibrant Irish traditional music community in Pearl River, New York, where they are indispensable teachers, performers and organizers. Their son, also a John Paul, is an up-and-coming star on both fiddle and tenor banjo. Most often heard as dance musicians, this concert will give them a welcome chance to play for a…

$15

New York International Children’s Film Festival Multiple Screenings

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Explore the world without leaving New York! The New York International Children’s Film Festival takes place February 21 through March 15, 2020 throughout New York City, with 10 screenings at Scandinavia House. For complete lineup and tickets visit nyicff.org/tickets. Fill out a ballot at every screening, and your votes will determine the Festival award winners. MOOMINVALLEY SAT—February 22—11 AM 66 min.…

$14

23RD NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival

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

Lights, Camera, Action! The NYSJFF showcases contemporary voices steeped in the history, traditions, and rich mosaic culture of Greater Sephardic communities. This year’s festival includes premiere film screenings, intriguing stories, evocative documentaries, powerful narratives, Q&As with filmmakers, as well as special honorees, dignitaries, and diplomats. The Pomegranate Awards Ceremony celebrates Sephardi excellence in the arts. In partnership with YUM, ASF…

The Rest of the Story: Finding your Family in Online Newspapers

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

Janeen Bjork will share her search methodology using several case studies to illustrate the techniques of finding and preserving family items from online newspapers. She will discuss OCR (optical character recognition, the technology that allows newspapers to be searched online), and how to work around its significant failure rate. Other topics will include best practices for searching in popular newspaper…

$5

Community and Controversy: Jews, Anglicans, and Biblical Criticism

The European Institute at Columbia University 420 W 118th St #1205, New York City, United States

Featuring Edward Breuer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The European History & Politics Workshop is supported by the European Institute at Columbia University. The workshop will meet on select Mondays over the course of the academic year at Columbia University (Philosophy 302) from 12:00pm-1:30pm. Participants will discuss pre-circulated work-in-progress over a light lunch. Please note that these workshops are by invitation only.…