Who Was Franz Kafka? Lecture Now Online!
So is #givingtuesday a thing, or what?
If so, here’s two great causes to add to your list.
Jewish History @ Avenue J Scholarship Fund goes directly to support undergraduate students at the Mighty Avenue J campus of Touro College.
Friends of Jewish History supports the public Jewish history lecture series.
Nu? Make your Bubbie proud, do something good.
Thanks!
(Can’t see the links? Try these:)
https://www.crowdrise.com/dashboard/avenuej/avenuejawesomestudentscholarshipfund
https://www.crowdrise.com/dashboard/avenuej/friends-of-jewish-history
Franz Kafka and the Ramchal: The Week Ahead in Jewish History
Here’s an experimental introductory video–let me know what you think!
https://www.crowdrise.com/friends-of-jewish-history/fundraiser/avenuej
Here’s Your Chance to Be a Mentsch!
Friends and colleagues!
One of our core values is that high-quality, academic information on Jewish history should be FREE. We’re very proud of our altruistic approach, and we don’t want to change. At the same time, we have a Jewish History student intern to support, a shoestring advertising budget to spread the word, and of course hours invested in researching, delivering, filming and editing the videos for the world at large.
Help us out by joining the Friends of Jewish History! Sponsor a lecture for $250 or partially sponsor for whatever makes sense for your budget–we will include a message of thanks in the lecture. You can then forward the link to all your former friends to show them what a mentsch you are!
P.S. The hero picture above is of me (left) and the great Jewish historian Rabbi Berel Wein. I didn’t ask him if I could shamelessly use his photo to promote Jewish history. I figured he would approve.
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Who Was Emma Goldman? Video Now Online!
“If I can’t dance to it, it isn’t my revolution!” A fiery orator and fearless iconoclast, Emma Goldman was one of the most notorious and controversial left-wing thinkers of turn-of-the 20th century America.
Sponsor a lecture in the Jewish History @ J Series!
https://www.crowdrise.com/friends-of-jewish-history/fundraiser/avenuej
Donations from Max Sklar, Suzanne Parella; last chance for sponsors for Emma Goldman lecture
Good morning fans of Jewish History! Really pleased to have positive response on the beautiful Jewish History bookmarks we’ve been sending out (send your mailing address if you’d like one)! Thanks to donors Max Sklar and Suzanne Parella who recently contributed to the Jewish History Scholarship Fund for our students. Meanwhile, we’re still looking for a sponsor for the “Who Was Emma Goldman?” lecture scheduled for tomorrow night–please visit the Friends of Jewish History crowdfunding page to earn the eternal Internet gratitude of thousands of Jewish History fans!
https://www.crowdrise.com/friends-of-jewish-history/fundraiser/avenuej
The Maimonidean Controversy
Brief overview of the controversy that surrounded the writings of Rabbi Moses Maimonides. Lecture delivered at the Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst.
RED EMMA SEEKS SPONSORS!
Love Jewish history, especially when spiced with radical politics? Consider clicking right here to sponsor Monday night’s lecture on Emma Goldman, dubbed “the most dangerous woman in America” by the FBI! Here’s a video featuring a few of her comments after briefly returning to America fifteen years after she was deported to the Soviet Union. My favorite line: when asked what she thought of Italy, Goldman replied “beautiful country, minus Mussolini.”
Anyway–she’s a fascinating figure, a pioneering political thinker that influenced American society, particularly in the realm of women’s rights. Despite the moniker “Red Emma,” she was an Anarachist, not a Communist, and in fact was an early critic of Stalin’s Russia. Sponsor this lecture so we can get on with the task of educating our students!
To sponsor: https://www.crowdrise.com/friends-of-jewish-history/fundraiser/avenuej
To RSVP for free: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/who-was-emma-goldman-tickets-27939039419
Sold-Out Shabbaton in Toronto!
Hello fans of Jewish History!
Just an important reminder that we will NOT be having a lecture in Brooklyn on Monday, November 14, 2016. I’ll be returning from Toronto, where I’m serving as a scholar-in-residence at the Westmount Shul and Learning Center. I’m honored that the paid events are sold out, but guests are welcome to attend the public events.
We will pick up in Brooklyn on Monday, November 21, with a great lecture on Emma Goldman. Also, on Wednesday, November 16, we’re starting a new series in the Five Towns hosted by the Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst. Looking forward to seeing you there!
HMA
Who Was Rav Kook?
Mystic and early Zionist, Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook’s challenging and eclectic philosophy has inspired generations of Jews since his passing in 1935. Often misunderstood, Rav Kook’s role as one of the principal Rabbinic figures of the era was foundational for establishing a religious ideology for the the modern, secular and democratic state of Israel.
Henry Abramson 