Events
The Sandra R. Berman Center offers the 快活视频community opportunities to engage with diverse speakers and experiences that support its mission through annual events, programs and talks.
Upcoming Events
Film Screening: Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
December 04, 2024 | 5:00 p.m. | LA 1201
Past Events/Speakers
Fall 2024
Berman Center Movie Showing: Origin
November 18, 2024 | 5:00 p.m. | LA 1201
Don't miss out on viewing the power film, Origin, based on the novel of Isabel Wilkerson's life and her best-seller Caste: The Origins of Our Discountents.
The Power of Stories: From Knowing to Doing
Speaker: Professor Drew Kahn
November 14, 2024 | 3:30 p.m. | LA 4315
Professor Kahn will lead an experiential workshop in Story Building. Participants will experience a kinesthetic approach to social and personal justice through the platform of creating original, collaborative stories.
Moving the content from the brain (thinking) to the hear (feeling) using the body (doing) is the primary focus of the process. Participants will gain important, tangible insights into the actions of building community, managing conflict and exploration identity.
Stories as Platforms for Hope: From Buffalo to Rwanda and Beyond
Speaker: Professor Drew Kahn
November 14, 2024 | 12:30 p.m. | LA 4315
Professor Kahn will share how a college theater production evolved into a social justice platform (the Anne Frank Project) reaching multiple corners of the world through the power of stories.
At the center of the unique journey is AFP鈥檚 partnership with remarkable country of Rwanda. He will share the many lessons learned of forgiveness, unity and strength providing the possibility of Hope during challenging times in our country today.
The Nazi Titanic: The Little-Known, Shocking Final Days of the Holocaust
Speaker: Robert Watson
October 30, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | LA 4310
This program examines a shocking and virtually unknown series of bizarre events near the end of the Holocaust involving an infamous German ocean liner, thousands of prisoners from the concentration camps and diabolical plans by Goebbels and Himler.
Alexander Hamilton: Man, Myth, Musical, Mensch; the Story of the Founder's Jewish Roots
October 30, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | LA 4310
This program offers a fun and insightful look at the great Founder, including his difficult upbringing, remarkable rise to power, many important contributions to the creation of the United States and the depiction of Hamilton in the hit Broadway musical.
Particular attention will be paid to the inspiring but little-known story of his Jewish roots and lifelong connection to the Jewish community.
A blessing, Not a Burden: My Parents Remarkable Holocaust Story and My Fight to Keep Their Legacy Alive
Speaker: Dr. Alex Kor
October 16, 2024 | 5:30 p.m. | LA 1201
Dr. Alex Nor shared the story of his mother鈥檚 (Eva Kor鈥檚) astonishing journey as one
of the 鈥淭wins of Auschwitz鈥 enduring the horrific experiments and psychological torment
of Josef Mengele, the 鈥淎ngel of Death,鈥 yet emerging with a profound understanding
of resilience.
Examining Antisemitism in America
Speaker: Dr. Rachel Fish
September 25, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | LA 1201
This presentation examined how Jew-hatred has transformed over time, and the ways
in which it is expressed today. Why are the Jews hated? This lecture traced the many
transformations and mutations of Jew hatred from a hatred that was focused on our
religious tradition, beliefs and practices; to a hatred that was racialized resulting
in the murder of 6 million Jews; to the current fomentation of hate toward the collective
identity of the Jewish people expressed in the liberation movement for self-determination
and the creation of the State of Israel.
Conversations of Antisemitism in Higher Education
Speaker: Dr. Rachel Fish
September 25, 2024 | 12:30 P.M. | LA Berman Center
Depending on the institution of higher education one attends it is possible to encounter
a variety of forms of antisemitism ranging from traditional expressions of antisemitic
incidents to those that are more challenging for students, faculty and administrators
to label, define and directly confront. This presentation explored the ways in which
antisemitism presents itself within the campus environment and the intellectual factors
that cultivate a hostility towards the collective Jewish identity.
Importance of Balanced Discussions to Counter Hatred on College Campuses
Speaker: Dr. Rachel Fish
September 25, 2024 | 11:00 A.M. | LA 3118
This session explores some of the intellectual ideas circulating within academic circles
and influencing the ways in which meaning-making institutions function in Western
society. These ideas impact how various communities are perceived and limit the possibilities
of nuance and complexity. We will discuss how to engage with differences constructively,
the benefits of cultivating brave spaces rather than merely safe spaces and cultivate
skills and approaches that translate into meaningful engagements and conversations
for any controversial topic.
Prisoner 37468
Speaker: Michael Steinhardt, J.D. & MA
September 11, 2024 | 4:00 P.M. | LA 1201
A story of his mother's Holocaust survival, courage and building a new life in America.
Spring/Summer 2024
Holocaust Educators' Institute
August 5-7, 2024 | College of Liberal Arts Building
Together: a Journey for Survival
April 25, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | LA 4110
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Bus Trip
April 15, 2024 | 8:15 a.m. | LA Bus Slip
Finding Ruth Aktion T4: An Untold Story of the Holocaust
April 11, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | LA 4110
Artificial Intelligence & Automated Antisemitism: Fighting the Threat Through Education
March 28, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. | LA 4110
Gimpel the Fool Returns to Poland: Movie Screening with Director Howard Rypp
March 14, 2024 | 5:00 p.m. | LA 4110
An exclusive movie screening, followed by a reception and an invigorating Q&A session with the award-winning filmmaker, Howard Rypp.