Jews and Modern Art Charles Dellheim What did Jews contribute to the modern art movement? Was modernism essentially Jewish? How did Jewish outsiders come to acquire so many modern masterpieces? Boston University history professor and author Charles Dellheim explores these questions, illuminates new findings about the role of Jewish art collectors, artists, and gallerists in […]

Kehillat Israel is excited to welcome author Adam Kirsch for a conversation with Rabbi William Hamilton on Tuesday, November 2 at 7:30PM on Zoom. The event is in conjunction with Brandeis University Press in honor of Kirsch's important new book, Come and Hear: What I Saw in My Seven-and-a-half-year Journey Through the Talmud. Kirsch is […]

The Streicker Center will host Sylvie Anne Goldberg, Elisheva Carlebac, and Alexander Kaye as they discuss Transmitting Jewish History, a new book that paints a revealing portrait of Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, a giant of history, bringing together exceptional material on Yerushalmi’s personal and intellectual journeys that not only attests to the astonishing breakthrough of the issues […]

  Vultures are often overlooked, underappreciated, and unloved, despite the vital role they play healthy ecosystems. Worldwide, vultures are more likely to be threatened or endangered than any other group of raptor, but in the United States Turkey and Black Vultures may be increasing in number. Based on Katie Fallon’s recent book, this fun presentation […]

Jews and Modern Art Charles Dellheim What did Jews contribute to the modern art movement? Was modernism essentially Jewish? How did Jewish outsiders come to acquire so many modern masterpieces? Boston University history professor and author Charles Dellheim explores these questions, illuminates new findings about the role of Jewish art collectors, artists, and gallerists in […]

Join author Nancy Langston and Brian Donahue, associate professor for Environmental Studies at Brandeis, for a book discussion about climate change and human impact on three  species in the U.S. Great Lakes region. In her book “Climate Ghosts,” environmental historian Langston researches the three so-called “ghost species” in the Great Lakes watershed—woodland caribou, common loons, […]

Join authorNancy Langston (distinguished professor of Environmental History at Michigan Technological University) and Brian Donahue (associate professor for Environmental Studies at Brandeis) for a book discussion about climate change and human impact on three species in the U.S. Great Lakes region. This program is co-sponsored by the Brandeis University Press and the Brandeis Alumni Association. Sign up HERE.    

It was the largest art theft in history, a treasure trove of Picassos, Chagalls and Cézannes heisted by the Nazis. While its fate has long been a cause célèbre, how did the Jewish owners of these masterpieces come to acquire them in the first place? In Belonging and Betrayal, Charles Dellheim explores that question and what the answer […]

Jews and Modern Art Charles Dellheim What did Jews contribute to the modern art movement? Was modernism essentially Jewish? How did Jewish outsiders come to acquire so many modern masterpieces? Boston University history professor and author Charles Dellheim explores these questions, illuminates new findings about the role of Jewish art collectors, artists, and gallerists in […]

B’Yachad Together: Spirited by American Jewish University will feature Hadassah Lieberman to discuss her new book on November 17, 12pm PT/3pm ET. Details forthcoming.