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Taubman Symposia The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation's Symposia in Jewish Studies at UCSB was founded in 1997. Jonathan D.

The Symposia brings together writers, scholars, artists, and activists to present free, public lectures on issues related to the Jewish experience to UCSB and the Santa Barbara community. The Symposia brings together writers, scholars, artists, and activists to present free, public lectures on issues related to the Jewish experience throughout the academic year. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies at UC Santa Barbara, a program of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, is cosponsored by UCSB Arts and Lectures, Department of Religious Studies, Congregation B’nai B’rith, Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara Hillel. Videos and Podcasts: http://www.uctv.tv/taubman/

Some Past Events:

Deborah Lipstadt: The Eichmann Trial

Sue Fishkoff: Kosher Nation

Ian Buruma: The Muslim Scare in Europe - Hysteria or Threat? Covering the Israeli-Palestine Conflict in 2010: A Report From the Ground by Ethan Bronner

Sacred Attunement: Judaism and the Cultivation of Mindfulness in the Everyday

Being the Hands of God: Jewish Perspectives on America’s Social Justice Agenda

An Evening with Anita Diamant

How America Can Bring Arabs and Israelis Together Towards Peace and Coexistence

Who Are the Real Chosen People? The Meaning of Chosenness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Confronting Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century

An Evening with David Grossman

'All Israel will be Saved': Paul and Augustine on the Redemption of the Jews

Michael Oren: Power, Faith and Fantasy - America in the Middle East

Gershom Gorenberg: The Struggle for the Temple Mount

Larry Gaber: Post Hava-Nagila, Defining a New Relationship with Israel

Robert Alter: The Bible Through Literary Eyes

Rabbi Daniel Gordis: Coming Together, Coming Apart: A Memoir of Heartbreak & Promise in Israel

Bernard-Henri Levy: The Resurgence of Anti-Semitism in Europe

Jon D. Levenson: The Conversion of Abraham to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Yossi Klein Halevi: Dismantling the Settlements- Road Map to Peace? Sarna: The Future of American Judaism

Aaron David Miller: Arab-Israeli Peacemaking

James Rudin & Akbar Ahmed: Judaism and Islam, A Conversation

Alvin H. Rosenfeld: The Anne Frank We Remember

Geoffrey Hartman: Holocaust Testimony in a Genocidal Age

Dr. Robert Krell: Survivors of Trauma: Children Who Survive Genocide - Reflections of a Child Holocaust Survivor/Psychiatrist

Bruce Feiler: Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths

Portraits of Survival - Life Journeys During the Holocaust and Beyond

Elinor Langer: The Rise of the Neo-Nazi Movement in America

Ruth Kluger: Still Alive, A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered

Tom Segev: Beyond Sharon and Arafat

Lawrence H. Schiffman: Scholars, Scrolls, and Scandals - Judaism, Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls

A.B. Yehoshua: Israelis and Palestinians - New Dangers in the Current Crisis

An Evening with Elie Wiesel

David K. Shipler: Twilight War, Twilight Peace; Palestinians and Israelis Struggle Over Common Ground

Moshe Halbertal and Raghida Dergham: Achieving a Two-State Solution

Join us for a fantastic event tomorrow night, Wednesday, May 17th at 8:00PM, in the Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall with the ...
05/16/2017

Join us for a fantastic event tomorrow night, Wednesday, May 17th at 8:00PM, in the Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall with the renowned Dennis Ross! See the flyer below for more details!

The Taubman Symposia is excited to present our upcoming Fall events!
10/07/2016

The Taubman Symposia is excited to present our upcoming Fall events!

Ari Babaknia discusses his book "Humanity, NOT" which takes an in-depth look at the victims, perpetrators, bystanders, a...
10/04/2016

Ari Babaknia discusses his book "Humanity, NOT" which takes an in-depth look at the victims, perpetrators, bystanders, and survivors of the Holocaust. This free event takes place at 8 pm in Harold Frank Hall on the UCSB campus.

Jonathan Gribetz discusses his book "Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter" on Sunday...
09/30/2016

Jonathan Gribetz discusses his book "Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter" on Sunday, November 6. This free event begins at 3 pm in Corwin Pavillion located on the UCSB campus.

David Makosky and Ghaith al-Omari has just penned an article for The Forward on their remarkable experience working with...
04/25/2016

David Makosky and Ghaith al-Omari has just penned an article for The Forward on their remarkable experience working with the Student Dialogues and "Peace Negotiations" sponsored by the Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies at UCSB:

http://forward.com/opinion/338678/want-to-keep-students-from-turning-to-bds-try-mock-peace-negotiations-with/ixzz46rlUWiub?platform=hootsuite

Here’s what happens when you ask students who self-identify as pro-Israel to play the role of Palestinian negotiators and vice versa.

11/23/2015
11/23/2015
10/21/2015
Taubman Symposia Inaugural Event for 2015-2016 Will Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Assassination of Israeli Pri...
09/28/2015

Taubman Symposia Inaugural Event for 2015-2016 Will Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

07/30/2015

In this haunting tribute to ‘Vertigo,’ director Christian Petzold offers a fresh twist on mistaken identity post-WW II

Ruth Wisse, Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University,...
07/19/2015

Ruth Wisse, Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, has written a powerful condemnation of anti-Semitism on American college campuses.

Anti-Semitism on American college campuses is rising—and worsening. Where does it come from, and can it be stopped?

07/09/2015

For many Jews, the fact that Albert Einstein was Jewish is a point of pride. But what do we know about his Jewish self-identification? And how many folks out there could claim to have a basic understanding of his General Theory of Relativity? In Einstein: His Space and Time, biographer Steven Gimb..…

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