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Jewish Comedy
February 13, 2018 -
Yiddish Films
February 6, 2018 -
Holocaust Films
January 30, 2018 -
How the Nazis Infiltrated Hollywood
January 23, 2018 -
Jewish Scenes in the Movies
December 9, 2017 -
Jewish Actors
November 28, 2017 -
The World War II Era and Jewish Hollywood
November 14, 2017 -
Jews and the Founding of Hollywood
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: The Spies
May 23, 2017 -
Arnold Rothstein: The Gangster
May 16, 2017
FEATURED LECTURE
Are the Conversos Jewish
November 8, 2006
This lecture will explore two responsa. one written by Rashi and the other by the Rivash, the leading halakhic authority in Algiers in the fifteenth century who had escaped from Spain in 1391 after being forced to convert to Christianity.
