Virtual Lecture with Prof. Dr. David N. Myers, Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History, Director UCLA Center for History and Policy; President of the New Israel Fund
on Tuesday, December 15., 2020
7:00 PM CEST (Vienna time!)
“A Chanukah Story: The Birth of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem“
The Institute for Jewish Studies (IJS) of the Hebrew University was inaugurated at Chanukah time 1924. It was intended to serve as a source of illumination to the scholarly world, as well as a harmonious meeting point of east and west. With its birth, Jewish studies in Jerusalem was born.
This talk will explore the arc of the IJS from its humble Chanukah origins to the present.
Following the Welcome note of Dr. Eleonore Lappin-Eppel, Vice-president Center for Israel Studies Vienna and the lecture, the discussion will be moderated by Prof. Dr. Mitchell Ash, Board Member of the Center for Israel Studies Vienna.
This event will be conducted in English. It will be broadcast live at the Center for Israel Studies FB Page. Our virtual panel will be recorded and will be available on our website after the event.
👉Register at: office@center-for-israel-studies.at ( you will get the link to Zoom event)
About the speaker:
David N. Myers is the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Professor of Jewish History at UCLA, where he serves as the director of the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy. He is the author or editor of fifteen books in the field of Jewish history, including a forthcoming book with Nomi Stolzenberg on the Satmar Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel, New York. Myers serves as President of the New Israel Fund.
With the support of New Israel Fund Austria for the cooperation and to the University of Vienna Department of Contemporary History.
