The Museum of Tolerance and a special preview preview of Cojot, a film Boaz Dvir

Friday June 5, 2026

The Museum of Tolerance invites you and a guest to a special preview of Cojot, a film by Boaz Dvir

“The Scholems: A Story of the German-Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction” a talk by Jay Howard Geller

Friday June 5, 2026

“The Scholems: A Story of the German-Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction” a talk by Jay Howard Geller on February 10th, 2020 at 5:00pm in the Judaica Suite at Smathers Library Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies at Case Western Reserve University. Author of Jews in Post-Holocaust Germany, 1954–1953 (2005) and The Scholems: A Story of the German-Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation […]

The Political Journey of Holocaust Historian Lucy S. Dawidowicz

Friday June 5, 2026

A Conversation with Nancy Sinkoff September 15, 202007:00 PM Register for Event Lucy S. Dawidowicz’s The War Against the Jews was the standard book on the Holocaust in the 1970s for many American Jews. Less known is the degree to which Dawidowicz’s background in Yiddish culture and her Holocaust scholarship influenced her move from liberalism to neo-conservatism […]

Tomorrow, When the Apricots Bloom

Friday June 5, 2026

Tuesday, March 9 at 7:30 PM Tai Michael, Israel & France (English, Hebrew, French) I 2019 I 73 min Shortly after the death of his uncles, Didier Frenkel descends into the basement of their shared home and finds a treasure: an archive of animated films from their former home in Egypt starring Mish-Mish Effendi, the […]

Winter Journey

Friday June 5, 2026

Thursday, March 11 at 7:30 PM Anders 0stergaard, Denmark & Germany (English, German) I 2019 I 87 min Martin Goldsmith never knew what happened to his parents before they escaped from Germany in 1941. Over a weekend, he confronts his father and we are brought back to the complex and confusing 1930s when the parents […]

The Light Ahead

Friday June 5, 2026

Sunday, March 14 at 7:30 PM Henry Felt & Edward G. Ulmer, United States (Yiddish) I 1939 I 94 min In a small town in Russia in the 1880s, two young, but poor, lovers are helped by a wise old bookseller. This Yiddish classic has recently been restored. It’s enjoyable if only to hear the […]

The Ethics of Rescue: Stories Behind the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen

Friday June 5, 2026

January 20, 7:00 pmUF Hillel 2020 West University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32603 Bernice Lerner is the author of All the Horrors of War, the remarkable story of her mother’s liberation from Bergen-Belsen. Bernice Lerner holds a doctorate from Boston University, where she has taught courses including “Resistance During the Holocaust.” She has also served as director of Boston […]

The Jews of Mumbai and the Life of Sir Percival David

Tuesday June 2, 2026

On November 5, the Shorstein Center welcomed Dr. Stacey Pierson, Professor of the History of Chinese Ceramics at SOAS, London. Attendees filled the Price Judaica Suite to the brim. Pierson shared her research about the fascinating life of Sir Percival David, a Baghdadi Jewish philanthropist and collector of Chinese ceramics whose legacy connects Mumbai to […]

Singing Across Borders: Jews, Muslims, and Shared Memory

Tuesday June 2, 2026

On November 18, the Shorstein Center welcomed Dr. Yona Elfassi—a Moroccan-born educator, researcher, and content creator—for a lecture titled Singing Across Borders: Jews, Muslims, and Shared Memory. Attendees explored the vibrant musical traditions that have long connected Jewish and Muslim communities in Morocco and observed how melodies can remain constant even as lyrics shift to […]

How One Jewish Woman Defied the Nazis

Monday June 1, 2026

On International Holocaust Rememberence Day the Shorstein Center welcomed historian Dr. Joanna Sliwa, who shared the story of Countess Janina Suchodolska, a Jewish woman who took on an assumed identity and saved 10,000 non-Jewish Poles during the Holocaust. We are grateful for Diane and Howard Schilit Hillel at UF for hosting us and for JCNCF, […]

Professor Rachel Gordan presents on Laura Hobson and the movie “Gentlemen’s Agreement”

Monday June 1, 2026

On February 1, Professor Rachel Gordan presented at Oak Hammock as part of their Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR). Her presentation on Laura Hobson and  the movie “Gentlemen’s Agreement” shed light on antisemitism in everyday 1940s American life.

Professor Natalia Aleksiun participates in “The Life of Ben Ferencz” discussion panel

Monday June 1, 2026

On February 4, Professor Natalia Aleksiun participated in a panel titled “The Life of Ben Ferencz: A Discussion of the Nuremberg Prosecutor, Justice Pioneer, and International Criminal Court Advocate,” held at the UF Levin School of Law and co-organized by the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies. Joined by Professors Zachary D. Kaufman of the […]

How Charlottesville Changed America

Monday August 18, 2025

The 2017 White Supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia triggered a national debate about the limits of free speech. Less noticed at the time it also sparked a campus conflict over the relationship between antisemitism and racism that anticipated our contemporary political crisis. In this lecture historian James Loeffler will revisit the story of Charlottesville to […]

Songs of War and Peace

Thursday March 27, 2025

Join us for an evening of Israeli music that spans over 70 years, tracing the nation’s history through iconic songs of conflict and reconciliation.

On February 18th, at 5:30 PM, UF Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies and the University of Florida Hillel will open the exhibition October Seventh: A Space of Anguish, Loss, Anger, Memory, and Sorrow.

Monday February 10, 2025