Klez Fest Midwest Madison, Wisconsin October 22–25, 2026 More info: klezfestmidwest.org Featuring: The Klezmatics Grammy-winning pioneers of modern klezmer Saturday, October 24 · 2:00 PM Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall Hamel Music Center, Mead Witter School …
Past Events
Film Screening: The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Featuring talk back with Director Aviva Kempner
2212 Levy Hall (232 N Park St) @ 4:00 pm
The 2026 Darren M. Latimer Lecture on Jews and Sports Film Screening and Talk Back with Director Aviva Kempner “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg” October 21 4:00pm 2212 Levy Hall (232 N Park …
Wisconsin Book Festival: “The Two Saddest Kitchens” – Roz Chast & Jason Adam Katzenstein in conversation with Erika Meitner
Madison Central Library (201 W Mifflin St) @ 7:30 pm
a Conney Project event
Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival The kitchen is “the heart of the home,” or at least it’s supposed to be. But wait! What’s that lurking under the sink? Behind the cabinets? In …
The 2026 Kutler Lectures with Ronnie Grinberg
Memorial Union (800 Langdon St, Madison) -
The 2026 Stanley I. Kutler Lectures in American Jewish History with Ronnie Grinberg (University of Oklahoma) October 12 & 13 4:00pm Memorial Union Check “Today in the Union” screens for exact room Also available on …
Paula Oppermann: “Thunder Cross: Fascist Antisemitism in Twentieth-Century Latvia”
Zoom @ 10:30 am
Zoom Webinar Registration
College of Charleston Mosse Lecture Paula Oppermann Thunder Cross: Fascist Antisemitism in Twentieth-Century Latvia (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2025). Winner of the George L. Mosse First Book Prize Comment by Molly Pucci (Trinity College …
“A Voice in the Wilderness: The Vita Nova Publishing House and Its Anti-Nazi Program,” a lecture by Michael Wachtel
206 Ingraham Hall (1155 Observatory Drive) @ 4:00 pm
Presented by CREECA
Presented by CREECA Co-sponsored by the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, the Center for German and European Studies, and the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+ For a PDF of this poster, click here About …
Jewish Studies Open House
4195 Levy Hall @ 4:30 pm
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Greenfield Summer Institute 2026
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, 330 N Orchard St (Madison, WI) -
26th Annual Greenfield Summer Institute “Food & Drink in Jewish Culture” July 20-23, 2026 Registration Now Open! Food and drink are at the core of Jewish culture. Addressing broad questions about kashrut, family and community traditions, and …
The 2026 Cytron Lecture in Jewish Studies with Naomi Seidman
@ 4:00 pm
The 2026 Cytron Family Lecture Series in Jewish Studies “Psychoanalysis for Diabetics: Freud in the Popular Jewish Press” Naomi Seidman University of Toronto Tuesday, March 24 4:00pm Memorial Union, Old Madison Room 800 Langdon St …
Book Talk with Chad S.A. Gibbs, “Survival at Treblinka: Geography, Gender, and Social Networks of Jewish Resistance”
@ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
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College of Charleston Mosse Lecture Survival at Treblinka: Geography, Gender, and Social Networks of Jewish Resistance Chad S.A. Gibbs (College of Charleston) Comment by Jacob Flaws Chaired by Hana Green On August 2, 1943, prisoners …