Aleena Ressas

Dec 9, 2024 | campustimes.org | Aleena Ressas

Nora Rubel, Chair of the Department of Religion and Classics and Professor in Jewish Studies, was born in Italy to Holocaust survivors. She is the daughter of an Italian-born father with Polish and German ancestry and an Israeli mother whose family settled in Tel Aviv in the early 20th century. As a self-proclaimed, “military brat,” her childhood encompassed frequent relocation due to her father’s military service to areas where she and her sister would often be the only Jews around.

Nov 16, 2024 | campustimes.org | Aleena Ressas

Shaul Magid, Visiting Professor of Modern Jewish Studies from Harvard Divinity School, spoke with the University’s Aaron Hughes, Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Judaic Studies, on Thursday, Nov. 7. It was the third part of a six-part series sponsored by the Center of Jewish Studies and the Department of Religion and Classics, called “Conversations on Israel, Palestine, and the War in Gaza.”Magid examined the characteristics of liberal Jewish Americans who are slowly starting to abandon Zionism.

Nov 11, 2024 | campustimes.org | Aleena Ressas

As the second part of a six-part series, sponsored by the Center of Jewish Studies and the Department of Religion and Classics, called “Conversations on Israel, Palestine, and the War in Gaza,” Swarthmore College Chair of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies Sa’ed Atshan spoke with the University’s Stefanie Dunning, Director of the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. The talk, held on Monday, Nov.

Nov 3, 2024 | campustimes.org | Aleena Ressas

Internationally recognized Israeli documentary filmmaker Barak Heymann came to the University on Monday, Oct. 28, to share his thoughts on his filmmaking methods and attempts to capture Israel’s complicated reality. Heymann called himself a simple man, saying that he is not “a great intellectual thinker.”“The most important thing for me in every film is the main character […] I need to feel in my body that I am very much connected to the person I am portraying in my films,” Heymann said.

Oct 27, 2024 | campustimes.org | Aleena Ressas

On Tuesday, Oct. 8, a year and a day after the start of the war in Gaza, Hillel hosted Diplomat Dennis Ross and former Negotiator Gaith al-Omari, to discuss the past, present, and future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Executive Director of Hillel Joy Getnick gave a speech introducing the speakers.