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Aida's Secrets - free public screening

Sunday, October 22, 2017 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

Aida's Secrets

This powerful documentary reveals a family history that started in 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons Camp with the birth of Izak.  Adopted by a loving family in Israel and occasionally visited by his birth mother Aida, Izak is now in his late 60s and is finally told of a brother whose existence was a family secret. Read more

Dana Gioia - The Joys of Poetry and Prose

Thursday, November 16, 2017 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

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Dana Gioia is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning poet, former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and a California native of Italian and Mexican descent. Read more

"She Started It" Film Screening

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm

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CSUN's Oviatt Library and the Bonita J. Campbell Endowment for Women in Science and Engineering WISE invite you to a film screening and panel discussion of She Started It, with introductory remarks by CSUN President Dr. Dianne F. Harrison. Read more

Polish Jewish Renewal Panel Discussion

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:45pm

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What does Jewish cultural and religious renewal look like in a land where more than 90% of the Jewish population was murdered during World War II, and the survivors left or went underground during post-war Communist rule?  Join us for an exciting panel discussion about the amazing Jewish cultural and religious revival in Poland today. Our special guests include a writer, a musician, and a scholar.

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