Aida's Secrets - free public screening
Sunday, October 22, 2017 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
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
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
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
DACA Information Session
Thursday, September 21, 2017 - 9:30am to 10:45am
DACA Information Session Read more
Men With Guns
Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 12:30pm to 3:00pm
Film screening of Men With Guns Read more
Leonardo González
Thursday, September 14, 2017 - 11:00am to 12:15pm
Leonardo González Read more
Border Militarization, Migration and U.S. Intervention in Latin America
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 - 2:00pm to 3:15pm
Border Militarization, Migration & U.S. Intervention in Latin America Read more
Polish Jewish Renewal Panel Discussion
Tuesday, October 17, 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:45pm
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.
The Stories behind the Pictures: Post-Holocaust Images and Realities of Child Survivors
Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 9:30am to 10:45am
Dr. Beth Cohen will be discussing the early encounters between Americans and Holocaust child survivors. Read more
Rabbinic Judaism: How the First Century Rabbis Transformed Judaism
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:45pm
How did the religion of the Israelites change into the Judaism that we know today? Read more