The Brandeis International Business School sponsored an event titled "Global Protests, Local Realities: Understanding the Massive Brazilian Street Protests of 2013" last Tuesday. Four panelists contributed different perspectives to the issue of recent protests in Brazil.
Last Tuesday, journalist and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer activist Masha Gessen and professor of history at Smith College Sergey Glebov discussed discrimination in Russia at a panel discussion titled "Exploring Xenophobia and Intolerance: Spotlight on Russia," an event sponsored by the Brandeis-Genesis Institute for Russian Jewry. The two panelists discussed recent anti-gay laws in Russia that ban anything considered gay propaganda. According to Prof.
Brandeis is not "a rah-rah-paint-your-face-and-run-around school," according to Kelsey Segaloff '15.
Last Tuesday, the Queer Policy Alliance sponsored a question-and-answer session with Jonathan Miller, the head of the civil rights division of the office of the attorney general of Massachusetts.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation at Brandeis sponsored a panel discussion titled "People in Revolution" on Thursday, which offered a multidisciplinary approach to revolutions. The event was a part of the John E.
On Friday, Hillel at Brandeis, Triskelion, Shalem, the Brandeis Orthodox Organization and Kehilat Sha'ar sponsored the event "Jewish and LGBT: Understanding the Dual Identity." Panelists Rabbi Steven Greenberg, Sara Fried '15, and students Gidon Feen from the George Washington University and Ami Altzman from Columbia University spoke about identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer and Jewish. Greenberg, the first openly gay orthodox rabbi, spoke about the difficulties many gay orthodox Jews face and the lack of acceptance in many orthodox communities.
Leaders and experts in the local Jewish community gathered to discuss Jewish pluralism and the future of Judaism at Brandeis and in America during Sunday's conference, "The Now Project," which was the first conference of its kind.
Last Tuesday, Hillel, the Brandeis Zionist Alliance and the Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee co-sponsored an event titled "Israel 101: Understanding the Middle East with Iftah Burman," which aimed to provide an informed historical perspective of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During the event, Burman, founder of the Middle East Learning Academy, explained the history of Israel from 1917 to today. Burman chronologically described events, including various wars and attempts at peace, from the point of view of Palestinians, Israelis and members of neighboring Arab countries. Burman said his intent was to be as neutral as possible because the story of the Middle East is consistently told from biased perspectives.
Gustav Ranis '52, the valedictorian of Brandeis' first graduating class, passed away Tuesday, Oct.
On Tuesday, the Women's Studies Research Center sponsored an event titled "Intermarriage: How to Make a Family From Strangers," a lecture about the growing trend of intermarriage in this country.
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