The Faculty Senate announced Nov. 30 that in cooperation with the Library and Technology Services Advisory Committee, it will sponsor a series of lectures and community discussions on "the Future of the Library," according to a campuswide e-mail sent by Prof Tim Hickey (COSI), chair of the Faculty Senate.
At the Nov. 21 Student Union Senate meeting, the Senate unanimously agreed to support a letter in response to the upcoming protest by the Westboro Baptist Church.
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Irving Roth, a Holocaust survivor and the director of the Holocaust Resource Center at the Temple Judea of Manhasset, N.Y., addressed Brandeis community members in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall last Thursday about the lessons one can learn from his experiences during the Holocaust.Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee, Brandeis Zionist Alliance, Hillel, Brandeis Interfaith Group, Holocaust Remembrance Week, the Interfaith Chaplaincy and the Brandeis Krav Maga Club co-sponsored the event.In his presentation, Roth said he was born in Czechoslovakia in 1929 and by 1939 he began experiencing anti-Semitism on a frequent basis.
Brandeis received an overall grade of a B on the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card released Oct.
The Mandel Center for the Humanities and the Mandel Humanities Quad, made possible by a $22.5 million grant from the Mandel Foundation, opened for use by students and faculty this semester and were officially dedicated on Tuesday Oct.
Hedy Epstein, a political activist and refugee from Nazi Germany, addressed Brandeis students and community members last Thursday about her experience focusing on Palestine solidarity work in the West Bank, where she has visited several times since 2003.
Rabbi Avi Weiss, founder and president of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, the Modern and Open Orthodox Rabbinical School in New York, and the senior Rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, discussed the spiritual challenges associated with the future of Modern Orthodoxy Thursday with Brandeis students, faculty and community members.The Brandeis Orthodox Organization, Toby Kaplowitz and Rabbi Elliot Kaplowitz '02, a graduate of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, both of whom direct Hillel's learning initiative, coordinated the event, according to the Facebook event created for the talk.
Tzipi Livni, the current opposition leader of the Israeli Knesset and head of the Kadima party, addressed questions posed by students, faculty and other members of the Brandeis community yesterday in a town hall-style meeting.
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