Past Semesters
Since its inception, The CJS at UNC Asheville has sponsored hundreds of programs for the campus and the community. Following is a small sampling of some of the programs we’ve sponsored in recent years.
My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet’s Life in thePalestinian Century, a reading from Adina Hoffman’s recently published book of the same title.
Things on Which I Stumbled, a poetry reading from Peter Cole’s most recent book of poetry
The First Annual Asheville Jewish Film Festival
a screening of five films at the Fine Arts Theatre in downtown Asheville, www.ashevillejewishfilmfestival.com
Danny Masseng: The Beauty, the Passion, The Heartbreak: Israel: 60 Years of Song,
The Annual Deutsch Family Concert
All About Eve: Gender and the Garden of Eden Tale
Dr. Carole Meyers
Understanding Israel
A Two-Day Forum
Haven: The Dramatic Story of 1000 World War II Refugees and
How They Came to America
Ruth Gruber
The Five Books of Miriam
Ellen Frankel
Voice of the Turtle
The First Annual Deutsch Family Concert
Who Owns Anne Frank?
Cynthia Ozick
The Invisible Wall: Germans and Jews
W. Michael Blumenthal
The Arab-Israeli Peace Process: Are We Past the Crossroads?
Ken Stein
Healing in Judaism and Other Religious Traditions
Rabbi Simkha Weintraub and Dr. Jane Curran
God and the Big Bang
Daniel Matt
My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransport
Melissa Hacker
Israel and Its Neighbors Then and Now: Revisionist History and the Quest for
Legitimacy in the Middle East Today
Eric Meyers
Encounter Point
Ronit Avni
Crossing Bridges: Encounters Between the African-American and
Jewish Communities
Julius Lester
The Jew in the Lotus
Rodger Kamenetz
Poems of Jerusalem
Yehuda Amichai
Bubbie Got Run Over By A Reindeer
Dr. Eric Mazur
The Aviv Quartet
The Annual Deutsch Family Concert
Israel, the Lobby and the Media: A Look at the Public Image of Israel and the Challenges to the Jewish Community
J. J. Goldberg
and more . . .