• “A Tree of Life” Film Screening and Discussion

    Donald P. Corbett Business Building, Room 100 28 Beddington Road, Orono, ME, United States

    Judaic Studies is honored to host a free screening of the documentary film "A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting" with a live panel discussion with survivors of that terrible attack. On October 27th, 2018, a gunman opened fire inside a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing eleven people as they prayed, in what would become the […]

    Free
  • “Resistance: They Fought Back” MJFF Screening and Q&A with Paula S. Apsell & Erica Nadelhaft

    Donald P. Corbett Business Building, Room 100 28 Beddington Road, Orono, ME, United States

    "Resistance: They Fought Back" MJFF Screening and Q&A with executive producer and co-director, Paula S. Apsell & Education Coordinator at the. Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine, Erica Nadelhaft. April 16th 7:00 pm Donald P. Corbett Business Building, 100  

    Free
  • “Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round”

    Minsky Recital Hall 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME, United States

    In partnership with the Maine Jewish Film Festival (MJFF), UMaine Judaic Studies is honored to screen the award-winning film “Ain’t no Back to a Merry-Go-Round” by Emmy Award-winning Jewish director Ilana Trachtman in Minsky Recital Hall on the campus of the University of Maine on September 28th, 2025. This documentary tells the largely unknown story […]

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