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 […]
UMaine Judaic Studies is proud to present an evening with Rabbi Rachel Isaacs, Executive Director of the Center for Small Town Jewish Life at Colby College. The spiritual leader of Beth Israel Congregation in Waterville, Maine, and Dorothy “Bibby” Levine Alfond chair in Jewish Studies at Colby, Rabbi Isaacs, was named one of “America’s Most […]
The Maine Jewish Film Festival presents FOUR WINTERS: A Story of Jewish Resistance during World War II, a film by Julia Mintz "A stunning, heartfelt narrative of heroism and resilience" (Lincoln Center, NYJFF). See a trailer here: https://youtu.be/hmDR3j5vUsM In this moving documentary, the last surviving Jewish partisans tell the little-known story of their four years […]
