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Dec 14, 20221 min read
Updates
עברית למטה I didn’t update the News here for a long time, so I’, happy to refer you to the “articles” part of the site. I have uploaded...


Jun 1, 20211 min read
Conferences
In May 2021 I gave talks in two fascinating conferences: ACJS 2021: A View of the Field: Reflecting on Canadian Jewish Studies,...

May 2, 20211 min read
Associate Professor
Couple of days ago I was promoted to Associate Professor and I'm very excited. פרופסור חבר!


May 2, 20211 min read
Conference - Postmemory and the Contemporary World
In February I attended the Postmemory and the Contemporary World conference which was held on Zoom. I met dear colleagues and together...


Jan 28, 20211 min read
Talks on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2021
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I’ve talked in two conferences: in the Next Generation to Holocaust & Heroism Legacy...


Dec 5, 20201 min read
Interview on "Cultural Agent", Israeli TV, Kan 11
I was interviewed with Prof. Yechiam Weitz and Dr. Uri Cohen on the TV show “Cultural Agent”. We discussed the controversial appointment...


Nov 23, 20201 min read
The Ghetto Fighter’s House Eighth Lecture in the International Virtual Series “Talking Memory”
Yesterday I took a part in The Ghetto Fighter’s House Eighth Lecture in the International Virtual Series “Talking Memory”. I interviewed...

Oct 20, 20201 min read
September 2020 Conferences
In September I attended two conferences. The First was the 7th International Conference on Genocide, Kosovo (Zoom Conference), September...

Oct 20, 20201 min read
Radio Interviews on Chai FM101.9, Johannesburg
Lately I've been interviewed twice on Chai FM101.9, Johannesburg. First, in August as a panelist with David Slucki and Jordy Silverstein,...

Sep 13, 20201 min read
Radio Interview on the ISF Report: “Holocaust Studies in Israel”
עברית למטה Yesterday I was interviewed with Prof. Israel Bartal and Prof. Dina Porat in Itzhak Noy’s radio program “Shabat Olamit”. We...


Sep 1, 20201 min read
Panelist: Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust
עברית למטה Today I spoke at a great, thought provoking webinar about Holocaust humor, organized by the The Johannesburg Holocaust &...

Aug 26, 20201 min read
Panelist: “Memory Forward: How the 3G Tells the Stories of the Holocaust”
Thank you 3GNY for the wonderful panel “Memory Forward: How the 3G Tells the Stories of the Holocaust” and for the great job you do....

Aug 26, 20201 min read
Panelist: "Reverberations of Holocaust Memory"
Thank you Ellen Mains and the Dialogue Center in Lodz for inviting me to take a part in the "Reverberations of Holocaust Memory" with...

Jul 9, 20201 min read
An article in “The Times of Israel” about “Humor After”
עברית למטה An article in “The Times of Israel” about a wonderful collection of essays titled “Humor After” (Wayne University Press)...


Apr 16, 20201 min read
A New article in the book "Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust"
עברית למטה Another new and exciting thing these strange days bring with them – a Zoom book launch. I published an article analyzing Anne...

Mar 12, 20201 min read
Conferences in Corona Days
Conferences and Corona: I was invited to give the keynote lecture at the conference “Between individual and collective trauma” in...


Jan 27, 20201 min read
An Interview on TRT News
I was interviewed on TRT News. I talked about Holocaust memory and the International Holocaust Remembrance Day התראיינתי ל TRT News על...


Jan 23, 20201 min read
An interview on I24 News
עברית למטה Today I attended a panel on I24 News with Efraim Zuroff, the director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center office in Jerusalem and...

Jan 23, 20201 min read
A Radio Interview
Hebrew below A Radio interview (in Hebrew) I and Dr. Lea Ganor talk about Holocaust memory in Israeli culture and the Fifth World...


Jan 17, 20201 min read
A Talk at "Communities Leaders" Seminar
עברית למטה I gave a talk in “communities leaders” seminar of “Remembrance in the Living Room” (Zicaron Ba’salon). They are in charge of...

Jan 11, 20201 min read
An Interview in the Radio program "929 Chapters for Thought"
Hebrew below I was interviewed on Kan Radio, in Hen Artzi Srur and Liron Meroz program, “929 Chapters for Thought”, 9 January 2020...


Jan 9, 20201 min read
A Talk at the conference: “Depicting Violated Jewish Women During the Holocaust”
I gave a talk yesterday at the conference: “Depicting Violated Jewish Women During the Holocaust” in Memory of Nava Semel, in Bar-Ilan...


Sep 26, 20191 min read
My Book “One Trauma, Two Perspectives, Three Years”
Hebrew below Happy and Proud. My Book “One Trauma, Two Perspectives, Three Years” which compares the representation of Holocaust...


Apr 21, 20191 min read
My new book was Published!
עברית למטה My new book was just published! Remaking Holocaust Memory (Syracuse UP) paints the first comprehensive portrait of third...


Apr 5, 20191 min read
A Talt at a Kibbutz Festival
עברית למטה Gave a talk at a Kibbutz festival – 3 days of movies and lectures. I talked about the misconception of Uri In the movie “He...


Mar 9, 20191 min read
A Conference in Wroclaw
עברית למטה --- I was invited to give a talk at the International Conference The PUBLIC in Public and Applied History in the beautiful...


Jan 28, 20191 min read
A Talk on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
עברית למטה January 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day - I’ve lectured in a seminar to guides of the educational trips to...


Jan 12, 20191 min read
My new book was just published!
עברית למטה My new book was just published! The book One Trauma, Two Perspectives, Three Years, analyzes the representations of the...


Dec 19, 20181 min read
A Talk at The Yad Vashem Biennial International Conference
עברית למטה Gave a talk at the The Yad Vashem Biennial International Conference: “The Time Dimension During and Regarding the Holocaust:In...


Dec 2, 20181 min read
A Talk in Vienna
עברית למטה Vienna in December. Unbelievable cold, amazing beauty. I gave a talk at the 2nd Global Conference, Migrations and Diasporas:...


Nov 9, 20181 min read
80 Years to Kristallnacht Conference
עברית למטה I was invited by the USC Shoah foundation to lecture at the conference “New Perspectives on Kristallnacht”. 3 days of in...


Nov 5, 20181 min read
A Conference in St. Louis, Missouri
עברית למטה I’ve lectured at the Lessons and Legacies conference, of the Holocaust Education Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri. The panel...


Oct 22, 20181 min read
A New Article
My new article titled “Holocaust Jokes on American and Israeli Situational Comedies: Signaling Positions of Memory Intimacy and...


Oct 22, 20181 min read
keynote speaker in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Hebrew below I was invited as a keynote speaker to a conference in Saint Petersburg, Russia which was organized by the Sociological...


Oct 22, 20181 min read
A Talk in a Gdańsk Conference
עברית למטה I gave a talk at the Dreams, Phantasm and Memories conference in Gdańsk. I’ve talked about the hallucinatory journey of...


Jul 20, 20181 min read
Talks at Two Summer Conferences
עברית למטה Busy two weeks: last week I took a part in Yad vaShem’s summer workshop for researchers which was fascinating. The theme was...

Jul 8, 20181 min read
An op-ed in the memory of Claude Lanzmann
An op-ed I wrote in the memory of Claude Lanzmann, the director of Shoah, which changed the way documentary cinema deals with the...


Jun 13, 20181 min read
A Talk in "The Long 1948"
עברית למטה Gave a talk at the "The Long 1948" - A Series of seminars dedicated to this important year. I talked about the transition from...


May 6, 20181 min read
A talk in the "Madness in Popular Culture" conference in Edinburgh
עברית למטה Gave a talk in the "Madness in Popular Culture" conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. I discussed the representation of Holocaust...


Apr 29, 20181 min read
Winner of the Hecht Prize for a Manuscript
עברית למטה Today I've accepted The Hecht Prize for a Manuscript of The Herzl Institute for the Study of Zionism, University of Haifa. A...


Apr 19, 20181 min read
A Talk at the Holocaust and Genocide Conference
עברית למטה Gave a talk at the Holocaust and Genocide Conference, Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, Tennessee. I talked...


Apr 12, 20181 min read
A TV Interview: New Aspects in Holocaust Reserach
עברית למטה A TV Interview in "Erev Hadash" with Dan Margalit. I talked about new aspects in Holocaust reserach:...

Apr 12, 20181 min read
A Radio Interview: The Power of Black Humor
עברית למטה A radio interview: the power of black humor as a defence mechanism for the Jewish-Israelis. From min 28. התראיינתי ב"כאן" על...


Mar 3, 20181 min read
New Article in the Book: Laughter
עברית למטה Attended the launch of a new book" Laughter: Anthology of Multi-Disciplinary Articles in Humor Research, edited by Prof. Arie...


Jan 12, 20181 min read
A Talk at the Beyond Camps and Forced Labour Conference, London
עברית למטה The Beyond Camps and Forced Labour Conference was fascinating. I enjoyed listening to the various speakers who dealt with...


Dec 3, 20171 min read
Eulogy I wrote: Nava Semel - A great writer and a beloved woman
Eulogy I wrote (in Hebrew): Nava Semel - A great writer and a beloved woman https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5051062,00.html...

Nov 17, 20171 min read
My new article: "Shattered Encounters"
My new article titled "Shattered Encounters: From My Father's House (1947) to My Father's House (2008)", was just published in Pivot: A...


Nov 8, 20171 min read
The Future of Holocaust testimonies conference in Charlottesville, Virginia
עברית למטה I’m returning from a three days conference in Charlottesville, Virginia on the future of Holocaust testimonies conference. 20...


Nov 5, 20171 min read
A talk at the Film & History conference in Milwaukee
עברית למטה Gave a talk at the Film & History conference in Milwaukee about the representation of Jewish-Germans in contemporary Holocaust...

Oct 25, 20171 min read
Fighting to save one of the last remains of Warsaw Ghetto
עברית למטה Back from Warsaw. Proud to take a part in the important struggle to save the house on 14 Waliców Street, one of the last...
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