Upcoming Programs

The JDC Archives is pleased to present public programming in the form of webinars, including presentations from fellows, staff talks, guest lectures, film screenings, and book talks. Upcoming events are listed below; click on the titles for detailed descriptions and registration. Many of these programs are made possible thanks to the generous support of the Miriam “Mimi” Pasternak Toubin (z”l) Public Educational Programming from the JDC Archives.

For recordings of past programs, see our Public Programs Recordings page.

WEBINAR:

Mini-Course: American Jews Extending Their Hand to Brethren in Poland: The JDC in Poland, 1914-1950
Every Sunday, May 2025
12:00pm-1:00pm (US Eastern Time) / 6:00pm-7:00pm (Central European Time)
Presented by the JDC Archives and the POLIN Museum

WEBINAR:

Book Talk: Who Will Rescue Us?: The Story of the Jewish Children Who Fled to France and America During the Holocaust
Laura Hobson-Faure
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
12:00pm-1:15pm (US Eastern Time)
This program is co-sponsored by the Jewish Book Council

WEBINAR:

Helen Cohen Memorial Lecture: The Yiddishe Neshome of Yehuda Bauer’s Historiography
Dan Michman
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
12:00pm-1:15pm (US Eastern Time)
7:00pm-8:15pm (Israel)

WEBINAR:

Jewish Refugees in the Age of the Jewish Nation: Soviet Jews as “Cold War Refugees” or “Israeli Repatriates,” 1972-1991
Alexandra Zborovsky
Monday, July 10, 2025
12:00pm-1:15pm (US Eastern Time)

WEBINAR:

Book Talk: Echoes of Exile: A Family’s Odyssey through the Holocaust and Cold War
Daniela Spenser
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
12:00pm-1:15pm (US Eastern Time)

WEBINAR:

“Are there still Jews in Eastern Europe?” The Rediscovery of Central and Eastern European Jews, 1984-1997
Marcelo Dimentstein
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
12:00pm-1:15pm (US Eastern Time)

WEBINAR:

Book Talk: A Nation of Refugees: Russia’s Jews in World War I
Polly Zavadivker
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
12:00pm-1:15pm (US Eastern Time)