Culture
The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
Subject 188 Suffolk St, New York, NY, United StatesWhat are societies? What keeps them together and tears them apart? A New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles–or Borneo–with little fear. But, If a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. Psychologists have done little to explain this: For years, they have held that our biology […]
Signs & Symbols: The Zodiac (Jewish Museum Behind the Scenes)
Jewish Museum 1109 5th Ave, New York, NY, United StatesFor centuries Jewish communities have incorporated the symbols of the Zodiac into ceremonial objects, synagogue architecture, and richly decorated works used to mark life cycle events and holidays. Join Senior Curator Claudia Nahson for a gallery talk where she shares her research on Signs and Symbols: The Zodiac, the newest installation in Scenes from the Collection, which showcases objects drawn […]
Andrew Marantz on the Failures of Silicon Valley and the Rise of the Alt-Right
Company HQ 335 Madison Ave, 3rd Fl, New York, NY, United States"There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future." -Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg is just one of the many optimistic entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley who set out to create a free and democratic internet. Yet, this […]
All About the Fat: Hanukkah at MOFAD
Museum of Food and Drink 62 Bayard Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin The Gefilteria co-founders Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz and seasonal foods expert Amelia Saltsman, along with food writer Devra Ferst, for a lively talk and tasting about all the fats—from olive oil to schmaltz—that make Hanukkah food so special. Most of us know the symbolic meanings of Hanukkah and the miraculous oil, but how […]
Mikhal Dekel, the Flight East: WW2 Refugees in Tashkent, Tehran and Tel Aviv
CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesBeginning in September 1941 and throughout the war, Central Asia and Iran became places of refuge to hundreds of thousands of Jewish and Catholic Polish citizens. Mikhal Dekel, whose father was a child refugee in Tehran, will recount the research and writing process of this epic yet relatively unknown Holocaust story, told in her new […]