BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-409@fjmc.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260126T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260126T210000 DTSTAMP:20251219T180319Z URL:https://fjmc.org/events-2/international-holocaust-day/ SUMMARY:Current Challenges &\; Trauma to the Jewish People DESCRIPTION:Scroll Down for Registration Form\n\n\nCurrent Challenges &\ ; Trauma to the Jewish People\nIn Commemoration of International Holocaust Day\nWith Spertus President and CEO\, Dr. Dean Bell\n\nMonday\, January 2 6\, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET\n\n\n\n\nThe FJMC Committee to Combat Antisemitism will commemorate International Holocaust Day with a discussion on current challenges and trauma for the Jewish people.  \nDr. Dean Bell\, President and CEO of the Spertus Institute will share perspectives on the work of t he Spertus Institute to train and educate Jewish leaders to fight antisemi tism. \nHe will also discuss his new book\, "Judaism\, History and the Env ironment\," Engaging creatively with Jewish texts and history\, this book explores the interplay between history\, Judaism\, and the environment th rough the prism of natural disasters.\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Dean P. Bell is the n inth President and CEO of Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leader ship\, where he also holds a faculty appointment as Professor of History.\ nHe has served on the faculty of institutions including DePaul University\ , Northwestern University\, Hebrew Theological College\, University of Ill inois at Urbana-Champaign\, and the University of California\, Berkeley.\n A leading voice for the advancement of Jewish higher education\, Dr. Bell has served as President\, Vice-President\, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association and has been a member of the Board of D irectors of the Association for Jewish Studies.\nA historian by training\, he is widely published in the areas of medieval and early modern Jewish h istory as well as early modern cultural responses to disaster. His book Pl ague in the Early Modern World: A Documentary History (Routledge) was publ ished in late 2019\, uncannily just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. He ser ved as an expert on pandemic history for a range of media and organization s during the height of the COVID-19 crisis.\nHis current research and publ ications focus on explorations of vulnerability\, resilience\, and religio us leadership.\n\n\n\n\nSpertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadersh ip is an institution of higher Jewish education headquartered in Chicago\, Illinois. It offers learning opportunities that are "rooted in Jewish wis dom and culture and open to all.  https://www.spertus.edu\n\n \;\n\n& nbsp\;\n\n \;\n\nFJMC Combating Antisemitism Initiative web page\n\n[n inja_form id=36]\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n CATEGORIES:Combating Antisemitism END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR