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Rabbi Hillel Cohn
March 9, 2018
Rabbi Hillel Cohn Endowed Lecture Series hosts scholar Gary P. Zola

Zola, executive director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives and the Edward Ackerman Family Distinguished Professor of the American Jewish Experience and Reform Jewish History, will speak at annual lecture on March 13.

February 4, 2019
POSTPONED: Gerald Sorin, scholar of American and Jewish Studies, to deliver Third Annual Rabbi Hillel Cohn Endowed Lecture on the Contemporary Jewish Experience

Gerald Sorin will present “Remnants of Jewish Life in Post-Holocaust Europe: A Personal Journey,” on March 4 in Riverside and March 5 in Palm Desert.

Rabbi Hillel Cohn
May 6, 2019
Third Annual Rabbi Hillel Cohn Endowed Lecture on the Contemporary Jewish Experience set for May 13-14

Gerald Sorin will present “Remnants of Jewish Life in Post-Holocaust Europe: A Personal Journey,” on May 13 in Palm Desert and May 14 in Riverside.

May 15, 2019
Jewish scholar talks of his experiences as part of Third Annual Rabbi Hillel Cohn Endowed Lecture

Gerald Sorin shared his experiences in Europe in 1990 when he was teaching in the Netherlands outside the classroom. He visited towns and villages that had been home to Jews for centuries.