Conferences

The Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research at Bar-Ilan University sponsors annual conferences and symposia.
Among them are:

An annual seminar commemorating  "Kristallnacht".

A joint seminar with the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry commemorating the 10^th of Tevet, the "General Day of Kaddish".

A seminar to mark the International Holocaust Memorial Remembrance Day, January 27.

A joint seminar with the Israel and Golda Koschtizky Department of Jewish History commemorating Yom Hashoah (27 Nissan), and the annual Pflager-Ziskind prize-giving ceremony.

An Annual "Spiegel Fellows" Conference.

An end of academic year symposium.

The Institute also sponsors additional conferences and symposia about the Holocaust both at Bar-Ilan University and outside the university.

Conferences 2021-2022

book launch: Women Defying Hitler, Rescue and Resistance Under the Nazis, Oct. 25, 2021

Symposia and Conferences 2020-2021

     "Her Story, My Story?" Writing about Women and the Holocaust, a webinar commemorating the 82^nd anniversary of Kristallnacht, Nov. 9, 2020

    An event to commemorate the General Day of Kaddish, the 10^th of Tevet, in cooperation with the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, and presentation of the Krumholtz Prize, Dec. 23, 2020.

     Writing the Unwritable, an Inter-disciplinary Approach to Holocaust Postmemory – a pre publication International Zoom Conference to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 24, 2021.

     The Eichmann Trial in Historical Perspective – a webinar, March 8, 2020.

    Ongoing Spiegel Forum Lectures – Wednesday night zoom, weekly 19:30-20:00. "Creating During the Holocaust".

    An event to commemorate Yom Hashoa in cooperation with the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, and presentation of the Plager-Ziskind Prize, April 7, 2020.

    "Jews in the Service of the Enemy: Jewish Cooperation with the Nazis and their Henchmen During the Second World War", June 1, 2020

Conferences 2019-2020

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"In the Paths of Rescue: Rescuing Jews During and After the Holocaust" Marking the 81st anniversary of "Kristallnacht"	The Struggle over "the Holocaust Narrative in Eastern Europe: The Case of Lithuania", in connection with the publication of "Journey with the Enemy: The Participation of Lithuanians in Holocaust ‏Atrocities" (Heb.) by Efraim Zuroff and Ruta Vanagaita	Depicting Violated Jewish Women During the Holocaust: In Memory of Nava Semel
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"You Shall Choose Life": Jews Choosing Life During and after the Holocaust, The Second Spiegel Fellows Conference	Travels to the Valley of Death: Educational Trips to Poland, Lithuania and Eastern Europe in the Eyes of Religious Zionism	"Creating Memory" and the annual prize ceremony in memory of author Sarah Plager-Ziskind and her husband Eliezer Ziskind z"l