The Mandelbaum Trust supports scholars from around the world to visit Sydney.  Guest scholars typically give public lectures at Mandelbaum House and offer teaching and tutoring at the University of Sydney through the Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies and other relevant departments.

Calendar of Events

Event List Calendar

August 27, 2014

Leuchter – The Devil Made Me Do It

Mark Leuchter is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion and Director of Jewish Studies at Temple University, Philadelphia. This lecture considers the mythological background to personal moral struggle in ancient Judaism. This is part of Mark’s Myth-making in the Hebrew Bible & Ancient Judaism lecture series at Mandelbaum House.

Start: August 27, 2014 4:30 pm
End: August 27, 2014 5:45 pm
Venue: Mandelbaum House
Phone: (02) 9692 5240
Address:
385 Abercrombie Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2008
Cost: $10 / $5 / Free with current student ID

August 25, 2013

Michman – Amazing Yad Vashem

The Amazing History of Yad Vashem

Professor Dan Michman is Head of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem and Professor in Modern Jewish History at Bar Ilan University. He is an eminent scholar in Holocaust Research and is visiting Sydney as Mandelbaum Scholar in Residence.

Start: August 25, 2013 7:30 pm
End: August 25, 2013 9:00 pm
Venue: Mandelbaum House
Phone: (02) 9692 5240
Address:
385 Abercrombie Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2008
Cost: $10/$5

August 22, 2013

Michman – Righteous Gentiles

Righteous Gentiles: The Emergence of a Unique Commemorative Concept

Professor Dan Michman is Head of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem and Professor in Modern Jewish History at Bar Ilan University. He is an eminent scholar in Holocaust Research and is visiting Sydney as Mandelbaum Scholar in Residence.

Start: August 22, 2013 7:30 pm
End: August 22, 2013 9:00 pm
Venue: Mandelbaum House
Phone: (02) 9692 5240
Address:
385 Abercrombie Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2008
Cost: $10/$5

August 15, 2013

Michman – “Beyond God” and “Bad”

Beyond “God and “Bad”: The Nazi Era Jewish Councils

Professor Dan Michman is Head of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem and Professor in Modern Jewish History at Bar Ilan University. He is an eminent scholar in Holocaust Research and is visiting Sydney as Mandelbaum Scholar in Residence.

Start: August 15, 2013 7:30 pm
End: August 15, 2013 9:00 pm
Venue: Mandelbaum House
Phone: (02) 9692 5240
Address:
385 Abercrombie Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2008
Cost: $10/$5

August 8, 2013

Michman – Holocaust Era Ghettos Enigma

The Holocaust Era Ghettos Enigma: What Was Their Purpose

Professor Dan Michman is Head of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem and Professor in Modern Jewish History at Bar Ilan University. He is an eminent scholar in Holocaust Research and is visiting Sydney as Mandelbaum Scholar in Residence.

Start: August 8, 2013 7:30 pm
End: August 8, 2013 9:00 pm
Venue: Mandelbaum House
Phone: (02) 9692 5240
Address:
385 Abercrombie Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2008
Cost: $10/$5

March 11, 2012

Rabbi Dr Aryeh Solomon

Rabbi Menachem Schneerson’s Philosophy of Education: No Limits to the Education Process

Sydney-born Rabbi Dr Aryeh Solomon is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sydney Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies.  He is also College Rabbi of Moriah College in Sydney, a modern Orthodox Jewish day school.

Start: March 11, 2012 7:30 pm
End: March 11, 2012 9:00 pm
Venue: Mandelbaum House
Phone: (02) 9692 5240
Address:
385 Abercrombie Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2008
Cost: $5/$10

October 23, 2011

Professor Jonathan Webber

To preserve or to reconstruct the fabric of Auschwitz? – a constant dilemma

Jonathan Webber, a British social anthropologist specialising in Jewish studies, is a professor at the Institute of European Studies at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków.

Start: October 23, 2011 7:30 pm
End: October 23, 2011 9:00 pm
Venue: Mandelbaum House
Phone: (02) 9692 5240
Address:
385 Abercrombie Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2008
Cost: $5/$10

October 16, 2011

Professor Jonathan Webber

Jewish Krakow: Real and imagined

Jonathan Webber, a British social anthropologist specialising in Jewish studies, is a professor at the Institute of European Studies at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków.

Start: October 16, 2011 7:30 pm
End: October 16, 2011 9:00 pm
Venue: Mandelbaum House
Phone: (02) 9692 5240
Address:
385 Abercrombie Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2008
Cost: $5/$10

September 25, 2011

Professor Jonathan Webber

How is the Jewish Past being remembered locally in Poland today? How are the Challenges being met?

Jonathan Webber, a British social anthropologist specialising in Jewish studies, is a professor at the Institute of European Studies at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków.

Start: September 25, 2011 7:30 pm
End: September 25, 2011 9:00 pm
Venue: Mandelbaum House
Phone: (02) 9692 5240
Address:
385 Abercrombie Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2008
Cost: $5/$10

September 18, 2011

Professor Jonathan Webber

Traces of Memory: In Search of Poland’s hidden Jewish Past

Jonathan Webber, a British social anthropologist specialising in Jewish studies, is a professor at the Institute of European Studies at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków.

Start: September 18, 2011 7:30 pm
End: September 18, 2011 9:00 pm
Venue: Mandelbaum House
Phone: (02) 9692 5240
Address:
385 Abercrombie Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2008
Cost: $5/$10
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