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Video Series: Global Conversations

  • Global Conversations: Sarah Stein in conversation with David Slucki

    Global Conversations: Sarah Stein in conversation with David Slucki

    In conversation with David Slucki, Sarah Abrevaya Stein discusses her ground-breaking book, ‘Wartime North Africa: A Documentary History, 1934–1950’ (with Aomar Boum). A collection of primary documents on North African history and the Holocaust that gives voice to the diversity of those involved—Muslims, Christians, and Jews; women, men, and children; black, brown, and white; the unknown and the notable.

    They will also discuss her review, ‘The Sassoon dynasty: Worldly Jews in a globalised world’ in the latest issue of Jewish Quarterly.

  • Global Conversations: Eva Hoffman in conversation with Alex Skovron

    Global Conversations: Eva Hoffman in conversation with Alex Skovron

    MJBW and JQ present the latest in our series of Global Conversations. Join internationally acclaimed author and academic Eva Hoffman and Melbourne poet, writer and book editor Alex Skovron.

    Eva has written an important new essay for Jewish Quarterly about the remarkable but almost forgotten Polish Jewish poet Zuzanna Ginczanka (Gincburg), who was murdered by the Nazis in January 1945, aged just 27. The discussion – while focusing on Ginczanka, her life and her poetic legacy – will also explore some broader issues raised by the subject, as well as touching on other aspects of Hoffman’s work and concerns.

  • Global Conversations: Reading the World Through Writing

    Global Conversations: Reading the World Through Writing

    Originally from New York, Lauren Elkin lived in Paris for over twenty years and now lives in London. Her most recent book No. 91/92: A Parisian Bus Diary reflects on an earlier Paris. In this conversation with critic, writer and programmer for MJBW, Tali Lavi, Lauren will talk about reading the world through writing, and her recent contribution to The Jewish Quarterly, an exploration of the work of the indomitable Vivian Gornick.
  • Global Conversations: The Art of Translation in the State of Israel Today

    Global Conversations: The Art of Translation in the State of Israel Today

    Presented in partnership with The Jewish Quarterly. Featuring award-winning Israeli author and journalist Nir Baram and Man Booker International prize-winning translator Jessica Cohen in conversation with The Jewish Quarterly editor Jonathan Pearlman, ‘The Art of Translation in the State of Israel Today’ will provide insights into Baram’s piece in the forthcoming issue of JQ, life in Israel since the Oslo Accords and the art of translating different voices.