Below is a listing of Zelikovitz Centre’s past events of 2022.
For a listing of upcoming events, take a look at our main Events Page.

November 27, 2022: Hear Our Voices: Survivors Share their Stories of Trauma and Hate
November 20, 2022: Confronting Antisemitism in Canada: Relevant Jurisprudence and Best Practices for Our Campuses and Our Communities
November 17, 2022: Memory and the Holocaust: How We Remember the Holocaust from Survivors and Public Sources
November 15, 2022: Yiddish Glory: Lost Songs of World War II
April 7, 2022: Alexander the Great’s Jewish Scribe: Translation and Transgression
March 7, 2022: Jews and the New Antisemitism in Germany
March 1, 2022: The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman
February 17, 2022: Yerusalem: The Incredible Story of Ethiopian Jewry
February 3, 2022: Virtual Lecture with Dr. Erin Darby: Understanding Jerusalem: The Holy City and Why it Matters


“Hear Our Voices: Survivors Share their Stories of Trauma and Hate” – Project launch

Date: November 24, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Virtual, via Zoom

We invite educators to join us for the virtual launch of the Hear Our Voices: Survivors Share their Stories of Trauma and Hate project on November 24, 2022 at 7:00 pm est.

Hear Our Voices is a bilingual online course that foregrounds the voices of Holocaust survivors to educate students about the Holocaust and Antisemitism. This launch will inform educators about the free bilingual resources that they can use in their own teaching, choosing from five thematic modules (Oral History, Antisemitism and Racism, Religion and Culture, Gender and Sexuality and Memory. Produced by a team of Canadian researchers at Carleton University, resources include new oral histories, archival interviews, original mini-lectures, guest lectures by international scholars, digitized maps, timelines and interactive content, scholarly readings, archival documents, photographs and film.

View our project trailer to learn more:
EN: https://mediaspace.carleton.ca/media/2022_HOV_Module%200_Introduction_Trailer_EN/1_ha25ufh8
FR: https://mediaspace.carleton.ca/media/2022_HOV_Module%200_Introduction_Trailer_FR/1_v6539qov

Explore the project and select materials to use to enrich your own teaching.
English: https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/hearourvoices/
French: https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/ecouteznosvoix/


“Confronting Antisemitism in Canada: Relevant Jurisprudence and Best Practices for Our Campuses and Our Communities” – Panel Discussion

Date: November 20, 2022
Time: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM EST
Location: University of Ottawa, Faculty of Social Sciences Building, Room 4007, 120 University Private


“Memory and the Holocaust: How We Remember the Holocaust from Survivors and Public Sources” – Panel Discussion with Dr. Paul Finkelman

Date: November 17, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Virtual, via Zoom

Click here for Lena Allen-Shore’s biography.

Click here for an obituary about Lena Allen-Shore in The Globe and Mail.

Click here for the poem “A Cry From Warsaw” written by Lena Allen-Shore.


“Yiddish Glory: Lost Songs of World War II” – A lecture and concert event

Date: November 15, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre


“Alexander the Great’s Jewish Scribe: Translation and Transgression” – An evening with Ruth Nisse

Date: April 7, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Virtual


Jews and the New Antisemitism in Germany: Empowerment, Symbolic Politics, and Jews as Actors

Date: March 7, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Virtual


“The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman” – Online screening of play and panel discussion

Date: March 1, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Virtual


“Yerusalem: The Incredible Story of Ethiopian Jewry” – Film screening and panel discussion

Date: February 17, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM EST
Location: Virtual


Virtual Lecture with Dr. Erin Darby: Understanding Jerusalem: The Holy City and Why it Matters

Date: February 3, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Virtual
Registration: https://carleton.ca/jewishstudies/registration-understanding-jerusalem-the-holy-city-and-why-it-matters/

Poster for Erin Darby virtual lecture on February 3, 2022