Past Community outreach Activities
- 2020 University Lecture Series Speaker at Temple Beth Am, Seattle (3 lectures), April 2020 (postponed because of Coronavirus)
- 2020 Faculty presenter at the Seattle Jewish Federation’s “Netivim” Seminar for Young Professionals interested in a deeper understanding of Israel
- 2019 Faculty for Wexner Heritage Program on History of Zionism and Israel (four 4-hour sessions), San Francisco, May-June 2019
- 2019 Speaker at Temple Bnai Torah, Bellevue, WA, for Israel Independence Day 2019, “Beyond Hebrew: Language as a Window into the Cultures and Politics of Israel,” April 23, 2019
- 2019 Panel Participant at Seattle Public Library on the 2019 Israeli Elections, April 3, 2019
- 2019 Mt. Zion Temple, Minneapolis, “Orange Trees in Blue and White: The Beginnings and Politics of Zionist Private Enterprise,” March 13, 2019
- 2018 Discussion on “Language Diversity in Israel” for Moishe House, Seattle, Nov. 7, 2018
- 2017 “Which Land is Your Land, Which Land is Our Land,” Limmud Michigan, Mar. 19, 2017
- 2017 “Language as a Portal into Israeli History” JCC of Metro Detroit, Feb. 8, 2017 (MI)
- 2016 Organized lecture and colloquium with Prof. Sheila Katz, on the history Israeli-Palestinian Joint Non-Violent organizing
- 2016 National Havurah Institute course (four 1.5-hr. sessions) on "Beyond Ashkenazim: Jews, Race, and Ethnicity, Past and Present,” Aug. 2016 (NH)
- 2016 Lecture to students at Jefferson High School, Denver, on history of Israel/Palestine
- 2015 Guest Lecturer at CU Political Science Club on “History of Israel/Palestine,” Nov. 16, 2015
- 2015 Talk on “Inspirational Women in Jewish History” for the Women of the J group at the Boulder Jewish Community Center, Oct. 25, 2015
- 2015 Talk to Wexner Program Alumni in Denver, on “Thinking about Jewish Diversity: Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Mizrahim” June 9, 2015
- 2015 Faculty for Wexner Heritage Program in “Modern Jewish-History (five 4-hour sessions), Denver, April-May 2015 (CO)
- 2015 National Havurah Institute course (four 1.5-hr. sessions) on “Which Land is Your Land, Which Land is My Land?: Jewish Discussions about Israel and Palestine,” with Sarah D. Beller, Aug. 2015 (NH)
- 2014-5 Lecturer in the Boulder Jewish Community Center’s Scholars Series, Dec. 4, 2014, and April 26, 2015
- 2014 Congregation Bonai Shalom, Boulder, “First Friday” Speaker, “The Complexity of Language in Israel,” April 4, 2014
- 2014 Panelist for Boulder community discussion on “The Many-Sided Story: Holding a Conversation about Israel/Palestine with Love and Respect,” May 29, 2014
- 2014 Faculty for Wexner Heritage Program in “Modern Jewish-History (five 4-hour sessions), Dallas, April-May 2014 (TX)
- 2013 “After the 2013 Israeli Elections: A Recap,” guest lecture at Sarah Lawrence College, April 15, 2013 (NY)
- 2013 Film talkback for “Matchmaker,” Highland Park Temple, Feb. 16, 2013 (NJ).
- 2013 “American Jewish Responses to the 1967 Six-Day War in Israel,” guest lecture in undergraduate World History course at Lafayette College (PA), Dec. 3, 2012
- 2012 “Hebrew Language and the Politics of Aliyah,” Yale Hillel, Feb. 24, 2012 (CT)
- 2011 “The Creation of Modern Hebrew,” Westville Synagogue, New Haven, Nov. 2, 2011 (CT)
