The Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies

With your support, the Elie Wiesel Center welcomes hundreds of students into our building each year for classes on Jewish history, contemporary antisemitism, human rights protection, and more. Together, we help a new generation become educated and empowered citizens of the world.

Giving Day is coming up on April 8, but you can make an online donation today to support the Elie Wiesel Center!

This afternoon at 4:30pm in the Elie Wiesel Center, Lilach Naishtat, Skyler Inman, and Sarah Willen will discuss belonging and self-transformation in Israel in the wake of trauma. Space is limited, so register on our website for this event!

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/narrating-not-belonging-in-israel-tickets-1982192140050?aff=oddtdtcreator.

This is a Reminder about tonight’s screening of Sabbath Queen, which will take place at 5 pm at the Howard Thurman Center. Unfortunately, tomorrow’s talk with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie has to be postponed. Thank you for understanding.

Join Prof. Meng Yang for this talk, which draws on contemporary discourse analysis, as well as classroom experience, to explore the paradox of fascination and hostility towards Jews in contemporary China. Prof. Meng Yang argues that the Chinese case provides a distinctive lens for rethinking global antisemitism. This event will take place on Tuesday, March 3 at 4:00pm in the Elie Wiesel Center Library (147 Bay State Road, Room 202).

Join Abigail Jacobson and Erica Weiss at the Elie Wiesel Center on Tuesday, December 9, for a conversation about "The Limits of 'Mixedness': Ethno-National Conflicts in post-1948 Israel's 'Mixed Cities'."

Join Miriam Udel as she gives a lecture on her new book, Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature. This talk is part of the Leon and Alice F. Newton Lecture Series in Jewish Studies at Boston University.

Join us on October 29 for a talk with award-winning Jewish American writer Tracy Slater about her new book, Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp (Chicago Review Press 2025). This event will take place at 5:00pm in the College of General Studies (871 Commonwealth Ave, Room 511). The evening will include a reading, discussion, and book signing. Please register in advance to secure your seat.

This event is sponsored by the BU College of General Studies, the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, and the BU Center for the Study of Asia at the Pardee School

This is a reminder that today, Monday, Oct. 6, there will be a commemorative event from 4 to 5 PM to honor and remember the victims of the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023. This event will take place on Boston University’s Marsh Plaza.

Tomorrow, October 7, there will be an all-day commemorative display on Marsh Plaza.