jewish history

Very superstitious: Legends from around the world

This Friday the 13th, don’t let a black cat cross your path, refrain from walking under any ladders, and avoid gifting clocks to elders. Here are some more global superstitions on this inauspicious day, with insight from Northeastern faculty.

by Molly Callahan April 13, 2018

David Myers delivers the 2018 Morton E. Ruderman Memorial Lecture in Raytheon on March 26, 2018. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Scholar makes impassioned plea for Jewish history

In Northeastern’s seventh annual Morton E. Ruderman Memorial Lecture, Jewish studies scholar David Myers argued that in an age of political strife and headline news, a long-term perspective is more important than ever in preserving our democratic institutions.

by Bill Ibelle March 28, 2018

01/25/16 - BOSTON, MA. - Northeastern professor Jeffrey Burds speaks during Northeastern's Holocaust Commemoration ceremony at Raytheon Amphitheater on Jan. 25, 2016. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Northeastern kicks-off Holocaust Awareness Week with heartrending presentation

“The images sear themselves into your heart and soul,” Jeffrey Burds, associate professor of history at Northeastern, said as part of a presentation on the July 1, 1941, pogrom in Lemberg, Ukraine, where more than 3,000 Jews were killed.

by Jason Kornwitz January 26, 2016

Very superstitious: Legends from around the world

Scholar makes impassioned plea for Jewish history

Northeastern kicks-off Holocaust Awareness Week with heartrending presentation

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