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Event TitleStatusDateTimeZoneSpeech/TopicCityLocationSponsor/OrganizerInfo LinkMedia LinkEvent Type
Joint LectureUpcoming2/26/2026From the Inquisition to the Constitution: Jewish History, Religious Freedom, and the American Legal TraditionSt. Louis, MOSaint Louis UniversitySLU Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies & Center for Legal StudiesAcademic Lecture
International Holocaust Remembrance DayUpcoming1/26/2026International Holocaust Remembrance Day KeynoteSan Antonio, TXSan Antonio Holocaust MuseumSan Antonio Holocaust MuseumKeynote Address
57th Annual AJS ConferenceUpcoming12/14/2025From Judgment to Memory: The Einsatzgruppen Trial, Benjamin Ferencz, and the Shaping of Holocaust AwarenessWashington, D.C.AJS Conference VenueAssociation for Jewish StudiesConference Presentation
AJS Annual Conference (Virtual)Completed12/24/2024Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light: Nuremberg, the Holocaust, & A Post-Survivor WorldVirtualOnlineAssociation for Jewish StudiesConference Presentation
4th Int’l Symposium on Heritage in War & PeaceCompleted12/24/2024“Españoles Sin Patria:” Sepharad, Iberian Law, & Imagined CommunitiesVirtualOnlineUniversity of GlasgowConference Presentation
SCJS 2020 Annual ConferenceCompleted11/20/2024Law and the Inquisition: Memory and JusticeVirtualOnlineSociety for Crypto-Judaic StudiesConference Presentation
Wasserman Jewish Studies Center LectureCompleted10/28/2025From the Inquisition to the Constitution: The Story of Jews in Early AmericaNew York, NYBaruch CollegeBaruch CollegePublic Lecture
50th Annual European Studies ConferenceCompleted10/10/2025The Legacy of the Lesser-Known Nuremberg TrialsOmaha, NEUniversity of Nebraska – OmahaUniversity of NebraskaConference Presentation
Sixteenth Century Society & ConferenceCompleted10/22/2025Heresy By Any Other Name: Confession, Power, and the LawMinneapolis, MNSCSCConference Presentation
SCJS 2021 Annual ConferenceCompleted10/21/2025Law, Memory, and the InquisitionVirtualOnlineSociety for Crypto-Judaic StudiesConference Presentation
Fall Lecture SeriesCompleted9/25/2025OSHER Lifelong Learning Institute Fall Lecture Series (Moderator)Wilmington, DE (Zoom)OSHER Lifelong Learning InstituteOLLI WilmingtonModerator
Adult Education LectureCompleted9/24/2025The Influence of Judaism on the U.S. ConstitutionVirtualOnlineCity Congregation for Humanistic JudaismPublic Lecture
Early Modern Studies ConferenceCompleted9/23/2025Purity of Blood, the Inquisition, and the Sephardic DiasporaOrmskirk, EnglandEdge Hill UniversityEdge Hill UniversityConference Presentation
SCJS 35th Annual ConferenceCompleted8/25/2025Emcee — SCJS 35th Annual Conference Opening SessionLos Angeles, CASephardic Temple Tifereth IsraelSociety for Crypto-Judaic StudiesEmcee
National Jewish Retreat 2025Completed8/25/2025Crypto-Judaism: The Extraordinary Legacy of the Inquisition, Conversos, and Their Hidden Role in Shaping America’s ConstitutionWashington, D.C.Omni Shoreham Hotel – Palladian RoomChabad / JLILecture
SCJS 35th Annual ConferenceCompleted8/25/2025Echoes of 1492: Migration, Salvation, & AnnihilationLos Angeles, CASephardic Temple Tifereth IsraelSociety for Crypto-Judaic StudiesConference Lecture & Emcee
National Jewish Retreat 2025Completed8/25/2025From Nuremberg to The Hague: An ISIS Investigator Explores the Impact of the Nuremberg Trials and Genocide on International JusticeWashington, D.C.Omni Shoreham Hotel – Palladian RoomChabad / JLILecture
Adult Education ProgramCompleted8/23/2025Origins of Sepharad: From King Solomon to the Ends of the EarthSt. Louis, MOMirowitz Center at Covenant PlaceMirowitz CenterPublic Lecture
ISGAP Summer InstituteCompleted7/25/2025Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish Experience: Antisemitism, Holocaust, and MemoryOxford, UKOxford UniversityISGAPLecture
290th Anniversary CelebrationCompleted7/23/2025A Heritage for the Ages: Sefarad and the Story of AmericaSavannah, GACongregation Mickve IsraelCongregation Mickve IsraelGuest Speaker
Jewish Law & Ethics SymposiumCompleted6/25/2025From the Inquisition to the First Amendment: Jewish History and the American Legal TraditionSt. Louis, MOChabad Jewish CenterChabad STLLecture
CAJE Miami Adult EducationCompleted6/25/2025Sefarad: The Untold Story That Changed The World (3-part series)Miami, FL (Zoom)OnlineCAJE MiamiLecture Series
12th Annual Medieval & Renaissance Studies ConferenceCompleted6/25/2025Heretics in Christianity & Judaism: The Iberian Converso LegacySt. Louis, MOSaint Louis UniversitySaint Louis UniversityConference Presentation
11th Annual Medieval & Renaissance Studies ConferenceCompleted6/23/2025The Legacy of Sefarad: (Crypto) Jewish Experiences in Spain and PortugalSt. Louis, MOSaint Louis UniversitySaint Louis UniversityConference Presentation
European Society for Comparative Legal HistoryCompleted6/22/2025A Global Story: The Origins and Evolution of Legal CounselLisbon, PortugalUniversity of LisbonESCLHConference Presentation
Jewish Law & Ethics SymposiumCompleted6/19/2025Admissibility of Criminal Confessions: A Comparison of Talmudic and Other Legal SystemsSt. Louis, MOChabad Jewish CenterChabad STLCLE / Public Lecture
Canadian Society for Renaissance StudiesCompleted5/25/2025Power, Purity, and Persecution: The Inquisition, Limpieza de Sangre, and Conversos in Early Modern SpainToronto, CanadaGeorge Brown CollegeCSRSConference Presentation
Community LectureCompleted5/24/2025In the Shadow of the Inquisition: Jews, the United States, and the Story of Religious FreedomSeattle, WACongregation Ezra BessarothCongregation Ezra BessarothPublic Lecture
Western Jewish Studies Association ConferenceCompleted5/24/2025An Untold Story of the Shoah: Selahattin Ülkümen and the Jews of RhodesTempe, AZArizona State UniversityWJSAConference Presentation
Community LectureCompleted5/24/2025The Meaning of Genocide: Nuremberg, Eichmann, and a Legacy for EternitySeattle, WASephardic Bikur Holim CongregationSBHPublic Lecture
Invited LectureCompleted4/25/2025“The Wrongs Which We Seek to Condemn:” Genocide, October 7th, and the Shadow of NurembergLondon, UKLondon Centre for the Study of Contemporary AntisemitismLCSCAAcademic Lecture
Community LectureCompleted4/24/2025From Inquisition to Genocide: The Untold Story of Sefarad and the HolocaustMiami Beach, FLMichael-Ann Russell JCC & Miami Holocaust MemorialJCC/MemorialPublic Lecture
4th Law vs. Antisemitism ConferenceCompleted3/25/2025The Name Will Go Down in History for Eternity / From William the Conqueror to Oliver CromwellLos Angeles, CAUCLAUCLAConference Presentation
Community LectureCompleted3/24/2025Silence Reigns Around Us: The Shoah & SepharadSt. Louis, MOAish HaTorahAish STLPublic Lecture
Jewish Book WeekCompleted3/24/2025Jewish Unity Through Diversity (Panel)London, UKLondon Jewish Book WeekLondon Jewish ChroniclePanel Discussion
Exhibit Opening LectureCompleted3/22/2025At the Crossroads of Sefarad: In the Footsteps of the Crypto-Jews (Global Opening Lecture)New York, NYTemple Emanu-El Streicker CenterANU Museum of the Jewish PeoplePublic Lecture
Community LectureCompleted2/24/2025From Inquisition to Genocide: The Untold Story of Sefarad and the HolocaustMiami, FLTemple MosesTemple MosesPublic Lecture
Community LectureCompleted2/24/2025The Story of Antisemitism: From the Hebrew Bible to October 7thSt. Louis, MONHBZNusach Hari B’nai ZionPublic Lecture
Lecture SeriesCompleted2/24/2025An Extraordinary Odyssey: The 3,000 Year Story of SefaradSt. Augustine, FLSt. Augustine Jewish Historical SocietySAJHSPublic Lecture
Texas Medieval AssociationCompleted1/25/2025Erased From Memory: 1497, 1506, & the End of Portuguese JewryAustin, TXUniversity of TexasTEMAConference Presentation
Community LectureCompleted1/25/2025From Inquisition to Religious Freedom: The Story of Jews and the U.S. ConstitutionWaterloo, IASons of Jacob SynagogueCV Interfaith Council / Women of FaithPublic Lecture
Adult Education Lecture SeriesCompleted1/17/2024History & Culture of Sephardic Jewry – Parts I & IIFalls Church, VA (Virtual)Temple Rodef ShalomTemple Rodef ShalomPublic Lecture
Adult Education LectureCompleted1/24/2024History & Culture of Sephardic JewryVirtualTemple Rodef ShalomTemple Rodef ShalomPublic Lecture