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212 SHOFAR Spring 1995 Vol. 13, No.3 NEWS AND INFORMATION Conferences East European Genealogy Conference On August 4 and 5, 1995, the Federation of East European Family History Societies will sponsor a conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Over 43 speakers will discuss the following ethnic groups: Slovak, German, Jew, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Ukrainian, Russian, Croatian, Hungarian, Slavonian, Carpatho-Rusyn. For more information and a brochure, contact: FEEFHS, c/o 13 27th Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55414-3101, U.S.A., or FEEFHS 1995 Conference, S.E.P.O. Box 501, 1380 West 117th St., Lakewood,OH 44107, U.S.A. Twentieth CAJE Conference The Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education will hold its twentieth annual Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education from August 13 through 17, 1995, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The program will prepare educators for the Jerusalem 3000 celebration which begins in September; the Israeli theme will use art, drama, dance, and music as well as texts. For more information, write to the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education, 261 W. 35th St., Floor 12A, New York, NY 10001; phone: 212-268-4210; fax: 212-268-4214. Primo Levi Conference The Vancouver (British Columbia) Holocaust Centre Society is planning a conference on "Primo Levi and His Work" to be held in Vancouver, BC, in November 1995. The Society is interested in assessing the interest in this topic and in creating a mailing list of people and organizations with an interest in Levi's work. Please respond to: Primo Levi Conference, c/o Dr. Robena Kremer, Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, #50·950 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 2N7; phone: 604-2640499 ; fax: 604-264-0497; e-mail: rkool@cln.etc.bc.ca. News and Information "Confronting the Holocaust" 213 The 26th Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, entitled "Confronting the Holocaust: A Mandate for the 21st Century," will be held March 3-5, 1996, at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center Hotel. Sub-topics will include: The Holocaust and the Vatican; Impact on Jewish-Christian Relations; Christian Stake in Holocaust Education (and memory); Religious Teaching, Seminary Curricula, Educating the Clergy; War Crimes Trials; Artistic Response, Public Monuments; Unresolved Questions on Post-Holocaust Antisemitism and Theology; Perpetrators, Bystanders, Victims, Rescuers, Survivors. Papers related to the conference theme and its sub-topics, proposals for panel discussions and exhibits, and papers generally related to the mission and work of the conference are invited. Proposals for papers or panel discussions are due by August 1, 1995, and will be accepted in the form of a single-page abstract accompanied by a brief author's biography. Please include three copies. For further information or to submit abstracts or proposals, contact: Rabbi MaxA. Shapiro, Conference Chairperson, Center forJewish-Christian Learning, Mail #SOD, University ofSt. Thomas, 2260 SummitAve., St. Paul, MN 55105; phone: 612-962-5780 or 1-800-326-6819; fax: 612·962-5790. ]ewries at the Frontier The Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, will be hosting an international conference, "Jewries at the Frontier," at the University of Cape Town, August 11-13, 1996. The conference coordinators, Milton Shain· of the University of Cape Town and Sander 1. Gilman of the University of Chicago, are calling for papers which will explore the Jewish experience in frontier settings. The emphasis will be on Jews as a minority within a minority with hegemonic power in colonial and post-colonial settings, including among other topics South African Jewry, Anglophone Indian Jewry, Canadian Jewry with a focus on Quebec Jewry and Jewry in the Northern Territories, American Jewry of the colonial period and American Jewry with a focus on Frenchspeaking Louisiana and the Spanish-speaking Southwest, early Australian and New Zealand Jewry, German Jewry in the Baltic, Central, and Eastern Europe, and any other communities that fit the parameters of the conference. 214 SHOFAR Spring 1995 Vol. 13, No.3 Abstracts of presentations are required before January 31, 1996. Presentations will be in English. There is a limited amount of subsidy for accommodation in Cape Town. For further information please contact either: Milton Shain, Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies...

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