CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
Supervised the Association for Jewish Studies 52th Annual Conference Film Festival, December13-17, 2020, online conference. The festival is sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies at Wesleyan University. I have arranged for two question and answer sessions between AJS participants and film directors.
Supervised the Association for Jewish Studies 51th Annual Conference Film Festival, December 15-16, 2019, San Diego. The festival was sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies at Wesleyan University. Introduced the festival’s opening film, Tel Aviv on Fire.
Supervised the Association for Jewish Studies 50th Annual Conference Film Festival, December 16, 17, 2018, Boston. The festival was sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies at Wesleyan University.
Initiated, organized and Moderated a pedagogical session about Teaching Through Film: Jewish Humor at the 50th annual Association for Jewish Studies (AJS), December 16, 2018, Boston.
Represented Wesleyan University at the International Film Festival in Jerusalem, Israel, July, 2018. Brought to Wesleyan two CT premiers which were featured at that festival.
Chaired a session about Israeli literature and Israeli Film at the National Association of Hebrew Professors conference, June 25, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2018.
Initiated, Organized and Chaired a session on Teaching about Antisemitism through Film at the 49th Annual Association for Jewish Studies Conference, December 18, 2017.
Introduced the film Dimona Twist prior to its screening at the AJS film Festival, December, 17, 2017.
Represented Wesleyan University at the International Film Festival in Jerusalem, Israel, July, 2017.
Presented a paper on the use of the Israeli film Zero Motivation in teaching Hebrew at the 48th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, San Diego, December 19, 2016.
Chaired a panel on Jews and the Holocaust in Postwar Cinema: A New Perspective at the 48th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, San Diego, December 18, 2016.
Presented a paper entitled: News Reporter and Bank Robber: Use of Israeli Films to Create Models of Conversation, at a conference about Modern Spoken Hebrew at the International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, Hebrew University, June 29, 2016.
Presented a paper entitled Six Million and One: Teaching Grammatical and Cultural Concepts of the Hebrew Language through an Israeli Documentary Film at the international conference Teaching Hebrew Morphology in the 21th Century at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, June, 2015
Introduced the movie The Dove Flyer as part of the film screening of the 47th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, December 15-17, 2015.
Participated in a panel about Teaching the Holocaust Through Films at the 47th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, December 15-17, 2015.
Introduced the movie Dancing in Jaffa as part of the film screenings of the 46th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Baltimore, December 15, 2014.
Israeli Film Expert of the Film Committee of the 46th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, 2014 to present.
Selected to participate in New Chairs Workshop at the 46th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Baltimore, December 14-16, 2014.
Chaired the session Israeli Hebrew Word Formation at the NAPH conference, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, June 24-26, 2014.
Member of the Film Committee of the 45th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, MA, December 15-17, 2013.
Presented a paper entitled “Wesleyan University Israeli Film Festival: A Window into Teaching the Hebrew Language and Israeli Culture” at The International Conference for Research on the Hebrew Language and Methods of Teaching Hebrew, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, July 24-25, 2013.
Member and Israeli Films Advisor of the executive committee in charge of the selection and screening of Jewish and Israeli films as well as organizing film panels for the annual film series at the Association for Jewish Studies annual conferences, 2012 to present.
Participated in the National Association of Hebrew Professors International Conference at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, June 24-27, 2013.
Represented The Ring Family Wesleyan University Israeli Film Festival at the Jewish Film Presenters Network Conference at the JCC Manhattan, June 5-6, 2013.
Participated in the conference and film series at Association for Jewish Studies annual conference in Chicago, December 16-18, 2012.
Participated in conference entitled Multicultural Israel in a Global Perspective: Between One Society and Many Societies, organized by the Association for Israel Studies, Haifa University, June 25-27, 2012.
Participated in the conference and film series of the Association for Jewish Studies annual conference in Washington DC, December 18-20, 2011.
Represented The Ring Family Wesleyan University Israeli Film Festival at the Jewish Film Presenters Network Conference at the JCC Manhattan, June 5-6, 2011.
Presented a paper about computer annotated program I developed in Hebrew at a worldwide workshop on Teaching Hebrew in the 21st Century – Contents, Methods and Techniques at The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, July 10-14, 2011.
Participated in the 2010 seminar about language assessment sponsored by The National Middle East Language Resource Center, University of Denver, October 29 -31, 2010.
Participated in The 2010 International Literature and Culture Conference on Hebrew Language at Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University in New York City, July 6-8, 2010.
Selected to participate in a Worldwide Workshop on University Teaching of Hebrew Language: Teaching Hebrew or Teaching Israel? Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, July 25-29, 2010.
Participated in the Hebrew Teacher Development Seminar sponsored by The National Middle East Language Resource Center, University of Arizona, October 29 – 31, 2009.
Presented an updated multi media workshop to Hebrew instructors “Integrating the Israeli Film Festival into the Hebrew Curriculum” at the International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization and Hebrew Language at the Hebrew University, July 2008.
Presented a multi media workshop to Hebrew instructors “Integrating the Series Contemporary Israeli Voices and the Israeli Film Festival into the Hebrew curriculum” at the National Middle East Language Resource Center at Emory University, August, 2007. Presented an updated version of this paper at the International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization and Hebrew Language at the Hebrew University, August 2008. Attended the conference Assessment of Proficiency in a Foreign Language at Emory University, November 2008.
Chair on the Haskala session at the 2005 National Association of Hebrew Professors at Stanford University, June 2005. Chair on Culture and Literature Session at the 2004 National Association of Hebrew Professors at Austin, Texas, June 2004. Chair on Pedagogy Session at the 2003 National Association of Professors of Hebrew conference in Tampa, FL.
Participated in worldwide workshops by International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization and Hebrew Language at the Hebrew University, August 2005, July 2004, June 2003, and August 2001.
Participated in the Pre- Jewish Congress at The Hebrew University, Rothenberg School for Overseas students, July 2005.
Participated in The 1998 International Conference on Hebrew Language and Literature, June 1998 at the Jewish Theological Seminary, NY, NY.
Participated in Language Teaching and Technology Workshops designed for Colgate University and Hamilton College, June 1998 and June 1997.
Participated in Jerusalem Conference for Hebrew Teaching, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Rothenberg School for Overseas Students, Jerusalem, and July 1996.