Weekly Event Highlights

• REMINDER: Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo,
  and America's Standing
  in the World Today                                      
  Mon. 1/21, 6:00 p.m.,
  Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
  The entire university community is invited to honor thework of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through of evening of related events, including a talk by Senator Carl Levin (pictured right).

• Opening Reception: Student Visions from Johannesburg 
  Wed. 1/23, 5:00 p.m., Women's Studies Research Center
  Meet the artists and designers of the "Healing, Community, and Transformation" exhibit, which explores the healing power of art through photography and linocut.
  
  on display through Feb. 26
  Women's Studies Research Center
  

• Study Abroad Mini-Fair
  Thur. 1/24, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m., Shapiro Campus Center
  

• New Forms of American Spirituality: The Kabbalah Centre as an Israeli Export
  Thur. 1/24, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Lown 315
  Visiting lecturer Jody Myers of California State University-Northridge will speak on the Kabbalah Centre and its place in American society.

• An Intriguing Look at Women and Ritual
  Sun. 1/27, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Women's Studies Research Center
  Please join the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute for "Wine and Water," an innovative look at women and ritual. Participate and discuss a diverse range of perspectives on new and old rituals, in new settings and new interpretations. Panel and discussion will be followed by a wine and cheese reception.
  

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News & Features

• Kanan Makiya on Iraq
  Makiya, the Sylvia K. Hassenfeld Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, spoke with NPR about the next steps for the U.S. and Iraq.
  
  
• Now available in streaming video and audio:
  - Video and audio archives of the Crown Center fall conference "Middle East Today" and the "One Land, Two People" symposium hosted by the Crown Center and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies.
  
  - Video archive of the Bill Clinton visit to Brandeis
  

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