Princeton NJ Events

The Jews from Arab Lands, Jewish Center Princeton

Sunday January 30, 2022
12:00 PM

ZOOM LECTURE With Professor Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah, University of Groningen (The Nethlerlands)

On the eve of the creation of the State of Israel nearly one million Jews lived across the Arab world. Today, at most, a few thousand remain. Why did they leave and what cultural remnants are still there? Take a sweeping tour of the modern history of Jews from the Arab world.

Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah is assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She received her PhD in 2019 from Leiden University and specialized in the modern history of Middle Eastern and North African Jewry. She is the author of numerous scholarly and trade publications including her recent monograph Baghdadi Jewish Networks in the Age of Nationalism (Brill, 2021).

For security reasons, Registration is required for all programs. To register, please sign up at the following link. Registration closes Friday, January 28 @ 2:00PM. We cannot accept late registrations.

Princeton History Walking Tour, Historical Society of Princeton

Sunday January 30, 2022
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Enjoy a 90-minute walk around downtown Princeton and the University campus as you learn about historic sites in the area, including Bainbridge House, Nassau Hall, the University Chapel and Palmer Square. The early history of Princeton, the founding of the University, and the American Revolution are just some of the stories from Princeton’s history that you will learn on your tour.

Tickets are $10. Advance purchase is required. Tour starts in the courtyard of the Princeton Battle Monument (GPS address: 1 Monument Drive).

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