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Join WCGS next <b>Tuesday, November 5, 2019</b> for <i><span style="color:#202020">The Buried Raging Sermons of the Warsaw Ghetto Rabbi</span></i><b>
</b>by Professor James Diamond, Chair of Jewish Studies at the University of Waterloo.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020">The Buried Raging Sermons of the Warsaw Ghetto Rabbi</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Professor Diamond will give a talk on a recovered manuscript of weekly sermons delivered in the Ghetto by a Hasidic rabbi desperately trying to preserve his faith in the face of unimaginable
loss and pain. It is a rare testament to one human being’s struggle with the incomprehensible evil of the Holocaust.<br>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Presented in cooperation with the Department of Religious Studies and Hillel Waterloo.</span></em><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">When</span></strong>: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 7:00pm<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Where</span></strong>: Balsillie School of International Affairs (67 Erb St W, Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2 )<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information</span></strong>:
<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/buried-raging-sermons-warsaw-ghetto-rabbi" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/buried-raging-sermons-warsaw-ghetto-rabbi</span></a><br>
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<b>Other upcoming events:<br>
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<span style="color:#202020">In the Children's Best Interests: Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Germany, 1945-1952</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">University of Waterloo history professor Lynne Taylor will discuss her new book,
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In the Children's Best Interests</span></em><i><br>
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</i><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">When</span></strong>: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 7:00pm<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Where</span></strong>: Knox Presbyterian Church (<span class="lrzxr">50 Erb St W, Waterloo, ON N2L 1T1)
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information</span></strong>:
<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/childrens-best-interests-unaccompanied-refugee-children" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/childrens-best-interests-unaccompanied-refugee-children</span></a><br>
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<h2><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Celebrate International Education Week - Alexandre Trudeau<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal">November 18-22 is International Education Week at the University of Waterloo, the high point of which will be a visit to campus by renowned filmmaker and storyteller Alexandre Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau will be giving a keynote address to high
school and university students (as well as anyone else who wishes to attend) about how his ability to speak multiple languages has enriched his life, both personally and professionally, and why he believes all students should have diverse opportunities for
language learning and study abroad. The keynote will be followed by a panel discussion featuring industry professionals, alumni and more, all part of the Goethe-Institut’s Career Booster – Global Experience Day.<br>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Presented in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Toronto, the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, Waterloo International, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Engineering and the Department of Spanish and Latin American
Studies.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Thursday, November 21, 2019 1:00pm - 3:00pm<br>
<b>Where:</b> Humanities Theatre, Hagey Hall (University of Waterloo)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">RSVP:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Registration coming soon.
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For more information: <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/celebrate-international-education-week-alexandre-trudeau">
https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/celebrate-international-education-week-alexandre-trudeau</a><br>
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<b>WCGS Reading Group</b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Once a semester, the Waterloo Centre for German Studies's reading group meets to discuss a book that is related to German-speaking culture. This semester they're reading Benedict Wells:
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Vom Ende der Einsamkeit / The End of Loneliness</span></em>, trans. Charlotte Collins.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">When</span></strong>: Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 7:00pm<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Where:</span></strong> TBD<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">RSVP</span></strong>: Please let the Reading Group Coordinator,
<a href="mailto:lstraus@uwaterloo.ca" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">Lori Straus</span></a>, know by November 7th if you can come.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information:</span></strong>
<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/fall-2019-reading-group" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/fall-2019-reading-group</span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Misty Matthews-Roper</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://artsonline.uwaterloo.ca/wcgs/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#954F72">Waterloo Centre for German Studies</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://uwaterloo.ca/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#954F72">University of Waterloo</span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 39267</span></p>
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