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Upcoming Events
Israel's Photoshop Law: The Idea, The Execution, and The Effect
Oct. 25, 2018, 12:30 p.m.
Skyline Commons
A Latin American Pen, A Global Memory: Imagining Anne Frank Today
Nov. 1, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Riemer-Goldstein Theater, JCC Greater Boston 333 Nahanton St. Newton, MA
The Fall 2018 launch event will feature a dramatic reading of Marjorie Agosín's illustrated book Anne: Imagining the Diary of Anne Frank, which will be accompanied by a multimedia presentation and a panel discussion about the ongoing relevance of Anne Frank in Latin America.
Lunchtime SeminarsThe lectures meet from 12:30 to 2pm in the Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall at HBI. A kosher lunch will be provided. Click here for schedule.
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2018 Research Awards
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Sexual Harassment: The Law, The Politics, and The Movement
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HBI was proud to host Catharine A. MacKinnon, the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan and James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School for our annual Diane Markowicz Lecture on Gender and Human Rights, October 14, 2018. Her lecture is titled, “Sexual Harassment: The Law, The Politics, and The Movement.”
Long before the #MeToo movement, Professor MacKinnon pioneered the legal claim for sexual harassment and, with Andrea Dworkin, created ordinances recognizing pornography as a civil rights violation and proposed the Swedish model for abolishing prostitution. The Supreme Court of Canada has largely accepted her approaches to equality, pornography, and hate speech, which have been influential internationally as well.
Israel's Photoshop Law: The Idea, The Execution, and The Effect
Thursday, October 25
12:30-2:00pm
Brandeis Skyline Commons
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This lecture is free and open to the public. Free kosher lunch provided.
Co-sponsored by: Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis Hillel, Brandeis University Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Seminar on Contemporary Jewish Life, Israeli Consulate
About Rachel Adatto
Rachel Adatto, Ph.D., is a former Member of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), with an undergraduate degree in law, an M.B.A. and M.D. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is an expert in women's health and served as the Chair of the National Council for Women's Health; the senior advisor to the Minister of Health on women's issues and on four U.N. committees dealing with women's health.
Notably, she was the lead sponsor of the 2012 "Photoshop Law" that banned ads featuring underweight models. About the law, Adatto said, “Extremely thin models have become the ideal in the advertising world, which surrounds us all day long and tells us what to buy and what to do. They can no longer serve as role models for innocent youth that adopt and copy the illusion of thinness.” (https://israeled.org/knesset-passes-photoshop-law/)
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