Dialogue & celebration of Jewish culture Monmouth University in West Long Branch will host a Jewish Culture Festival June 3 through 22. The event will feature an art exhibit, Jewish film, Israeli dance and a panel discussion on "Visions and Divisions in American Jewish Life: Perspectives and Dialogue." The festival is organized by the Monmouth University Jewish Cultures Program in partnership with Temple Beth El of Oakhurst. All events are free and open to the public. A retrospective exhibit of works by Jacob Landau will open Sunday, June 3, 1 - 4 p.m. in the university's 800 and Rotary Ice House galleries. "Jacob Landau: Dialoguing with Humanity," will be on view Monday through Friday, through June 22. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Monday through Friday. The film "The Couple" will be screened Monday, June 4, 7 - 9 p.m. in Wilson Hall Auditorium at Monmouth University. The film is a World War II drama about a German/Jewish industrialist who, in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany, is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis. Led by master dancer Steve Weintraub, a program of Israeli dance will be presented Wednesday, June 6, 7:30-10 p.m. at Temple Beth El, 301 Monmouth Road, Oakhurst. A panel discussion, "Visions and Divisions in American Jewish Life: Perspectives and Dialogue," organized by Rabbi Gordon Yaffe of Temple Beth El, will take place Monday, June 18, 7:30 - 9 p.m. in Wilson Hall auditorium. Panelists will be Rabbi Adam Mintz, visiting lecturer in Jewish History at Queens (N.Y.) College; Rabbi Neil Gillman, a popular speaker and teacher, has served as scholar-in-residence in many Conservative and Reform congregations. Dr. Gillman was a member of the Commission on the Philosophy of Conservative Judaism. Rabbi Richard Hirsh, executive director of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association; Rabbi Ruth Michael Gais, director of Hebrew Union College's Center for Adult Jewish Study; Rabbi Robert Fine, interim rabbi at Temple Beth Torah in Ocean. For more information, call the Office of Academic Program Initiatives at Monmouth at (732) 571-4474.