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While only 600 attend 'Super Bowl' of Jewish scholarship in Chicago this year - half the usual number - the consensus among them is there's no substitute for in-person discourse
Hundreds of scholars made it to the Association of Jewish Studies conference in Chicago. But the pandemic kept hundreds more away.
Theater Dybbuk and Lilith In this episode, presented in collaboration with Lilith Magazine, Theater Dybbuk’s “The Dybbukast” shares excerpts from and explores issues intersecting with a creative non-fiction essay published in The work describes how certain perspectives and life behaviors, influenced by their parents’ experiences in the Holocaust, show up for the children of survivors. Karen Propp, the author of the essay, shares her experiences and points of inspiration for the piece, and Dr. Laura Levitt, a professor of religion, Jewish studies and gender at Temple University...
happening “Curiosity Over Assumptions” “Relationships Before Politics” “Plurality Over Parity” “Local Over International” “Respect for Self-Definition” “Safe Open Space” “Nimble and Responsive” These are the stated values of NewGround, a community-building organization that creates, connects and empowers Jewish and Muslim change-makers in America. NewGround works through a professional fellowship, high school leadership council and public programming.... Read more » feature “Last spring I found out that my father was not my biological father,” I told him, keep...
Jan. 8, 2021 Rebecca Senoglu, Siana Sonoquie, Laura Levitt, Margaret Swick, Emmanuelle Sainte Friday, 11:30 In this segment, âDeath Unsheltered,â fellow KZFR programmer Rebecca Senoglu is in conversation with Siana Sonoquie, artist and advocate for the unsheltered, about her experiences of death within the homeless community, about the new mural she has created to remember them, and about how Chico Friends Meeting , the Quakers, has responded to having an unsheltered neighbor die on their porch. ; Noon Laura Levitt, Author of the just released, The Objects that Remain discusses lo...