If you live in or are visiting SE Michigan, NW Ohio, or SW Ontario on Thursday, March 6th at 7:00 p.m., you are cordially invited to the David W. Belin Lecture in American Jewish Affairs at the University of Michigan. This year's Belin Lecturer is Beth Wenger, Katz Family Term Chair of Jewish History and Director of Jewish Studies, University of Pennsylvania who will discuss "In Search of American Jewish Heritage." More details, including advance notice of other upcoming events, just below. Please contact Matt Weingarden at UM Frankel Center for Judaic Studies for any further information. _______________________________________________________________________
Elliot H. Gertel Irving M. Hermelin Curator of Judaica President, Research Libraries, Archives, & Special Collections Division of the Association of Jewish Libraries The University of Michigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] University Library Area Programs 734-936-2367 (phone) 111-C Hatcher Graduate Library North 734-763-6743 (fax) Near East Division Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1205 http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/Near.East/judaica.html http://www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/egertel ________________________________________ From: Weingarden, Matthew (mailto: mattwein [at] umich [dot] edu) Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:53 AM Subject: Wenger to Give Belin Lecture on March 6 at 7 pm Please Forward Event Information Widely and Excuse Multiple Postings See Upcoming Events Below --- In Search of American Jewish Heritage 18th Annual David W. Belin Lecture in American Jewish Affairs Beth Wenger, Katz Family Term Chair of Jewish History Director of Jewish Studies, University of Pennsylvania Date: Thursday, March 6, 2008 Time: 7 pm Place: Palmer Commons, Forum Hall, 100 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor When Jews arrived in the United States, they found themselves in a country that offered unprecedented freedoms and opportunities, but no Jewish past. As new generations of Jews settled, they invented new renditions of Jewish history suited to the United States. In the Eighteenth David W. Belin Lecture in American Jewish Affairs, Beth Wenger explores the ways that Jews wrote America into Jewish history and Jews into American history, shaping a distinct cultural heritage. Professor Wenger is the author of New York Jews and the Great Depression: Uncertain Promise (Yale University Press) which was awarded the Salo Baron Prize in Jewish History from the American Academy of Jewish Research. She is also the author of The Jewish Americans: Three Centuries of Jewish Voices in America (Doubleday Press, 2007), which was named a National Jewish Book Award finalist. The Jewish Americans is the companion volume to the six-hour PBS documentary broadcast earlier this year. A reception follows the lecture. Free and open to students, faculty, and the general public. --- Check http://www.lsa.umich.edu/judaic for upcoming events and additional information on the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies. Other upcoming events to remember: February 21 at 12 noon, Gil Klein; "A Holy Man's Space" March 10 at 7 pm, Dan Ben Amos; "Folktales of the Jews: An Anthology in the Making" March 11 at 4 pm, Looks Given/Looks Taken Film Series: "Naked City" (1948) March 12 at 4 pm, Looks Given/Looks Taken Film Series: "Little Fugitive" (1953) March 13 at 12 noon, Sara Blair, "The View from Below: The Lower East Side and the Vision of Modernity" March 18 at 4 pm, Looks Given/Looks Taken Film Series: "Thin" (2006) March 19 at 4 pm, Looks Given/Looks Taken; Exhibit Opening Reception Exhibit: Looks Given/Looks Taken: Jews & Urban Photography - March 10 - May 16 ***** Matt Weingarden Public Relations Coordinator UM Frankel Center for Judaic Studies 202 S. Thayer St., Ste 2111 Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 p. 734.615.8503 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
