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Programs
The Jewish Historical Society of Memphis and the Mid-South, in cooperation with Bornblum Judaic Studies, University of Memphis, hosts fascinating and world-renowned speakers throughout the year.
Our Program Committee will be meeting this Summer to prepare
and present another year of outstanding speakers and
programs for 2007 - 2008.
What's Coming Up
Stay tuned for the 2007-2008 lineup later this Summer.
What We've DoneSunday, May 20, 2007
2:00 pm, Memphis Jewish Community Center
"Planting Jewish Roots in Southern Soil:
Tales from the Archives of Temple Israel, Tennessee’s
oldest synagogue" by Judy Ringel, former senior editor
of "Memphis" magazine and author of Children of
Israel.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
7:00
pm, University of Memphis, Mitchell Hall
"Rethinking the Role of Jewish Women in the Civil Rights
Movement" by Dr. Holly Shulman, Professor of Women’s
Studies, University of Virginia.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
2:00
pm, Memphis Jewish Community Center
"Israel, the Middle East, and Terrorism" by
Elliot Chodoff, David Bornblum Visiting Scholar in
Israel and Middle East Studies, University of Memphis
Monday, February 5, 2007
7:30
pm, Memphis Jewish Community Center
Ketubah Exhibit and lecture on the history of the
Ketubah by David Moss, one of the preeminent Jewish
artists of the last 35 years
Sunday, January 21, 2007
3:00pm, Peabody Place
"A Tour and Talk of The Asian and Judaica Museum: Tour and talk by Jack Belz
with comments by Leonid Saharovici"
Sunday, November 19, 2006
2:00 pm,
Memphis Jewish Community Center
"Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary
Tales of the Jewish South" by Marcie Cohen Ferris
Sunday, November 5, 2006
2:00pm, Memphis Jewish Community Center
"The
Jewish/Christian Debate in the Middle Ages: From Joseph to
Jesus and the Story of the Ten Martyrs" by Dr. Shmuel
Shepkaru, author and lecturer
Monday, October 9, 2006
7:30pm, Memphis Jewish Community Center
"Saving The
Jews: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Holocaust" by Robert N.
Rosen, Attorney, author and lecturer
Sunday, May 28, 2006
2:00pm, Memphis Jewish Community Center
Panel on the current situation in Israel: Bluma Zuckerbrot,
and Sharon Knaso; moderated by Dr. David Patterson
Sunday, April 30, 2006
2:00pm,
Memphis Jewish Community Center The Selma
Lewis Scholars Program: "Telling Our Stories," featuring
genealogy projects, including power point presentations, by
students from Bornblum Solomon Schecter, the Hebrew Academy,
and Temple Israel. Program co-chaired by Marcia Bicks and
Harriet Stern.
Sunday, March 26, 2006
2:00pm, Memphis Jewish Community Center
"The Jews of Charleston:
From the 17th to the 19th Century" by Rabbi David Radinsky
Sunday, February 26, 2006
2:00pm, Memphis Jewish Community Center
"Southern Jewish insights into the
changing religious ethos of the South" by Eli Evans
Thursday, January 26, 2006
7:30pm, University Center, University of Memphis
"Hungary and the Holocaust" by Dr. Zsuzsanna Ozsvath
Sunday, December 4, 2005
2pm, Memphis Jewish Community Center
"Jews in Arab Lands" by Dr. Norman Stillman
Sunday, November 13, 2005
2pm, Memphis Jewish Community Center
Jewish Book Celebration of Memphis authors
Thursday, November 10, 2005
7pm, Fogelman Executive Center
Avi Patt, "On the Holocaust"
Sunday, October 9, 2005
2pm, Memphis Jewish Community Center
"Southern Jewish Languages" by Dr. Cynthia Bernstein
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
7:30pm, Memphis Jewish Community Center
"Disengagement from Gaza" by Elliot Chodoff
May 15, 2005
2pm, Jewish Community Center
The society's annual meeting featured a panel of MELTON SCHOLARS discussing highlights of the acclaimed Melton program in Jewish studies. Participating were Rabbi Shai Finkelstein, Lynnie Mirvis, and Cantor David Julian, program instructors, and Mimi Grossman, moderator. A brief meeting took place to install the organization's new officers.
April 3, 2005
1 - 4pm, Jewish Community Center
The Selma Lewis Scholars Committee of The Jewish Historical Society of Memphis and the Mid-South presented an exciting GENEALOGY FAIR. Members of the society and interested friends, together with students from the area’s Jewish day schools and Sunday schools, displayed genealogical projects and materials.
March 20, 2005
RICHARD SIEGEL, executive director of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, spoke on RENAISSANCE OR DECLINE: ASSESSING AMERICAN JEWISH CULTURE AFTER 350 YEARS. Siegel’s talk is one of a series of events commemorating the 350th anniversary of Jewish life in America.
February 13, 2005
DR. LAWRENCE SCHIFFMAN of New York University, award-winning scholar and author, updated us on THE SECRETS OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS.
January 9, 2005
TOM FREUDENHEIM spoke on Grandparents or Museums: Who Are the Primary Transmitters of Jewish Culture? Freudenheim, an internationally respected authority on museums and Jewish culture, was a director at the new Jewish Museum of Berlin, at the Jewish Museum in New York City, and at the Smithsonian Institution.
November 10, 2004
Renowned scholar DR. JONATHAN SARNA of Brandeis University, discussed his new book, American Judaism. His talk honored Jewish Book Week and the 350th anniversary of Jewish life in America.
November 7, 2004
Memphis's own TOVA MIRVIS spoke about her much-anticipated new novel, The Outside World. Her appearance, in honor of Jewish Book Week, was co-sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women.
October 10, 2004
RABBI JOEL FINKELSTEIN, senior rabbi of Memphis' Anshei Sphard Beth El Emeth synagogue, began our commemorative celebration of the 350th anniversary of Jewish settlement in America with a talk on Sephardic Jewry and American History. Rabbi Finkelstein was formerly rabbi of the historic Sephardic congregation in New York City.
September 19, 2004
DR. JEAN FREEDMAN, oral historian and folklorist, conducted an oral history workshop and presented a program on Why Oral History is Interesting and Important.
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