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Talk
Thursday, April 18, 2024
7
–
8 pm
EDT
Scheuer Auditorium
The Saul and Gladys Gwirtzman Lecture
Rabbi Diana Fersko and author Maurice Samuels lead a discussion about antisemitism–what it is born out of, why does it spread, and most importantly, what we can learn from its persistence in the world today. Moderated by Stephanie Butnick, host of Tablet’s Unorthodox podcast.
Copies of Diana Fersko’s We Need to Talk About Antisemitism and Maurice Samuels’s Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
About the Speakers:
Rabbi Diana Fersko is the Senior Rabbi at The Village Temple in Manhattan. She served as National Vice President of the Women’s Rabbinic Network and is a member of the New York Board of Rabbis. She received her rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, where she also earned a master’s degree in Hebrew literature. For more than a decade, Rabbi Fersko has been preaching and teaching about antisemitism.
Maurice Samuels is the Betty Jane Anlyan Professor of French at Yale University and a specialist in 19th century French culture. A recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and the New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellowship, he is the author of five books, including most recently The Betrayal of the Duchess and Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair. He has directed the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism since 2011.
Stephanie Butnick is deputy editor of Tablet Magazine and a host of the Unorthodox podcast. She is the author, along with her co-hosts, of The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything in Between. She has written for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Co-presented by Jewish Book Council, the Jewish Museum, and Tablet Magazine.
Admission to the event is free and includes an opportunity to visit the Jewish Museum’s galleries on the day of the program. Advance RSVP is required; however, early arrival is suggested as space is limited, and entry is not guaranteed.
The Jewish Museum is committed to making its programs accessible to all. For inquiries and requests for live CART interpretation, ASL interpretation, or additional accommodations please email info@thejm.org or call 212.423.3200 ext. 0.