Thanks for sharing these opportunities with us, Sally! I've signed up to attend both.
Best, Annette ______ Annette Y Goldsmith, PhD (she/her) Part-time Faculty, Kent State iSchool; Librarian, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, Los Angeles "A book is like a world you can carry around with you." Liniers On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 7:20 PM Sally Stieglitz via Hasafran < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Safranim, > > My workplace has two zoom programs with Jewish content this fall. I have > arranged for members of AJL to attend without a fee. It's certainly open to > others as well; if you are interested and not an AJL member or member of > one of NY's library resources councils, a small fee may apply. > Best regards, > Sally > Here are the details: > > *Whistle: A New Gotham Hero, With Creator E. Lockhart > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lilrc.org/event-4404435__;!!KGKeukY!klSMkn0VjMieQenac-x6jQ20LhLpv-7mibnuWNvMKsXH3XRSUwU5cnWOqgJB29TzwLM$>* > Sept. 13, 1pm-2pm Eastern > > Can DC’s first Jewish teen superhero in 40 years take on legacy villains > Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, and the Riddler? New York Times #1 and USA Today > bestselling author, E. Lockhart introduces Gotham and YA fans to > sixteen-year-old activist Willow Zimmerman, and her loyal stray Great Dane, > Lebowitz. > > Join LILRC as we welcome Willow’s creator and best selling author, E. > Lockhart (*We Were Liars*) who writes about morally complicated heroines > navigating emotional situations. Lockhart will discuss the character of > Whistle and the history of Jewish characters and Jewish female comic book > characters in particular. > > E. Lockhart is the New York Times #1 and USA Today bestselling author of *We > Were Liars* and other acclaimed novels. She is a Printz-honoree, National > Book Award finalist, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist. A longtime > comics fan, her work caught the attention of DC Comics through superhero > material contained in Fly on the Wall and Genuine Fraud. Whistle is her > first graphic novel. Born in New York City, she grew up in Cambridge, MA > and Seattle and has a doctorate in English from Columbia University. She > lives in Brooklyn with her family and a team of cats. > *Kugel and Frijoles: Latino Jews in the United States* > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lilrc.org/event-4359805__;!!KGKeukY!klSMkn0VjMieQenac-x6jQ20LhLpv-7mibnuWNvMKsXH3XRSUwU5cnWOqgJB5_5DTlA$> > November 10, 2pm - 2pm Eastern > > > *K**ugel and Frijoles: Latino Jews in the United States* analyzes the > changing construction of race and ethnicity in the United States through > the lens of contemporary Jewish immigrants from Latin America. Since Latino > Jews are not easily classified within the U.S. racial and ethnic schema, > their ethnic identity and group affiliation challenge existing paradigms. > > This presentation introduces the stories of Latino Jewish immigrants and > lays out the important questions surrounding ethnic identity: How do Latino > Jews identify? Can they choose their identity or is it assigned to them? > How is ethnicity strategic or instrumental?Presenter Laura Limonic > illustrates how groups can be constructed when there is a lack of a perfect > host group and detail the ways different factors influence ethnic identity > and shape membership into ethnic groups affecting the trajectory of > immigrant incorporation. > > Presenter: Laura Limonic is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the > College of Old Westbury of the State University of New York. Her research > is in the area of contemporary immigration to the United States and the > integration trajectories of ethnic and ethno-religious groups. Her recent > book on Latino Jews in the United States was honored as the 2019 best book > by the Latin American Jewish Studies Association. The book explores issues > of ethnicity, race, class and religious community building among Latino > Jewish immigrants in Boston, New York, Miami and Southern California. Her > work has been supported by the Berman Foundation and the Association of > Jewish Studies.Limonic is currently working a new project funded by the > Templeton Trust’s Global Research Religion Initiative. This research > examines the rise of Chabad-Lubavitch in Latin America and the role played > by transnational migrants within the movement. > > Limonic received her PhD in Sociology from the CUNY Graduate Center in > 2014. 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