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Folktales of Israel: A Festival of Jewish Storytelling Honoring Professor Peninnah Schram Co-sponsored by YU Stern College for Women, YU Museum and the American Zionist Movement. Sunday, November 6, 2011, 10 a.m- 5 p.m. Yeshiva Universvity Museum at the Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th Street, NYC 10011 Bringing together internationally renowned story tellers and scholars, Folktales of Israel: A Festival of Jewish Storytelling is a day dedicated to the art of storytelling in and about the Land of Israel. At this moment of political tensions, this festival highlights the beauty of Israel and its peoples, presenting through scholarship and performance some of the ways that storytellers have transmitted their love of Israel through the ages. Storytellers Include: Barry Bub, Cherie Karo Schwartz, Ellen Frankel, Goldie Milgram, Jennifer Rudick Zunikoff, Laura Simms, Noa Baum Schedule: Session 1: 10:00-12:15: Greetings: Jess Olson, Richard M. Joel, Yeshiva University Keynote Speaker: Dan Ben-Amos (University of Pennsylvania) Session 2: 1:30-3:15: Keynote Speaker: Saul Berman, Yeshiva University Session 3: 3:15-5:00: Presentation of Honorary volume: Mitzvah Stories: Seeds of Inspiration and Learning in Honor of Peninnah Schram (ed. Goldie Milgram and Ellen Frankel, 2011). Full schedule and list of stories to come Hag Sameach, Kathe Pinchuck Past Chair, Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee SSC Secretary Association of Jewish Libraries www.sydneytaylorbookaward.org www.jewishlibraries.org --- 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: hasaf...@osu.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
