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“Make me a King” Short Film Screening and Talkback
The Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience screened Make Me a King, a short film about Ari, a Jewish Drag King ostracized by their family,
Rottman Family Lecture: “If I am Only my Genes, What am I? Jewish Identity and the Genetic Self”
Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D. is the Raymond Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair of Jewish Bioethics, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Sociology, and the Director of the
Film Screening: The Lonely Child
The Lonely Child is a forthcoming feature documentary about a little-known Yiddish lullaby “Dos Elnte Kind” (The Lonely Child) written inside the Vilna Ghetto during the
America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today
What does it mean to be a Jewish woman in America? Dr. Pamela S. Nadell explores her groundbreaking history of how Jewish women maintained their identity and influenced social activism as they wrote themselves into American history. Dr. Nadell’s book won the National Jewish Book Award–Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year.
A Unique Moment for Jewish Americans? – Beinner Annual Symposium
The annual Beinner Symposium brings together world-renowned scholars from a variety of disciplines – from history to literature, to economics, to sociology and more – to foster innovative collaborations that open new directions for the study of the American Jewish experience.
CULTURE & HERITAGE SERIES – The Jewish Deli: Lecture by Ted Merwin – Author of Pastrami on Rye
For much of the 20th century, the corner Jewish deli was an iconic institution in both Jewish and American life—a kind of homeland for the soul, with pickles on the side. As a social space it rivaled the synagogue as the primary gathering place for the Jewish community. At the same time the deli became an icon in popular culture, featured in a plethora of plays, films, TV shows, songs and stand-up routines.
Beinner Annual Symposium
The annual Beinner Symposium brings together world-renowned scholars from a variety of disciplines – from history to literature, to economics, to sociology and more
A Cross-Continental Conversation: Dr. Ilana Horwitz and Dr. David Slucki Discuss Jewish Socioeconomic Diversity
The conversation touches on the role of Jewish institutions in providing social capital and how changes in religious engagement in the U.S. affect these dynamics.
Kosher Soul: Black Jewish Identity Cooking with Michael W. Twitty
Michael W. Twitty is an award-winning culinary historian and food writer. His 2017 book, “The Cooking Gene,” traced his ancestry through food from Africa to
Antisemitism Uncovered
Presented by the Tulane University Department of Jewish Studies and the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience Featuring Dr. Golan Moskowitz,
Wild Visionary: A Book Launch and Conversation on Maurice Sendak
The Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience at Tulane University hosted this discussion on Maurice Sendak in celebration of the book
Black [but/AND/or] Jewish: A Conversation on Intersections within and across Communities
Co-sponsored by the Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience and the Africana Studies Program at Tulane University. Dr. Mia L. Bagneris, Associate Professor of
