Valley Beit Midrash

A virtual event presentation by Professor Sylvia Barack Fishman

Please note the event times are listed in PST.

ABOUT THE EVENT:

This class will draw on recent American and Israeli novels that portray what it's like to be a Jew in each country as well as changing relationships between Jews in America and Jews in Israel, as Jews in both countries feel threatened by unanticipated challenges.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Sylvia Barack Fishman, Ph.D., is the Joseph and Esther Foster Professor of Judaic Studies, Emerita, in the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Dept. at Brandeis University, and was the Founding Co-Director of the Hadassah Brandeis Institute. She is the author of eight books and numerous articles and book chapters on contemporary Jewish life and culture, and received the Marshall Sklare award from the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry. Prof. Fishman served on the JOFA Board for many years and continues her active involvement.