Jewish Renaissance and Revival in America-Conference at JTS
Sunday, March 16, 2008, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
“Jewish Renaissance and Revival in America”
A Conference in Memory of Leah Levitz Fishbane, z”l (1974-2007)
Speakers (in order of presentation):
Dr. Eitan Fishbane, Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought, JTS
Dr. Jonathan Sarna, Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, and Director, Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program, Brandeis University (Keynote Address)
Dr. Arthur Kiron, Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Lance J. Sussman, Senior Rabbi, Congregation Keneseth Israel, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Irving Lehrman Research Associate Professor of American Jewish History, and Dean, Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies, JTS
Rabbi Sharon Brous, Spiritual Leader, IKAR, Los Angeles, California
Dr. Riv-Ellen Prell, Professor and Chair of American Studies, University of Minnesota
Dr. David Kaufman, Associate Professor of Contemporary American Jewish Studies, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Dr. Eugene Sheppard, Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History and Thought, and Associate Director, Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry, Brandeis University
Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen, JTS
This conference will explore aspects of religious and cultural renaissance among American Jews in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with attention to how these historical models might be inspirational to the contemporary project of revival and renaissance in the Jewish community.
The conference theme is a tribute to the work and promise of Leah Levitz Fishbane, z”l (1974-2007), whose research was devoted to the early religious, creative, and social projects of the circle of American Jews who went on to found major American Jewish institutions, including The Jewish Theological Seminary, in their more mature years.
Sponsored by the Leah Levitz Fishbane Memorial Fund at JTS, The Jewish Theological Seminary, the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, and the Deanne & Arnold Kaplan Foundation.
Registration Fee: $36 ($10 for full-time students with ID).
Registration required by March 12—earlier registration encouraged.
For further information and to register, visit the conference page on the JTS website at www.jtsa.edu/x8011.xml. General inquiries can be directed to publicevents@jtsa.edu or (212) 280-6093.