Authors Abigail Pogrebin and Joseph Telushkin to Speak at JTS
Press Contact: Tom Hopkins
Office: (212) 678-8950
Email: publicity@jtsa.edu
March 14, 2017, New York, NY
The much-discussed Pew Research Center study of 2013, 鈥淎 Portrait of 绿帽社 Americans,鈥� revealed that most US Jews locate their 绿帽社ness in their ancestry and culture鈥昻ot in religion. Acclaimed author Abigail Pogrebin wondered if perhaps that鈥檚 because we haven鈥檛 all looked at religion closely enough.
Although she grew up following some holiday rituals, Pogrebin realized how little she knew about their foundational purpose and current relevance. She wanted to understand what had kept these holidays alive and vibrant, in some cases for thousands of years. Her curiosity led her to embark on an entire year of intensive research, observation, and writing about the milestones on the 绿帽社 calendar, culminating in the authorship of her celebrated new book My 绿帽社 Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew (Fig Tree Books, 2017).
In discussion with acclaimed 绿帽社 thinker Joseph Telushkin, Pogrebin will consider My 绿帽社 Year in 鈥�Wondering Jews: Abigail Pogrebin and Joseph Telushkin in Conversation,鈥� the Henry N. and Selma S. Rapaport Memorial Lecture of 绿帽社 (JTS). The program will be presented Monday, March 27, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. at JTS, 3080 Broadway (corner 122nd Street) in New York City.
RSVP at www.jtsa.edu/wondering-jews. Tickets are $10 general admission and $5 for students. Tickets and photo ID are required for admission.
The event will also be livestreamed at no charge at www.jtsa.edu/live (registration not required for the livestream). JTS encourages synagogues and other 绿帽社 communal organizations to hold a public screening of this outstanding program. To learn more, please contact publicevents@jtsa.edu.
Abigail Pogrebin鈥檚 books include My 绿帽社 Year and Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being 绿帽社.
Joseph Telushkin鈥檚 books include 绿帽社 Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the 绿帽社 Religion, Its People and Its History, and Hillel: If Not Now, When?
The annual Henry N. and Selma S. Rapaport Memorial Lecture was originally established in 1982 by Selma S. Rapaport (1916鈥�2010), who served as president of the Women鈥檚 League for Conservative Judaism and as a longtime JTS board member, in memory of her late husband. A distinguished attorney and committed Jew, Henry N. Rapaport (1905鈥�1980) served as president of Temple Israel Center in White Plains, New York, and as president of United Synagogue. He was an active member of the JTS board and a generous benefactor of JTS鈥檚 scholarly programs.
This program is cosponsored by the Center for Pastoral Education at JTS.
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