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Maggid: Stories of the Present Day Jew
March 15, 2015 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
The Jewish Communal Leadership Program (JCLP) warmly invites you to the 2015 Communal Conversation. This year's theme is community storytelling, featuring local community members. Andrew Lustig, nationally-known Jewish slam poet, will also join us for this interactive, inspiring evening. Food will be served.
Additional featured speakers and storytellers:
Arthur Horwitz - President and founder of the Detroit Jewish News
Kaye White - Toy designer, mother of Jewish kids, lifelong hippie
Karen Rosenstein - Past Coordinator of JARC Judaic and Spiritual Care
Haya Bar Yitzhak - Schusterman Professor in Israeli Studies, Director of the Israel Folktale Archives at the University of Haifa
Shira Schwartz - Bold and bright PhD candidate in comparative literature at U-M
This event is cosponsored by University of Michigan's Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.