Jewish Feminisms/American Visions:
Perspectives from Fifty Years of Activism
March 13 – March 15, 2019
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Jewish Communal Leadership Program at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, working in partnership with the Jewish Women’s Archive, present Jewish Feminisms/American Visions: Perspectives from Fifty Years of Activism. This historic event brings together 36 pioneering and contemporary feminist activists, leaders, and thinkers to consider the role of Jewish identity in the framing and development of second wave American feminism. Building on the interpretations offered by historian Joyce Antler in her recent book, "Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women's Liberation Movement", activists from the 1960s through today will reexamine the contexts, experiences, and identities that went into creating American feminism and its impact on Jewish culture, politics, and religion.
Watch the Event
Welcome from Karla Goldman and Introduction to Symposium from Joyce Antler
From Radical to Feminist with Heather Booth, Vivian Rothstein, Miriam Hawley, Marilyn Webb with Moderator Deborah Dash Moore
Moderator: Deborah Dash Moore
Periphery and Core: The View from Ann Arbor
With Karen Brodkin, Debra Kaufman, Ellen Meetopol, Rayna Rapp
Moderator: Marla Brettschneider
Adding Jewish to Feminist
With Martha Ackelsberg, Rabbi Maralee Gordon, Clare Kinberg, Judith Plaskow
Moderator: Kate Rosenblatt
Claiming Identities: Lesbian Jews, Radical Politics, and Secular Jewish Culture
With Evelyn Torton Beck, Elana Dykewomon, Irena Klepfisz, Alicia Svigals
Moderator: Alice Mishkin
Feminism/Jewish Feminisms and the Complication(s) of Israel
With Joyce Antler, Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Ruth Tsoffar
Moderator: Judith Rosenbaum
Contemporary Leaders Consider the Legacies of Feminism
With Rabbi Alana Alpert, April Baskin, Rabbi Georgette Kennebrae, Judith Rosenbaum, Tilly Shames
Moderator: Samira Mehta
Presented with the support of the Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies and other generous co-sponsors.
Event Schedule
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Wednesday, March 13
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University of Michigan Museum of Art, Forum and Lower Auditorium
- 7-9:30 PM: Welcome Reception and screening of "Heather Booth: Changing the World"
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Thursday, March 14
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University of Michigan School of Social Work, Room 1840 (ECC)
- 8:30-9 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast
- 9-10 AM: Welcome from Karla Goldman, Introduction to Symposium: Joyce Antler
- 10-11:30 AM: From Radical to Feminist
- Lunch
- 12-1:30 PM: Periphery and Core: The View from Ann Arbor
- 1:45-3:15 PM: Adding Jewish to Feminist
- 3:30-5 PM: Claiming Identities: Lesbian Jews, Radical Politics, and Secular Jewish Culture
- 7-9 PM: #MeToo in the Context of Jewish Feminism
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Friday, March 15
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University of Michigan School of Social Work, Room 1840 (ECC)
- 8:15-8:45 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast
- 8:45-10:15 AM: Feminisms/Jewish Feminisms and the Complication(s) of Israel
- 10:30 AM-12 PM: Contemporary Leaders Consider the Legacies of Feminism
- Lunch
- 12:30-2 PM: Talk Back