Thursday, March 14, 2019
Where
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
Joyce Antler
Samuel J. Lane Professor Emerita of American Jewish History and Culture and Professor Emerita of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University
Karla Goldman
Sol Drachler Professor of Social Work and Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Michigan
10-11:30 AM: From Radical to Feminist
with Heather Booth, Miriam Hawley, Vivian Rothstein, Marilyn Webb
Moderator: Deborah Dash Moore
Heather Booth
President of Midwest Academy, Democracy Partners
Miriam Hawley
Activist, Author, and Business Coach
Vivian Rothstein
Activist
Marilyn Webb
Author
Deborah Dash Moore
Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of History and Judaic Studies at U-M and the former Director of the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
LUNCH
12-1:30 PM: Periphery and Core: The View from Ann Arbor
with Karen Brodkin, Debra Kaufman, Ellen Meeropol, Rayna Rapp
Moderator: Marla Brettschneider
Karen Brodkin
Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles
Debra Kaufman
Professor Emerita of Sociology and Anthropology Departments, and Matthews Distinguished University Professor, Northeastern University
Ellen Meeropol
Author
Rayna Rapp
Professor at Department of Anthropology, New York University
Marla Brettschneider
Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of New Hampshire with a joint appointment in Politics and Women's Studies
1:45-3:15 PM: Adding Jewish to Feminist
with Martha Ackelsberg, Rabbi Maralee Gordon, Clare Kinberg, Judith Plaskow
Moderator: Kate Rosenblatt
Martha Ackelsberg
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emerita of Government & Professor Emerita of the Study of Women & Gender, Smith College
Rabbi Maralee Gordon
President, Greater Carolinas Association of Rabbis
Clare Kinberg
Editor, Washtenaw Jewish News
Judith Plaskow
Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at Manhattan College
Kate Rosenblatt
Visiting Assistant Professor for The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies and Department of Religion, Emory University
3:30-5 PM: Claiming Identities: Lesbian Jews, Radical Politics, and Secular Jewish Culture
with Evelyn Torton Beck, Elana Dykewomon, Irena Klepfisz, Alicia Svigals,
Moderator: Alice Mishkin
Evelyn Torton Beck
Author and Social Justice Activist
Elana Dykewomon
Author and Social Justice Activist
Irena Klepfisz
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department, Barnard College
Alicia Svigals
Composer and Violinist
Alice Mishkin
Lecturer, PhD Student and Center for Jewish Nonviolence Board Member
7-9 PM: #MeToo in the Context of Jewish Feminism
with short performance by Alicia Svigals
with Nylah Burton, Keren McGinity, Susan Weidman Schneider, Ronit Stahl
Moderator: Kirsten Fermaglich
Alicia Svigals
Composer and Violinist
Nylah Burton
Writer
Keren McGinity
Director, Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement Program at Hebrew College and Honorary Research Associate at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
Susan Weidman Schneider
Editor-in-Chief, Lilith Magazine
Ronit Stahl
Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley
Kirsten Fermaglich
Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Michigan State University