Black & Jewish Americans; Symposium & Public Talk

SYMPOSIUM: March 4 to 5 Black Americans, Jewish Americans: Historical Intersections, Collisions, and Passings A diverse, interdisciplinary group of scholars will explore the complex relationship of Black and Jewish Americans as well as their struggles to negotiate and belong in white Christian American society.       Learn more about the Symposium      Not Quite White in Fiction and Film: Laura Z. Hobson's Gentleman's Agreement and  Nella Larsen's Passing The Abram Matlofsky Memorial Program PANEL DISCUSSION Monday, March 4, 7:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served   Join us for an exploration of racial and ethnic "passing" in these critically-acclaimed novels and their adaptations for the screen. Excerpts from both films will be shown during the program, which will examine the struggles of both Black and Jewish Americans to feel that they belong in this country. Free and open to the public.   Register Here     The symposium and related public programming are co-organized by Nancy Sinkoff, Rutgers University, and Donavan L. Ramon, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Read HERE about the origins of the project, which won a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.   Additional funding has been provided by:         Donate Now   Thank you for your support!  Your gift enables us to make a meaningful impact in the community, fostering engagement with Jewish identity, culture, and history.