For those who might be interested: >Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:03:20 -0800 >Reply-To: H-NET List on California Studies <H-CALIFORNIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >Sender: H-NET List on California Studies <H-CALIFORNIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >From: "Robert W. Cherny" <cherny@sfsu.edu> >Subject: California Jews: A Symposium >To: H-CALIFORNIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU > > This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, > while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. > Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. > >--=_91CA670D.E180EFBD >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII >Content-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1010327160149.24115E@orion.sfsu.edu> > > >From: XAVIER SIBAJA <XSIBAJA@autry-museum.org> > >California Jews: Generation to Generation > >A Symposium at the Autry Museum > >- Sunday, April 22, 2001 from 10:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - > >LOS ANGELES - On April 22, 2001 in the Wells Fargo Theatre, the Autry >Museum of Western Heritage presents a one-day symposium exploring 150 >years of California Jewish history. The symposium, featuring noted >scholars from the fields of Jewish studies, women's history, and American >history, will provide the groundwork for a new understanding of the role >of Jews and the Jewish community in the evolution of California's ethnic >identity. > >This symposium is part of the museum's larger effort to explore the >heritage and diversity of the American West. Papers presented at this >symposium will form the basis of a book, California Jews, to be published >in the fall of 2002 by the University of New England/Brandeis University >Press. California Jews will be co-edited by Ava F. Kahn and Marc >Dollinger. > >In addition, The Autry will present a major exhibition, Jewish Life in the >American West: Generation to Generation, opening in February 2002, that >will explore the unique experiences of Western Jews and demonstrate the >common threads among all cultural groups who planted roots west of the >Mississippi. > >This symposium has been made possible through the generous support of Jay >H. Grodin. > >Admission to the symposium is free to students with a valid ID; $15 for >museum members, and $20 for general admission. Deadline for >preregistration is April 18. To register, call (323) 667-2000, ext. 243. >Registration fee includes admission to the museum and a continental >breakfast. > >PROGRAM > >9:45 a.m. Registration - Wells Fargo Theatre > >10:15 a.m. Opening Remarks - John Gray, Executive Director and CEO, >Autry Museum >James Nottage, Chief Curator, Autry Museum > >10:30 a.m. Keynote Address - California Jews: The Pacific West >Reconsidered, co-editors of California Jews - Ava F. Kahn, Visiting >Scholar, California Studies Center, University of California, Berkeley, >and Mark Dollinger, Visiting Fellow, Center for the Study of Religion, >Princeton University > >11:00 a.m. SESSION ONE - Birth of Jewish Life in California >Jews in the West: A Demographic Perspective, Bruce Phillips, Professor of >Sociology and Jewish Communal Service, Hebrew Union College - Jewish >Institute of Religion > >They Joined the Rush: Jewish Life in Gold Rush California, Ava F. Kahn > >California Synagogues: Material Culture of California Jewry, David >Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies, Hebrew Union >College - Jewish Institute of Religion > >12:30 p.m. Lunch > >1:30 p.m. SESSION TWO - Jews and California Culture >The Most Famous Jews in the World: Jews in the Film Industry and the Jews >of California, Felicia Herman, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Near Eastern >and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University > >Israel at the Shore of the Sea: Jewish Space and Place in Venice, >California, Amy Hill Shevitz, Lecturer, California State University, >Northridge > >From Berkeley to the Bet Midrash: Jews and the California Counterculture, >Marc Dollinger > >120 Years of Activism: Jewish Women in California Politics, Glenna >Matthews, Independent Scholar, and Ava F. Kahn > >3:15 p.m. Break > >3:30 p.m. SESSION THREE - Inter-Ethnic and Religious Relations >California Jewish Responses to Internment, Ellen Eisenberg, History Chair, >Willamette University > >Jews and Catholics in the San Francisco Civil Rights Campaign, William >Issel, Professor of History, San Francisco State University > >4:30 p.m. Roundtable Discussion - Moderated by Moses Rischin, >Professor of History, San Francisco State University > >About the Autry Museum >The Autry Museum of Western Heritage provides rich learning opportunities >for all people by exploring the myths and realities of the American West >and its diverse populations. The museum enhances our understanding of the >present by collecting, preserving, and interpreting objects and art, >making connections between people today and those who have shaped the >past. > >Museum admission: General adult, $7.50; seniors and students with valid >ID, $5; children ages 12 and under, $3. All programs are wheelchair >accessible. Located in Los Angeles's Griffith Park where the Golden >State (5) and Ventura (134) freeways meet, the Autry Museum is across from >the Los Angeles Zoo. On surface streets, it can be reached from Forest >Lawn Dr., Victory Blvd., or Los Feliz Blvd. The museum is 15 minutes >from the Los Angeles Civic Center and is accessible using MTA Bus Route >96. Parking is free. > >3/19/2001 > Carol De Priest <http://www.goodnet.com/~dpriest/>