Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Location: Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University (click here for map)
Highlighting the landmark research in "Gender and American Jews: Patterns in Work, Education & Family in Contemporary Life" this panel discussion will address how Jewish women juggle work, family, and Jewishness.
Admission is free; RSVP tohbi@brandeis.edu or call (781) 736-2064. For more information, visit www.brandeis.edu/hbi.
Program
7:00pm -
Introduction: Shulamit Reinharz, Director, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
Defining Jewishness and Contemporary American Jewish Life: Len Saxe, Professor of Jewish Community Research and Social Policy at Brandeis University, Director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and the Steinhardt Social Research Institute at Brandeis University
How Gender Shapes the Jewish Experience: Harriet Hartman, professor of sociology at, Rowan University, author "Gender and American Jews: Patterns in Work, Education & Family in Contemporary Life"
The Balancing Act: Lisa Lehmann, Director of the Center for Bioethics at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, married to Rabbi Daniel Lehmann current President of Boston Hebrew College, mother to three children.
7:45 - Moderated Discussion
8:15 - Book Signing and Dessert Reception
About the Book
In "Gender and American Jews: Patterns in Work, Education & Family in Contemporary Life," Harriet Hartman and Moshe Hartman build on their critical work in Gender Equality and American Jews (1996), and drawing a sociological picture of gender, religion, and secular achievement (NJPS 1990 and 2000-01). This new book brings their analysis of gendered patterns in contemporary Jewish life right to the present moment, exploring questions such as the relationship between Jewish identity and family formation and occupational achievement.
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