A program titled "Racism and the Jews: History, Conscience and the Future" will be offered via Zoom on Thursday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m., featuring Susannah Heschel, chair of the Jewish Studies Program at Dartmouth College.
"Is rising anti-semitism a species of racism or 'hate,' or is it a separate phenomenon?" asks a spokesperson for the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, which is sponsoring the program along with the Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity and the Jewish Community Relations Council. "The program will feature a clip from 'Shared Legacies,' which features lessons of Black-Jewish cooperation and a discussion with a new generation of Black leaders."
Susannah Heschel, daughter of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, is the Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Jewish Studies Program at Dartmouth. Her scholarship focuses on the history of Jewish and Protestant religious thought in Germany during the 19th and 20th centuries, and she has brought post-colonial theory and feminist theory to her analyses. She is the author of numerous books and articles, and she also has edited two volumes of her father's writings, including "Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Writings of Abraham Joshua Heschel."
For additional information on the September 3 program, contact Sam Englender at 248-891-4837 or at englender@jfmd.org.
Published: Tue, Aug 18, 2020
