September 8, 2022
7-8:30 p.m. ET/Online
Join us for a virtual evening with all seven of the Schön family artists: Nancy Schön, Ellen Schön, Susan Schön, Mia Schon, Jackie Schon, Hannah Schon, and Charlie Dov Schön Guterman. They will share the stories behind their beautiful art, how they became a family of intergenerational artists, and their feminist interpretations of the Seven Species: olives, dates, figs, wheat, barley, grapes and pomegranates.
Adele Fleet Bacow, recently retired as President of Community Partners Consultants, will moderate the discussion. Bacow has extensive experience in urban planning, cultural economic development, and the arts, consulting for a wide variety of clients nationally, including public agencies, community development corporations, cultural organizations, and foundations.
This event is free and open to the public.
September 14, 2022
7-8 p.m. ET/Online
Rachel Barenbaum’s “masterfully plotted” new novel, Atomic Anna, is a genre-bending, soul-searching book that you won’t want to put down!
Three generations of remarkable Jewish women travel through time and work together to prevent the greatest nuclear disaster of the 20th century. As they grapple with the power their discoveries hold, they wonder: If you have the power to change the past, should you?
Barenbaum is a prolific writer – she joined HBI Conversations in 2019 with her thrilling debut “A Bend in the Stars” – and reviewer whose work has appeared in publications such as the LA Review of Books, the Tel Aviv Review of Books, LitHub, CrimeReads, Hey Alma! and more. She will be a HBI Scholar in Residence this fall and has been a HBI Research Associate for the past two years. HBI is honored to have supported Rachel Barenbaum’s writing during this project.
The New York Times raved about Atomic Anna, read the review.
HBI is a Network Member of the Jewish Book Council.
October 19, 2022
12:30-1:30 p.m. ET/Online
A Publication of the HBI Series on Jewish Women.
Join HBI as we speak and learn with Tamar Biala, editor of “Dirshuni: Contemporary Women’s Midrash,” the first ever English edition of an historic collection of midrashim composed by Israeli women.
“How thrilling to have this rich collection of women’s midrashim in our hands. The melding of scholarship, deep insight, and creativity in this brilliantly edited volume yields fresh new feminist perspectives on classical Jewish tradition. We are truly blessed to have this resource for understanding biblical texts and rabbinic commentaries.” — Marcia Falk, author of “Night of Beginnings: A Passover Haggadah”
This event is free and open to the public.
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