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<strong>Wednesday, October 12 at 8pm ET</strong> <b>Free on Zoom with suggested $12 donation</b> <b><a href="https://bit.ly/3SKA5vb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here</a> to Register for the Series (Parts 1 &amp; 2)</b> <p class="p2">Join us online as we welcome Dr David S Koffman for the first of two lectures focused on the historical intersections and relationships between Indigenous and Jewish American communities. In this first lecture, Dr Koffman will highlight significant moments in history that helped shape the dynamics of these relationships from the colonial Atlantic world to the Civil Rights era. It touches down on the fur trade routes in Indian Territories  of the "Old West" in the late 19th century, in the curio shops of the Pacific Northwest, Southwest and Plains, the frontier newspaper and memoirs of Jewish western pioneers, and the New York and Washington offices of policy makers, lobbyists and anthropologists of the New Deal era. Based on his award winning book, <em>The Jews' Indian: Colonialism, Pluralism and Belonging in America</em>, professor David S. Koffman will host a lively discussion about a largely unknown, complex and fascinating history of an interpersonal and intercommunal meeting.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">Return for the next lecture where Koffman concludes with the second half of the 20^th century highlighting the transition to a new kinship between the communities.</p> &nbsp; <strong>More About David S Koffman</strong> David S. Koffman is the J. Richard Shiff Chair for the Study of Canadian Jewry and an Associate Professor in the Department of History. His undergraduate courses include "Worry &amp; Wonder: Jewish Politics, Culture &amp; Religion in Canada", "A Convenient Hatred: Antisemitism Before, During and After the Holocaust", "God/USA: Religion in America Since 1491", "Making Money," and "History of Me: The Genealogy Seminar." He is the author of <em>The Jews’ Indian: Colonialism, Pluralism, and Belonging in America</em> (Rutgers University Press, 2019), winner of an Association for Jewish Studies' Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, and the editor of, and a contributor to <em>No Better Home? Jews, Canada, and the Sense of Belonging</em> (University of Toronto Press, 2021). He has published work in journals including the <em>Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era</em>, <em>Journal of Jewish Education</em>, <em>Canadian Jewish Studies</em>, <em>American Jewish History</em>, <em>Contemporary Jewry</em>, and <em>the Journal of American Ethnic History</em>. He serves as the editor-in-chief of the journal <em>Canadian Jewish Studies </em>/ <em>Études juives canadiennes</em>, and on the editorial boards of <em>Directions, The Journal of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, </em>and <em>AJS Review: The Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies. </em>He is also the Acting Director of York’s Israel &amp; Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies. <hr /> <strong>Additional Events Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Month:</strong> <ul> <li>November 1 (online) - Members of Two Tribes with Emily Bowen Cohen - <a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/emily-bowen-cohen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here</strong></a></li> <li>November 9 (online) - Jewish and Indigenous Interactions with David S Koffman Part 2</li> </ul>

<strong>Wednesday, October 19, 2022</strong> <strong>Doors at 6:30 pm, Event at 7:00 pm ET</strong> <strong>In person at The Weitzman in Philadelphia</strong> <a href="https://www.classy.org/event/beyond-chicken-soup-ashkenazi-herbalism-with-deatra-cohen-and-adam-siegel/e422168/register/new/select-tickets?&amp;c_src=beyondchickensoup&amp;c_src2=eventpagelink" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>$18 / $13 Members - </strong><strong>Click Here</strong></a> <p class="p1">Unearth the history of Ashkenazi folk medicine with herbalists <strong>Deatra Cohen</strong> and <strong>Adam Siegel</strong> as they discuss their new book entitled, “Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews.” Just days after the <strong>Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot and weeks after the end of a Shmita (rest for the land) year</strong>, this event will surely inspire ideas for the fall garden harvest and sew new ideas for gardeners planning the year to come.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>About the Book </strong>When faced with the reality that the natural medicine practices of her Jewish ancestors had been erased by war like most documentation of European Jewry, <strong>Cohen</strong>, a clinical herbalist and research librarian, took it upon herself to piece back together the history of Ashkenazi healers. With the help of <strong>Siegel</strong>, a research librarian and literary translator, the two were able to uncover European Jewish medicinal traditions that go beyond today’s ever present “chicken soup” theory. Cohen and Siegel turn back time to explore the vast treatments within Eastern Europe’s Pale of Settlement herbal tradition that from the Middle Ages through today has been shrouded in mystery. Join us for this conversation to talk about the native plants, practices and practitioners that brought infamy to the Jewish medicinal plant healers of Eastern Europe.</p> The discussion will be facilitated by <strong>Nati Passow</strong>, co-founder and director of the Jewish Farm School. <p class="p1"><strong>About the Authors </strong>Deatra Cohen is a research librarian and clinical herbalist, having trained with the Berkeley (formerly Ohlone) Herbal Center in Berkeley, California. She is a member of a Western Clinical Herbal collective, and holds the title of Master Gardener at the University of California.</p> <p class="p1">Adam Siegel is a research librarian at the University of California, Davis, and a historian of Central and Eastern Europe, specializing in issues concerning cultural contact and plant knowledge. Siegel was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Translation Fellowship in 2014 for his work as a literary translator, having translated works from Russian, Czech, German, Croatian, Serbian, French, Italian, Swedish, and Norwegian. He reviewed and translated literature and scholarship in Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, German, Polish, and Hebrew for “Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews.”</p> [caption id="attachment_3059" align="alignright" width="108"]<img class="wp-image-3059" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/thumbnail_Nati-Headshot.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="143" /> Nati Passow[/caption] <strong>About the</strong> <strong>Moderator</strong> Nati Passow has been a leader in the Jewish environmental movement for the past two decades. He co-founded and served as Executive Director of the Jewish Farm School for 15 years, overseeing hundreds of programs for children, college students, and adults. From 2019-2020 Nati was an Assistant Professor of Sustainable Food Systems at Temple University, and currently is the Director of Operations &amp; Finance for Dayenu: A Jewish Call for Climate Action. When not working, he can be found biking, tending his garden, and sharing food with family and friends in West Philadelphia. <strong>Purchase a Signed Copy Today </strong>Interested in purchasing a copy of the book signed by the author for yourself or as a gift? Visit our online Museum Store and order your copy today - <a href="https://shoptheweitzman.org/products/ashkenazi-herbalism-7-847384018177?_pos=1&amp;_sid=5b125da53&amp;_ss=r" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click Here</strong></a>. <p class="fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" data-fontsize="28.08" data-lineheight="33.9768px"><strong>Safety / Covid 19: </strong>*This event will occur in the DELL THEATER CONCOURSE LEVEL. Masking in the auditorium is mandatory.</p> <hr /> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106

<strong>Thursday, October 27 8:00 pm ET </strong> <b>Live at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History</b> <strong>GA Ticket in advance: $18 | Member Ticket in advance: $13 -<a href="https://bit.ly/3RIMfVf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Click Here</a> </strong><strong>​                    GA Ticket at the door: $20  | Member Ticket at the door: $15 </strong> <p data-ogsc="rgb(14, 16, 26)">Yo! After several months and thousands of selfies since the installation of the monumental "OY/YO" sculpture at The Weitzman, we are excited to welcome the artist and creator back to the Museum for a special program.</p> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <span data-ogsc="rgb(26, 26, 26)">Brooklyn-based artist Deborah Kass will sit down with her friend Thom Collins, Neubauer Family Executive Director and President of the Barnes Foundation, in the Weitzman's Dell Theatre. Kass and Collins will discuss the roles of art on the streets, in civic life, and protest- here in Philadelphia and beyond. The duo will also explore how "OY/YO" and other modern works of art reflect on the values of specific cultures within American society's larger landscape and the forces that divide and unite our community.</span> <strong>More About "OY/YO"</strong> </div> </div> </div> <p data-ogsc="rgb(14, 16, 26)">Deborah Kass' larger than life, Lamborghini yellow "OY/YO" sculpture is hard to miss when approaching 5th and Market streets on Independence Mall, Philadelphia. Standing proud outside the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, the sculpture says "OY," a Yiddish expression of surprise or dismay commonly used in American Jewish culture. From the reverse perspective, it reads "YO," representing the ever-popular Philadelphia slang interjection. Alternatively, "YO" is the Spanish pronoun translated to "I" in English. The artist's inspiration for this work was the dichotomy between America's promise of equality and the animosity increasing in our country today. "OY/YO" encapsulates the zeitgeist through a projection of universality.</p> <strong>About Deborah Kass </strong> <p class="p1"><strong>Deborah Kass</strong> is an American mixed-media artist whose work realizes the crossway of pop culture, art history, and identity. She obtained her BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University before joining the Whitney Museum Independent Studies Program and the Art Students League of New York. Kass has executed several solo exhibitions including Deborah Kass: Before and Happily Ever After, a Mid-Career Retrospective, at the Andy Warhol Museum, and My Elvis +, at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York. Her work was also featured in Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Many of her pieces can be seen in permanent collections in museums across the country such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, the Fogg Museum in Boston, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, the Jewish Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Kass is currently represented by <a href="https://kavigupta.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kavi Gupta Gallery</a>.</span></p> <strong>About Thom Collins</strong> <b>Thom Collins, Neubauer Family Executive Director and President of The Barnes Foundation, </b>is a Philadelphia native with nearly 30 years of experience at some of America's top arts institutions, including the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase. NY; the Contemporary in Baltimore; the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati; the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle; and the Museum of Modern Art in NY. Since arriving at the Barnes in 2015, Thom has led the institution to build upon the progressive vision of its founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes, with programs that share the collection, educate learners of all ages and break down traditional barriers to participation in the arts for diverse audiences. <strong>Safety / Covid 19: </strong>*This event will occur in the DELL THEATER CONCOURSE LEVEL. *Masking in the auditorium is mandatory. <hr /> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106 &nbsp;

<strong>Tuesday, November 1 at 8pm ET</strong> <b>Free on Zoom with suggested $12 donation</b> <strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3cUc8lP" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here</a> to Register</strong> <p class="p1">Join us on-line as we welcome the illustrator, author and educator, Emily Bowen Cohen, for a presentation celebrating the first day of Indigenous Peoples' Month. During this program Cohen will discuss her own experiences as an Indigenous and Jewish American. Cohen will use her own original drawings and comic panels to help illustrate the myriad ways in which people with intersectional identities are creating spaces for themselves in todays Jewish community. She will also reflect on themes common to Jewish and Indigenous American experiences such as the importance of places that feel like home, historical persecution and oppression, and cultural traditions. Cohen is best known for her memoir-style comics including her book <i>An American Indian Guide to the Day of Atonement</i>, in addition to several other published essays, such as <i>My Sioux-kot</i> and <i>Visiting National Parks While Native</i>.</p> <p class="p1">Cohen's new novel entitled <em>Two Tribes</em> goes on sale in August 2023!</p> <strong>More About Emily Bowen Cohen</strong> [caption id="attachment_3087" align="alignright" width="142"]<img class=" wp-image-3087" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/EBCheadshot_comp.jpg" alt="" width="142" height="214" /> Emily Bowen Cohen[/caption] Emily Bowen Cohen is a writer and visual artist. This summer, she was the Peleh Foundation Artist-in-Residence in Berkeley, CA. Her graphic novel, <em>Two Tribes</em>, will be published June 2023 by Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint at HarperCollins. Emily’s background informs her passion for creating complicated Indigenous characters. She is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and grew up in rural Oklahoma. Her father was the Chief of Staff at their tribal hospital and her mother is a nice Jewish girl from New Jersey. After her father’s early death, she was separated from her Native family. A decade later, she returned to Oklahoma for a bittersweet homecoming.  She’s been writing and drawing stories about the weirdness of being Indigenous in America ever since.<strong> </strong> <hr /> <strong>Additional Events Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Month:</strong> <ul> <li>October 12 (online) - Jewish and Indigenous Interactions with David S Koffman Part 1 – <strong><a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/jewish-indigenous-american-interactions-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong></li> <li>November 9 (online) - Jewish and Indigenous Interactions with David S Koffman Part 2 – <a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/jewish-indigenous-american-interactions-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here</strong></a></li> </ul>

<strong>Wednesday, November 2 at 8pm ET</strong> <b>Free on Zoom with suggested $12 donation</b> <a href="https://www.classy.org/event/let-there-be-light-liana-finck-and-jane-golden/e404755/register/new/select-tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click Here to Register</strong></a> Join us as we welcome the National Jewish Book Award winning cartoonist and graphic novelist, <strong>Liana Finck, </strong>and celebrate the release of her new book entitled “<strong>Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation</strong>”. In her newest graphic novel, Finck reimagines the story of Genesis with God as a woman, Abraham as a resident of New York City, and Rebekah as a robot, among many other delightful twists. During this online program, Finck will be joined in conversation by the Founder and Executive Director of <strong>Mural Arts Philadelphia</strong>, <strong>Jane Golden</strong>.  The program's conversation will cover Finck's award winning contributions to <em>The</em><em> New Yorker</em>, the book, her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lianafinck/?hl=en">extremely popular instagram account</a> with over half a million followers, her creative process and more. <strong>More About Liana Finck</strong> [caption id="attachment_2968" align="alignright" width="148"]<img class=" wp-image-2968" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/headshot-by-Jorge-Colombo-1366x1366.jpg" alt="" width="148" height="148" /> Photo of Liana Finck by Jorge Colombo[/caption] Liana Finck is a cartoonist and graphic novelist. She’s published three graphic novels: A Bintel Brief (Ecco, 2014), Passing for Human (Random House, 2018) and Let There Be Light (Random House, 2022), and a collection of her Instagram cartoons, Excuse Me (Random House, 2019). Her popular Instagram feed has 600,000 followers. She is also the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, a Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in fiction. She’s had residencies with Macdowell, Yaddo, the Headlands Center for the Arts, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. <strong>More About Jane Golden</strong> [caption id="attachment_2970" align="alignright" width="198"]<img class=" wp-image-2970" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Jane_Golden_s.jpg" alt="" width="198" height="248" /> Jane Golden[/caption] Jane Golden has been the driving force of Mural Arts Philadelphia since its inception, overseeing its growth from a small city agency into the nation’s largest public art program. Under Golden’s direction, Mural Arts has created over 4,000 works of transformative public art through community engagement. In partnership with innovative collaborators, she has developed groundbreaking and rigorous programs that employ the power of art to transform practice and policies related to youth education, restorative justice, environmental justice and behavioral health. Sought-after nationally and internationally as an expert on urban transformation through art, Golden has received numerous awards for her work, including the Philadelphia Award, the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Award and the Katharine Hepburn Medal. This year, she has been awarded the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Philadelphia Honors Award and nominated as a 2022 Philadelphia Titan 100. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and serves on the Mayor’s Cultural Advisory Council and the board of directors of The Heliotrope Foundation. <strong>Purchase a Signed Copy of "Let There Be Light: The Story of Her Creation" Today</strong> Interested in purchasing a copy of the book signed by the author for yourself or as a gift? Visit our online Museum Store and order your copy today - <a href="https://shopnmajh.com/products/let-there-be-light-7-847384018062?_pos=1&amp;amp;_sid=0b3458ab2&amp;amp;_ss=r" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click Here</strong></a>. <hr /> This program is presented by The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with <strong><a href="https://www.muralarts.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mural Arts Philadelphia</a></strong>. <img class="alignnone wp-image-2999" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/MAP-Logo-Purple-1366x323.png" alt="" width="305" height="72" /> <img class="alignnone wp-image-2771" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.png" alt="" width="410" height="87" />

<div class="body-copy wysiwyg"> <strong>Wednesday, November 2 -  3 pm ET / 12 pm PT Free Online Series See "Ways to Watch" Below</strong> In June, we launched the first season of <em><a href="https://theweitzman.org/secret-chord" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Secret Chord Concerts</a>,</em> a new series spotlighting top Jewish musicians worldwide today. Episode 5 features a performance by the grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist master of klezmer and bluegrass, <strong>Andy Statman</strong>, who is joined in this session by Jim Whitney on bass and Larry Eagle on drums. Together the trio takes viewers on a spiritual musical journey of klezmer, bluegrass, jazz and more. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> On Wednesday, November 2 at  12:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m. ET, the next <em>Secret Chord Concert </em>in the series will post at the top of this page, on the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/weitzmanmuseum" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Museum’s Facebook page</a>, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/UCLAMAJE/featured">Lowell Milken Center’s YouTube page</a> and on the series page on <a href="https://theweitzman.org/secret-chord">The Weitzman’s website</a> along with all of the previous episodes. </div> <strong>About the Series</strong> <strong><em>Secret Chord Concerts</em> is a free on-demand video series featuring 15-25 minute performances from celebrated Jewish musicians</strong> representing a broad range of styles, heritages, and histories and <strong>recorded live in front of intimate audiences in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.</strong> Season 1 episodes will air the first Wednesday of every month from June until October. A cross-country partnership between the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (The Weitzman) on historic Independence Mall in Philadelphia, and the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music (Lowell Milken Center) in Los Angeles, generated this new online offering. Both presenting organizations are committed to inspiring in people of all backgrounds a greater appreciation for the diversity of the American Jewish experience. This season’s episodes were filmed at The Weitzman, against the striking backdrop of Independence Hall, and in UCLA’s beautiful recording studio. &nbsp; <hr /> <em>This program is produced and presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music</em> <img class="alignnone wp-image-2441 aligncenter" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.png" alt="" width="393" height="83" /><img class="alignnone wp-image-1652 aligncenter" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/UCLA_Uxd_Blk_SchM_LMCntMusicAmJwExp_B2.jpg" alt="" width="439" height="82" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<strong>Wednesday, November 9 at 8pm ET</strong> <b>Free on Zoom with suggested $12 donation</b> <strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3SKA5vb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here</a> to Register for the Series (Please note, this registration is the same as Part 1)</strong> <p class="p1">Next up in this two part series is Jewish-Indigenous Encounters: New Trends. In this second lecture, Dr David S Koffman will take a closer look at more recent relationships between Indigenous and Jewish communities in America and Canada. How have these sets of communities interacted and continued interacting with one another in recent years? What is the current state of "dialogue" around genocide, colonialism, language revival, and sovereignty? What's at stake in North American Jewries' newfound engagement with questions of colonialism and indigeneity? Tune in to the second and final lecture by Dr David S Koffman where he will provide answers to these questions and much more.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <strong><a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/jewish-indigenous-american-interactions-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a> for more information on part 1 of this series</strong>. <strong>More About David S Koffman</strong> David S. Koffman is the J. Richard Shiff Chair for the Study of Canadian Jewry and an Associate Professor in the Department of History. His undergraduate courses include "Worry &amp; Wonder: Jewish Politics, Culture &amp; Religion in Canada", "A Convenient Hatred: Antisemitism Before, During and After the Holocaust", "God/USA: Religion in America Since 1491", "Making Money," and "History of Me: The Genealogy Seminar." He is the author of <em>The Jews’ Indian: Colonialism, Pluralism, and Belonging in America</em> (Rutgers University Press, 2019), winner of an Association for Jewish Studies' Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, and the editor of, and a contributor to <em>No Better Home? Jews, Canada, and the Sense of Belonging</em> (University of Toronto Press, 2021). He has published work in journals including the <em>Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era</em>, <em>Journal of Jewish Education</em>, <em>Canadian Jewish Studies</em>, <em>American Jewish History</em>, <em>Contemporary Jewry</em>, and <em>the Journal of American Ethnic History</em>. He serves as the editor-in-chief of the journal <em>Canadian Jewish Studies </em>/ <em>Études juives canadiennes</em>, and on the editorial boards of <em>Directions, The Journal of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, </em>and <em>AJS Review: The Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies. </em>He is also the Acting Director of York’s Israel &amp; Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies. <hr /> <strong>Additional Events Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Month:</strong> <ul> <li>November 1 (online) - Members of Two Tribes with Emily Bowen Cohen - <a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/emily-bowen-cohen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here</strong></a></li> <li>November 9 (online) - Jewish and Indigenous Interactions with David S Koffman Part 2</li> </ul>

<strong>Thursday, November 10, 2022</strong> <strong>Doors at 6:30 pm, Event at 7:00 pm ET</strong> <strong>In person at The Weitzman in Philadelphia</strong> <b>$25 / $18 Members - <a href="https://bit.ly/3LmoGyZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets</a></b> <span data-ogsc="rgb(84, 130, 53)">Join us for the final program in our series celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Month. </span><span data-ogsc="rgb(84, 130, 53)"> </span> <span data-ogsc="rgb(84, 130, 53)">The Weitzman welcomes the award-winning actress and star of Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi's critically acclaimed television dramedy, <em>Reservation Dogs</em>, <strong>Sarah Podemski</strong>, to our stage. Hear about how she made history as one of the four Indigenous women featured together on-screen, which cultural practices she finds universally surprising, and what it is like to be an Indigenous Jew.</span> <span data-ogsc="rgb(84, 130, 53)"> </span><span data-ogsc="rgb(84, 130, 53)">A Toronto Native, Podemski's Anishinaabe/Ashkenazi background is a significant factor in her life on and off the screen. After three decades in film and television, she is uniquely positioned to speak about the developments, or lack thereof, of Indigenous and Jewish representation in the media. Podemski will discuss her childhood, artwork, and career in the entertainment industry through her intersectional lens that considers her Indigenous and Jewish experiences. She will also share her continued efforts toward uplifting and advocating for Indigenous peoples throughout Canada and America.</span> <i>This program is made possible with the generous support of Dr. Ted Robinson in memory of Leni Robinson, of blessed memory, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother.</i> <p data-fontsize="28.08" data-lineheight="33.9768px"><strong>More About Sarah Podemski</strong></p> Sarah Podemski is an award winning Anishinaabe/Ashkenazi multidisciplinary artist from Toronto. Currently, Sarah can be seen pulling double duty on television. She stars in the critically acclaimed award-winning series <em>Reservation Dogs</em> on FX, which is co-created and executive produced by Sterlin Harjo and Academy Award winner Taika Waititi and the Syfy/Amblin comedy <em>Resident Alien</em>. Most recently Sarah finished filming the independent film / sports drama <em>Warrior Strong</em> alongside Andrew Dice Clay (Pam &amp; Tommy) and Jordan Johnson-Hinds (Blindspot). Sarah began in the performing arts at the tender age of six years old. She booked her first role in the German TV series <em>Blue Hawk</em> at 11 and went on to appear in the iconic series <em>Goosebumps</em>. Her long career also includes work on television shows such as CBS’ <em>Bull</em>, Amazon’s <em>Tin Star</em> and CBC’s <em>The Coroner</em> and feature films include The TIFF competition films <em>EMPIRE OF DIRT</em> as well as Sterlin Harjo’s <em>MEKKO</em>, for which Sarah won Best Supporting actress at the American Indian Film Festival. Throughout her career, Sarah has been passionate about raising awareness and elevating Indigenous and Jewish narratives in the entertainment industry. In addition to her on-camera presence, she writes and produces alongside her husband James Gadon. Beyond her work in film and television, Sarah runs Totem Designs, where she makes handmade dreamcatchers with a modern twist. The video below is a clip from FX's <em>Reservation Dogs </em>featuring Sarah Podemski as 'Rita,' who is in the midst of a journey of self discovery as she raises her son as a single mother. <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SO6mCyQuDQg" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <strong>Safety / Covid 19: </strong>*This event will occur in the DELL THEATER CONCOURSE LEVEL. Masking in the auditorium is mandatory. <hr /> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106 <hr /> <strong>Additional Events Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Month:</strong> <ul> <li>October 12 (online) - Jewish and Indigenous Interactions with David S Koffman Part 1 – <strong><a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/jewish-indigenous-american-interactions-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong></li> <li>November 1 (online) - Members of Two Tribes with Emily Bowen Cohen - <a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/emily-bowen-cohen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here</strong></a></li> <li>November 9 (online) - Jewish and Indigenous Interactions with David S Koffman Part 2 – <a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/jewish-indigenous-american-interactions-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here</strong></a></li> </ul>

<span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW220305803 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220305803 BCX0">Join us at The Weitzman for Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media's (PJFM) 42nd Annual Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival. Throughout the week, we'll host seven exciting and carefully curated films </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW220305803 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220305803 BCX0">which engage with Jewish culture and values. See below for more information. </span></span> <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OPENING NIGHT</span></strong> <strong><em>KARAOKE - </em><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/Karaoke" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets</a></strong> <em>Saturday, November 12 at 7pm</em> <img class="wp-image-3127 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_KARAOKE-HR-Pic-2.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="185" /> Opening Night of the 42nd Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival begins with <b>KARAOKE</b>! A Tel Aviv couple’s lifeless marriage is forever changed when their new tenant (Israeli legend Lior Ashkenazi), a dashing, party-throwing playboy, moves into their apartment building. Nominated for nine Ophir Awards (Israeli Oscars), <b>KARAOKE</b> is a funny, authentic comedy/drama about aging, love, and the chance happenings that can forever change our outlook on life. <hr /> <strong><em>THE LEVYS OF MONTICELLO -</em> <a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/TheLevysofMonticello" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets</a></strong> <em>Sunday, November 13 at 4pm</em> <img class="wp-image-3128 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_THE-LEVYS-OF-MONTICELLO-HR-Pic-34.jpg" alt="" width="292" height="164" /> Monticello is remembered as the home of Thomas Jefferson, but did you know that for nearly a century after his death, it was owned by a Jewish family? Fascinating and oddly riveting, <b>THE LEVYS OF MONTICELLO</b> tells the little-known story of the family that helped preserve one of America’s landmarks, all amidst increasing antisemitism from their community. <b>SPECIAL GUEST</b>: Director Steven Pressman. <hr /> <em><strong>WHERE LIFE BEGINS - </strong></em><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/WhereLifeBegins" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click Here for Tickets</strong></a> <em>Sunday, November 13 at 7:30pm  AND  Wednesday, November 16 at 2pm (ENCORE SCREENING)</em> <img class="wp-image-3129 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_WHERE-LIFE-BEGINS-HR-Pic-22.jpg" alt="" width="223" height="167" /> Evoking films of Italian neorealism and the French New Wave, <b>WHERE LIFE BEGINS</b> is a gorgeously filmed, stunningly acted drama about the close bond between a divorced Catholic farm owner and an unhappy ultra-Orthodox woman who attends his farm in preparation for Sukkot. <hr /> <em><strong>A RADIANT GIRL - </strong></em><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/ARadiantGirl" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click Here for Tickets</strong></a> <em>Monday, November 14 at 7pm</em> <img class="wp-image-3130 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_A-RADIANT-GIRL-HR-Pic-2.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="180" /> The year is 1942. Paris, France. Irène, a 19-year-old Jewish girl and aspiring actress, is having the time of her life. As the Nazis gradually assert power in her home, she is both cognizant of and unperturbed by the rising fear from the community. As an innocent youth, Irène knows that things are getting a little scary. What she may not know, however, is that her own life may be on the line. <hr /> <em><strong>THE MAN IN THE BASEMENT </strong></em><strong>-<a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/TheManintheBasement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em> </em>Click Here for Tickets</a></strong> <em>Tuesday, November 15 at 2pm </em> <img class="wp-image-3131 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_THE-MAN-IN-THE-BASEMENT-HR-Pic-1.jpg" alt="" width="278" height="186" /> Simon (Jérémie Renier) and Hélène (Academy Award nominee Bérénice Bejo) are a healthy, attractive bourgeois couple living in Paris with their teenage daughter. When they decide to sell their basement cellar to the elderly Mr. Fonzic (François Cluzet), a former history teacher, their idyllic world is slowly torn apart as his far-right, antisemitic beliefs are uncovered. <hr /> <em><strong>RECKONINGS </strong></em><strong>- </strong><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/Reckonings" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click Here for Tickets</strong></a> <em>Wednesday, November 16 at 7pm </em> <img class="wp-image-3132 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_RECKONINGS-HR-Pic-2.jpg" alt="" width="316" height="178" /> From Roberta Grossman, <strong>RECKONINGS</strong> is another outstanding addition to the documentarian’s collection. This riveting docudrama explores the years immediately after the liberation of the camps and the issue of ordering reparations to survivors of the Shoah. The decision to compensate survivors was both supported and frowned upon by leaders and citizens, both German and Jewish alike. Could something of this unprecedented a scale be achievable? <hr /> <b><em>HOLLYWOOD’S JEWISH NEW WAVE: PRESENTED BY FILMSHUL</em> <strong><em>- </em><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/HollywoodsJewishNewWavePresentedbyFilmShul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets</a></strong></b> <em>Thursday, November 17 at 2pm</em> <img class="wp-image-3125 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Producers-1366x768.jpg" alt="" width="308" height="173" /> Film history teaches us of the “waves” or movements that shook up the traditional, cinematic status quo. Few, however, know about the Jewish New Wave of the 60s and 70s, a period of increased Jewish visibility in American cinema. In this exclusive presentation, <strong>FilmShul</strong>, led by film historians and “movie mensches” <strong>Laurence Lerman </strong>and <strong>Irv Slifkin</strong>, discusses the impact of the Jewish New Wave and how Jewish onscreen presence paved the way for the Jewish actors, comedians, and filmmakers we know and love today. <hr /> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>CLOSING NIGHT</strong></span> <em><strong>AMERICA - </strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/America" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets</a></strong> <em>Saturday, November 19 at 7pm </em> <img class="wp-image-3133 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AMERICA-HR-Pic-2-1366x768.jpeg" alt="" width="306" height="172" /> The 42nd Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival concludes with <b>AMERICA</b>, the latest tour de force from director Ofir Raul Graizer (<i>The Cakemaker</i>). This richly layered melodrama follows an Israeli swimming coach who returns to his country after his distant father passes away. There, he reconnects with his childhood friend and his fiancée, both of whom run a successful flower shop downtown. Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, a tragedy sets off a chain of motion for these three individuals, an event that unlocks hidden desires, secrets, and torment that have afflicted these characters. This event will conclude with a post-film reception in the museum. ALL guests are welcome! <hr /> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106 <strong>Questions or Comments?</strong> For General Questions, please reach out to Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media at <a href="mailto:info@phillyjfm.org">info@phillyjfm.org</a>, or visit the <a href="https://phillyjfm.org/tribe-events/category/lindy-summerfest-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PJFM official website</a>. <hr /> <em>This program is presented by Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media in partnership with the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History.</em> &nbsp; <img class="wp-image-3095 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.jpg" alt="" width="392" height="83" />             <img class="wp-image-3135 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_pjfm-logo-full-color-rgb-1500px@72ppi-1.jpg" alt="" width="149" height="156" />

<p style="text-align: left;"><b>Thursday, January 26, 7:00 pm ET<a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/FiddlersJourneytotheBigScreen" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> </a>In Person at the Weitzman (5th and Market) </b><b>Ticket info coming soon!</b></p> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Eighty years after escaping Nazi terror, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">a miracle awaits.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Fred Behrend witnessed the flames of Kristallnacht in 1938 at age 12, seeing synagogue after synagogue on fire, and was soon fleeing Nazi tyranny. As a GI several years later, he achieved his own victory over the Nazis, teaching democracy to German POWs. Yet at age 92, he  discovered one last triumph still awaited—a miracle 80 years in the making. </span> <p class="p1">All are welcome at the Weitzman for this screening of <i>Rebuilt from Broken Glass</i> in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.</p> <strong>About the Documentary</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">At age 12, Fred Behrend’s life was ripped apart. He was living 65 miles from home with the family of Cantor Max Baum so he could attend a secular Jewish school after the Nazis banned Jews from public school. In November 1938, he witnessed the horrors of Kristallnacht (Night of  Broken Glass), seeing synagogue after synagogue torched in the city of Cologne. Fred did not know that back home, his father, like 30,000 other Jewish males, had been arrested for transport  to a concentration camp. All Fred knew was that his idyllic time with the Baum family and his friend Henry was over. His mother frantically sent a car to pick him up. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Fred’s family lost most of its material possessions. But they escaped to Cuba and, eventually, America.  </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Fred would turn the tables in 1946 as an American GI. He was part of a little-known  denazification initiative called the Intellectual Diversion program at a Virginia military base. Selected for his ability to speak German and his counterintelligence training, Fred was taught by elite professors to give crash courses to German POWs about American-style democracy. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">In his later years, Fred began to speak to schoolchildren about his Holocaust past. In 2018, he was speaking to students at a Jewish day school on the 80</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">th </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">anniversary of Kristallnacht about that fateful day and his friend Henry Baum. The head of the school left the room for 10 minutes  and returned later holding a cellphone. He handed it to Fred.  </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">On the line was Henry Baum. Soon they would meet—in one more powerful victory over Hitler  and the Nazis.</span> Below is a short preview of Rebuilt<em> From Broken Glass</em> <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w_kTe6_Ynpo" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <strong>About the Director</strong> <b>Larry Hanover, Director/Executive Producer</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, coauthored Fred Behrend’s memoir </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rebuilt  from Broken Glass: A German Jewish Life Remade in America </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Purdue University Press, 2017).  He conceived of the documentary after the miraculous reunion of Fred Behrend with Henry Baum in 2018. Larry coauthored a book on empathy and tolerance </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Empathy Advantage  </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2020) and has assisted with the memoirs of other Holocaust survivors.  Larry is communications manager for a major hospital system in suburban Philadelphia, where he produces written and audiovisual content. He was an award-winning reporter for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Times of Trenton </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">from 1988 to 2006 and also worked for the Cherry Hill </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Courier-Post</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span> &nbsp; <strong>Safety / Covid 19: </strong>*This event will occur in the DELL THEATER CONCOURSE LEVEL. *Masking in the auditorium is mandatory. &nbsp; <hr /> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106 &nbsp; &nbsp;