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    Unpack­ing the Book: You’re Laugh­ing at That? A Deep­er Look at Jew­ish Humor with Judy Gold and Jere­my Dauber

    Thursday, May 11, 2023
    7–8pm

    The Jew­ish Museum

    Event

    Unpack­ing the Book: Law and Dis­or­der: A Con­ver­sa­tion about Men­tal Health and Crime with Jonathan Rosen and Rachel Aviv

    Thursday, April 20, 2023
    7–8pm

    The Jew­ish Museum

    Event

    Vir­tu­al Unpack­ing the Book: Escap­ing the Holo­caust with Jonathan Freed­land and Weina Dai Randel

    Wednesday, February 15, 2023
    7–8pm

    Vir­tu­al

    Co-pre­sen­t­ed by Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, The Jew­ish Muse­um, and Tablet Magazine

    Event

    Vir­tu­al Unpack­ing the Book: Lisa Barr and James McAuley — Art, Assim­i­la­tion, and Reclaim­ing a Stolen Legacy

    Monday, April 11, 2022
    7–8pm

    Zoom

    Copre­sen­t­ed by Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, The Jew­ish Muse­um, and Tablet Magazine

    Event

    Vir­tu­al Unpack­ing the Book: Gary Shteyn­gart and Claire Stan­ford — Hap­pi­ness in the Time of Technology

    Thursday, May 12, 2022
    7–8pm

    Zoom

    Copre­sen­t­ed by Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, The Jew­ish Muse­um, and Tablet Magazine

    Event

    Vir­tu­al Unpack­ing the Book: Gal Beck­er­man and Talia Lavin — Where Do Rad­i­cals Come From?

    Thursday, February 24, 2022
    7–8pm

    Zoom

    Copre­sen­t­ed by Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, The Jew­ish Muse­um, and Tablet Magazine

    Event

    Vir­tu­al Unpack­ing the Book: Rachel Bloom and Tovah Feld­shuh — A Con­ver­sa­tion Between a (Tele­vi­sion) Daugh­ter and Mother

    Thursday, April 29, 2021
    7–8pm

    Zoom

    Copre­sen­t­ed by Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, The Jew­ish Muse­um, and Tablet Magazine

    Event

    Vir­tu­al Unpack­ing the Book: Bor­ders of Home

    Thursday, April 30, 2020
    7–8pm

    *Zoom*

    The Saul and Gladys Gwirtz­man Lecture

    Copre­sent­ed by Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, The Jew­ish Muse­um, and Tablet Magazine

    Event

    Vir­tu­al Unpack­ing the Book: Life — A Work in Progress 

    Thursday, March 26, 2020
    7–8pm

    Zoom

    Copre­sen­t­ed by Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, The Jew­ish Muse­um, and Tablet Magazine

    Event

    Unpack­ing the Book: Con­fronting Conformity

    Thursday, February 20, 2020
    7–9pm

    The Jew­ish Museum
    1109 5th Avenue
    New York, NY 10128

    Cop­re­sent­ed by Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, The Jew­ish Muse­um, Tablet Mag­a­zine, and Lilith Magazine

    Event

    Unpack­ing the Book: Apos­tles and Apostates

    Tuesday, February 23, 2016
    6–8:30pm

    The Jew­ish Museum
    1109 5th Ave
    New York, NY 10128

    Event

    Unpack­ing the Book: What We Talk About When We Talk About Loss

    Thursday, March 28, 2019
    7–8:30pm

    The Jew­ish Museum
    1109 5th Ave
    New York, NY 10128

    Event

    Unpack­ing the Book: Gefilte Fish on Fleek: The New Jew­ish Cuisine

    Tuesday, March 29, 2016
    6–8:30pm

    The Jew­ish Museum
    1109 5th Ave
    New York, NY 10128

    Event

    Unpack­ing the Book: How Should a (Jew­ish) Per­son Be?

    Thursday, May 9, 2019
    7–8:30pm

    The Jew­ish Museum
    1109 5th Ave
    New York, NY 10128

    Event

    Unpack­ing the Book: Jew­ish Writ­ers on the Front Lines

    Wednesday, May 4, 2016
    6–8:30pm

    The Jew­ish Museum
    1109 5th Ave
    New York, NY 10128

    Event

    Unpack­ing the Book: Writ­ers Make the Best Detectives

    Thursday, June 14, 2018
    7–8:30pm

    The Jew­ish Museum
    1109 5th Ave
    New York, NY 10128

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