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Items with the tag:

unpacking the book

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Unpack­ing the Book: Women of the Book

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
6:30–8:30pm

Pro­gram Co-Spon­­sors: The David Berg Foun­da­tion, Nation­al Book Foun­da­tion, and Jew­ish Wom­en’s Archive

Media Spon­sor: Tablet Magazine

Event

Unpack­ing the Book: Good Girls and Nasty Women: Gen­der in Amer­i­can Jew­ish History

Tuesday, March 28, 2017
6–8:30pm

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

Pre­sent­ed by: Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and the Jew­ish Museum
Media Spon­sor: Tablet Magazine
Co-Spon­sor: Jew­ish Wom­en’s Archive

Event

Unpack­ing the Book: Sovi­et Roots, Amer­i­can Branches

Tuesday, May 19, 2015
6:30–8:30pm

Pro­gram Co-Spon­­sors: The David Berg Foun­da­tion, Nation­al Book Foun­da­tion, and Gen­e­sis Phil­an­thropy Group

Media Spon­sor: Tablet Magazine

Event

Unpack­ing the Book: 2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture Finalists

Wednesday, May 3, 2017
6:30–9:30pm

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

Event

Unpack­ing the Book: The Art of Understanding

Thursday, February 21, 2019
7–8:30pm

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

Event

Unpack­ing the Book: Apos­tles and Apostates

Tuesday, February 23, 2016
6–8:30pm

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

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