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Upcoming Josh Lambert Event in New York City

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If you’re free during the day on October 26, you may want to check out this event: Josh Lambert, author of American Jewish Fiction, reports that he will “be delivering an academic paper, based on my dissertation research, at the Center for Jewish History, where I was a Dr. Sophie Bookhalter Fellow last year while finishing my PhD. Prof. Amy Hungerford of Yale will respond. My paper is titled “Unclean Lips: ‘Dirty Words,’ Modernism, and Henry Roth’s Call it Sleep.” Note that this is not a promotional event for my book, but I’ll bring a couple of copies of the book along, in case anyone wants to buy one. Also note that if this event were a movie, it would be rated R.” Click here for RSVP information.

JCC Jewish Literary Festival and Writing Contest

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The Washington DCJCC will present the Hyman and Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival October 18-29, 2009. In conjunction with the festival, the JCC is running a writing contest:

“Coming-of-age stories are a genre unto themselves. Whether it’s young love in Philip Roth’s novella Goodbye, Columbus, teenage friendship in The Chosen, or the precocious musings of The Diary of Anne Frank, the stories are enduring.

Jewish tradition tells us that we come of age at 12 or 13, but what was your true turning point? Tell us the story of that first transformative moment.

A selection committee will choose ten entries to honor during the Festival and online. Submissions will be considered in two categories: 1) under 18 years and 2) 18 years and over. Send submissions of 250 words or less to litfest[at]washingtondcjcc[dot]org by September 30, 2009. The winning entries will be published on the Washington DCJCC website.”

You’ll find the announcement here.

(I learned about the festival and the contest via the Foundation for Jewish Culture‘s E-Newsletter, a worthwhile resource!)

Upcoming Events at the Museum of Jewish Heritage

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News from the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust:

“The September-October public programming schedule at the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will feature provocative discussions, intriguing authors, and talented performing artists. The Museum welcomes author Zoë Heller who will speak about her well-received book, The Believers, on September 9. On September 13, families of all ages are invited to American Girl: Meet Rebecca Rubin with author Jacqueline Dembar Greene. The premiere of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, A Radio Play by Meyer Levin, will be performed on September 14. Following the performance, author Cynthia Ozick, historian Neil Baldwin, and others will discuss the controversy surrounding the play and its fall into obscurity. Novelist Dara Horn will discuss her latest book, All Other Nights, on September 16 with Tablet Magazine’s Alana Newhouse.

In conjunction with the special exhibition Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges, a panel of leading academics will discuss Racial Laws: Nuremberg & Jim Crow on October 14; and on October 28, Professor Stephen H. Norwood will talk about his groundbreaking work The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower: Complicity and Conflict on American Campuses.

The Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company will present the world premiere of their new work Tribe, as part of Nextbook’s Jewish Body Festival on October 21. On October 25, author Hans J. Sternberg will discuss his memoir We Were Merchants: The Sternberg Family and the Story of Goudchaux’s and Maison Blanche Department Stores with author Eli N. Evans.”

For more information on these programs, consult the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

Paper Bridge Summer Arts Festival

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The National Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, Mass.) will hold its fifth annual Paper Bridge Summer Arts Festival from July 12-16, 2009. It will include three special, low-cost workshops. Pre-registration is required.

Monday, July 13 – 10:00 a.m. and Wednesday, July 15 – 10:00 a.m.
Write Your Memories
Pulitzer-prize winning author and UMASS Professor Madeleine Blais leads a memoir writing workshop. Would you like to share your personal history with your children and grandchildren? This workshop will provide you the tools necessary to begin writing it all down. Cost: $10

Monday, July 13 – 4:00 p.m. and Thursday, July 16 – 4:00 p.m.
Translate Your Memories
Would you like to find out what a family letter, postcard, journal entry or recipe says in Yiddish? Bring it to our Yiddish translators and we will open the door to your family history. Cost: $5

Tuesday, July 14 – 4:00 p.m. and Thursday, July 16 – 10:00 a.m.
Preserve Your Memories
Do you have boxes of family letters, postcards and photographs? Bring them to the Book Center and Barbara Blumenthal, Rare Book Specialist at the Smith College Library, will show you how to safely archive them for future generations. Cost: $5

Council of American Jewish Museums Web Site

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From the Foundation for Jewish Culture e-newsletter:

CAJM Launches New Website

We are excited to direct your attention to the beautiful and rich website recently launched by our colleagues at the Council of American Jewish Museums (CAJM): www.cajm.net. The FJC is proud to have helped create this consortium of cultural institutions more than three decades ago. In addition to being the primary place for individuals in the Jewish museum field to learn and share, the website is a wonderful resource for interested travelers and Jewish culture enthusiasts and features a wide array of institutions, exhibitions, programs, and news.

Worth a visit!