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Antisemitism in America dates back to the arrival of the first Jewish people here in 1654 and it still persists today.
Join us as Dr. Daniel Barrett moderates an important Conversations discussion with Dr.Ellen M. Umansky, the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Professor of Judaic Studies emeritus at Fairfield University.
Dr. Umansky will discuss the origins of antisemitism in the United States, where the First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, but where religious minorities have been subjected to violence and prejudice since colonial days. The author of five books and dozens of scholarly articles and encyclopedia articles on modern Jewish history and religious thought and Jewish women’s spirituality, Dr. Umansky was awarded the National Religious Studies Honor Society (Theta Alpha Kappa)’s 2021 Kathleen Connolly Weinert Leadership Award.
Ellen M. Umansky serves as the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Professor of Judaic Studies emerita at Fairfield University. Author of numerous publications on modern Jewish history, Dr. Umansky is the 2009 recipient of Fairfield University’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Vision Award for her “effort to instill and inspire the teachings and ideals” of Dr. King.
Dr. Daniel W. Barrett is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Western Connecticut State University. A former resident of Redding, he graduated with a BA from Wesleyan University, earned his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Arizona State University and served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Health Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.
The virtual program will be held over Zoom:
This discussion is part of the award-winning Conversations Series, created in partnership by the Redding League of Women Voters and The Mark Twain Library.
Many thanks to Mark Twain Library for providing this important series! Participating area Libraries and Leagues incude:
Easton Public Library, Weston Public Library, Friends of the Weston Public Library, Newtown’s C.H. Booth Library, Ridgefield Library, Woodbury Public Library, The League of Women Voters of Weston, The League of Women Voters of Ridgefield, The League of Women Voters of Northern Fairfield County
The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Woodbury Public Library.
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