April 2021 Saxe Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
2021 Saxe Family Scholar-In-Residence Weekend
Beth Am welcomes Dr. Lila Corwin Berman as our 2021 Saxe Family Scholar-in-Residence
We will have several opportunities to learn from Dr. Corwin Berman over the weekend as she focuses on aspects of our congregation’s Racial Equity and Justice work and contextualizes these efforts within American Jewish history:
- "You Shall Not Copy the Practices of the Land” (Lev. 18:3): American Jews & the Practices of American Racism
Dr. Corwin Berman will give the Erev Shabbat d'var Torah.
Erev Shabbat Service: Friday, April 23, 6:15 PM, betham.org/streaming - Shabbat Post-Service Meet Up in the Virtual Foyer
We will have an opportunity to converse with Dr. Corwin Berman immediately following the Friday evening Shabbat service.
Friday, April 23, 7:15 PM, Zoom - American Jews & White Supremacy: The Dilemmas of History, Power and Politics
Dialogue with Prof. Corwin Berman, concluding with Havdalah.
Saturday, April 24, 4:00 PM, Zoom
Dr. Lila Corwin Berman is Professor of History at Temple University. She holds the Murray Friedman Chair of American Jewish History and directs the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History. Berman received her B.A. from Amherst College and her Ph.D. from Yale. She is currently writing a book titled The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The Historical Formation of a Multi-Billion Dollar Institution (under contract with Princeton University Press). She is author of Metropolitan Jews: Politics, Race, and Religion in Postwar Detroit (University of Chicago, 2015), for which she received support from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies, and Speaking of Jews: Rabbis, Intellectuals, and the Creation of an American Public Identity (California, 2009), a finalist for the Jewish Book Council’s Sami Rohr Prize. Her articles have appeared in several publications, including the American Historical Review, Journal of American History and Jewish Social Studies, as well as many edited volumes.
Beth Am's scholar-in-residence weekend is made possible by the Saxe Family Scholar-in-Residence Endowment Fund.
Fri, March 29 2024
19 Adar II 5784
Upcoming Events
Distribute Breakfast at Hope’s Corner
Wednesday, Apr 24th 7:00a to 9:30aBeth Am is part of an interfaith group providing meals to Hope's Corner in Mountain View. We are in need of adult (aged 16+) volunteers to do food preparation under the direction of Hope’s Corner staff.
Community Services Agency (CSA) Pantry Help
Monday, Apr 29th 9:30a to 12:00pHelp out our neighbors at the Community Services Agency in Mountain View.
Community Services Agency (CSA) Pantry Help
Monday, May 20th 9:30a to 12:00pHelp out our neighbors at the Community Services Agency in Mountain View.
Distribute Breakfast at Hope’s Corner
Wednesday, May 29th 7:00a to 9:30aBeth Am is part of an interfaith group providing meals to Hope's Corner in Mountain View. We are in need of adult (aged 16+) volunteers to do food preparation under the direction of Hope’s Corner staff.
Distribute Breakfast at Hope’s Corner
Wednesday, Jun 26th 7:00a to 9:30aBeth Am is part of an interfaith group providing meals to Hope's Corner in Mountain View. We are in need of adult (aged 16+) volunteers to do food preparation under the direction of Hope’s Corner staff.