Ett internationellt symposium om judisk invandring till New York och dess enorma inverkan på stadens kulturliv. Med fokus på historia, Broadway, musik, film, stå- upp, press, litteratur, politisk radikalism och feminism. Seminariet framförs på Engelska.
Medverkande: Sandee Brawarsky - David Denby - Agneta Furvik - Judy Gold - Adam Gopnik - Stewart F. Lane – Tony Michels - Ricki Neuman - Letty Cottin Pogrebin - Annie Polland - Jody Rosen - Peter Rubinstein – Hilan Warshaw- Björn Wiman. Special appearance: Johan Rabaeus. Music: Freudenthal Yiddish Orchestra.
PROGRAM
10:00 –11:00 Emerging Metropolis: Jewish Immigration to New York 1840 –1920 Annie Polland & Rabbi Peter Rubinstein
Moderator: Ricki Neuman
11:00 –11:20 Abie Was an East Side Boy: Tin Pan Alley’s “Hebrew” Hits Jody Rosen
11:30 –11:45 Stand-Up! Judy Gold
11:45 –13:30 Jews on Broadway/Film/Theater David Denby, Judy Gold, Adam Gopnik & Stewart F. Lane Moderator: Hilan Warshaw
13:30 –14:30 Lunch intermission
14:30 –15:45 Press & Literature Sandee Brawarsky, David Denby & Adam Gopnik Moderator: Björn Wiman
16:00 –17:15 Political Radicalism & Feminism Tony Michels & Letty Cottin Pogrebin Moderator: Agneta Furvik
Special Appearance: Johan Rabaeus Music: Freudenthal Yiddish Orchestra
Program advisory group: Lars Dencik, Jackie Jakobowski & Monica Nagler Wittgenstein
Program director: Lizzie Oved Scheja
In cooperation with Judisk Krönika & Dagens Nyheter
Supported by Gerald & Monica Naglers Stiftelse, Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, Kulturrådet, Stockholms Stad & Stockholms Läns Landsting.