Home and Identity

Mondays, February 1, 8, 15, and 22 from 12 noon to 1:30 pm The search for home is as ancient as exile from Eden and as contemporary as the struggle to find home in Chicago, Shanghai, or Jerusalem. For Jewish women, history and the Holocaust have rendered this a struggle not only to define home—whether it is a geographical location or state of mind—but also to establish an authentic identity within that home. Through readings, discussions, and film, this mini-course explores the many natures and meanings of home and identity.

This mini-course will be taught by Dr. Miriam Ben-Yoseph, co-editor with Deborah Nodler Rosen of Where We Find Ourselves: Jewish Women Around the World Write About Home. This book is assigned reading for the mini-course and a copy is included in the course price.

Guest presenters include:

•Poet and RHINO magazine editor Deborah Nodler Rosen
•Poet Helen Degen Cohen
•Poet and writer Dina Elenbogen
•Author and professor Lisa Gundry

Dr. Miriam Ben-Yoseph is Associate Professor at DePaul’s School for New Learning. She teaches and researches in the areas of culture, gender, work, and identity. In 2006, she was named Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Illinois Professor of the Year.

Participation fee is $150 | $125 for Spertus members
Kosher lunch and a copy of this book is included in the course fee.

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Reservations recommended by January 25.