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Confronting Representations of Black Women and Men in Yiddish Culture 1

Literature Talk

Confronting Representations of Black Women and Men in Yiddish Culture 2

Confronting Representations of Black Women and Men in Yiddish Culture

Literature Talk

Confronting Representations of Black Women and Men in Yiddish Culture 2

Confronting Representations of Black Women and Men in Yiddish Culture

Southside

Unpack how Yiddish culture portrayed Black Americans through the 1930s in this compelling lecture. Professor Gil Ribak draws on rare sources to explore a complex, often uncomfortable history of immigrant perspectives on race.

academic lecture

Jewish studies

racial history

free event

Tips

📚based on Ribak's book Crude Creatures

🎓Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Arizona

Hertz Hall

101 Cross-Sproul Path, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA

Free

events.berkeley.edu

Confronting Representations of Black Women and Men in Yiddish Culture

Southside

Confronting Representations of Black Women and Men in Yiddish Culture 1

Literature Talk

Confronting Representations of Black Women and Men in Yiddish Culture 2

Confronting Representations of Black Women and Men in Yiddish Culture

Literature Talk

Confronting Representations of Black Women and Men in Yiddish Culture 2

Unpack how Yiddish culture portrayed Black Americans through the 1930s in this compelling lecture. Professor Gil Ribak draws on rare sources to explore a complex, often uncomfortable history of immigrant perspectives on race.

academic lecture

Jewish studies

racial history

free event

Tips

📚based on Ribak's book Crude Creatures

🎓Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Arizona

Hertz Hall

101 Cross-Sproul Path, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA

Free

events.berkeley.edu

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