Virtual Educator Workshop: Circa 1776: Jews in Colonial America
Join us for a virtual workshop that explores the history and contributions of Jews in colonial and post-colonial America in the Jewish Museum exhibition, Circa 1776. Hear from Laura Arnold Leibman, Leonard J. Milberg ’53 Professor in American Jewish Studies at Princeton University, and examine questions of selfhood, migration, assimilation, and equality. Engage in close looking of selected works in the exhibition with a Jewish Museum educator.
New York State teachers may receive 1.5 CTLE hours.
Free of charge.
Register by May 13: a Zoom link will be sent upon registration.
John Wesley Jarvis, "Portrait of Solomon Isaacs," c. 1813. Oil on canvas, 36 5/8 × 28 1/4 in. (93 × 71.8 cm). The Jewish Museum, NY. Purchase: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob D. Shulman and J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation, by exchange; Estate of Gabriel and Rose Katz Fund; and Gift of Kallia H. Bokser, by exchange.
