Jewish New York

 

Sunday 22 April 10:00-18:00 Berns, Stockholm

An International Symposium on the Jewish Immigration to New York and its immense impact on the city’s culture life with focus on History, Broadway, Music, Film, Stand Up, Press, Literature, Political Radicalism & Feminism.

Participants: 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.

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ROGRAM

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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.