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Volunteer Enrichment Day in Marin
volunteer
When?
Friday, Jun 14
11:00AM - 2:00PM PDT
Where?
In-person
Description
Join Us for a Special Appreciation Lunch & Guest Lecture in Honor of Our Dedicated Volunteers
Friday June 14, 2024 at JFCS Marin ( 600 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901)
Friday June 14, 2024 at JFCS Marin ( 600 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901)
It's time to honor and celebrate the incredible dedication and hard work our volunteers have put into supporting JFCS clients throughout the Bay Area. We are immensely grateful to have such an exceptional group of volunteers at JFCS.
To show our appreciation, we invite you to join us for a delightful lunch, followed by an inspiring guest lecture by Professor Marc Dollinger.
To show our appreciation, we invite you to join us for a delightful lunch, followed by an inspiring guest lecture by Professor Marc Dollinger.
Professor Dollinger's expertise promises to offer a thought-provoking exploration of the complex history and sociology of Jews and racial identity in America. This is an excellent opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of American Jewish identity and engage in a meaningful dialogue on a topic that is as relevant today as it has ever been.
11:00 AM-12:00 PM - Lunch and Kvetch
12:00 pm-1:00- Guest Lecture "Jews and Whiteness" with Professor Marc Dollinger
1:30 pm-2:00pm-Open for Questions
12:00 pm-1:00- Guest Lecture "Jews and Whiteness" with Professor Marc Dollinger
1:30 pm-2:00pm-Open for Questions
We look forward to seeing you there!
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Jews and Whiteness:
Are American Jews white? The question, answered differently by different generations of American Jews, gets at the heart of American Jewish identity. Have Jews remained separate and distinct from the rest of middle-class America or have they assimilated so much that they have become white? Come explore the contentious history and sociology of Jews and racial definition. We'll journey back more than a century to discover some (surprising) insights into the debate over Jewish whiteness.
Dr. Marc Dollinger holds the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility at San Francisco State University.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Jews and Whiteness:
Are American Jews white? The question, answered differently by different generations of American Jews, gets at the heart of American Jewish identity. Have Jews remained separate and distinct from the rest of middle-class America or have they assimilated so much that they have become white? Come explore the contentious history and sociology of Jews and racial definition. We'll journey back more than a century to discover some (surprising) insights into the debate over Jewish whiteness.
Dr. Marc Dollinger holds the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility at San Francisco State University.
He has served as research fellow at Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Religion as well as the Andrew W. Mellon Post-doctoral Fellow and Lecturer in the Humanities at Bryn Mawr College, where he coordinated the program in Jewish Studies.
Professor Dollinger is the author of four scholarly books in American Jewish history, most recently Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing The Alliance in the 1960s. He has published entries in the Encyclopedia Judaica, the Encyclopedia of Antisemitism, and the Encyclopedia of African American Education. His next project, Laundering Antisemitism: Identity Politics and the University, traces his experiences as an identified Jewish (and Zionist) professor in the current political climate.
Dr. Dollinger is a past president of both the Jewish Community High School of the Bay and Brandeis Hillel Day School. Dr. Dollinger serves on the boards of the Jewish Community Federation, the American Jewish Historical Society where he chairs the academic council, Truah: The Rabbinic Call For Human Rights, and URJ Camp Newman. He sat on the California advisory committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, was named Volunteer of the Year by the SF Jewish Community Federation, and was awarded the San Francisco JCRC’s Courageous Leader award.
Professor Dollinger has spoken about his research with the CEO of the NAACP on CNN as well as the CNN-podcast “Silence Is Not An Option,” the NFL Network, ESPN, and Germany’s National Public Radio. Just for fun, Dr. Dollinger helped actress Helen Hunt learn about her Jewish roots on the prime-time NBC show, “Who Do You Think You Are?”
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