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PopUp Exhibition | Patricia Munro and Claude Fischer on Coming of Age in Jewish America

September 21, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life 2121 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94720

Drawing on Dr. Patricia Munro’s research in Bay Area synagogues, Professor Claude Fischer and Dr. Munro will focus on how the Bar and Bat mitzvah developed into a major American Jewish ritual, how it has both responded to changes in the Jewish community (particularly rising egalitarianism and intermarriage), and how it has changed the Jewish community.

Patricia Keer Munro is a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for Jewish Studies studying American religion and American Judaism in the 21st century. Her book, Coming of Age in Jewish America: Bar and Bat Mitzvah Reinterpreted(Rutgers 2016), examines the relationship among congregations, the bar/bat mitzvah, and the participants in preparation for and enactment of b’nai mitzvah. Claude Fischer is Professor of the Graduate School in Sociology and a member of the executive board of the Center for Jewish Studies.

Details

Date:
September 21, 2016
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Organizer

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Phone:
510.643.2526
Email:
magnes@berkeley.edu
Website:
http://magnes.berkeley.edu/

Venue

Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
2121 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94720
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Website:
http://magnes.berkeley.edu/