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| Black Like Us: Sunday Brunch with Stephen Whitfield |
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| Start Date: | 11/15/2009 | Start Time: | 10:00 AM |
| End Date: | 11/15/2009 | End Time: | 11:30 AM |
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Event Description
The narrator of one of Philip Roth’s recent novels describes blacks and Jews as “the most unalike of America’s undesirables.” Yet the interaction between these two minorities cannot be limited to the sense of the chasm that may have separated them, and cannot even be confined to the historic "alliance” that helped with such heroism to achieve a more democratic and just society. There have been empathetic and emotional bonds as well, and even an emphasis—sometimes in literature, sometimes in autobiography—upon identification, in which the line dividing Jews and blacks is blurred. That has made Jewish self-definition, as well as residence in the United States, much more complicated and more interesting, and therefore worthy of reflection. |
Location Information: (View Map)
Main Campus - Jewish Studies Center
96 Wentworth Street
Charleston, SC
Phone: (843) 953-5682
Room: Arnold Hall |
Contact Information:
Name: Jewish Studies
Phone: 843-953-5682
Email: jwst@cofc.edu |
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Event URL
Click here for more information on Stephen Whitfield and other Jewish Studies Events for Fall 2009. |
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