FIFTH BIENNIAL SCHOLARS� CONFERENCE
ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY
JUNE 9-11, 2002

Sponsored by the
Center for Jewish Studies, University at Albany
and the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society

GENERAL INFORMATION

Welcome� to the Fifth Biennial Scholars� Conference on American Jewish History! We look forward to what promises to be an intellectually stimulating and enriching national meeting. Attached, please find the conference itinerary and registration form. Call Yoel Hirschfeld in the Center for Jewish Studies at (518) 591-8514, or email to [email protected] with any questions. Please note the following information:

COSTS

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$125 registration fee covers conference sessions, kosher meals, celebratory banquet, tour of historic Albany and transfers between the hotels and conference. See the attached conference itinerary for details.

$25 for attendance at the Monday night (June 10) banquet only.

Community members who wish to attend the conference will be charged a registration fee on a pro-rated basis.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Participants are encouraged to stay at one of the three hotels listed in the chart below, and should make their own reservations. Transfers to/from the campus and each of the hotels will be available. These hotels are especially convenient due to their proximity to the campus (adjacent to campus grounds). Furthermore, they are all extending to conference participants the official New York State rate of $96/room, per night. Please see the grid below for additional details.

	Holiday Inn Express Western Ave (518) 435-0001	Courtyard Marriott Washington Ave (518) 435-1600	Fairfield Inn Washington Ave (518) 435-1800
STATE RATE	$96/room, per night	$96/room, per night	$96/room, per night
MINIMUM STAY	2 nights	2 nights	2 nights
CHECK IN TIME	4:00 pm	3:00 pm	3:00 pm
CHECK OUT TIME	Noon	Noon	Noon
BREAKFAST INCLUDED	Yes	No	Yes
POOL	Yes	Yes	Yes
WORK OUT FACILITY	Yes	Yes	No
BUSINESS CENTER	Fax and copier only	No	No
LAPTOP PORTS IN ROOMS	Yes	Yes	Yes
RESTAURANT / BAR	No	Breakfast only	No
RECOMMENDED RESERVATION DATE*	By 1 month prior to conference	By 1 month prior to conference	By 1 month prior to conference

*NOTE: Each of the hotels has agreed to reserve blocks of rooms exclusively for the conference. The hotel must receive reservations by attendees, before May 8, 2002. Otherwise, the hotels reserve the right to release any unused rooms for general sale. Reservations will then be on a space and rate available basis.

Changes to reservations may be made up to 72 hours prior to your arrival date. Any changes to reservations within 72 hours prior to your arrival date, will incur a charge equal to the room rate and applicable taxes.

All reservations must be accompanied by a first night room deposit or guaranteed by a credit card.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

All conference activities, unless otherwise noted, will take place in the Campus Center at the University at Albany (uptown campus), 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany. Details about the precise location of sessions and events will be forthcoming.

The conference will generally have a casual atmosphere. Please dress comfortably. Dress for the banquet on Monday evening, June 10, will be business attire.

We are pleased to announce that there will also be a book fair at the conference. Further details will be forthcoming. Conference participants are encouraged to communicate with their publishers and recommend that they contact Yoel Hirschfeld in this regard.

CONFERENCE SESSIONS

Individual conference presentations will be limited to 20 minutes each. Commentators� remarks will be limited to 15 minutes per session. All conference participants are encouraged to distribute abstracts and/or copies of their papers at the sessions.

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DIRECTIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY

Car

From the South: I-87 (Thruway) to Exit 24; I-90 East to Exit 2; cross Washington Avenue to campus

From the West: I-90 (Thruway) to Exit 24; I-90 East to Exit 2; cross Washington Avenue to campus

From the North: I-87 (Northway) to Exit 1; I-90 East to Exit 2; cross Washington Avenue to campus

From the East: I-90 West to Exit 2; left onto Fuller Road; left onto Washington Avenue; first right onto campus

Once on campus: left onto University Drive West; right onto Collins Circle. See the Visitors Parking Lot at top of Collins Circle.

Parking

Visitor Parking Lots are located off of Collins Circle (Washington Ave entrance) and near Indian Quad. For more information, contact the Department of Public Safety at (518) 442-3121. Handicapped parking is available and is identified by blue signs.

To the Center for Jewish Studies and the Judaic Studies Department

From the Visitors Lot at Collins Circle: As you climb the steps of the main entrance to campus, you are stepping onto the �Podium.� Directly opposite the main entrance is the Campus Center. Turn right toward the old University Library. Turn left at the library. After the library, turn right and then take a left (past the planter) into the Humanities Building. Judaic Studies is located on the second floor. The Center office is Humanities 284; tel. (518) 591-8514. The Department office is Humanities 243; tel. (518) 442-4130.

TRANSPORTATION TO & WITHIN ALBANY

Train

The train stop serving the University is the Albany-Rensselaer Station, located across the Hudson River from Albany. The station is approximately 7 miles from campus. Taxis are located at the entrance of the train station. Once you arrive in Albany. You can get to campus either by taxi or by bus.

Amtrak�� (800) USA-RAIL or (800) 872-7245

Bus

Greyhound Bus & Adirondack Trailways - serves most of the state with express and local buses. The Albany Bus Terminal is located at 34 Hamilton Street. You may call (518) 434-8095 to receive current information or you may call the companies directly.

Greyhound�� (800) 231-2222

Adirondack Trailways�� (800) 225-6815

CDTA * �� (518) 482-8822

* The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) has many different bus routes and schedules for traveling to the University and around the Albany area. Bus fare is $1.00 and you will need to have exact change. Transit service available for people with disabilities.

Air

Albany International Airport is the oldest municipal airport in America. It's just a few miles from the University. We are served by a number of major carrier/commuter airline services.

Albany International Airport �� (518) 869-3021

Taxi

The taxi system in the Capital District area may differ in its rate schedule from the system in your area. Meters are not used and the charge is determined per person per zone crossed en route to your destination.

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Yellow Cab�� (518) 434-2222

Capitaland Taxi �� (518) 453-8888

Checker Cab�� �� (518) 462-1236

Duffy's Taxi�� (518) 433-8400

Green and White Taxi�� (518) 438-8294

OK Taxi �� (518) 482-5555

FIFTH BIENNIAL SCHOLARS� CONFERENCE
ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY
JUNE 9-11, 2002

Joyce Antler, Brandeis University, Chair

Jayne K. Guberman, Jewish Women�s Archive

�Weaving Women�s Words: Gendered Oral Histories for the Study of American Jewish Women�

Marcie Cohen Ferris, George Washington University

�Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Exploring Southern Jewish Foodways through Life Narrative Interviews�

Pamela Brown Lavitt, New York University

�Getting a Real Life: Narrating the Jewish Body in Women�s Oral History�

4:15 p.m.�� Bus to Albany Institute of History & Art

4:30-6:00 p.m.�� Special Public Program & Reception

� Location: Albany Institute of History & Art

125 Washington Ave., Albany. Free admission.

� David L. Barquist, Yale University

��That Noted and Proficient Mechanic�: Myer Myers, Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York�

� Reception sponsored by the Albany Institute of History & Art, the American Jewish Historical Society, and the Center for Jewish Studies, UAlbany

� Alan Goldberg, Host Committee Chair

6:00 p.m.�� Bus to hotels and UAlbany

7:00 p.m.�� Dinner

8:00 p.m.�� Special Public Program

� Location: Campus Center Ballroom, UAlbany. Free Admission.

� Mark A. Raider, University at Albany, Chair

� Keynote Speaker: Howard Pollack, University of Houston

�Aaron Copland and the Prophetic Voice: Reflections on an American Jewish Composer�

Monday, June 10, 2002

7:15 a.m.�� Breakfast

8:30-10:00 a.m�� Session 3: Reading American Jewish Texts

Shelly Tenenbaum, Clark University, Chair

Anne Polland, Columbia University

�The Shabes Zhurnal as Educator: The Interconnections between Family Life and Religious Practice among New York�s Jews, 1905-1909"

Nathan Abrams, University College, London

�A Midrash on Commentary: A Study in Influence and Impact�

Joan S. Friedman, Columbia University

�Solomon B. Freehof and the Popularity of Reform Responsa�

10:15-11:45 a.m.�� Session 4: The Costs of �Americanization�: Reassessing American Jewish Historiography

Andrew Heinze, University of San Francisco, Chair

Karla Goldman, Jewish Women�s Archive

��The Synagogues of Nineteenth-Century American Jews: Reexamining �Americanization��

Eric L. Goldstein, Emory University

�Reading American Jewish History through �Race� and the Difference it Makes�

Riv-Ellen Prell, University of Minnesota

�Contesting Post War Triumphalism�

Todd M. Endelman, University of Michigan, Commentator

12:00-1:30 p.m.�� Tour of Downtown Albany�s Historic Buildings

� Led by Warren E. Roberts, University at Albany

� Boxed lunches

2:00-3:30 p.m.�� Session 5: Concurrent Sessions

5A: Race, Religion and Gender in 19th Century America

Tobias Brinkmann, University of Leipzig, Chair

Jennifer A. Stollman, Michigan State University

�Relationships in Bondage: Antebellum Southern Jewish Women and Their Relationships with Enslaved African-Americans�

Stephan F. Brumberg, Graduate Center, City University of New York and Brooklyn College

�The Nineteenth Century Bible Wars in America�s Schools and Their Impact on the Education of American Jews�

Christian Wiese, University of Erfurt

�Different Paths of Jewish Universalism: The Transition of Samuel Hirsch�s and David Einhorn�s Reform Philosophy from Europe to the USA�

5B: Voices from the Organized Jewish Community

Lee Shai Weissbach, University of Louisville, Chair

Joyce D. Goodfriend, University of Denver

�Placing the Jews in the History of New Amsterdam�

Ira Robinson, Concordia University

�A Kehillah for Montreal in 1922: The Influence of the American Kehillah Movement�

Zohar Segev, Haifa University

�American Zionists and their Activity in the State of Israel in the Fifties: Political Opposition and Social Alternative�

3:45-5:15 p.m.�� Session 6: Concurrent Sessions

6A: Performing Jewish Identity

Aviva Ben-Ur, University of Massacusetts at Amherst, Chair

Joel Berkowitz, University at Albany

�Performing American History on the Yiddish Stage�

Joshua Perelman, New York University

�Choreographing Identity: Modern Dance and American Jewish History, 1924-1964"

Jenna Weissman Joselit, Princeton University, Commentator

6B: Jews and Christians

Hasia Diner, New York University, Chair

Lila Corwin, Yale University

�Sharing Faith with America: The Jewish Chautauqua Society in the 1940s�

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Keren R. McGinity, Brown University

�Your Neighborhood or Mine? Jewish Women and Intermarriage,1930-1959"

Robert Tabak, Gratz College

�Jewish Chaplaincy: Emergence of a Professional Field�

5:30-6:15 p.m.�� Reception sponsored by the Judaic Studies and Anthropology Departments, UAlbany and the Jewish Historical Society of Northeastern New York: In honor of Walter P. Zenner

6:15 p.m.�� Shuttle to hotels

7:30 p.m.�� Banquet celebrating American Jewish History: In honor of outgoing editors Marc Lee Raphael, College of William and Mary, and Jeffrey Gurock, Yeshiva University

� Pamela Nadell, American University, Chair

� Presentation of Lee M. Friedman Award

8:30 p.m.�� Special Public Program

� Location: to be announced. Free admission.

� Keynote Speaker: Henry L. Feingold, Baruch College and Graduate Center, City University of New York

�The American Jewish Condition: A Historical Perspective�

Tuesday, June 11, 2002

7:15 a.m.�� Breakfast

8:30-10:00 a.m�� Session 7: Responding to the Holocaust

Alan Kraut, American University, Chair

Mark A Raider, University at Albany

�Stephen S. Wise and the Holocaust: The Odyssey of an American Jewish Leader�

Beth B. Cohen, Clark University

�From DPS to New Americans: The Reception of Holocaust Survivors by the American Jewish Community, 1946-1954"

Rona Sheramy, Bard College

�Jewish Education and the Americanization of the Holocaust�

10:15-11:45 a.m.�� Session 8: Jews, Judaism, and American Counter-Culture

Deborah Dash Moore, Vassar College, Chair

Michael Staub, Bowling Green University

��Are you against the Jewish family?�: Debating Feminism and the Sexual Revolution�

Kirsten Fermaglich, Michigan State University

��The Comfortable Concentration Camp�: Betty Friedan and the Image of the Victim in Early American Feminism�

Beth Wenger, University of Pennsylvania, Commentator

12:00-1:00 p.m.�� Lunch and Departure

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PLEASE FAX COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM TO (518) 442 - 4136.

FIFTH BIENNIAL SCHOLARS� CONFERENCE
ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY
JUNE 9-11, 2002

Sponsored by the
Center for Jewish Studies, University at Albany
and the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society

GENERAL INFORMATION

ACCOMMODATIONS

CHECK IN TIME

CHECK OUT TIME

Parking

To the Center for Jewish Studies and the Judaic Studies Department

TRANSPORTATION TO & WITHIN ALBANY

Train

Bus

Air

Taxi

FIFTH BIENNIAL SCHOLARS� CONFERENCE
ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY
JUNE 9-11, 2002

Sponsored by the
Center for Jewish Studies, University at Albany
and the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society

Special Pre-Conference Brunch � Sunday, June 9

Sunday, June 9

Joyce Antler, Brandeis University, Chair

Monday, June 10, 2002

Tuesday, June 11, 2002

FIFTH BIENNIAL SCHOLARS� CONFERENCE
ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY
JUNE 9-11, 2002

Sponsored by the
Center for Jewish Studies, University at Albany
and the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society

For Center use only

FIFTH BIENNIAL SCHOLARS� CONFERENCE ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY JUNE 9-11, 2002

Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, University at Albany and the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society

GENERAL INFORMATION

ACCOMMODATIONS

CHECK IN TIME

CHECK OUT TIME

Parking

To the Center for Jewish Studies and the Judaic Studies Department

TRANSPORTATION TO & WITHIN ALBANY

Train

Bus

Air

Taxi

FIFTH BIENNIAL SCHOLARS� CONFERENCE ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY JUNE 9-11, 2002

Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, University at Albany and the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society

Special Pre-Conference Brunch � Sunday, June 9

Sunday, June 9

Joyce Antler, Brandeis University, Chair

Monday, June 10, 2002

Tuesday, June 11, 2002

FIFTH BIENNIAL SCHOLARS� CONFERENCE ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY JUNE 9-11, 2002

Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, University at Albany and the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society

For Center use only

FIFTH BIENNIAL SCHOLARS� CONFERENCE
ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY
JUNE 9-11, 2002

Sponsored by the
Center for Jewish Studies, University at Albany
and the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society

FIFTH BIENNIAL SCHOLARS� CONFERENCE
ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY
JUNE 9-11, 2002

Sponsored by the
Center for Jewish Studies, University at Albany
and the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society

FIFTH BIENNIAL SCHOLARS� CONFERENCE
ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY
JUNE 9-11, 2002

Sponsored by the
Center for Jewish Studies, University at Albany
and the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society