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FIRST ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON JEWISH LIFE IN THE SOUTH This Symposium on “Jewish Life in Metropolitan Atlanta during the Twentieth-Century” IS SPONSORED BYThe Kennesaw State University 40th Anniversary Celebration Planning Committee The KSU Center for Regional History & Culture and The Atlanta History Center with support from the RTM Restaurant Group February 26-27, 20041 Room 400, KSU Center on Busbee Drive2 The symposium is open to the public, but registration is required. There will be a $10 registration fee ($5 for retirees). Students and faculty may attend for free. Contact information is given below.Thursday evening, February 26, 20047:00 P.M. Speech by Steve Oney, author of And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank (Pantheon Books 2003). A reception and book signing will follow Mr. Oney’s address. Friday, February 27, 2004 8:30 A.M. Refreshments and sign in. 8:45 A.M. Welcome. 9:00 A.M. Cliff Kuhn address on “ ‘Before I Work for a Crowd of Jews’: Antisemitism in Atlanta of the Teens.”3 9:30 A.M. Mark Bauman address on “Leo Frank: Aberration or Part of a Pattern.”4 10:00 A.M. Break. 10:15 A.M. Melissa Fay Greene address on “The Jewish Community in the Civil Rights Era and the Temple Bombing.”5 10:45 A.M. Question and Answer session with panelists Oney, Kuhn, Bauman, and Greene. 11:15 A.M. Break. During the break the KSU Bookstore will hold a book sale of the works of the presenters at the Symposium. The audience will have an opportunity to meet the authors and have their books signed. 11:30 A.M. Panel of Rabbis from Cobb and Fulton County. The panelists will share recollections and stories on the growth of the Jewish community in Cobb County and metropolitan Atlanta. Listed below are those who have accepted invitations as of 16 December 2003: Moderator: Rabbi Dr. Albert Slomovitz, Kennesaw State University and Congregation Gesher L’Torah in Alpharetta Panelists: Rabbi R. Ephraim Silverman, Chabad of Cobb County, Congregation Bais Chayeinu, Marietta Rabbi Harvey J. Winokur, Temple Kehillat Chaim, Roswell Rabbi Shalom J. Lewis, Congregation Etz Chaim, Marietta 12:30 P.M. Box lunches provided free of charge by the RTM Restaurant Group. They will consist of Arby’s Market Fresh sandwiches (choice of beef, turkey, or veggie), with chips, pasta salad, and a cookie. We will accommodate special dietary needs, upon request. 1:00 to 2:30 P.M. Tours of the Anne Frank in the World: 1929-1945, exhibit, hosted by Dr. Catherine Lewis of the KSU faculty 2:30 P.M. Panel of Distinguished Community Leaders. The panelists will give their insights into the changing role of Jews in the recent South. Moderator: Timothy S. Mescon, Ph.D., Dean of the Michael J. Coles College of Business and Dinos Eminent Scholar Chair of Entrepreneurial Management, Kennesaw State University Panelists: Dr. Harry Stern, Executive Director, Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta Sherry Z. Frank, Executive Director, Atlanta Chapter, The American Jewish Committee Deborah M. Lauter, Southern Regional Director, Anti-Defamation League Steven A. Rakitt, CEO, Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Gary Miller, Executive Director, Jewish Family & Career Services, Atlanta 4:00 P.M. Adjournment Sunday, February 29, 2 P.M. Guided tour for teachers of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, located in the Selig Center, 1440 Spring Street (18th Street at Spring Street), Atlanta. The first twenty (20) teachers or teacher education majors who sign up will be given a free tour, courtesy of the sponsors of the symposium. This outstanding museum hosts many school groups each year. Exhibits are designed to emphasize respect for difference, responsible citizenship, building community, and personal responsibility. Contact Information: Thomas A. Scott, Ph.D. Dept. of History & Philosophy #1806 Kennesaw State University 1000 Chastain Road Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591 Phone: 770-423-6254; FAX: 770-423-6432 E-mail: tscott@kennesaw.edu 1In addition to the sessions at the KSU Center, teachers and teacher education majors will also have an opportunity to tour the Breman Jewish Heritage Museum on Sunday afternoon, February 29. Please see details at the end of the agenda. 2To reach the KSU Center from south of campus, take I-75 to the Chastain Road exit (Exit 271). At the end of the exit ramp, turn right onto Chastain and go one block to the traffic light at Busbee Drive. Turn right onto Busbee, go by the Cracker Barrel and Best Western, and take the first driveway into the KSU Center. There should be plenty of free parking. Go through the Continuing Education entrance and go straight back beyond the Anne Frank exhibit to Room 400. 3Dr. Kuhn teaches history at Georgia State University where he is director of the Georgia Government Documentation Project, one of the premier oral history projects in the South. His most recent book is Contesting the New South Order: The 1914-1915 Strike at Atlanta’s Fulton Mills (University of North Carolina Press 2001). He also co-authored Living Atlanta: An Oral History of the City, 1914-1948 (Atlanta Historical Society and University of Georgia Press 1990). 4Dr. Bauman is the editor of the Journal of the Southern Jewish Historical Society. His books include Harry H. Epstein and the Rabbinate As Conduit for Change (Farleigh Dickinson University Press 1994) and Quiet Voices: Southern Rabbis and Black Civil Rights, 1880s to 1990s (University of Alabama Press 1998). 5 Ms. Greene’s books include Praying for Sheetrock (Addison-Wesley 1991) and The Temple Bombing (Addison-Wesley 1996). Both were National Book Award finalists. The former won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and the Lillian Smith Award of the Southern Regional Council. The latter won the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Georgia Author of the Year Award. Ms. Greene’s latest book is Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster (Harcourt 2003). Directory: ~tscott ~tscott -> Inventory of term papers written by ksu students for dr. Thomas a. Scott ~tscott -> Inventory of term papers written by ksu students for dr. Thomas a. Scott ~tscott -> Thomas a. Scott Download 19.12 Kb. Share with your friends:
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