Lunch & Learn: Author, Joel Dinnerstein on Jewish Americans and the Diaspora

Jewish Americans and The Diaspora

We are living through a moment of disruption and discord in Jewish identity. There is a deepening political and cultural chasm between the perspectives of Israeli and American Jews, with some writers arguing for the renewal of diasporic identity. Joel Dinnerstein grew up with a diasporic identity in Flatbush, Brooklyn, one of the most urban Jewish neighborhoods in America in the mid-20th Century – Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, and Bobby Fischer all went to his high school. Combining autobiography and scholarship, Joel will make a case for a diasporic identity for American Jews, as illuminated by reading excerpts from my forthcoming family memoir, The Last of the Ellis Island Jews.

Bring your lunch, CBE provides beverages and dessert!