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Padnos Lecture: How Women Changed American Religion - A Jewish Perspective

Thursday, February 27, 2025
7:00 p.m.
Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus
Alumni, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students

How Women Changed American Religion - A Jewish Perspective

The 4th Annual Padnos Public Engagement Lecuture on Jewish Learning, featuring:

Karla Goldman, Sol Drachler Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Professor of Judaic Studies, College of LS&A

“Women’s history is American religious history," as historian Ann Braude has famously claimed. The 2024 Padnos Lecture explores how American Judaism has been shaped by general societal expectations for women's religious behavior and by new active roles Jewish women took on within their religious institutions. Major changes that took place included the restructuring of synagogue architecture with the removal of the women’s gallery, the redefinition of community through women’s volunteerism, and the introduction of women's religious leadership, which also challenged conventional theology. Historically and today, American Judaism -- in dialogue with American society and other models of religious practice -- has constantly evolved and transformed in an effort to match the ever-moving target of gendered expectations for religious behavior and practice.

Join us for a presentation from Dr. Goldman followed by a dessert reception.

This event is held in partnership with the Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan.

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Location Information

Regency Room, GVSU Pew Campus (401 Fulton St W, Grand Rapids, MI 49504)

Contact Information

Kaufman Interfaith Institute

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This event was added to the calendar by Liz English (englisel@gvsu.edu) on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 and was last updated on Friday, December 6, 2024 at 8:34 a.m.

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