Date

Monday, May 25, 2020
4:00PM-5:00PM

Where

Zoom Webinar

Cost

Registration Is Free

Now You Know: Being Jewish During a Pandemic: What’s Lost | What’s Gained?


Join UJA’s Ontario Jewish Archives for a webinar exploring how COVID-19 has impacted Jewish communal life. Stanford University PhD candidate Josh Tapper who is working closely with the OJA to document the impact of COVID-19 on the Jewish community will be in conversation with Memorial University folklorist Jillian Gould.

Moderated by OJA Executive Director Dara Solomon, Josh and Jillian will discuss how this unprecedented period of social isolation that has disrupted much of Jewish communal life, has also given rise to renewed connections to Jewish tradition and ritual in our homes.


Speakers:
Dr. Jillian Gould, PhD Associate Professor, Dept. of Folklore at Memorial University
 
Joshua Tapper, Doctoral candidate in Jewish History at Stanford University
 
Moderator:
Dara Solomon, Executive Director, Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre of UJA and Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre
 
Please register for this webinar by 4:00 PM on May 24th
 
For more information, please contact the Ontario Jewish Archives at ojainquiries@ujafed.org

SPEAKERS

Dr. Jillian Gould, PhD Associate Professor, Dept. of Folklore at Memorial University

Dr. Gould teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses including an intensive cultural documentation graduate field school that introduces students to the skills and techniques of ethnographic fieldwork such as audio-recorded interviewing, observational writing, and photography. Her research interests examine Jewish expressive culture, often through the lens of food. She has published journal articles and book chapters on topics ranging from Toronto blueberry buns, to the comfort meal sometimes known as a “hole-in-the-middle,” to a resident-led Sabbath Tea at the Terraces at Baycrest. Her current research explores the everyday and holiday customs of non-Orthodox Jews.

Joshua Tapper, Doctoral candidate in Jewish History at Stanford University

Joshua’s research focuses on the revival of Jewish organizational and cultural life in the late Soviet Union. He holds master's degrees in journalism from Columbia University and European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies from the University of Toronto. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, Tablet, and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, among other publications. He lives in Toronto.

MODERATOR

Dara Solomon, Executive Director, Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre of UJA and Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre

At the OJA and Neuberger, Dara has developed new partnerships and outreach initiatives to engage a broad public in the community’s Jewish heritage. Prior to joining the OJA, Solomon was the Curator at the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) in San Francisco, where she was responsible for curating the museum’s inaugural exhibition seasons. Solomon holds a M.A. in Arts Administration from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a B.A. in Religion and Art History from University of Toronto.