BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:452@amyisrael.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240407T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240407T101500 DTSTAMP:20240229T164554Z URL:https://www.amyisrael.org/events/remix-judaism-preserving-tradition-in -a-diverse-world-author-presentation-by-professor-roberta-rosenthal-kwall/ SUMMARY:"Remix Judaism: Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World" author pre sentation by Professor Roberta Rosenthal Kwall DESCRIPTION:Professor Kwall will discuss the thesis of her widely acclaimed new book\, "Remix Judaism: Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World" as it applies to individuals\, parents and grandparents\, particularly those af filiated with Conservative Judaism\, seeking to deepen their connection to Jewish tradition outside of strict compliance with the rules of Jewish la w. Her book demonstrates how developing a richer set of culturally religio us norms in the home can provide a foundation for transmissible Jewish tra dition\, and invites readers to construct their own Jewish journeys with g reater mindfulness and intentionality.\n\nRoberta Rosenthal Kwall is the R aymond P. Niro Professor at DePaul University College of Law. She graduate d from the Brown University with a major in Religious Studies and the Univ ersity of Pennsylvania Law School. She also has a master’s degree in Jew ish Studies. Kwall is an internationally renowned scholar and lecturer and has written law school casebooks in property and intellectual property la w as well as over 30 scholarly articles and book chapters on a wide variet y of topics including Jewish law and culture\, authorship rights\, creativ ity theory\, intellectual property\, and women’s issues.\nKwall also has written three important monographs: “Remix Judaism: Preserving Traditio n in a Diverse World\,” (Rowman &\;amp\; Littlefield\, 2020)\; “The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and\nLaw in Jewish Tradition” (Oxford UP\, 2015) and “The Soul of Creativity: Forging a Moral Rights Law for the United States.” (Stanford UP\, 2010). Currently Kwall is co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Law as well as writing an essay for this vol ume about lawmaking in the Conservative Movement.\nKwall has received nume rous awards for teaching and scholarship and in 2006\, was designated as o ne of the 10 Best Law Professors in Illinois by Chicago Lawyer magazine. S he also has taught at Tulane Law School and is a frequent visiting profess or at Reichman Law School in Israel where she teaches a course on The Amer ican Jewish Movements and Jewish law. Kwall is a keen observer of the Amer ican Jewish community and has also written numerous OpEds and articles on topics of general interest. Her popular writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal\, The Chicago Tribune and most of the major Jewish media v enues such as the Jewish Telegraphic Agency\, Commentary Magazine\, The Je rusalem Report\, The Jerusalem Post\, The Forward\, The Jewish Week\, The Lehrhaus\, The Jewish Journal\, Kveller\, Sources Journal and eJewish Phil anthropy. She also has appeared on the popular podcast Unorthodox sponsore d by Tablet Magazine. Kwall is a frequent speaker about Jewish law and cul ture at synagogues and for Jewish organizations in the United States and I srael.\n\nPlease note that Professor Kwall's book is available on amazon a nd she will be happy to sign copies at the event. \;\nAMAZON LINK FOR PAPERBACK\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Remix-Judaism-Preserving-Tradition-Diver se/dp/1538163640\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.amyisrael.org/wp-content/uploads/202 4/02/coverpaperback-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Adult Ed and Programs,Adult Education,Featured END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR