Join us as we travel to Duke University for a lecture by Professor Shari Rabin, College of Charleston: "How Frontier Jews Made American Judaism.” A reception follows the presentation.

About the lecturer: Dr Rabin, is a scholar of American Judaism working in the fields of modern Jewish history and American religious history. She is professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture at the College of Charleston. Her most recent book, “Jews on the Frontier: Religion and Mobility in 19th Century America" was awarded the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies.

For more information: https://graduateprograminreligion.duke.edu/events/how-frontier-jews-made-american-judaism

NEW PICKUP LOCATION - 4:25 pm board JCC bus - shopping center at Creedmoor & Strickland roads, park near Walgreens & former Kroger. (8385 Strickland Rd)

Van leaves 4:40
Lecture & Reception: 6-7:30pm
Arrival at Walgreens Shopping Center: by 8:30pm

JCC Members: $5.00 for van      General Community: $10.00 for van
Event Entry is FREE.

 RSVP to JCC at 919-676-6170 by 10/31/18.  Only 13 spots available. You must pay over the phone or bring money to the JCC. Cash will not be accepted the night of the event.

This trip is funded in part by a grant from the BJH Foundation.