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SUMMARY:Exclusive Authors Series with Andrée Aelion Brooks and Ruth K. Abrahams
DESCRIPTION:The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents: \nExclusive Authors Series with Andrée Aelion Brooks and Ruth K. Abrahams\nJoin us for an episode of our Exclusive Authors Series with Andrée Aelion Brooks and Ruth K. Abrahams discussing her book “The Remarkable Life of Luis Moses Gomez.” \nTuesday\, 1 November at 12:00PM EST\n(Complimentary RSVP) \nAbout the book:\nDuring the early days of colonial America\, a number of Sephardic Jews and conversos came from the Caribbean islands to the eastern seaboard for economic opportunity. They have largely been overlooked as the stories of the later German and Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants\, took over in terms of numbers and achievements. Here is the story of one of those early Sephardic settlers who came from Jamaica to the New York area in search of such opportunities. \nAbout the author:\nAndrée Aelion Brooks is a journalist\, author and lecturer specializing in Jewish history. Formerly a contributing columnist for the New York Times\, she is an Associate Fellow\, Yale University\, and founder of the Women’s (political) Campaign School at Yale. Her award-winning books include a comprehensive biography of Dona Gracia Nasi\, a Jewish leader who was the richest woman in Renaissance Europe; Russian Dance\, about a Jewish Bolshevik spy; Out of Spain\, a children’s program in Sephardic history. She was honored in 2013 by the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame. \nExecutive Director of the Gomez Mill House Foundation (ret.) from 1999-2017\, Dr. Ruth Abrahams also served as Executive Director of the Lehman College Foundation and Vice President for Advancement at Pratt Institute. Artistically\, Dr. Abrahams sang professionally in New York from 1967-1980. She received an M.A. in Humanities (Japanese Studies)\, and a Ph.D. in Dance History from New York University\, where she taught as adjunct associate professor from 1982-1996. She was a founding member and first president of World Dance Alliance-Americas\, an international advocacy organization for dance. \nFor more about the book: https://www.amazon.com/Remarkable-Life-Luis-Moses-Gomez/dp/0998254525 \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/exclusive-authors-series-with-andree-aelion-brooks-and-ruth-k-abrahams/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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