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Interfaith marriage historian Keren McGinity Scholar-in-Residence at Beth El OZZIE NOGG ried Jewish men, demonstrating how change over time pro- In her two provocative books, Still Jewish: A History of vides new insights. Women and Intermarriage in America (2009) and Marrying Sunday, April 29 at 11 a.m. Adult Education Session. Curb Out: Jewish Men, Intermar- Your Enthusiasm: Interfaith Love, Lust, and Popular Culture. riage and Fatherhood Using a wide range of visuals, this entertaining presentation (2014), Dr. Keren R. looks at the ways stage and screen have represented Jewish McGinity asks, “What does intermarriage, suggesting that ‘sex in the city’ is about more Jewish intermarriage mean than meets the eye. for the intermarried cou- Keren R. McGinity is the inaugural director of the Interfaith ples themselves and for the Families Jewish Engagement Program at Hebrew College’s entire Jewish community in Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education, the found- 2018?” Dr. McGinity will ing director of the Love & Tradition Institute, and teaches address this question and American Studies at . Her advice and many more during three opinions have appeared in the Forward, Lilith, Moment, Rit- learning sessions when she ualWell, Sh’ma and eJewishPhilanthropy, among other publi- visits Beth El Synagogue as cations. Dr. McGinity earned her PhD from Brown Scholar-in-Residence, Fri- University, where she subsequently held an appointment as day, April 27 to Sunday, Visiting Assistant Professor of History. Though her last name April 29. A historian and might suggest otherwise, Keren McGinity was born to New educator who specializes in York Jews, attended Hebrew school for many Jewish intermarriage and Dr. Keren R. McGinity years, observed her Bat gender, Keren McGinity de- Mitzvah, has traveled to scribes herself as “neither for Israel multiple times, and nor against intermarriage, is named in memory of a rather a knowledgeable wit- woman who perished in ness to it.” the Holocaust. She lives in The weekend schedule in- Boston with her daughter, cludes these topics: Shira, a graduate of Solomon Friday, April 27 during Schechter Day School. 6:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Dr. McGinity is considered services. Gender Matters: A a sensititve and astute histo- Fresh Perspective on Intermar- rian and interviewer who is riage and Jewish Identity. This able to uncover the deeper and talk explains how the evolving more nuanced complexities of history of gender roles influ- interfaith marriage. Reviewers of ences the meaning of inter- Still Jewish: A History of Women faith marriage and identity, a and Intermarriage in America power dynamic that goes be- (which was selected as a National Jewish Book Award Final- yond descent in shaping the Jewish present and future. ist) suggest the work should be required reading for pulpit Saturday, April 28. Still Jewish and Newly Jewish: Two His- rabbis, teachers, parents and Jewish community leaders who tories of Women and Intermarriage in America. Dr. McGinity want to be fully informed on the latest research and analytical will deliver Part One of this topic as a d’var Torah during ways to think about interfaith marriage. Shabbat morning services, and Part Two after kiddush The Keren McGinity Scholar-In-Residence weekend is lunch. These presentations highlight the narratives of inter- open to the community at no charge. For more information, married women who were born Jewish and those who mar- please visit the Beth El website: http://bethel-omaha.org. PARKWOOD ADL urges Supreme Court to uphold rulings blocking TERRACE APARTMENT HOMES Muslim ban New York, NY it to be discriminatory and ill-advised. The Supreme Court The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), along with a number has the opportunity to ensure that our nation stands as a bea- of Jewish civil rights organizations, last Friday filed an amicus con of hope for those seeking a better life, free from persecu- brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to uphold tion and extreme violence, consistent with our Constitution lower court rulings that have blocked President Trump’s third and our core values.” attempt to prohibit travel to the United States from six ma- ADL’s brief traces America’s history as a nation dedicated jority-Muslim nations. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to ideals of equality, liberty and justice, and warns against re- largely affirmed the injunction put in place, which now pro- peating the shameful times in our past when America has tects foreign nationals with a bona turned against those ideals. The brief fide relationship with a person or en- also argues that even worse, the Gov- tity in the United States. ernment now tries to justify its travel “As the Jewish community cele- ban on immigration laws that were brates Passover this week, we are re- enacted for the purpose of reinforcing minded of the experience of being our nation’s commitment to immi- exiled and becoming strangers in a grants and of correcting the historic strange land,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said. “And, harm discriminatory quotas caused our nation. more recently, we recall how the United States turned away The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the Union for Re- 9205 Western Avenue | Omaha Jews aboard the St. Louis who were fleeing the Nazi Holocaust form Judaism, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, 402.397.3994 | ParkwoodOmaha.com during World War II, or when the United States passed laws Women of and T’ruah all joined the brief. that excluded and discriminated against the Chinese, or when The law firm Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC prepared the our nation rounded up more than 100,000 Japanese Ameri- brief on behalf of ADL. Managed by cans and interned them in prison camps in the 1940s. In each The Anti-Defamation League was founded in 1913 to stop of these instances, America let prejudice and fear predomi- the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and nate in closing its doors and allowing its core values to be fair treatment to all. Today it is the world’s leading organiza- compromised, only to realize too late why those actions were tion combating anti-Semitism, exposing hate groups, training wrong.” law enforcement on hate crimes, developing anti-bias educa- John B. Harris, ADL Legal Affairs Committee Chair and tion programs for students, countering cyber-hate and relent- 402.393.6306 primary author of the brief added, “Virtually every court that lessly pursuing equal rights for all. Follow us on Twitter: has reviewed iterations of the President’s travel ban has found @ADL_National.