March 19 book launch & reception: “Too Jewish or Not Jewish Enough”

March 19 book launch and reception: Join Larry Silver (University of Pennsylvania) and Deirdre Hennebury (University of Michigan Museum Studies) as they discuss “Too Jewish or Not Jewish Enough: Ritual Objects and Avant-Garde Art at the Jewish Museum of New York” with author Jeffrey Abt (University of Michigan Frankel Institute). An exploration of the museum’s origins and early history, this book focuses on the period when it evolved from displaying Jewish ritual objects, to Jewish art, to avant-garde art devoid of Jewish content, created by non-Jews. Established within a rabbinic seminary, the museum’s story reflects changes in Jewish society over the twentieth century as it struggled to balance competing values of religion and secularism, particularism and universalism, and ethnic pride and assimilation. Book sales will be available!

Co-Sponsored by the Museum Studies Program