The Harry G. Friedman Society is pleased to announce that the theme of the Dr. Alfred & Jean S. Moldovan Symposium this year is “Mark Podwal: Jewish Artist“. The Symposium will take place on Sunday, March 16th from 9:30am – 2:00pm at Temple Emanu-El, 1 East 65th St (at Fifth Avenue), NYC.
Keynote speaker
Matthew Baigell, Emeritus Professor of Art History, and former Distinguished Professor of Art at Rutgers University — “Mark Podwal in Jewish American Art“
Artistic Themes and Perspectives
Jean Bloch Rosensaft, Director of the Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion — “Mark Podwal’s Juxtapositions of Understanding“
Pavla Niklova, Director of the Jewish Museum in Prague, Czech Republic — “Mark’s Synagogue was in Prague“
Elisheva Carlebach, Salo Wittmayer Professor of Jewish History, Culture and Society at Columbia University — “On Jewish Magic in the Art of Mark Podwal“
Jan Robert Van Pelt, Professor of Architecture at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada — “Mark Podwal and An Atlas of Jewish Space“
Fee: $30 per person ($10 students) for the entire program which, in addition to the above presentations, will include a light breakfast and a luncheon buffet. All refreshments will be strictly kosher.
Please send your registration and payment prior to March 13th. To download the registration form, click here.
You may pay the following ways:
Venmo to Harry G. Friedman Society as the Venmo recipient.
Paypal to hgfriedmansociety@gmail.com as the Paypal recipient.
Zelle to hgfriedmansociety@gmail.com as the Zelle recipient.
Check made payable to the Harry G. Friedman Society & sent to:
Rabbi Joseph Topek, Treasurer HGFS
29 Sunflower Ridge Road
South Setauket, NY 11720-3710
For questions & additional information, email info@harrygfriedmansociety.org
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