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“Black, Jewish, & Queer: Navigating Judaism with Multiple Identities & Building Bridges”
April 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join UNC Greensboro’s Jewish Studies Program for the annual Henry Samuel Levinson Lecture:
with Rabbi Sandra Lawson
Director of Racial Diversity, Equity, &
Inclusion for Reconstructing Judaism
Black, Jewish, & Queer: Navigating Judaism with Multiple Identities & Building Bridges
Rabbi Sandra Lawson, a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, is one of the first African American, Queer, female rabbis. A social media pioneer, Lawson models what it means to teach Torah in digital spaces and has built an online following of more than 50,000 people. She is known for tackling difficult questions surrounding Jews and race in podcasts, essays, media appearances, and speeches.
Rabbi Lawson has been featured in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) as one of The 50 Jews Everyone Should Follow on Twitter, as one of the Forward 50, as a Faith Leader to Watch by the Center for American Progress. She was recently a Schusterman Fellow.
Reception with food to follow.
Free parking in the Walker Parking Deck.
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Made possible by: The Herman and Zelda Bernard Distinguished Professorship in Jewish Studies, the Henry Samuel Levinson Program Endowment for Jewish Studies, the Barbara Colchamiro Endowment, and the Judith Rosenstock Hyman Jewish Studies Program Endowment
