KEYNOTE SPEAKER: DR. SUSANNAH HESCHEL

FOLLOWED BY WORKSHOPS

Susannah Heschel is the Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and chair of the Jewish Studies Program and a faculty member of the Religion Department.

Prof. Heschel and her Dartmouth colleagues from Israel, Lebanon, and Egypt, have been widely commended for their swift and academically rigorous response to the Israel-Gaza crisis that exploded on October 7, 2023. The forums they led, on October 9 and 12, while other campuses were in turmoil, drew huge audiences of students and members of the general public who wanted to understand what was happening. “We have friendship, and we have trust,” Dr. Heschel said of the panel of experts, “and when this happened, we knew we had to do something.”

Breakout Session:

Yoga- Laurie Greenberg

Creating Art as a Process of Exploration and Discovery- Kathy Parsonnet

Dialogue Circle - what is the intersection between growing resilience regarding antisemitism and collective trauma?- Pam Steiner

Israeli Dancing- Diane Roston

Healing Circle- Gene Kadish

The Poetry of Resilience and Resistance “in the midst of life” —in the Face of Antisemitism - Doris Ferlerger & Beth Kanell

Equanimity through Chant - Peggy Kasden & Shari Borzekowski

Community Interfaith Dialogue- Rev. Amy Spagna, Rev. Leon Dunkley, Rev. Jonathan Hauze,

Symposium Sponsored By :

Shir Shalom VT & Upper Valley Jewish Community/Kol Ha'Emek Learning will be as part of our combined responsibility under the auspices of the Memorial Scrolls Trust, The Gravitz Family Shir Shalom VT and the Roth Center.

With support from JCVT and Harold Grinspoon Foundation.