The Southern Jewish Historical Society 1998 Conference

1998 Southern Jewish Historical Society Conference

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SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY 23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE
DOUBLETREE HOTEL
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
NOVEMBER 13, 14, & 15 1998

Friday, November 13, 1998

8:30 am to 5 pm	Registration for Conference Delegates, Doubletree Hotel. Video: History of the Jews of Nashville will run continuously near registration
9:30-11:30	Optional sightseeing tour of Nashville by bus.
1:00-1:15	Greetings from SJHS President, Bruce Beeber, M.D.
1:15-1:30	Welcome from the Nashville Host Committee, Lee Haas, Chair. Greetings from Joshua Fogelson, Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee.
1:30-2:15	“Moses Elias Levy of Florida: A Jewish Abolitionist in London, 1824- 1828” by Chris Monaco. Introduction by Samuel Proctor, professor emeritus, University of Florida
2:30-2:45	“Shalom Y’All”: a preview of the film in progress by Brian Bain, Satchel Entertainment, Inc.
2:45-3:15	An Overview of The Zimmerman Judaica Collection from Vanderbilt University Divinity School Library
3:30-4:30	Panel: Jews in Country Music: A panel reflecting all aspects of Jewish participation in the country music business: Performers/songwriters Jen Cohen and Andie Jennings Writer/producer/director of music videos Steve Goldmann Marketing executive Neal Spielberg Musicians Eric Silver and Jonathan Yudkin Attorney specializing in music business clients Ellen McDonald Moderator Stacy Harris, country music historian, author and journalist.
6:00	Board buses for Congregation Ohabai Sholom ("The Temple").
6:30	Shabbat Dinner at "The Temple." Services conducted by Rabbi David Davis. Mark Bauman will speak on Southern Jewry. Oneg Shabbat to follow.
10:00	Buses return to Doubletree

Saturday, November 14, 1998

8:30 am	Services by Rabbi Peter Haas at the Doubletree Hotel.
9:00-10:30	First Session: Jews in Grey Panel members Mel Young, author of Where They Lie/We Should All Say Kaddish, and Last Order of the Lost Cause Robert Rosen, author of Confederate Charleston Moderator: Herbert Heltzer, author of papers on Sir Moses Ezekiel
10:45-12:00	Second Session: Leo Frank: The Case Which Would Not Die . Panel members: Leonard Dinnerstein, Director of Judaic Studies and Professor of History at the University of Arizona, author of The Leo Frank Case Louis Schmier, writer, historian and Professor at Valdosta State University. Terry Barr, who will give us writer David Mamet's vision of the Frank Case. Moderator: Marcus Rosenbaum. Moderator: Marcus Rosenbaum, Journalist, National Public Radio regular and editor.
12:15	Lunch Speaker: Florence Jumonville, Head of Archives and Special Collections, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans. Topic: Benjamin Levy: Life and Times of an Antebellum New Orleans Bookseller and Publisher. Introduction by Catherine C. Kahn, archivist of Touro Infirmary.
2:00-3:30	Walking tour of historic downtown Nashville, conducted by Gil Fox, local historian
4:00-5:00	“Women of Valor” Susan Mayer, R.N. Biographer of Amelia Greenwald, R.N. and Regina Kaplan, R.N. J. David Markham, M.D., “Tribute to Sara Markham”, community leader and founder of the Children’s Museum of Richmond. Sherry Blanton, “Lives of Quiet Affirmation: Jewish Women of Anniston, Alabama.” Moderator: Deborah Weiner
6:15	Havdalah Service
6:30	Cash Bar
	Dinner at the Doubletree
	Entertainment by Rabbi Kenneth Kanter, Is It True What They Say about Dixie Keynote address: Tony Horowitz, author of Confederates in the Attic.

Sunday, November 15, 1998

8:00-9:00	Southern Jewish Historical Society Business Meeting
9:00-10:15	Southern Jewish Melting Pot: Sephardic, French/German, and East European Jews invade the South Professor Yitzchak Kerem, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Mark Greenberg, special historian of the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience Irwin Lachoff, assistant Archivist, Xavier University of New Orleans Moderator: Lee Shai Weissbach, Department of History, University of Louisville.
10:15-11:15	"Doing Research on the Internet" Demonstration and explanation by Cheryl Melnick Weitzman, webmaster and volunteer curator of Jewish History Displays at Congregation Kol Emeth, and Judaism Online Guide at Congregation Shir Hadash Introduction by Rachel Heimovics, Past President SJLHS.
11:30-12:30	Meet the Author Panel Lester Sullivan, editor, Jews and New Orleans: An Archival Guide Marcus Rosenbaum, editor. Heart of a Wife by Helen Jacobus Apte Mel Young, The Last Order of the Lost Cause Robert Rosen, Jewish Confederates Lee Shai Weissbach, The Synagogues of Kentucky: Architecture and History
12:30	Marcus Harvey, graduate student, University of Florida. Topic: "Not Be Subjects of Public Charity: Philanthropy, Identity, and the Jews of New Orleans" Moderator: Mark Bauman, Editor SJHS JOURNAL Report of the Planning Comnmittee for the 1999 Convention
2:00	Adjournment

All events at the Doubletree unless so noted