In the continuation of the Canadian Jewish Studies lecture series this semester, Professor Hasia Diner from New York University will present: Making Space Sacred: American Jews and the Memory of the Lower East Side. This lecture is the first part of a two part series titled, “American Jewish Identity: The City and Food.”
It will take place on March 14th, 2007 between 4:30-5:30 in the Hall Building, Room H-760.
From the announcement:

How did moving from Europe to America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century leave its mark upon the food ways of immigrant Jews? How did their experiences reflect a common immigrant experience and in what way did the role played by food in Jewish life create a unique situation?
Prof. Hasia Diner is the Paul and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History at New York University, with a joint appointment in the departments of history and the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies. She is also the Director of the Goldstein Goren Center for American Jewish History. Her research interests include American Jewish history, American immigration history and women’s history.