Audience
Responses to Lectures
On behalf of the 92nd Street Y and the Bronfman Center for
Jewish Life, I wish to express the utmost gratitude for your
appearance here for Deadwood: The Jewish Experience
in the Old West....As you surely noticed from the full house and the response
that evening, our audience members were extremely pleased with the program and
left the auditorium with minds expanded and their lives enriched. |
Sharon Goldman,
Program Director
Bronfman Center for Jewish
Life
New York City, New York
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| A fascinating lecture and topic that surprised
me with interesting, new details. The images are great and
really bring the information to life. |
Rachel
Altman, Education Coordinator
Jewish Federation of Santa Barbara
October 30, 2005 |
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| The audience was intrigued by your work and
excited to have you here as Keynote Speaker. We wish that the
time had not gone so quickly and that we could have continued
the intellectual discussion and conversation for days. |
Dr. Mary Ryder
Chairperson, High Plains
Writers Conference
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD |
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| Thank you for your presentation, "A
Mixed Chorus: Jewish Women in the American West" [as the
scholar-in-residence] on Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and 21.
Both presentations were extremely well-received by the general
public on Saturday and the National Council of Jewish Women
on Sunday. |
Leon L. Jett
Public Programs, "Jewish
Life in the American West"
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN |
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| Harriet Rochlin's slide presentation "A
Mixed Chorus: Jewish Women in the American West" delighted
and stimulated a sold-out audience at the Wells Fargo Theater
of the Autry Museum. With dynamic stories and vivid images,
she brings to life a little-known arrary of Jewish women who
pioneered in the Americanizing West. |
John Gray
Executive Director,
Autry Museum of the Western Heritage, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Harriet Rochlin's program allowed the teachers
to have deeper understanding of the role of children in history,
in particular, local history. This information complimented,
and yet went far beyond the curriculum and textbooks, creating
an enriching lecture. |
Laureen Trainer
School Services Manager,
Autry National Center
Program: Teach American History |
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The work you do clearly advances Jewish literacy
and understanding,
developing pride in our heritage, and equipping our people for
the future based on the knowledge of our rich past. YOU ARE
AN AMAZING TEACHER. |
Abigail Yasgur
Director, Jewish Community Library
of Los Angeles |
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| Thank you for that marvelous presentation
of slides on Jewish Women in the West at the Western Jewish
Studies Association Conference. The audience was absolutely
enthralled with your presentation and the discussion afterwards. |
Dr. Leonard Dinnerstein
Director of Judaic Studies, University
of Arizona |
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| The overflow crowd was mesmerized by you,
rightfully so. You are indeed warm and engaging. |
Jocelyn Jacobson
Director, Arizona Center for
the Book, Phoenix |
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| Words cannot express our appreciation for
your participation in our regional confer-ence...evaluations
reinforce the rave reviews we received during the conference. |
Howard Brotman and
Dorothy Goren,
Western States Jewry in Twenty-First
Century Conference Council of Jewish Federations
San Diego, CA |
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| As the sophistication of the Jewish genealogical
community grows, so does the challenge of presenting an interesting
and informative program. Your slide narrative, 'From Pariah
to Pardner: Jewish Life on the Spanish, Mexican and American
Western Frontier' helped us succeed in meeting that challenge. |
Ted Gostin
President-Program Chair, 18th
Annual National Seminar Jewish Genealogical Society
Los Angeles |
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| I would like you to know how much the Jewish
community enjoyed your presentation. Your interpretation was
both education and personal. |
Cindy Tarshish
Director-Adult Services, Jewish
Community Center of Greater Minneapolis |
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| Your descriptive detail proved to be a splendid
opening for our Western Conference. You heightened everyone's
awareness and gave us all a new sense of perspective. |
Dr. Jack Mayer
Hebrew Union College, Western
Conference Jewish Institute of Religion |
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| We have had an ethusiastic response to your
excellent presentation for the Western Jewish History Center.
We look forward to future presentations, which are so inspiring
to our leadership. |
Seymour Frome
Director, Judah L. Magnes
Museum
Berkley, CA |
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| Your archives are most impressive and a really
wonderful resource. I am hopeful we will be able to use some
of your material both for the Core Exhibit and future temporary
shows at our new Cultural Center. |
Grace Cohen-Grossman
Curator, Skirball Museum
Los Angeles, CA |
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| Not only do our "colorful characters"
entertain, but you skillfully interpret Western Jewish life
as it fits into the continuum of Jewish history. |
Dr. Beverly Chico
Director, Museum Outreach
Mizel Museum of Judaica
Denver, CO |
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| We are being flooded with comments on the
quality, tone and the importance of your presentation. You have
made a great contribution to the history of Jews on the Western
frontier and indeed, to the history of our people. |
Abraham S. Chanin
Director, Bloom Southwest
Jewish Archives
"Day of Dedication and Remembrance of Southwest Pioneer
Jewish History"
University of Arizona, Tucson AZ |
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