Jewish News of Greater Phoenix

Tucson conference addresses women

The University of Arizona in Tucson will be the site of the Western Jewish Studies Association's third annual conference, "Women in Jewish Life and Culture," April 6-8.

Valley speakers will include Joel Gereboff, chair of the religious studies department at Arizona State University and a member of the WJSA executive board, who will address "Developing Jewish Social Services in Phoenix: The Politics and Discourse of Jewish Identity and Gender," as part of a panel discussion on "Inventing the Jewish Community"; and Rabbi Bonnie Koppell of Temple Beth Shalom, who will speak on "Female Rabbis in the Military: A View from the Trenches," as one of three women rabbis on a panel.

Registration fee is $60, or $30 for students.

Call the Judaic Studies office at U of A at (520) 621-9114 or Pat Doherty at (520) 621-3132.


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