Professor David N. Myers of UCLA To Speak at B’nai Abraham

On Monday September 26, 7:00 PM Temple B’nai Abraham Adult Learning presents Professor David N. Myers, Department of History, UCLA at the temple. His topic will be “Jewish History and Jewish Memory.” The success of Jewish life depends on the delicate balance between our collective history and our collective memory…which are not always the same. No one is better equipped to explore this tension with us than David Myers, Sady and Ludwig Kahn Professor of History at UCLA and a frequent visitor to Temple B’nai Abraham. Myers, who was chair of UCLA’s history department and directed its Center for Jewish Studies, has written and lectured widely – literally, all over the world – on modern Jewish history and Jewish intellectual history. Prof. Myers graduated from Yale University and, after graduate work at Tel Aviv University and Harvard University, received his Ph.D. with highest distinction from Columbia University. He has been on the faculty of UCLA since 1991. In 2011, he became the first specialist in Jewish history to chair one of the top university history departments in North America. Prof. Myers has held visiting appointments at the University of Pennsylvania, the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow, and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Steve Delman serves as the chair of the TBA Adult Learning Committee, and Melissa Weiner is the Director of Jewish Learning at TBA. This lecture is free and open to the public. For information call 973-994-2290 or email tbainfo@tbanj.org Visit the TBA website at www.tbanj.org ________________________________________