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About the Speaker
Shira Richter is the director of an award winning adventure film about women's and mother's voices regarding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, and the creator of acclaimed photography exhibitions and installations about the value and economic status of mothers, fathers and other careers in society. She is a visual performance lecturer, writer, curator and advocate for inclusion of gender studies in the formal educational system, changing the definition of postpartum depression, a supporter of moderate voices and context-based evaluation. Shira is visiting the States as an international guest of the group exhibition, “The Women & Money Project,” at the Katharine E. Nash Gallery of the University of Minnesota Department of Art, created together with Minnesota Women’s Caucus for Art. Her visit is partially funded by the Israeli consulate of Chicago.
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For more information and to RSVP, please contact Stephanie Schultz at SSchultz@JFedSTL.org or 314-442-3763.
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Upcoming Events
HMLC Artists Talk
Between the Lines: Roy Strassberg and Bunny Burson
Thursday, August 25 • 7:00-9:30 pm • Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Kopolow Building • HMLC Theater
This artist’s talk features two artists, both of whose works, though materially distinct, involve making as a means for processing both inherited memories and collective stories of the Holocaust. Open to the community. RSVP to Andrew Goldfeder at 314-442-3711 or AGoldfeder@JFedSTL.org.
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This event is co-sponsored by Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series, Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library and the Center for Jewish Learning. Sh’ma Listen! is generously funded by the Lubin-Green Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and Hank Webber and Chris Jacobs.
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You can learn more about the Sh'ma: Listen! Speaker Series and apply for your organization's speaker to be featured at JFedSTL.org/SpeakerSeries.
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