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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T201500
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URL:https://www.wjcouncil.org/events/womens-initiative-for-jewish-studies-
 to-bring-dr-melissa-r-klapper-to-yinr-via-zoom/
SUMMARY:Women’s Initiative for Jewish Studies to Bring Dr. Melissa R. Kla
 pper to YINR via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Women’s Initiative for Jewish Studies (WIJS) at Young Israel
  of New Rochelle is proud to present Dr. Melissa R. Klapper on Wednesday\,
  February 25\, 2026 @ 8:15 pm (ET) on Zoom.  Dr. Klapper will be the fift
 h speaker of the 2025-2026 season in the monthly scholarly programming off
 ered by WIJS at YINR.\n\nDr. Klapper’s lecture is entitled “Prayers fo
 r Dixie: The Civil War Faith of a Jewish Confederate Woman.”  The discu
 ssion will explore the life of a Confederate\, slave-owning\, religiously 
 observant Jewish woman and Klapper will be drawing from her newest book\,
  The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai\, which she finished in the name o
 f Dianne Ashton (Dianne Ashton passed away before the book was completed).
 \n\nDr. Melissa R. Klapper is Professor of History and Director of Women's
  &amp\; Gender Studies at Rowan University.  She is the author of many bo
 oks on American Jewish women's history and the history of childhood\, incl
 uding the National Jewish Book Award-winning Ballots\, Babies\, and Banne
 rs of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism\, 1890-1940\; Ballet Class: 
 An American History and\, with Dianne Ashton\, The Civil War Diary of Emma
  Mordecai.  Her research has won numerous awards and grants\, and she lec
 tures frequently in both academic and community settings.\n\nAll WIJS prog
 ramming is open to women and men.  Please visit https://www.yinr.org/wij
 s.html  to view the complete WIJS 2025-26 schedule.  For more informati
 on\, to be added to the WIJS email list\, or for Zoom information\, please
  call 914-636-2215 or email: wijs@yinr.org.  Individuals on the WIJS mai
 ling list will automatically receive the Zoom information.
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