Special Events
Judah Touro Lecture, May 9, 2019, 7:00 PM: Dr. Hasia Diner presents Hungering for America: Italian, Irish and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration.
Judah Touro Lecture, May 30, 2019, 7:00 PM: Dr. Beth Wenger presents Encounters with the "Holy Land" Place, Past and Future in American Jewish Culture.
The Touro Synagogue Foundation has been awarded a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities to present two of America’s leading scholars of the history of Judaism in the United States – Hasia Diner of New York University and Beth Wenger of The University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Hasia Diner, Paul and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History, New York University, will discuss the significance of food in cementing ethnic identity and community. A reception following the lecture will include samples of food from each of the three cultures. All of the food served will be kosher. Reservations required: tours@tourosynagogue. Seating is limited. Free and open to the public.
Dr. Beth Wenger, Moritz and Josephine Berg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania, will discuss American interpretations of the "holy land" by examining American tourism and travel to pre-state Israel, the representation of the holy land in exhibitions and world fairs, and the symbols and the public culture of American Zionism. Reservations required: tours@tourosynagogue.org. Seating is limited. Free and open to the public.
72nd Annual George Washington Letter Reading
The letter, which honors our precious freedoms, continues to be lauded and commemorated as possibly having the greatest impact on America and American Jewry.
Reservations are required and seating is limited. For more information and reservations please contact the Touro Synagogue Foundation, 401-847-4794 ext. 207, or email tours@tourosynagogue.org
