Release date: Feb. 2, 2004
Contact: Elaine Justice, Associate Director, University Media Relations,
at 404-727-0643 or ejustic@emory.edu

Tenenbaum Lecture Explores Southern Jewish Life

WHAT: New York University professor Hasia R. Diner will explore the role of the Jewish peddler in the American South during Emory University's annual Tenenbaum Family Lecture Series.

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10

WHERE: Michael C. Carlos Museum Reception Hall, 571 Kilgo Circle on Emory University's campus

COST: Admission is free to the public.

PARKING: Available in Fishburne Parking Deck, 1671 N. Decatur Rd. For information call 404-727-0896.

Hasia R. Diner, the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor in American Jewish History at New York University, is a leading specialist in immigration and ethnic history. In addition to American Jewish history, she has written on the history of Irish Americans, African Americans and Italian Americans. Her many books include "In the Almost Promise Land: American Jews and Blacks, 1915-1935," "Hungering for America: Italian, Irish, and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration" and "A Time for Gathering: The Second Migration, 1820-1880."

The Tenenbaum Family Lecture Series, which celebrates the family of the late Meyer W. Tenenbaum of Savannah, Ga., is sponsored by Emory's Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies. Tenenbaum was a 1931 alumnus of Emory College and a 1932 alumnus of Emory Law School.

Emory University is known for its demanding academics, outstanding undergraduate college of arts and sciences, highly ranked professional schools and state-of-the-art research facilities. For more than a decade Emory has been named one of the country's top 25 national universities by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to its nine schools, the university encompasses The Carter Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Healthcare, a comprehensive metropolitan health care system.

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