The New York Times' review of Brooklyn Historical Society's new exhibition
Themes: Religion & Traditions
Interfaith LGBTQ Couples
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Marriage equality achieved, now the challenge is finding support for interfaith ceremonies (via The New York Times)
Muslim And...? Portraits of American Muslims
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Join us for a panel presentation and discussion about the long and diverse history of Islam in America.
2nd Annual: What Are You?
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Let’s talk about race, ethnicity, and identity. Panelists will start the conversation and we hope you’ll join in.
Elizabeth Velazquez
Oral History
"I think that it’s important to see role models in different positions because when we’re young, we kind of follow habits, and if kids see, again and again, that people that look like them are only working at the deli, or working in cleaning, and not to say that they won't do other things, because it has been done, but I think that for them to stop feeling that feeling that they're less than, that I think it creates.
Itamar Goldstein
Oral History
"Yiddish is German and Hebrew, and Yemenites have Hebrew and Arabic, and there’s the Sephardis have Ladino, which is Spanish and Hebrew. They’re all beautiful -- Yiddish is funny, but most of them are beautiful languages, they’re very poetic."
Connection between storytelling and identity?
Discussion Topic
At the Identity & Oral History workshop at the Brooklyn Museum (grounded in the Question Bridge: Black Males exhibit), participants discussed important turning points in our lives and practiced deep listening skills, which inspired reflections on the role of storytelling and listening in our own liv
Harry Schwartzman
Oral History
"I grew up speaking Yiddish and Japanese, and a lot of people find that exotic and different, and I guess as exotic and different as growing up in New York. To me, it’s normal."
Asha Sundararaman
Oral History
"I dated a white guy and I felt very not-white. And I dated an Indian guy. I felt very not-Indian. So I’m kind of like, eh, it’s in between. Everything is just in between."
20 Years Since the Crown Heights Riot of August 1991
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Listen as historians and community members respond to oral history interviews with Crown Heights residents recorded in the 1990s and 2010. What’s changed? What’s stayed the same?