BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Australia/Melbourne X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34@jmedia.online DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200820T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200820T203000 DTSTAMP:20200814T022600Z URL:https://jmedia.online/events/26008/ SUMMARY:Dr. Sue Silberberg about her book “A Networked Community” DESCRIPTION:The Australian Jewish Historical Society in conjunction with th e Australian Jewish Genealogical Society and the Lamm Jewish Library prese nts:\nDr. Sue Silberberg\nSpeaking with Rabbi Emeritus Dr John Levi AM abo ut her new book:\n“A Networked Community”\n \;\n\n \;\n\nIn 18 35 a renegade group of Tasmanians\, including Jewish emancipist Joseph Sol omon\, disembarked in what was to become Melbourne. Thus\, as in the settl ement of the continent itself\, Jews were at the foundation of colonisatio n.\n\nUnlike many other settlers\, these Jews predominantly came from urba n backgrounds and applied their experience to the formation of a new emanc ipated conceptualisation of urban Judaism. In Melbourne there were no civi l or political restrictions on the Jewish community\, and the political an d social environment of a new city provided a unique set of opportunities. Here Jews could live and work where they chose becoming active citizens i n the formation of the colony.\,. As developers and builders they influenc ed the formation of the city’s urban fabric\, while their intellectual a nd economic connections brought new political and intellectual ideas and n etworks to the colonial experience.\n\nThis was a community which remained connected to mainstream Anglo-Orthodoxy\, while simultaneously realizing that new freedoms required a response to religious practices which were re levant to a new world.\n\nDr. Sue Silberberg is a historian\, curator and arts administrator. She was educated at the University of Melbourne\, Mon ash University\, Deakin University and the International Centre for the Co nservation of Cultural Material (ICCROM). She holds a doctorate in History from the University of Melbourne\, where she has been a research fellow a t the eScholarship Research Centre. Previously Silberberg worked in both L ondon and Victoria as a museum curator and director\, specialising in hist oric buildings. She has held senior government positions within the arts a nd was the director of the Cultural Festival for the 2006 Melbourne Common wealth Games.\n\nEnquiries to davidhmarlow@gmail.com or 0407 389 919\n\n Free event – pandemic pricing\n\nCopies of Sue’s book are available at  www.mup.com.au or https://www.mup.com.au/books/a-networked-community-p aperback-softback\n\n CATEGORIES:AJHS,Organization LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81776324459 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne X-LIC-LOCATION:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20200405T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR