Le Moyne College to Host Talk by Brown University Judaic Studies Professor

<p>SYRACUSE, N.Y. (For Immediate Release) … Le Moyne College will host a talk by Lynn Davidman of Brown University on Thursday, October 11, at 7 p.m. in Grewen Auditorium. Her talk is titled “Religious Disaffiliation and the Transformation of Bodily Practices.”<br /> <br /> Davidman is a professor of Judaic studies, American civilization and gender studies at Brown University. She has written extensively about women and religion, women and Judaism and gender and religion, including “Tradition in a Rootless World: Women Turn to Orthodox Judaism” (University of California Press, 1991). Her forthcoming book is titled "Leaving Home: Exiting Orthodox Judaism in Israel and the United States." <br /> <br /> The talk is free and open to the public. For more information, call (315) 445-4385.</p>
posted on: 9/21/2007