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“What Does It Mean To Keep a Secret?” Series: U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.
Mar. 10, 17, 24, & 25. Virtual talks and film screenings. Mar. 10, 4 p.m.:“Documenting Secret Origins.” Talk by University of Washington global studies professor Deborah Porter. Mar. 17, 4 p.m.: “Blue Box.” Screening of Michal Weits’s 2021 documentary about his great-grandfather’s role in the Jewish National Fund’s campaign to raise the funds for the purchase and forestation of land in Palestine. Mar. 24, 4 p.m.: “How To Say Silence.” Screening of Shir Newman’s 2021 documentary about how her research into the life of her biological grandmother led her to confront the history of sexual abuse in her own family. Mar. 25, noon: “Secrets.” Panel discussion with Porter and filmmakers Weits and Newman. For URL preregister at bit.ly/frankelcentersecrets. Free. umcjs@umich.edu, 764-6307.
