A Midsummer Music Fest: EMPOWERING WOMEN’S VOICES

100 years ago, the 19th amendment to the US Constitution was ratified giving women the right to vote. ZOOM in with Music at Am Shalom for a series of events in celebration of women’s voices!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for a PANEL DISCUSSION with Hadassah Magazine entitled “Votes for Women: Jews and the Suffrage Movement”. Join Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein for a live online discussion about the contribution of Jewish women to the suffrage movement, and what that legacy means today. The event will feature leading American Jewish historians Pamela Nadell, Melissa Klapper, and Judith Rosenbaum, all of whom bring a wealth of knowledge about the Jewish women who have helped shape the American story. 

Register for more Midsummer Music Fest programs:

• Thursday, July 16^th at 7pm CONCERT featuring leading Jewish American female singer-songwriters, Michelle Citrin & Cantor Shanna Zell
• Monday, July 20^th at 12:30-1:15pm CONVERSATION with Cantor Barbara J. Ostfeld, the first ordained woman cantor in Jewish history, Chicago native, and author of Catbird: The Ballad of Barbi Prim (memoir)
• Thursday, July 23^rd at 7pm CONCERT featuring leading Jewish American female singer-songwriters, Beth Schafer & Naomi Less

Reform Jewish Movement’s 2020 civic engagement campaign: Every VOICE, Every VOTE is a nonpartisan effort to strengthen our democracy by encouraging everyone to participate in the U.S. election. Online Voter Registration begins here. Already registered? Registered voters may request a mail ballot using this online application.