BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.10//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:322@jewishlifect.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T094500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T113000 DTSTAMP:20260930T130430Z URL:https://jewishlifect.org/events/coalition-speaker-series-culture-yiddi shkeit-and-politics-in-the-catskills-presented-by-prof-phil-brown-2/ SUMMARY:Coalition SPEAKER SERIES: "Culture\, Yiddishkeit and Politics in th e Catskills\," presented by Prof. Phil Brown DESCRIPTION:The Catskills are remembered as an idyllic vacationland of yest eryear\, but they were also a site for\nJewish culture and political activ ism. Professor Brown will explore this lively aspect of the Borscht\nbelt history and culture. He will examine the community culture of hotel and bu ngalow communities\,\nYiddishist colonies\, leftist and union hotels\, lab or organizing and local activism.\n \;\nProf. Brown is the founder of the Catskills Institute\, an organization that works to record and remembe r the history of\nthe Catskills through conferences\, public speaking and support of scholarships. Phil Brown is a\nProfessor of Sociology and Envir onmental Studies at Northeastern University. He is the founding member\nof the Committee of Science\, and Technology and an Associate Member of the Program of Judaic\nStudies. His books include “Catskill Culture: A Mount ain Rat’s Memories of the Great Jewish Resort\nArea” and “In the Cat skills: A Century of the Jewish Experience in “The Mountains”.\n \ ;\n\nPhil played piano in the now-defunct klezmer band Too Klez for Comfor t.\n\nWith gratitude to the generous support of Gloria and Martin Greenste in and the Rene Bloch Foundation.\n\n \;\n\nJoin us!\n\n[gravityform i d="3" title="true" description="true"]\n\n \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR