DATE: April 1-2, 2009.

EVENT: The University of Michigan School of Social Work will celebrate the inauguration of the Sol Drachler Chair in Jewish Communal Service, with Karla Goldman being installed as the first chair on April 1.

On April 2, a symposium, “If Not Now: Challenge, Choice, and Change in 21st-Century Jewish Community,” will be held. The event will bring together leaders to advance conversations around critical issues in American Jewish public life and help set an educational agenda for the U-M Jewish Communal Leadership Program. National and local participants include Ruth Messinger, Shifra Bronznick, Harlene Appelman, Michael Brooks and Deborah Dash Moore.

Schedule of Events:

April 1, 4 p.m.

Installation of Sol Drachler Chair of Jewish Communal Service

Karla Goldman, Sol Drachler Professor of Social Work. “Looking Backward, Thinking Forward: The Promise and Challenge of 21st-Century American Jewish Community.” A dinner reception following.

April 2, 9 a.m.?2:30 p.m.

“If Not Now: Challenge, Choice, and Change in 21st-Century Jewish Community” U-M Jewish Communal Leadership Program Inaugural Symposium

9 ?10:30 a.m. Panel discussion #1

“Seekers of Justice: Jewish Voices and Activism within a Pluralistic Society”

10:45 a.m. ?12:15 p.m. Panel discussion #2

“Attachment and Alienation: American Jews and Israel in Complex Times”

12:15 p.m. ?1 p.m. Lunch

1 p.m.?2:30 p.m. Panel discussion #3

“A Community in Crisis? Reflections on Gender, Generations, Diversity, and the Jewish Future”

PLACE: Educational Conference Center, Room 1840, U-M School of Social Work Building, 1080 S. University Ave.

SPONSORS: Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, and Honest Tea.

INFORMATION: RSVP to (734) 763-6886 or [email protected].