The Edge of Feminism, Faith, and Activism with Dr. Sharon Leder

Dr. Sharon was fortunate to come of age during the time of the people’s movements, so she witnessed social change firsthand with Civil Rights, women’s and gay rights. She was fortunate, too, to see her own Jewish culture become reshaped by feminism. Jewish women’s voices were being re-discovered. Be inspired in today's time of challenge and social unrest to find your own voice, rising up on the shoulders of those who came before us.Dr. Sharon Leder is Professor Emerita of English, Women’s Studies, and Jewish Studies at SUNY-Nassau Community College. She is an award-winning author of The Fix: A Father’s Secrets, A Daughter’s Search, Silver Winner Benjamin Franklin IBPA Award, Best New Voice in Fiction (2018), co-editor with Milton Teichman of Truth and Lamentation: Stories and Poems on the Holocaust, nominated for the National Jewish Book Award (1994), and author or editor of fiction and books on women writers, literature of the Holocaust, women in academia, and family dynamics.We will be discussing her latest book: 3 Groundbreaking Jewish Feminists Pursuing Social Justice, and the edges of faith, activism, and finding your voice! Sharon Leder taught English, women’s studies, and Jewish studies on several campuses of the State University of New York before beginning the second half of her life as a fiction writer and poet.www.sharonleder.com