Talks & Events
Susan Weinberg is available for both talks and exhibitions. An experienced and engaging public speaker, she speaks about the book as well as a variety of related topics including immigration, oral history, storytelling, artwork, and genealogy. In addition to public speaking, she can provide exhibitions of the artwork that accompanies these stories. For more information send her a request at Contact.
What a wonderful, fascinating, engaging program . . .Susan is a wonderful storyteller and the people in the clips she showed shared deeply moving, informative, and often humorous stories of their own.- Anita R.
Wonderful program! Such a terrific and inspiring speaker with so many stories to share. - Sheryl T.
Very successful and inspiring program. Susan Weinberg modeled how one can bravely start a project and allow it to carry one to new skills, horizons, and combinations of talents! Sparked lots of memories, questions, and positive responses from the audience. - Alicia M.
The program was informative, fascinating and beautifully presented. Susan is a dynamic speaker, who, along with her art, captures your attention and holds it. Her skills and talents are many and varied. -Sandi S.
Wonderful program! Such a terrific and inspiring speaker with so many stories to share. - Sheryl T.
Very successful and inspiring program. Susan Weinberg modeled how one can bravely start a project and allow it to carry one to new skills, horizons, and combinations of talents! Sparked lots of memories, questions, and positive responses from the audience. - Alicia M.
The program was informative, fascinating and beautifully presented. Susan is a dynamic speaker, who, along with her art, captures your attention and holds it. Her skills and talents are many and varied. -Sandi S.
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| Aug 2022 | International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) An exploration of Jewish immigration through laws, documents and stories. |
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| Aug 2021 | International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) An exploration of Jewish immigration through laws, documents and stories. |
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| Wed. Aug 12, 2020 |
International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) An exploration of Jewish immigration through laws, documents and stories. |
online conference |
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| Fri, Feb 14, 2020 |
Mount Zion Temple Panel discussion and reading on creation of book |
Mount Zion Temple 1300 Summit Avenue St. Paul, MN |
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| Fri, Jan 17, 2020 |
Truckee Meadows
Community College Library An exploration of immigration through laws, documents and stories. |
Open Genealogy Lab
(Webinar) Truckee Meadows Community College Library Reno, Nevada |
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| Sun, Nov 10, 2019 |
Jewish Community
of Sedona and the Verde Valley, Sedona, Arizona An exploration of how story is expressed through artwork. Both artwork and video will be used to share the stories of three groups of Jewish immigrants in the 20th century |
Jewish Community
of Sedona and the Verde Valley 100 Meadow Lark Drive Sedona, AZ |
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| Thurs, Oct 24, 2019 |
Sholom
East-Adult Education An exploration of how story is expressed through artwork. Both artwork and video will be used to share the stories of three groups of Jewish immigrants in the 20th century |
Sholom East St. Paul, MN |
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| Sat,
Sept 28, 2019 |
Jewish
Film Festival Comments on film re: visiting an ancestral town and book signing and sales |
St.
Paul JCC 1375 St. Paul Ave, St. Paul, MN |
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| Tues, July 30, 2019 |
International Association of
Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) An exploration of immigration through laws, documents and stories. |
Hilton Cleveland Downtown 100 Lakeside Ave E. Cleveland, OH |
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| Mon, May
6, 2019 |
JGSI Jewish
Genealogical Society of Illinois, Northbrook, IL A 3-D view of Immigration through laws, documents and the personal stories of the Jewish immigrants from the 1900s. |
Temple Beth-El 3610 Dundee Road Northbrook, Il |
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| Sun, Mar 17, 2019 |
Orange County
Jewish Genealogical Society, Santa Ana,CA A 3-D view of Immigration through laws, documents and the personal stories of the Jewish immigrants from the 1900s. |
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Temple Beth Sholom 2625 N. Tustin Ave. Santa Ana, California |
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| Thurs, Feb 28, 2019 |
Beth El
Synagogue, Durham, N.C. It's All About Story- an exploration of the three groups of Jewish immigrants in the 20th century and the story behind the book, We Spoke Jewish. |
1008 Watts St. Durham, North Carolina |
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| Sun, Jan 27, 2019 |
Minnesota
Jewish Genealogical Society A 3-D view of Immigration through laws, documents and the personal stories of the Jewish immigrants from the 1900s. |
Beth El Learning
Center 5225 Barry St. W St. Louis Park, MN |
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| Tues Nov 27,
2018 |
Sholom
Presentation Series |
Knollwood 3630 Phillips Parkway St. Louis Park, MN |
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| Nov 18, 2018 |
Russian
American Jews in Minnesota (RAJMN) studio visit and discussion of artwork and story |
California
Building Studio 407 2205 California St. NE Minneapolis , MN |
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| Oct 27, 2018 |
Temple Beth El
Madison An exploration of the stories within We Spoke Jewish |
2702 Arbor Drive Madison, Wisconsin |
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| June 4, 2018
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Rimon
P'Chotchka Benefit sponsored by Rimon: The Jewish Arts Council Art, food and ideas 8 artists (including Susan Weinberg) x 18 slides x 18 seconds |
Metropolitan
Ballroom 5418 Wayzata Blvd. Golden Valley, MN |
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| Thurs, May 10,
2018 |
Hadassah |
Knollwood
Auditorium 3630 Phillips Parkway St. Louis Park, MN |
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| March15-April
26, 2018 |
Im/migration
and The Other Exhibition of artwork in We Spoke Jewish Susan will be sharing artwork featured in the book that tells the immigration stories of her interviewees. There will also be video clips of them sharing their stories. Her work will be juxtaposed with portraits by Pamela Gaard of the Somali community and photographs by Steve Ozone, examining the theme of immigrants and outsiders. |
Tychman Shapiro
Gallery 4330 Cedar Lake Rd Minneapolis, MN Closing Reception April 26th |
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| April 15, 2018 canceled due to snow (it is MN!) |
Yom HaShoah Susan will juxtapose two stories, one of a family during the Holocaust in desperate search for a country of refuge, the other a glimpse of a time when national policies failed to support those refugees. A historical perspective with meaning for today. |
Shir Tikvah 1360 W. Minnehaha Pkwy Minneapolis, MN |
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| March 18, 2018 |
Rimon Salon
Series Life in Transit: Immigration Through an Artist's Lens Visual artists, Susan Weinberg and Steve Ozone explore the complexities of immigration and otherness through their painting, photography and writing. |
Sabes JCC 4330 Cedar Lake Rd Minneapolis, MN |
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| March 9, 2018 |
The Kenwood Susan will be sharing stories and speaking about the creation of the artwork |
The Kenwood 825 Summit Ave Minneapolis, MN |
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| Jan 10-Mar 9, 2018 | The Kramer
Gallery exhibition of selected work from the paintings included in the book We Spoke Jewish |
Kramer Gallery The Kenwood 825 Summit Ave Minneapolis, MN |
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| S Feb 4, 2018 | Or Emet a historical view of US immigration laws and the lives they affected |
Talmud Torah Bldg. 768 Hamline Ave S St. Paul, MN |
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| Dec 6, 2017 | The Laurel Immigration history of the US and its impact on Jewish immigrants |
The Laurel 250 Turner Crossroads Golden Valley, MN |
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| Nov 16, 2017 | Books and Brews sponsored by the Minneapolis and St. Paul JCCs |
Bad Weather
Brewery 414 7th St. W. St. Paul, MN |
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| Nov 7, 2017 | Crossing the
Threshold Susan discusses her journey in creating We Spoke Jewish, identifying the process of crossing thresholds in the creation of artwork and writing as well as the actual threshold crossing of her interviewees in their immigration stories. |
Jewish Artists' Lab Beth El 5225 Barry St. St. Louis Park, MN |
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| Nov 3-5, 2017 | Open Studio
Weekend at California Dreamin' stop by to meet the artist and see some of the artwork in the book. |
California
Building #407 Open Studio Event 2205 California St. NE Minneapolis,MN |
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| Oct 28, 2017 | Hennepin County
Library Family History Fair Susan will be speaking about the historical immigration laws in the US, their impact on the stories of the immigrants she interviewed and what those laws mean for genealogists |
Minneapolis
Library 300 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN |
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| Oct 22, 2017 |
Jewish
Historical Society of the Upper Midwest Annual Meeting Exhibition of artwork and talk |
Sabes JCC 4330 Cedar Lake Rd. Minneapolis, MN |
