For Women and Girls Only – Book Talk with Guest Artists

Jessica Roda is an Assistant Professor of Jewish Civilization at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Anthropologist and ethnomusicologist, Roda is the author of two monographs, Judeo-Spanish of France: Family, Community and Musical Heritage (PUR 2018), and For Women and Girls Only. Reshaping Jewish Orthodox through the Arts in the Digital Age (NYU 2024).
Malky Goldman, a member of the Workers Circle Board, is an actor and artist currently located in New York City. Originally from Jerusalem, she relocated to the United States and graduated from Hunter College with a Degree in Fine Art.
Malky Weingarten is an Orthodox Jewish Filmmaker trained in the school of visual arts in New York and the New York Film Academy. Hasidic artist from Borough Park, Weingarten pioneered kosher films reserved for women and girls only. Her films are distributed in North America, Europe, and Israel.

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