Film Screening and Discussion at Spertus Institute in Chicago
- Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 2:00 pm
- DVD signing to follow
- $12 | $10 members | $8 students
- For reservations call 312.322.1743 or e-mail rsvp@spertus.edu
- 618 S. Michigan Av | Chicago
- 312.322.1700
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Mark your calendar for the Chicago premiere of this insightful short documentary on an -overlooked area of Jewish history.
Directed & produced by award-winning, Chicago-based filmmaker Shuli Eshel with executive producer and historian Dr. Linda Borish, the film profiles Jewish sportswomen from Senda Berenson, the founder of women's basketball in America in the 1880s, to Olympic gold medal, skating champion Sarah Hughes.
The director and executive producer will be joined by author and sports historian Dr. Steven Riess for a post-film discussion.
Jewish Women in American Sport
Settlement Houses to the Olympics
1932 Olympic gold medal winner, Lillian Copeland
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