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YPSILANTI --  The EMU Center for Jewish Studies is sponsoring its third annual Art and Mary Schuman lecture: Tamar Manasseh, “An African-American Jewish Mother Repairing Cracks in Our Communities.” The virtual event takes place on Jan. 24, at 7 p.m.

Tamar Manasseh, an African-American Jewish mother of two teenagers, is Founder and Director of “Mothers and Men Against Senseless Killings” (MASK), an organization fighting gun violence on the streets of Chicago since 2015. She is subject of features by NBC News, the PBS Newshour, the New York Times, the Forward, and a full-length documentary, "They Ain’t Ready for Me." She is also, in what Rabbi Capers Funnye has described as “a watershed moment” for the Israelite community,” the first woman ordained to the rabbinate at Chicago’s Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation.

The presentation is free and open to everyone. Because the pandemic has made live presentations difficult, the event will take place on Zoom. The link to attend is: http://tinyurl.com/tamaremu

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