Talks

International Women’s Day- Women of Resistance

Judith Rosenbaum is a feminist educator, historian, writer, and activist—and the CEO of the Jewish Women's Archive. A regular contributor to academic and popular publications, including Tablet Magazine, The Jewish Daily Forward, and The Huffington Post, Rosenbaum is currently co-editing an anthology about the modern Jewish mother. She's inspired by anarchist Emma Goldman, political activist Bella Abzug, writer and activist Grace Paley, and other loud Jewish women—including those in her own family. 

Sara R. Horowitz is a Professor of comparative literature and Jewish Studies at York University. She teaches courses on literary responses to the Holocaust, gender and Jewish studies, Israeli cinema, and Jewish memory. She is the author of Voicing the Void: Muteness and Memory in Holocaust Fiction, which received the Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Book.  Currently, she is completing a book entitled Gender, Genocide and Jewish Memory, and co-editing a collection of essays on the image of Paris in post-war Jewish literary memory.  She has served as president of the Association for Jewish Studies and on the Executive Committee for Jewish Literature of the Modern Language Association.  She sits on the Academic Advisory Committee for the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Research at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Prof. Horowitz is the coordinator of the Graduate Diploma program. 

Rachel Libman is Chief Curator of the Toronto Holocaust Museum. Actively engaged in the field of Jewish and Holocaust museums, she oversees content development of the physical exhibit and digital components, networks with stakeholders, and strives to ensure that the Toronto Holocaust Museum represents the cutting-edge approaches in pedagogy and audience engagement with our curatorial strategy and interactive technologies. An experienced programming professional, Rachel creates accessible opportunities for publics to engage with Holocaust education and remembrance that are rooted in history, best practices, and new approaches in the field. She previously oversaw the annual Neuberger Holocaust Education Week for ten years and planned community commemorations, lectures, film screenings, temporary exhibitions, symposia, and travel experiences for a diverse audience. Rachel has a Masters in History and a Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Toronto.