USC faculty member to speak at Temple

DOWNEY - Marsha Kinder, who heads the Labyrinth Project at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, will be guest speaker at the Nov. 17 meeting of the Ezra Center for Mature Adults at Temple Ner Tamid.Kinder's program is titled "Jewish Homegrown History: Immigration, Identity and Intermarriage." She will speak about her work developing an interactive cultural history on Jewish people in California, which is part of a much larger project on the Jewish people in America. The Ezra group has been invited to participate by allowing the school to make copies of members' family pictures and documents. The documents and photos will be copied at the event and immediately returned. Information about the project was given to Ezra members last month. For more information on the meeting or how to participate in the project, call Miriam Brookfield at (562) 943-3170. A catered kosher lunch will be served after the meeting. Cost is $6 for Ezra members, $7 for non-members.

********** Published: November 6, 2009 - Volume 8 - Issue 29