The Zionist Roots in the Book of Esther: Sacred Propaganda

Dates: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker: JT Waldman

JT Waldman is an illustrator, digital designer, and author of a graphic novel retelling of the Book of Esther.

This presentation will explore the religious and cultural origins of the movement built around Jewish identity and the land of Israel. Using Waldman's work in his illustrated Megillat Esther and Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me as the tableau, this lecture will cover Jewish modes of self-representation, the visual history of Zionism, and the current state of affairs within the world of "comix."

Program will be held at:

Adas Israel Congregation 2850 Quebec Street, NW Washington, DC 20008 202-362-4433 For directions, please click here.