Keeping the Score: Jewish trauma, memory, and healing with Jon Danforth-Appell

Join Jewish Currents and the American Council for Judaism Tuesday, April 28th at 3:30 pm ET for a virtual conversation with Rabbi Andy Kahn and Jon Danforth-Appell about his new article for Jewish Currents, “Does the Jewish Body Keep the Score?” In it, Danforth-Appell investigates the history, theory, and politics of the discourse around “Jewish trauma.”

This event is free. A Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

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Rabbi Andrue (Andy) Kahn is the executive director of The American Council for Judaism. He received rabbinic smicha in 2018 after five years of study at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. After ordination, they served as associate rabbi at Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York until 2023, then served as the associate director of Yachad and adult education at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn. His edited volume The Sacred Earth: Jewish Perspectives on our Planet was published in June 2023 by CCAR Press.

Jon Danforth-Appell is a filmmaker, writer, and organizer living in Los Angeles. He is a former board member of the Silverlake Independent Jewish Community Center and a founding member of Hollywood Labor, a labor project of the Democratic Socialists of America – Los Angeles.