The Tom Lantos Institute, the Balassi Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center in New York and the „Budapest Club” of the Consulate General of Hungary in New York invite you to a panel discussion on

JEWISH IDENTITY AND THE RENAISSANCE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BUDAPEST

to be held on

Sunday, 10 April 2016
3 pm to 7 pm

at the WhiteBox Art Center, 329 Broome Street
(Between Bowery and Chrystie) New York, NY 10002

The event is public but e-mail registration is required.

Please send your registration to  by 9 April.
WINE RECEPTION TO FOLLOW

585,000m2 – A Mixed Media Exhibition on the History of the Jewish Quarter of Budapest

The exhibition, showcased by the Balassi Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center, New York, at the WhiteBox Art Center, reveals snippets of the lives and liveliness of the Jewish Quarter of Budapest, tracing back the transformation of this district as far back as the beginning of the 20th century. The mixed media installation, entitled 585,000m2, invites visitors to engage directly with the exhibition in experiencing the cultural and religious strands of life in the Jewish Quarter of Budapest. Find more information about the exhibition here.

The Tom Lantos Institute aims to relay the historical, political and cultural messages of these artistic works to the audience through a panel discussion about Jewish identity, its origin and evolution in the shaping of the communities around us, such as the Jewish Quarter in Budapest.

Program
3 PM – Registration
3.15 PM – Opening Remarks
Ferenc Kumin –Consul General of Hungary in New York
3.30 PM – Panel I – Jewish Identity and Jewish Revival in Hungary
Moderator: Andras Ligeti – Programme Manager for Jewish Life and Antisemitism, Tom Lantos Institute
• Rabbi Michael Paley – Scholar in Residence of UJA-Federation of New York
• Patricia Eszter Margit – Founder of Art Kibbutz, author
• Viktor Cseh – Jewish cultural historian
5 PM – Coffee Break
5.30 PM – Panel II – Discussion with the Artists and Curators
Moderator: Zita Vidasz – Program curator, Balassi Institute, Hungarian Cultural Center, New York
Artists:
• Andrea Ausztics – Co-Curator, Fulbright visiting scholar at the NYU and Media Artist
• Éva Szombat – Photographer
• Daniel Halasz – Photographer, award-winning conceptual artist
• Sarah Gancher – Playwright
7 PM – Wine Reception

We encourage an interactive dialogue between the panellists and the audience, therefore the floor will be open for Q&As.

The bios of the panellists and the concept note of the discussion can be found in the following attachment.

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