Several days ago, the Boston Conservatory of Music’s virtual performance of “What the World Needs Now” unleashed a torrent of tears from me as I watched and listened, not only because I have harbored so much anxiety and fear about covid-19 for many weeks, but also because the music and lyrics made me feel hopeful … Read more
Rabbi Tokayer and Dr. Rodman signed books after they spoke at the Jewish Theological Society in New York City on May 5, 2015.
Dr. Ellen Rodman was the keynote speaker at the Awards Dinner at the Holocaust Museum in Houston, Texas, on April 30, 2015. She is pictured here with Professor Xu Xin, an expert on the Jews of Kaifeng, China, and Manli Ho, who accepted an award for her father Dr. Ho Feng Shan, who saved the lives of thousands of Jews when he was the Chinese consul in Vienna and distributed visas to them, helping them escape from the Nazis and enter Shanghai. More than 1200 people attended the dinner.
Ellen Rodman participated at the Harvard Club’s Book Fair in New York City on April 29, 2015.
Rabbi Marvin Tokayer and Dr. Ellen Rodman signing books after their presentation at the Center for Jewish History in New York City.
On April 12th Ellen Rodman presented Pepper, Silk and Ivory at American Jewish University in Los Angeles.
First printing of Pepper, Silk & Ivory: Amazing Stories about Jews and the Far East sold out. Second printing has arrived!
Coauthor Ellen Rodman presented Pepper, Silk & Ivory at an evening event at the Harvard Club on February 2, 2015. One of the stories Ellen told from the book that night was the story of Beate Sirota Gordon, who wrote the women’s and children’s rights sections of the Japanese Constitution the Americans wrote during the … Read more
Rabbi Tokayer and Dr. Rodman signing books at the China Institute in New York.
Ellen Rodman presented Pepper, Silk & Ivory at the Columbia Alumni Authors Book Fair, October 11th 2014.