Name: Glikl a Jewish Woman
Start: 2025-06-23T15:45:00-0400
End: 2025-06-23T17:15:00-0400

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Monday June 23, 2025 3:45pm - 5:15pm EDT

Van Meter Hall: VM - G11

Glikl of Hamlyn may have lived more than 400 years ago, but in many ways her life’s ambitions and struggles mirror today’s issues. The Jewish woman, whose 20-year diary describes life in Europe’s 17th century, is being turned into a graphic novel by a husband-and-wife team of educators. Mat and Julie Tonti. This project is aimed at making a digestible version for today.

Speakers

Julie Tonti

Educator, The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore

Mat and Julie Tonti live with their children in the Washington, DC area, where they both work in the field of education, Mat as a rabbi and educator at Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School, and Julie works at Jewish Educational Services at The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore... Read More →

Rabbi Matt Tonti

By day, Rabbi Matisyahu Tonti, can be found teaching young musicians and Torah scholars at Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School in Washington DC. By night, he can be found dancing, drawing, and singing with his three children and wife.Rabbi Tonti has spent four years living and studying... Read More →

Monday June 23, 2025 3:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
Van Meter Hall: VM - G11

History/Holocaust Visual Arts

NewCAJE16

Julie Tonti

Rabbi Matt Tonti

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