Jun 26 2022
Virtual Conversation with author Margarita Gokun Silver

Virtual Conversation with author Margarita Gokun Silver

Presented by The Icon Museum and Study Center at The Icon Museum and Study Center

Growing up Jewish in the Soviet Union, writer Margarita Gokun Silver knew nothing about Judaism. For her and the majority of Soviet Jews, Jewishness was a line in their passports, an ethnicity recorded in official documents, and a fact that elicited both institutionalized discrimination and antisemitic bigotry. In this talk, Museum Director of Interpretation Amy Consalvi will discuss with Margarita on growing up Jewish yet ignorant of Judaism and how she learned about the religion of her ancestors after emigrating to the US.

An award-winning freelance writer and artist, Margarita Gokun Silver’s work has appeared in the New York Times, BBC, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, BBC, the Guardian, the Christian Science Monitor, and others. She is the author of I Named My Dog Pushkin (and Other Immigrant Tales), a hilarious, painfully honest, and sometimes heart-breaking account of life lessons she learns as she grows as both a woman and an immigrant, in a world that often doesn’t appreciate either.

Admission Info

Free, registration required by Saturday, June 25.

Zoom link will be emailed the morning of the event.

Phone: 9785985000

Email: afarwell@museumofrussianicons.org

Dates & Times

2022/06/26 - 2022/06/26

Location Info

The Icon Museum and Study Center

203 Union Street, Clinton, MA 01510

Parking Info

Street parking