JOYCE ANTLER LECTURE, "YOU NEVER CALL, YOU NEVER WRITE," SET FOR FEB. 19

Joyce Antler, Samuel Lane Professor of American Studies at Brandeis University, will present a lecture titled "You Never Call! You Never Write! The Jewish Mother Revised and Reinvented" on Tuesday evening, Feb. 19, at the Simon Family Jewish Community Center in Virginia Beach.

The lecture, sponsored by Old Dominion University's Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding in conjunction with the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater (UJFT) and with the generous support of Art and Annie Sandler and the Tidewater Jewish Foundation, is free and open to the public. To register for the lecture and for more information, contact the UJFT at 757-321-2338.

Antler is the author of the recent book "You Never Call, You Never Write: A History of the Jewish Mother" and co-author of the historical drama "Year One of the Empire: A Play of American Politics, War, and Protest," which will be produced off-Broadway in 2008. She is a founding member and chair of the Academic Advisory Committee of Jewish Women's Archive and recently appeared in the PBS series "The Jewish Americans."