About this Event
Speaker Bio:
Nora Rubel, the Elizabeth Denio Professor in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester, teaches and writes on a wide variety of topics related to gender, race, and ethnicity in American religion, particularly in relation to food and popular culture. She is the author of Doubting the Devout: The Ultra-Orthodox in the Jewish American Imagination (Columbia University Press 2009) and the co-editor of Religion, Food and Eating in North America (CUP 2014) and Blessings Beyond the Binary: Transparent and the Queer Jewish Family (Rutgers University Press 2024). Her latest book is Recipes for the Melting Pot: The Lives of The Settlement Cook Book (CUP 2026).
Additional Event Information:
- This event will be held in person at Pugh Hall Ocora and also streamed live at
- The event is free to attend and open to all.
- Refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the lecture and Q&A
Parking Information:
- Parking is available in the Murphree Lot. For directions and a map, click here: https://clas.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Shorstein-Event-Murphree-Lot-Map.pdf.
- You may drop off guests directly in front of Pugh Hall before proceeding to parking. Additional parking may be found in and around campus - please make sure you comply with posting parking regulations.
Questions: email [email protected]
Event venue & nearby stays
Pugh Hall, Ocora Room, 296 Buckman Drive, Gainesville, United States
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