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Ken Blady, M.A.
Jewish Educator, Writer, Translator1305 Evelyn Avenue Berkeley, CA 94702 Tel 415-***-**** ********@*********.***
ResumeKen Blady, M.A.
Berkeley, CA 94702
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Teaching and Lecturing
More than 25 years experience teaching and lecturing at colleges, Jewish community centers, synagogues, elder hostels, and youth groups on a variety of topics in Jewish history, language, and culture.
Representative lecture and course titlesSpurious and Controversial Jewish CommunitiesThe World of Jewish FundamentalismThe Origins of Eastern European JewryThe Jewish Immigration ExperienceThe American Immigration Experience: Irish, Italian, Jewish, and ChineseJewish Boxers' Hall of FameSamaritanism: The World's Smallest Religion (with Samaritan scholar, Benyamim Tsedaka)
Writing and Research Consulting
Collaborated with editors, authors and publishers of various published and unpublished works on Judaica, as translator, editor and researcher.
Media Appearances(partial list)The History Channel: "Operation Magic Carpet: The Airlift of the Jews of Yemen" (2001)BAGL Radio (Philadelphia, PA): "Jewish Cave Dwellers of Libya" (2001)Alameda County (California) Cable Channel 3: "Exotic Jewish Communities" (1992)Voice of Israel: "The Golden Age of the Jewish Prizefighter" (1989)
Published WorksCogan, Sara G., ed. The Jews of Los Angeles 1849-1945: An Annotated Bibliography. Berkeley, CA: Western Jewish History Center, 1980. collaborating translator.
The Journeys of David Toback: As retold by his granddaughter Carole Malkin. New York: Schocken Books, 1981. -- translator and consultant.
Blady, Ken. The Jewish Boxers' Hall of Fame. New York: Shapolsky, 1988.
Blady, Ken. Jewish Communities in Exotic Places. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 2000.
EducationM.A., Educational Psychology, California State University, Hayward, 1984B.A., History, University of California at Berkeley, 1977 Rabbinical Seminary, Yeshiva Chaim Avrohom Bialik, Brooklyn, NY, 1968-1972
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