UGA institute to host Zoom webinar featuring author Steve Oney
Author Steve Oney will speak about his book, “A Man’s World,” during a Zoom webinar Wednesday hosted by the University of Georgia s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Oney will talk about his interviews for the book, published by the UGA Press, with such personalities as Herschel Walker, Gregg Allman, John Portman and Harrison Ford.
Many of the 20 profiles won awards and Oney will discuss how the book came about, focusing especially on Allman, Ford and Walker.
Oney, a native of Atlanta, attended UGA and Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow.
“This series will be a deep dive into Atlanta’s rich Jewish history lead by experts in their respective topics,” said Jeremy Katz, director of the Ida Pearle and Joseph Cuba Archives for Southern Jewish History at The Breman Museum.
The series will launch with a talk by Steve Oney, author of “And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank.” The series will span a wide range of topics, including the history of Jewish women’s activism in Atlanta and anti-Semitism’s role in the Emory Dental School scandal.
Jeremy Katz and Steve Oney joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes for a conversation about the upcoming series and the legacy of Jewish Americans here in Atlanta.
Good Tuesday morning!
A number of Senate committees will hold confirmation hearings today for several of President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet picks.
Janet Yellen, Avril Haines and Alejandro Mayorkas will testify in front of Senate committees this morning, while Tony Blinken and Lloyd Austin are scheduled to appear before the Foreign Relations and the Armed Services Committees, respectively, this afternoon. More below.
A report in
Politico indicates that Biden’s transition team is alarmed about the number of Trump appointees “burrowing into career positions throughout the federal government.”
Biden has selected Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be assistant secretary of health. If approved, Levine would be the first openly transgender official confirmed by the Senate.