Dr. Hannah Zaves-Greene, will present “Welcoming the Stranger? American Jews, Disability, and Citizenship in the United States” at the 2026 annual Jewish Colonie Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 6 p.m. in the Standish Room at the University at Albany Uptown Campus.

Zaves-Greene received her doctorate in American Jewish history from NYU, with a focus on disability studies and legal history. She is the founding president of the Society for Jewish and Disability Studies. She consulted for the National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island, and her research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the New York Public Library, and the University of Pennsylvania. UNC Press will publish her first book, Able to Be American: Disability in U.S. Immigration Law and the American Jewish Response, in November 2026.

The lecture is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served. The event is wheelchair accessible. Free parking is available in Dutch Faculty/Staff Lot #5. Directions and a campus map are available at https://www.albany.edu/campus-maps-and-directions.

Information may be obtained at at 518-442-5300%20442-5300) or cjs@albany.edu.

The event is organized by UAlbany’s Judaic studies program and the department of history. The lecture is funded by the Colonie Jewish Community Association and the Kappa Beta Scholarship Fund.