The Milwaukee Repertory Theater held a panel discussion after the Feb. 19 performance of the play “The Whipping Man” about Southern Jews just as the Civil War was ending. The event was called “Slaves, Jews, Christians and the Legacy of Slavery,” and featured (from left) Milwaukee Rep literary coordinator Leda Hoffmann, Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center Judaic educator Jody Hirsh, pastor of Plymouth Church Rev. Andrew Warner and NAACP attorney and recent retired University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Professor R. L. McNeely. Photo by Elana Kahn-Oren.
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