Victor Mirelman of the Spertus Institute in Chicago will give two presentations in Milwaukee about Sephardic (Spanish) Jews and Jews who had to hide their Jewish identities.
He will discuss “Sephardim and Crypto-Jews after the Expulsion” — i.e., the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 — on Tuesday, May 20, 7 p.m., at Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun, 2020 W. Brown Deer Rd. Admission is free. RSVP requested to 414-228-7545 or info@ceebj.org.
Mirelman’s second presentation will be about “Marranos in the Americas: The Crypto-Jewish Presence in the New World,” on Wednesday, May 21, 11:30 a.m., in a “lunch and learn” program at the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave.
Cost is $6 for lecture, $16 for lecture and lunch (dietary laws observed). RSVP required by Thursday, May 15 to programs@jewishmuseummilwaukee.org or 414-390-5730. For menu selections and additional information, visit jewishmuseummilwaukee.org.
Born and raised in Argentina, Mirelman received a rabbinical degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. After teaching at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, he led congregations in New Jersey and Illinois. He has taught at Spertus for 25 years.
Sponsors of these presentations are Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun, JMM, the Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UWM Libraries, and Jewish Latin America Collection Associates. Co-sponsors are the UWM Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UWM Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Milwaukee Jewish Federation and the Milwaukee Latino-Jewish Alliance.
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