In connection with the exhibit “Stitching History from the Holocaust,” the Jewish Museum Milwaukee has developed a three-part series exploring diverse aspects of immigration featuring local scholars and community representatives and educators.
Part 1, “Closed Doors: Immigration and the Holocaust,” will be presented Tuesday, Nov. 11, 7 p.m.
Dorothee Schneider, lecturer for the history department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will discuss the immigration laws prior to, during and after World War II.
Part 2, “Global Jewish Communities on the Move,” will be presented Tuesday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m.
The program will feature Dr. Shay Pilnik, executive director of the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, and Elana Kahn-Oren, director of the MJF’s Jewish Community Relations Council.
They will discuss how countries around the word, many with long established Jewish communities, are experiencing an exodus of those communities in connection with an escalation in anti-Semitic activity and sentiment. This program is co-sponsored by HERC.
Part 3, “Refugees of Many Lands,” will be presented Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Representatives of cultural groups with Milwaukee-based communities will discuss immigration issues specific to diverse ethnic groups as well as contemporary immigration policies.
The event will be moderated by Rabbi David Cohen of Congregation Sinai. The event is co-sponsored by Congregation Sinai and its Social Action Committee.
The entire series is co-sponsored by the JCRC.
Per session cost is $5 for JMM members, $10 for non-members. For additional information and to register, e-mail programs@JewishMuseumMilwaukee.org, call 414-390-5730 or visit JewishMuseumMilwaukee.org.
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