The Jewish Museum Milwaukee will host events in January and early February linked to the exhibit “Stitching History from the Holocaust,” which runs through Feb. 28.
• “Global Jewish Communities on the Move — Part 2 of the ‘Immigration Series’” will be presented Tuesday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m.
This presentation will address how countries around the word, many with long established Jewish communities, are experiencing an exodus of those communities because of escalating anti-Semitic activity and sentiment.
Featured presenters will be Dr. Shay Pilnik, executive director of the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center, and Elana Kahn-Oren, director of the Jewish Community Relations Council, both programs of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation.
This program is co-sponsored by HERC. This series is co-sponsored by the JCRC and the Comparative Ethnic Studies Program and History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. It was developed in collaboration with Rachel I. Buff, associate professor of history at UWM.
Per session cost is $5 for members, $10 for non-members.
• A documentary film, “Nicky’s Family,” will be shown and discussed on Sunday, Jan. 18, 1 p.m.
The film describes Sir Nicholas Winton, an English businessman, who rescued and brought to Great Britain some 670 Jewish children. One of them was Renata Laxova, who became a geneticist based in Madison. She will speak after the screening.
Cost is free for JMM members; $5 for non-members. RSVP deadline is Jan. 11.
• A “Memory Box Art Workshop” will be offered on Sunday, Feb. 1, 1:30 p.m.
Participants will be able to capture and preserve family history and memories through the creation of a keepsake memory box. Madison-based artist and educator Leora Saposnik (see page 11 in this issue) will lead the program. JMM will provide paper and recyclable shoe boxes for a decoupage treatment; participants should bring copies of photographs, letters, fabrics, buttons and found objects to decorate it.
Cost for individuals is $5 for members; $8 for non-members. Cost for families (up to 5 people) is $15 for members; $20 for non-members. RSVP deadline is Jan. 23.
• The third part of the “Immigration Series,” titled “Refugees of Many Lands,” will be offered on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m.
This panel discussion with representatives of cultural groups with Milwaukee-based communities will address immigration issues specific to diverse ethnicities as well as contemporary immigration policies. Rabbi David Cohen, spiritual leader of Congregation Sinai, will be the moderator.
This event is co-sponsored by Congregation Sinai and Sinai’s Social Action Committee.
Admission is $5 for 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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