Americans' Responses To Jewish Refugees: Wrestling With Fear And Moral Responsibility

By Sponsor in Arts & Entertainment on May 23, 2017 5:00AM

Two Jewish refugees arrive in New York City after the war. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Centre d’Études et de Documentation Guerre et Société Contemporaines

June 5, 2017, 7PM: Anshe AEmet Synagogue, Chicago IL
June 6, 2017, 7PM: Congregation Sukkat Shalom, Wilamette IL
June 7, 2017, 7PM: Am Shalom, Glencoe IL

Xenophobia, antisemitism, economic insecurity, and restrictive immigration laws. These were the barriers Jewish refugees faced in the 1930s and 1940s when seeking safe haven in the United States. More than 70 years later, how can this history help us think about the world we live in today?

Speaker: Rebecca Erbelding, archivist, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Learn more at the event website here.

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