APRIL IS A BUSY MONTH WITH PROGRAMS FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY

The Holocaust and North Africa  Friday, April 9, @ 1 pm ET Free with suggested $10 donation Ways to Watch ·    Register for Zoom (limited capacity) ·   Watch on Facebook or the Museum's website   Donate

 

Join us as we commemorate Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). In this program, historians Aomar Boum and Sarah Abrevaya Stein, co-editors of The Holocaust and North Africa, will explore this lesser-known history in conversation with NMAJH’s chief curator, Josh Perelman...READ MORE.

Statue of Religious Liberty with Historian Samantha Baskind  Monday, April 12, @ 1 pm ET Free with suggested $10 donation. Ways to Watch ·   Register for Zoom (limited capacity) ·   Watch on Facebook or the Museum's website   Donate

The country’s largest monument to religious liberty stands in front of our Museum and is the focus of our newest Virtual Exhibition. Join us for this program as guest curator, Samantha Baskind, and NMAJH chief curator, Josh Perelman, discuss...READ MORE The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America  Wednesday, April 21, @ 6 pm ET Free with suggested $10 donation.  Ways to Watch ·    Register for Zoom (limited capacity) ·   Watch on Facebook or the Museum's website   Donate   Listen in as Richard Rothstein and Lila Corwin Berman discuss contemporary racial segregation across the United States. The panelists will dig into the history of public housing projects, suburbanization, and the actions of the federal housing administration and then...READ MORE.     This Program is presented by The National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History at Temple University, Jewish Museum Milwaukee, and Temple BZBI. Conversation with Author Judy Batalion  Thursday, April 29, 1 pm ET Free with suggested $10 donation Ways to Watch ·    Register for Zoom (limited capacity) ·   Watch on Facebook or the Museum's website   Donate This program is presented by the National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with Temple BZBI in Philadelphia   Author Judy Batalion will discuss her newest book The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture. It is a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women... IN THE COMMUNITY This “Stories Survive” program is presented by the Museum of Jewish Heritage in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History. Stories Survive: Mark Schonwetter  Tuesday 4/8 @ 2 pm ET Registration is required. Free with $10 suggested donation. Mark Schonwetter was a young child in Brzostek, Poland when Germany invaded and his family was forced out of their home. Join Mark and his daughter Ann Arnold, author of Together: A Journey for Survival, in commemoration of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)....READ MORE