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Wednesday, January 25, 7 P.M.
Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran
(THREE RIVERS PRESS, 2004)
With author Roya Hakakian
"When you have been a refugee, your memories become your belongings." - Journey From the Land of No
Tracing the life of Roya Hakakian from her coming of age during the Iranian revolution to her immigration to America in 1985, this debut memoir provides a fascinating window into the life of a Jewish woman in Islamic society.
This program is part of the Museum's book club, Looking Back, Facing Forward, co-sponsored by The Forward and moderated by its features editor, Gabriel Sanders.
Free with suggested donation
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Sunday, January 29, 2:30 P.M.
Europa Europa (1990, 112 MIN, 35 MM)
Post-screening discussion with Stuart Liebman, Queens College and CUNY Graduate Center
Agnieska Holland's truth-inspired film tells the story of Solomon Perel, a thirteen-year-old German Jew who escapes death by posing as a Nazi translator. Solomen's true identity is called into question when he falls in love with a beautiful - and anti-Semitic - young girl.
Film screening included with Museum admission
($10, 7, 5, free for members)
Screened in conjunction with Life In Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust.
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Wednesday, February 1, 7 P.M.
Protocols of Zion (2005, 92 MIN, 35MM)
Post-screening discussion with award-winning filmmaker Marc Levin
A notorious forgery disseminated 100 years ago charging Jews with a quest for world domination, "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" fueled hatred, violence, and murder. After a New York cab driver cited "The Protocols" as proof of a conspiracy theory linking Jews to 9/11, maverick filmmaker Marc Levin traveled across the nation interviewing Arab Americans, black nationalists, white supremacists, and Holocaust survivors.
Protocols of Zion is a production of ThinkFILM, the producers of Fateless, a new film based on Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertesz' moving novel.
$10 adults, $7 seniors, $5 members/students
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Wednesday, February 8, 7 P.M.
The Big Book of Jewish Conspiracies
(ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 2005)
With authors David Deutsch and Joshua Neuman
Do you think laughter is the best revenge? David Deutsch and Joshua Neuman (Heeb Magazine ) take you on an irreverent trip from the Exodus to the present day, parodying malicious Jewish conspiracy theories with the deadpan delivery of historians purporting to divulge the secret history of the world.
$10 adults, $7 seniors, $5 members/students
Co-sponsored by the Young Friends of the Museum
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Note: RESCHEDULED from January 16 to Sunday, Feb 12, 2:30 p.m.
Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Laws That Changed America (HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 2005)
We have rescheduled this public program for Sunday, February 12 at 2:30 p.m. Author Nick Kotz is unable to be at the Museum on the original date due to an accident.
With author Nick Kotz; moderated by Sam Freedman, Columbia University School of Journalism
Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Opposites in almost every way, suspicious of each other at first, President Johnson and Dr. King were thrust together in the aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Both men sensed an opportunity and began a delicate dance of accommodation that moved them and the entire nation toward the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nick Kotz draws on a wealth of newly available sources - from President Johnson's telephone conversations to FBI wiretap logs - to provide the first definitive account of the relationship between these two great leaders.
Free with suggested donation
We have rescheduled this public program for Sunday, February 12 at 2:30 p.m. Author Nick Kotz is unable to be at the Museum on the original date due to an accident.
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A Fire in Their Hearts. Book Jacket Courtesy of Harvard University Press
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Wednesday, February 22, 7 P.M.
A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York
(HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2005)
With author Tony Michels
From the shores of Lower Manhattan to the city's tenements and pubs, the Yiddish socialist movement arose during four decades of mass immigration, and soon defined New York's newfound community of Jews. Idealistic, cultured, and informed, these Jews led a fervent revolt against dire labor practices and economic hardship, winning over reluctant pioneers like Leon Trotsky and spreading their influence around the world.
Tony Michels is the George L. Mosse Assistant Professor of American Jewish History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
This program is part of the Museum's book club, Looking Back, Facing Forward, co-sponsored by the Forward and moderated by its features editor, Gabriel Sanders.
Free with suggested donation
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