Dear Safranim, You are cordially invited to a free public lecture sponsored by the Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series in Jewish Studies:
Thursday, May 3, 2018, 6 p.m. PROGRAM LOCATION: Fordham Law School, 150 West 62nd Street, New York, Bateman 2-01B Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series in Jewish Studies presents: " 'A Feeling of Self-Disgust Attacks Me': The Attitudes of Eastern European Jewish Immigrants toward African Americans" Gil Ribak, University of Arizona With the mass migration of Jews from eastern Europe that began in 1881, European Jewish immigrants encountered Black Americans, their clientele and neighbors, as these east European Jews served as storeowners, tavern keepers, peddlers, pawnbrokers, and landlords in Black neighborhoods. Gil Ribak will discuss the various ways in which Yiddish journalists and writers, social workers, educators, intellectuals, communal activist, poets, rabbis, and union organizers portrayed African Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a period that partially overlapped with the mass migration of Jews from Europe with the Great Migration of African Americans from the South. Gil Ribak teaches at the University of Arizona, and is a Fordham-NYPL Fellow in Jewish Studies. RSVP at: https://news.fordham.edu/event/fordham-nypl-lecture- series-jewish-studies-gil-ribak-university-arizona/ For more information, contact Magda Teter at 347-364-3472 or [email protected]. Please visit the event page on NYPL's website: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2018/05/03/feeling- self-disgust-attacks-me-attitudes-eastern-european-jewish Sincerely, Amanda -- Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel Librarian Dorot Jewish Division, Room 111 The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Reference Desk: 212-930-0601 Fax: 212-642-0141 Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.nypl.org/locations/divisions/jewish-division Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schwarzmanbuilding
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