Events
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Exhibits by Susan Weinberg
Eiger-Zaidenweber Holocaust Resource Center
Second floor of the Barry Family Campus, 4330 South Cedar Lake, Minneapolis
Ongoing through June 30, 2012
Susan’s work explores Jewish identity, and asks the question of who will tell Jewish history, especially that of the Holocaust, for future generations. Her work has taken her on a personal journey to Lithuania and Poland, where she discovered a shared past with Dora Zaidenweber, once a resident of Radom, Poland. This journey led her to interview Jewish Minnesotans who survived the Holocaust, whose stories she has interpreted in her paintings. Click here to read a review of Susan’s previous exhibit.
Presenters: Talmud Torah of Minneapolis, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, Tychman Shapiro Gallery.
The Eiger-Zaidenweber Holocaust Resource Center is located on the second floor of the Barry Family Campus, 4330 South Cedar Lake Road, Minneapolis, 55416. The Resource Center is open Monday through Thursday 7:30 am to 9 PM Friday 7:30 am to 6 PM. Sunday 9 AM to 1 PM. Closed for Jewish Holidays. For more information please contact the Talmud Torah of Minneapolis at 952.381.3300.
Above: A Hole in Time by Susan Weinberg
Recent Past Events
A Time Capsule Revealed
Thursday, November 10, 7pm
St. Paul JCC 1375 St. Paul Avenue, Saint Paul
Adina Hoffman & Peter Cole
Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza
MacArthur-winning poet and translator Peter Cole and acclaimed essayist Adina Hoffman tell the story of the retrieval from an Egyptian geniza—a repository for worn-out texts—of the most vital cache of Jewish manuscripts ever discovered. Presenting a panoramic view of nine hundred years of vibrant Mediterranean Judaism, Hoffman and Cole bring modern readers into the heart of this little know trove, whose contents have rightly been dubbed “the Living Sea Scrolls,” and the adventurous characters who revealed its depth. A gripping tale of adventure and redemption.
Internationally renowned scholar and author on Holocaust denial Deborah Lipstadt to speak at CoffmanWednesday, October 26, 7:00 p.m.
Coffman Theater, Coffman Memorial Union, on the East Bank of the U of M
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS) proudly presents the Bernard and Fern Badzin Lecture featuring Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University and author of internationally acclaimed books related to the Holocaust.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Coffman Theater, Coffman Memorial Union, on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Lipstadt will speak on Holocaust Denial: A New Form of Anti-Semitism and her recent critically acclaimed book The Eichmann Trial.
The event is free and open to the public; however, reservations are required. To reserve your tickets please click here or call the reservation line at 612-626-2587.
JHSUM Annual Meeting
Sunday, October 16th 2-4 pm
Shirley Chapman Sholom Home East- 740 Kay Avenue St. Paul, MN 55102
Saint Paul’s Jewish Neighborhoods – We Built Community exhibit opening and talk presented by Linda Mack Schloff, JHSUM past Director of Collections, Exhibits and Publications. Linda will be discussing JHSUM’s upcoming Upper Midwest Jewish History Journal Who Knew? Stories Unearthed From the Archives. Take an armchair tour of St. Paul. Free and open to the community. Refreshments will be served.
Picture: Mt. Zion Women’s Sisterhood members looking at a Shabbat dinner table setting. Left to right: Mrs. Allan Firestone, Mrs. Max Whitefield, and Mrs. Joseph Stein.
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