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Sunday, April 25, 3 -5 p.m.
“From Swastika to Jim Crow” Film Screening
The museum and Maryland Public Television host a screening of this documentary that brings to light the story of German refugee scholars expelled from their homeland by the Nazis and later found new lives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). A panel discussion will follow the documentary. |
Panelists include:
• Valerie S. Thaler, Ph.D., faculty affiliate of the Baltimore Hebrew Institute
• John Milton Wesley, media director of “Bridge between the Cultures” project of Cune Press and alumnus
of Tougaloo College, an HBCU
• Leo Bretholz, Jewish Holocaust Survivor and co-author of Leap Into Darkness
• Dr. Larry Martin, Professor of History, Coppin State and Board Member of Black/Jewish Forums of Baltimore, Inc. (BLEWS)
• Dr. Renee Royak-Schaler, Visiting Associate Professor Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Greenbaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Carla Borden, Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution
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Sunday, May 2, 2 p.m.
Lecture: “Black, Jewish and American”
Dr. Carolivia Herron, founding member of Jews of African Descent, shares her experiences and insights on cultural blending, similarities and differences.
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Saturday, May 22, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Teaching Tolerance: Stories for Children (For ages 6-8)
Children listen to the story, Nappy Hair by Carolivia Herron, which is based on her own experiences as a child and a person of African American and Jewish heritage. After the reading, children create a self portrait through collage, celebrating their own rich history.
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Sunday, May 23, 2 p.m.
Lecture: The Experiences of Blacks in Germany during the Nazi Era
Dr. Larry L. Martin, Professor of History, Geography and Global Studies, Coppin State University
Dr. Larry L. Martin, Professor of History, Geography and Global Studies at Coppin State University and Board Member of Black/Jewish Forum of Baltimore, Inc. (BLEWS), discusses the little-known history of the extinction of Afro-Germans, European Blacks, Africans and African Americans during the Nazi Era.
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Sunday, June 6, 2 p.m.
Lecture: Kosher Soul with Michael Twitty
Michael Twitty, a culinary historian of Afro-American Foodways, shares his eclectic experiences in defining his identity within contemporary American culture.
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Sunday, June 13, 2 p.m.
On-Point: The State of African American and Jewish Relations
Members of the Baltimore Jewish Council and African American panelists explore issues of equality and ethnic difference.
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Thursday, July 8, 7 p.m.
The Immigrant Experience
Join the Reginald F. Museum and the Jewish Museum of Maryland for the screening of the film, “Lives Lost, Lives Found: Baltimore’s German Jewish Refugees, 1933-1945,” winner of a Gold Muse Award for Best Video by the American Association of Museums. The viewing will be followed by a discussion with two of the film subjects, Herta Baitch and Martha Weiman.
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Saturday, July 24, 11a.m. to 1p.m.
Workshop: Rites of Passage for Youth (For ages 9-12)
Children will explore how Jews and African Americans celebrate “coming of age” in their communities by participating in rites of passage ceremonies and hands-on character building activities.
This program is presented by Edna Lawrence of A Grandmother’s Pilgrimage and Concerned Black Men.
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| To register please call 443-263-1829. Non-members, $4 |
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Monday, August 2, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Diversity Teachers Workshop
In this workshop, teachers examine the relationship between African Americans and Jews in America. Teachers will tour the special exhibition, Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow. To register, contact Terry Taylor at 443-263-1829.
This workshop is in conjunction with the Summer Teachers Institute 2010. |
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Saturday, August 14, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Story Hour: Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco (For ages 6-8)
Hear a story about the friendship that develops between a Jewish senior citizen, and a young black boy. A craft activity celebrating their friendship will follow the reading.
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Sunday, September 12, 2 p.m.
Empowering Acts
Ernst Borinski, a sociology professor at Tougaloo College, helped to change Mississippi’s racial status quo. Former students, Dr. Joyce Ladner and John Milton Wesley examine the leadership role he played in the
integration struggles of the 1950s and 60s and share their personal experiences.
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Sunday, July 4 and July 11, 2 p.m.
Blacks and Jews (85 minutes)
Confronting ethnic relations head-on, Blacks and Jews, a PBS documentary, explores the shared history and roots of conflict between the two communities. Filmmakers Deborah Kaufman, Bari Scott and Alan Snitow go behind the stereotypes and explosive headlines to reveal riveting stories that tread provocatively on the
fault lines of racial coalition and conflict.
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Sunday, July 18 and 25, 2 p.m.
Black Israel (88 minutes)
This engaging documentary is a vibrant portrait of pluralistic 21st century Jewish identities across the globe. It documents Africans from Nigeria, Togo, the Congo, Zaire, Lagos, Ethiopia and African Americans who have emigrated to Israel to work or to study Judaism.
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Sunday, August 1 and 8, 2 p.m.
Keep on Walking -- Joshua Nelson: The Jewish Gospel Singer (53 minutes)
Filmed on location in Newark, St. Louis, Stockholm and Jerusalem, this documentary is a celebration of an exceptional young man, Joshua Nelson, an African American who is Jewish, who is both a singer in the
tradition of Mahalia Jackson and a Hebrew teacher.
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Sunday, August 15 and 22, 2 p.m.
Wondrous Oblivion (103 minutes)
“Wondrous Oblivion” is a coming of age film of a Jewish boy, David (Sam Smith), born in the family of two Holocaust survivors in 1950s England. The boy has an empowering passion for cricket. His destiny
changes when a Jamaican émigré family comes next door, and sets up an improvised cricket court. Dennis Samuels (Delroy Lindo) teaches the boy the craftsmanship of the sport, and becomes his close friend.
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Sunday, August 29 and September 5, 2 p.m.
Delta Jews – Jews in the Land of the Blues (57 minutes)
For over a century, the largely rural region of the Mississippi Delta has been home to a thriving Jewish community, rooted generations-deep in its rich soil. Jews became an integral part of Delta life, forging a
hybrid identity that was deeply Jewish and distinctively Southern.
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Sunday, September 12 and 19, 2 p.m.
Pushcarts and Plantations: Jewish Life in Louisiana (54 minutes)
This documentary explores the 300-year history of Louisiana Jewry. From its beginnings in the 17th century to its emergence into the 21st, this community has been an important part of the American Jewish
experience.
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