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Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges
April 23 – September 26, 2010
Learn the stories of two disenfranchised groups – Jewish professors who fled Nazi
Germany and African-American students at historically black colleges where the refugee professors taught.
Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges was created and is circulated by the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.
Image: Professor Ernst Borinski teaching in the Social Science Lab, Tougaloo College, MS, ca. 1960. Courtesy of Mississippi Department of Archives and History. |
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June-August 2010
“Thursdays at The Lewis” is Back!
Every Thursday from June to August, the museum offers extended hours from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. with reduced admission of $5. “Third Thursdays” include an evening of live entertainment, light fare and a cash bar. Details on the museum website. |
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Friday, June 4, 6:30 p.m.
First Fridays: The Greg Hatza ORGANization
Influenced by Jimmy McGriff, Ray Charles and others, Greg Hatza is one of today’s leading jazz organ players and jazz fusion bandleaders in the Baltimore/Washington area. Performers include Greg Hatza, Diversi organ; Peter Fraize, tenor/alto sax; Brian Kooken, guitar; and Vance James, drums.
$15 members, $20 non-members. Includes drinks and light fare.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Program begins at 7:30 p.m.
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Sunday, June 6, 2 p.m.
“Kosher Soul” Lecture and Presentation by Michael Twitty
Michael Twitty, an African American Orthodox Jew; a culinary historian of Afro-American and Jewish foodways and a Hebrew school teacher of almost a decade, shares his eclectic experiences in defining his identity within contemporary American culture through teaching, learning, cooking and spirituality.
In conjunction with Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges. Museum admission required.
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Friday, June 11, 8 p.m.
Floetic Fridays: E the Poet-Emcee
Enjoy an evening of poetry and music with the Black Diamond Band, an open mic, and featured performer E the Poet-Emcee. Attendees can also view the creative works of young emerging artists and tour the special exhibition. Hosted by the museum youth volunteers, “The Travelers.”
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Program begins at 8 p.m.
$6 members, $8 non-members.
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Saturday, June 12, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Unsung Heroes: Stories from the Permanent Exhibition (Ages 9 – 12)
Children visit the museum’s permanent exhibition Building Maryland, Building America and create a mini-graphic novel from a topic of interest.
Museum admission required. |
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Sunday, June 13, 2 p.m.
“On Point: The State of African American and Jewish Relations” Panel Discussion
Join the museum for a discussion with members of the Baltimore Jewish Council and African American panelists as they explore issues of
equality and ethnic differences. |
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Thursday, June 17, 5 to 8 p.m.
“Third Thursdays at The Lewis”: Evening of Soul
Third Thursdays this month features a “soul” theme with a soul-inspired live band, cash bar and complimentary light fare.
$5 Admission.
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Saturday, June 19, 1 p.m.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Museum staff members lead a discussion on Kathryn Stockett’s New York Times best-seller, set in 1960s Mississippi, that explores the ties that bind and the boundaries that divide black domestics and their charges.
Free program. |
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