• The Heartbeat Of A Jewish Home: European Country Estates With Wendy Evans

    THE HEARTBEAT OF A JEWISH HOME: EUROPEAN COUNTRY ESTATES with WENDY EVANS ZOOM THURSDAYS, 10 – 11:30 AM MONTHLY: Dec. 11; Jan. 8; Feb. 5 Throughout Europe, numerous palaces, villas, and country estates bear testament to Jewish history and influence. Land ownership served as a meaningful expression of social standing for Jewish communities. For instance, ...

  • Scholars in Session: Emotions in Yiddish Ghetto Diaries with Amy Simon, Serling Institute MSU

    The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield

    Associate Professor Amy Simon uses an empathic reading of Yiddish diarists’ feeling, evaluations, and assessments about persecutors in the Warsaw, Lodz, and Vilna ghettos to present an emotional history of persecution in the Nazi ghettos. _SAJE programming is endowed by a generous gift from Cis Maisel and supported by Carol & Ronald P. Fogel, Sheri ...