Teach-In on Pittsburg Synagogue Attack: How Did It Happen and What Does It Mean?

Mon, November 5, 2018 5:00 PM - Mon, November 5, 2018 6:30 PM at Case Hall, Third Floor

Location:
Club Spartan
Case Hall, Third Floor
842 Chestnut Road
East Lansing, Michigan 48824

In response to the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history and in memory of the eleven lives lost on October 27th, the Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel will be holding a teach-in on antisemitism.

Discussion will include memories of the victims from people who knew them and the synagogue, the history of antisemitism, contemporary antisemitism, the history of hate groups, and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.

Presenters are Yael Aronoff, JMC and Director of the Serling Institute; Kirsten Fermaglich, History Department and the Serling Institute; David Mittleman, Church Wyble PC, a division of Grewal Law PLLC, and a Board Member of the Serling Institute; Amy Simon, Farber Chair in Holocaust Studies and European Jewish History, JMC, History, and the Serling Institute; Margot Valles, English Department, Department of Religious Studies, and affiliate with the Serling Institute; Laura Yares, Department of Religious Studies and Serling Institute; and Kenneth Waltzer, former Director of the Serling Institute, JMC Professor Emeritus.

The event is open to all students, faculty, and community members. Refreshments will be provided.

Co-sponsored by the Lester & Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center, James Madison College, the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, the College of Social Science, the College of Arts and Letters, the Department of Religious Studies, the Department of History, the James Madison College Office of Diversity Programming and Student Engagement, the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives, Peace and Justice Studies, African American and African Studies, the Muslim Studies Program, and the Asian Studies Center.