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June - July 2006<br />

15 West 16th Street - New York - NY - 10011<br />

Phone 212.294.8301 | Fax 212.294.8302 | www.cjh.org


CONTENTS<br />

Exhibitions<br />

Public Programs<br />

u Music<br />

u Genealogy<br />

u Lectures &<br />

u Cinema<br />

Seminars<br />

General In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

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American <strong>Jewish</strong> Historical Society<br />

American Sephardi Federation<br />

Leo Baeck Institute<br />

Yeshiva University Museum<br />

YIVO Institute <strong>for</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> Research<br />

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The <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>History</strong> has emerged from<br />

a vision of a unique central resource <strong>for</strong> the<br />

cultural and historical legacy of the <strong>Jewish</strong> people.<br />

The <strong>Center</strong> embodies the partnership of five major<br />

institutions of <strong>Jewish</strong> scholarship, history and art:<br />

American <strong>Jewish</strong> Historical Society, American<br />

Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva<br />

University Museum and YIVO Institute <strong>for</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Research. The <strong>Center</strong> serves the worldwide<br />

academic and general communities with<br />

combined holdings of approximately 100 million<br />

archival documents, a half million books and<br />

thousands of photographs, artifacts, paintings and<br />

textiles - the largest repository outside of Israel<br />

documenting the <strong>Jewish</strong> experience. The <strong>Center</strong>’s<br />

extensive program of exhibitions, cultural events<br />

and intellectual gatherings will interest all who<br />

COVER IMAGE<br />

Leo Kopf conducting <strong>Jewish</strong> orchestra and choir; Berlin; circa<br />

early 1930s - Courtesy of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York<br />

wish to explore the richness of the <strong>Jewish</strong> past<br />

and the promise of the <strong>Jewish</strong> future.


www.ajhs.org<br />

American <strong>Jewish</strong> Historical Society Phone 212.294.6160 - Fax 212.294.6161<br />

Founded in 1892, American <strong>Jewish</strong> Historical Society’s holdings include<br />

20 million documents, 50,000 books and thousands of paintings and<br />

memorabilia that bear witness to the remarkable contributions of the<br />

American <strong>Jewish</strong> community to life in the Americas from the 16th Century<br />

to the present.<br />

www.americansephardifederation.org<br />

American Sephardi Federation Phone 212.294.8350 - Fax 212.294.8348<br />

Founded in 1973, American Sephardi Federation joined with Sephardic House<br />

to promote and preserve the spiritual, historical and cultural traditions of all<br />

Sephardic communities to assure their place as an integral part of <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

heritage. Its activities include a Sephardic Library and Archives, exhibitions,<br />

educational and cultural programs, publications, The Sephardi Report, The<br />

Sephardic Film Festival and a scholarship fund <strong>for</strong> Sephardic scholars.<br />

www.lbi.org<br />

Leo Baeck Institute Phone 212.744.6400 - Fax 212.988.1305<br />

Leo Baeck Institute is the single most important source <strong>for</strong> documenting<br />

the vibrant life of German-speaking Jewry spanning several hundred<br />

years. The Leo Baeck Institute’s library and archives offer rare collections<br />

of periodicals from the 19th and 20th Centuries, as well as private letters,<br />

public documents and thousands of memoirs dating back centuries.<br />

www.yumuseum.org<br />

Yeshiva University Museum Phone 212.294.8330 - Fax 212.294.8335<br />

Founded in 1973, Yeshiva University Museum is recognized as an<br />

international museum known <strong>for</strong> its innovative interdisciplinary exhibitions<br />

on <strong>Jewish</strong> life past and present, and its creative interpretations of <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

history and culture <strong>for</strong> audiences of all ages. Its vast collections represent<br />

over 2,000 years of <strong>Jewish</strong> history from the Bronze Age to the present.<br />

www.yivo.org<br />

YIVO Institute <strong>for</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> Research Phone 212.246.6080 - Fax 212.292.1892<br />

Founded in 1925 in Vilna, Lithuania, to collect the documents and records<br />

of hundreds of <strong>Jewish</strong> communities in Eastern Europe, YIVO remains the<br />

preeminent research institute and academic centre dedicated to Eastern<br />

European <strong>Jewish</strong> studies, Yiddish language and literature, and the American<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> immigrant experience. Its collections include more than 22 million<br />

documents, 350,000 books and 200,000 photographs, many one of a kind.


Exhibitions<br />

A photograph (ca. 1950) of bar<br />

mitzvah boys at the Pride of Judea<br />

Orphanage - Courtesy of American<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Historical Society<br />

‘Cradled in Judea’<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Orphanages in New York, 1860-1960<br />

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 29, 2006<br />

DIANE AND MARK GOLDMAN / AJHS GALLERY<br />

A retrospective on the development of <strong>Jewish</strong> organizations, reflecting<br />

the changes in social welfare and theories and practices in child<br />

care. The exhibition captures the experiences of the children - a century<br />

of adversity, yet also a story of their creativity, curiosity, intelligence<br />

and humor; of the power of the orphanage community.<br />

AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY<br />

Cochin Diary: <strong>Jewish</strong> Life in Southern India<br />

Photographs by Joshua Eli Cogan<br />

Hindu children lighting candles in front<br />

of the grave of 16th-century Kabbalist<br />

Nehemiah Mota - Courtesy of the B’nai<br />

B’rith Klutznick National <strong>Jewish</strong> Museum<br />

THROUGH JULY 15, 2006<br />

LEON LEVY / ASF GALLERY<br />

This exhibition explores life in Cochin, a small peninsula town in India<br />

where Jews, Hindus, Muslims and Christians have coexisted <strong>for</strong> centuries,<br />

continuing a venerable tradition of religious pluralism.<br />

Exhibition on loan from the B’nai B’rith Klutznick National <strong>Jewish</strong> Museum.<br />

The exhibition is supported in part by the New York Council <strong>for</strong> the Humanities,<br />

a state affiliate of the National Endowment <strong>for</strong> the Humanities.<br />

AMERICAN SEPHARDI FEDERATION<br />

Leo Kopf conducting <strong>Jewish</strong> orchestra<br />

and choir; Berlin; circa early 1930s -<br />

Courtesy of the Leo Baeck Institute,<br />

New York<br />

On the Wings of Songs<br />

Jews in Central European Music<br />

OPENING JUNE 6, 2006<br />

KATHERINE AND CLIFFORD H. GOLDSMITH / LBI GALLERY<br />

In commemoration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 250th anniversary,<br />

this exhibition will showcase the countless unknown <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

musicians and composers who enriched the European cultural life<br />

throughout the 19th and 20th centuries and briefly highlight Mozart’s<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> patrons important <strong>for</strong> his career.<br />

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Exhibitions<br />

Feminine Principals: Works in Iron, Fiber and Glass<br />

Orna Ben-Ami / Georgette Benisty / Saara Gallin<br />

THROUGH JANUARY 14, 2007<br />

ROSENBERG GALLERY<br />

This exhibition examines how the artists’ works reflect the inherent<br />

qualities of their chosen media (the permanence and rigidity of iron;<br />

the richness and femininity of textiles; the fragility and luminescence<br />

of glass) and the commonalities based on the artists’ shared experiences<br />

as women and Jews.<br />

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM<br />

© Georgette Benisty - Courtesy of<br />

Yeshiva University Museum<br />

The Max Stern Collection of Judaica<br />

THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2006<br />

MUSEUM EXHIBITION ARCADE<br />

Motivated by his desire to restore a heritage devastated by the<br />

Holocaust, Max Stern, founder of the Hartz Mountain Company,<br />

assembled a collection of over 400 Judaica items. This exhibition<br />

includes a variety of ceremonial metalwork and textiles dating<br />

from the 17th to the 20th Century, from North Africa, Europe,<br />

Iran and Turkey.<br />

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM<br />

Torah Shield; Maker: Yoseph, son of<br />

Abraham Zoreph the Humble; silver, gilt,<br />

repoussé, cast; Lvov (Lemberg), Ukraine;<br />

1855; The Max Stern Collection of Judaica<br />

Courtesy of Yeshiva University Museum<br />

Passover Landscapes: Illuminations on the Exodus<br />

Art Haggadah by Rabbi Matthew L. Berkowitz<br />

THROUGH JUNE 30, 2006<br />

MEZZANINE CASE<br />

This new limited edition of Art Haggadah, interpreted in rich vibrant<br />

colors, invites the viewer to participate in an inspiring Seder experience.<br />

Berkowitz, an educator and artist, designed and created the striking<br />

work in Israel; its intricate papercut designs, handmade endpapers,<br />

and landscape-like cover, echo the natural beauty of the Holy Land.<br />

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM<br />

©2005 Rabbi Matthew L. Berkowtiz<br />

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Exhibitions<br />

The Holocaust in the Paintings of Valentin Lustig<br />

Cautious Approach to the Monuments,<br />

oil on canvas, 2003, Collection of Edith<br />

and Egon Balas - Courtesy of Yeshiva<br />

University Museum<br />

THROUGH JANUARY 14, 2007<br />

WINNICK GALLERY<br />

The postwar child of East European Holocaust survivors, Lustig has<br />

created symbolic scenarios of this traumatic period of history, using<br />

his fertile imagination in developing his own iconography consisting<br />

of people, animals, landscapes, still-lives, architecture - all real or<br />

imaginary, in a Surrealist style.<br />

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM<br />

At the Altar of Her Memories<br />

Video Installation by Tova Beck-Friedman<br />

Puppets by Bracha Ghilai<br />

© TBF Studio - Courtesy of Yeshiva<br />

University Museum<br />

THROUGH JANUARY 14, 2007<br />

WINNICK GALLERY<br />

An installation of hand-made puppets by Bracha Ghilai, who, at the<br />

age of seventeen, following liberation from Bergen-Belsen, came to<br />

Israel to start her life over, establishing a puppet theater as a part of<br />

her healing process.<br />

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM<br />

Photograph by Jean-Marc Gourdon<br />

Courtesy of Yeshiva University Museum<br />

Images of Resistance - Past and Present<br />

A Photographic Exhibition Commemorating<br />

Resistance in Belgium, 1940-1945<br />

THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2006<br />

BETTY AND WALTER L. POPPER GALLERY<br />

This documentary exhibition presents large-scale digital photographs,<br />

wartime images, contemporary portraits and personal testimonies<br />

of 27 courageous men and women (the Resisters) who, more<br />

than 60 years ago, actively resisted Nazi occupation in their small<br />

country, Belgium.<br />

Based on research by Dr. Anne Griffin / Photography by Jean-Marc Gourdon<br />

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Exhibitions<br />

Iron Sculpture by Orna Ben-Ami<br />

THROUGH JANUARY 14, 2007<br />

SCULPTURE GARDEN<br />

This Israeli artist creates solidly rooted sculptures based on her<br />

childhood, linking the personal with the collective memory of her<br />

people. By cutting, bending and welding pieces of hard and unyielding<br />

metal together, Ben-Ami manages to create seemingly soft feminine<br />

objects reflective of her past.<br />

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM<br />

Memories, welded iron, 2004<br />

© Orna Ben-Ami - Courtesy of Yeshiva<br />

University Museum<br />

Vincent Capraro’s Vision<br />

OPENING JUNE 11, 2006<br />

SECOND FLOOR GALLERY<br />

Moved by world events, Vincent Capraro completed a Holocaust sketchbook<br />

in 1961, which was exhibited at the Knesset in 1992 and Yad<br />

Vashem in Jerusalem. In a style reminiscent of both Rembrandt and<br />

Goya, these drawings are universal as they evoke the suffering of humanity<br />

throughout the ages. Also on exhibit are mural-scale paintings<br />

with brilliant powerful strokes of color that record an empathetic agony.<br />

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM<br />

From The Holocaust Scetchbook, 1961<br />

© Vincent Capraro - Courtesy of Yeshiva<br />

University Museum<br />

Fighting <strong>for</strong> a Healthy New Generation<br />

The Society <strong>for</strong> the Protection of <strong>Jewish</strong> Health<br />

THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2006<br />

SELMA L. BATKIN MEZZANINE / JOHN AND GWEN SMART LIBRARY GALLERIES<br />

This exhibition explores the critical work of The Society <strong>for</strong> the<br />

Protection of <strong>Jewish</strong> Health (OZE), established in St. Petersburg in<br />

1912 and related <strong>Jewish</strong> relief organizations devoted to promoting<br />

child health, medical and social aid in Central, Eastern and Western<br />

Europe between 1912 and 1942, through photographs, documents,<br />

posters, books and artifacts from the YIVO Archives and Library.<br />

YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH<br />

Cover of OZE’s calendar, Latvia, 1940 -<br />

Courtesy of YIVO Institute <strong>for</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Research Archives<br />

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Exhibitions<br />

Magen Broshi, 1996<br />

© Photograph by Stanley I. Batkin<br />

Faces of Israel<br />

THROUGH JULY 27, 2006<br />

THE CONSTANTINER GALLERY<br />

This exhibition features sixty color photographs of prominent Israelis,<br />

including diplomats, Supreme Court justices, professors and artists.<br />

These portraits, stunningly photographed by Stanley Batkin, reflect<br />

his passionate interest in Israel as well as the art of photography.<br />

CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY<br />

Luminous Manuscript (detail) by<br />

Diane Samuels<br />

Photograph by Joshua Kessler<br />

Luminous Manuscript<br />

PERMANENT WALL INSTALLATION<br />

PAUL S. AND SYLVIA STEINBERG GREAT HALL<br />

Pittsburgh artist Diane Samuels has created a 22 foot square mosaic<br />

tablet, laid out in a design reminiscent of a page of the Talmud.<br />

Consisting of more than 75,000 Jerusalem stone and Starphire glass<br />

tiles, this monumental piece contains 300 archival materials and<br />

handwritten documents from the <strong>Center</strong> partners’ historical collections,<br />

as well as handwritten letters of the alphabet from more than<br />

450 members of the <strong>Center</strong> community in over 56 languages.<br />

Commissioned by the Diane H. and Joseph S. Steinberg Charitable Trust<br />

CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY<br />

Biblical Species (detail) by<br />

Michele Oka Doner<br />

Photograph by Frederick Charles<br />

Biblical Species<br />

PERMANENT FLOOR INSTALLATION<br />

GROUND FLOOR<br />

New York based artist, Michele Oka Doner designed and installed this<br />

lyrical 4,000 square foot terrazzo floor embedded with aluminum,<br />

bronze and mother-of-pearl that depicts botanical species which was<br />

inspired by a story from the Old Testament. Doner’s work illustrates<br />

the seven species that Moses’ scouts brought back - such as grapes,<br />

pomegranates, figs, wheat, barley, olives and dates - to illustrate that<br />

the land of Israel flows with milk and honey (12:27).<br />

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Music<br />

PUBLIC PROGRAMS<br />

LECTURE<br />

Photo: Steve J. Sherman<br />

Courtesy of American Symphony Orchestra<br />

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The Musical Culture of German Jews<br />

Under the Third Reich:<br />

Cultural Resistance in the Face of<br />

Nazi Persecution<br />

Focusing primarily on the character of the segregated cultural life within<br />

the Jüdischer Kulturbund, an organization created by <strong>Jewish</strong> musicians,<br />

composers and per<strong>for</strong>mers when they were no longer permitted to per<strong>for</strong>m<br />

under the Nazis, Dr. Leon Botstein will contrast the predicament faced by<br />

artists who remained under Nazi rule until the outbreak of the war with the<br />

fate of those who emigrated from Germany and Austria. New and terrifying<br />

political circumstances <strong>for</strong>ced these per<strong>for</strong>mers to re-evaluate their<br />

relationships with Judaism and <strong>Jewish</strong> identity, often leading to a stronger,<br />

more profound commitment to the avant-garde. The destruction of careers<br />

in a culture of which German Jews were an integral part, and to which they<br />

were uncommonly attached, will be analyzed in terms of the artists, their<br />

listeners, and the circumstances under which they produced their art.<br />

YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH IN COOPERATION WITH LEO BAECK INSTITUTE<br />

Admission: $20 / $10 students<br />

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PUBLIC PROGRAMS<br />

Music / Genealogy<br />

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Music in Our Time<br />

CONCERT<br />

A concert of music by contemporary <strong>Jewish</strong> composers, including Samuel<br />

Adler, Gerald Cohen, Miriam Gideon, Simon Sargon and Mark Zukerman.<br />

Per<strong>for</strong>mers<br />

Sahan Arzruni - piano<br />

Cantor Lawrence Avery - tenor<br />

Eileen Clark - soprano<br />

Ilana Davidson - soprano<br />

Stephen Gosling - piano<br />

Elizabeth Rodgers - piano<br />

Carol Wincenc - flute<br />

Mimi Stern-Wolfe - piano<br />

Dan Zhu - violin<br />

AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR JEWISH MUSIC<br />

Admission: $12 / $6 AJHS & ASJM members, students and seniors<br />

Info: 212.294.8324<br />

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SAMBERG<br />

FAMILY HISTORY PROGRAM<br />

Summer Fellowships <strong>for</strong> High School Students<br />

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An incredible opportunity <strong>for</strong> a high school student who wants a unique and challenging<br />

summer experience that is truly un<strong>for</strong>gettable!<br />

A fun summer experience in history and genealogy <strong>for</strong> students entering grades 9-12 or<br />

recent graduates. Students will learn investigative techniques and use them to trace their<br />

own family roots, all while they explore NYC’s most historic and remarkable institutions.<br />

The program is made possible through the generous support of The Samberg Family Foundation.<br />

CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY AND AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY<br />

Registration Fee: $100 - Need-based scholarships available<br />

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Lectures<br />

&<br />

Seminars<br />

PUBLIC PROGRAMS<br />

J U N E<br />

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Full Swing:<br />

Hits, Runs and Errors in a Writer’s Life<br />

BOOK SIGNING AND DISCUSSION WITH IRA BERKOW<br />

Meet Pulitzer Prize Winning author and The New<br />

York Times columnist, Ira Berkow, who will<br />

recall his life as a sports writer, discussing his<br />

successful newspaper career - from humble<br />

beginning on the streets of Chicago, to winning<br />

the Pulitzer Prize. Written in a memoir style, his<br />

latest publication features a cast of characters<br />

including Muhammad Ali, Saul Bellow, Groucho<br />

Marx, Ted Williams, Tanya Harding and Michael<br />

Jordan among others. Moderated by David<br />

Margolick, Contributing Editor of Vanity Fair<br />

and author of Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max<br />

Schmelling, and a World on the Brink.<br />

Photo: Howard Schatz<br />

Full Swing: Hits, Runs and Errors in a Writer’s Life will be available <strong>for</strong> sale at<br />

the Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Bookshop at the <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>History</strong>.<br />

AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY<br />

Admission: $8 / $5 AJHS members, students and seniors<br />

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False Messiahs in Yiddish Historical Drama<br />

MAX WEINREICH CENTER LECTURE SERIES<br />

WORKMEN’S CIRCLE / DR. EMANUEL PATT MEMORIAL LECTURE<br />

With Dr. Joel Berkowitz, State University of New York - Albany<br />

YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH - Free Admission<br />

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PUBLIC PROGRAMS<br />

Cinema<br />

a film retrospective<br />

C L I F F O R D O D E T S C E N T E N N I A L<br />

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Paradise Lost<br />

Rocket to the Moon<br />

FEATURED PRESENTATION<br />

FOLLOWED BY POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION<br />

This made-<strong>for</strong>-television movie, starring Eli Wallach, Fred<br />

Gwynne, Bernadette Peters and Jo Van Fleet, features a<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance of Odets’ depression-era drama, focusing<br />

on the lives of Leo and Clara Gordon, a middle-class<br />

husband and wife living in 1932 America.<br />

Dir. Glenn Jordan / 160 mins. / 1974 / Written by Clif<strong>for</strong>d Odets<br />

FEATURED PRESENTATION<br />

FOLLOWED BY POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION<br />

Part social criticism, part romance, Rocket to the Moon,<br />

is a fascinating look into the mind and lives of a complex<br />

set of characters who give voice to feelings of failure,<br />

deferred dreams, and human yearning. Starring Judy<br />

Davis, John Malkovich and Eli Wallach.<br />

Dir. John Jacobs / 118 mins. / 1986 / Written by Clif<strong>for</strong>d Odets<br />

CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY AND AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN COLLABORATION WITH CUNY GRADUATE CENTER<br />

Admission: $10 / $5 students<br />

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I Followed My Heart to Jerusalem<br />

FILM SCREENING AND BOOK LAUNCH WITH YALE ROE<br />

Yale Roe with actress Liv<br />

Ullmann, 1996 - © Yale Roe<br />

Former ABC-TV executive, writer and filmmaker Yale Roe<br />

left the Chicago suburbs <strong>for</strong> a new life in Jerusalem in 1972.<br />

Roe made the choice to live a very different life, not out of<br />

economic or political necessity, but as a search <strong>for</strong> meaning<br />

and to connect with the Zionist dream. His experiences living in<br />

Jerusalem are made vivid in his popular memoir, I Followed My<br />

Heart to Jerusalem. Roe will read from his memoir and lead a<br />

post-screening discussion of his award-winning documentary<br />

film, Jerusalem: The City Touched by God.<br />

53 mins. / US / 1997<br />

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM - Free Admission / reservations required<br />

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Cinema<br />

PUBLIC PROGRAMS<br />

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LEO BAECK INSTITUTE FILM SERIES<br />

Sophie Scholl - The Final Days<br />

Dir. Marc Rothemund / 117 mins. / Germany / 2005<br />

German with English subtitles<br />

Munich, 1943: Sophie and Hans Scholl are members of the<br />

Weiße Rose (White Rose), a resistance group against the<br />

Nazi regime. When the siblings lay out fliers at the university,<br />

they are caught by the caretaker who calls the Gestapo.<br />

After their imprisonment, they are interrogated <strong>for</strong> days. On<br />

February 22nd, the Scholls and their aide Christoph Probst<br />

are accused of high treason and sentenced to death.<br />

The Goebbels Experiment<br />

Dir. Lutz Hachmeister / 108 mins. / Germany & UK / 2004<br />

German with English subtitles<br />

The Nazi propaganda mastermind behind Hitler speaks in<br />

first person as actor Kenneth Branagh reads pages of the<br />

diary kept by the chief of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels,<br />

revealing the man’s most inner thoughts. German<br />

archives trace the life of the second most powerful man<br />

of the Third Reich, detailing his initial attraction to the<br />

Nazi party and his adoration of Hitler.<br />

From Swastika to Jim Crow<br />

Dir. Lori Cheatle and Martin D. Toub / 60 mins. / US / 2000<br />

Be<strong>for</strong>e and during the Second World War, <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

intellectuals and scholars who escaped Nazi Germany<br />

and immigrated to the U.S. faced an uncertain future.<br />

Confronted with anti-Semitism at major universities<br />

and a public distrust of <strong>for</strong>eigners, a surprising number<br />

secured teaching positions at traditionally Black<br />

colleges in the segregated South. In many cases they<br />

<strong>for</strong>med lasting relationships with their students and had<br />

an important impact on the communities in which they<br />

lived and worked.<br />

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AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY<br />

AMERICAN SEPHARDI FEDERATION<br />

LEO BAECK INSTITUTE<br />

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM<br />

YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH<br />

15 West 16th Street<br />

New York - NY - 10011<br />

Phone 212.294.8301<br />

Fax 212.294.8302<br />

www.cjh.org<br />

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PAID<br />

NEW YORK - NY<br />

PERMIT<br />

NO. O4568

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