Events in November 2024–January 2025
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- Support Veterans for Veterans Day at the Museum
Support Veterans for Veterans Day at the Museum Support Veterans for Veterans Day at the Museum
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November 11, 2024Honor veterans for Veterans Day at the museum on Monday, November 11th. Join us at the museum anytime between noon and 4 to put together care packages for hospitalized veterans.
Support the program by purchasing items from our Amazon Wish List.
What to bring:
- Toiletries (toothbrushes, toothpaste, disposable razors, sample size cans of shaving cream, deodorants/antiperspirants, lip balm, hand lotion, etc..)
- Socks (must be NEW packaged), slippers (store bought non-skid only), underwear (must be NEW packaged), warm hats, sizes for both men and women
- Games, puzzles (complete with all pieces if pre-owned)
- Books, including large print, (must be very clean, in good condition)
Can’t bring anything? Just bring yourself to make cards, thank you notes, and put the materials we already have together into packages.
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- Webinar: Rough Riders, Legionnaires, and Rabbis: Setting standards for Jewish Bravery from the Mexican Expedition through WWI
Webinar: Rough Riders, Legionnaires, and Rabbis: Setting standards for Jewish Bravery from the Mexican Expedition through WWI Webinar: Rough Riders, Legionnaires, and Rabbis: Setting standards for Jewish Bravery from the Mexican Expedition through WWI
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November 20, 2024Miriam Eve Mora, author of Carrying a Big Schtick: Jewish Acculturation and Masculinity in the Twentieth Century discusses how Jewish service members defied stereotype from the Spanish-American war through World War I.
Dr. Miriam Eve Mora is a historian of Jewish America, the Director of Academics at the Center for Jewish History in New York City, and professor of history at various institutions in and around New York City. She is the co-creator of JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience, a comics and pop culture convention celebrating diverse Jewish themes, characters, and narratives in sequential art. Dr. Mora was also the creator and managing curator of the Museum and Laboratory of the Jewish Comics Experience exhibit at the Center for Jewish History in 2023.
Her First book, Carrying a Big Schtick: Jewish Acculturation and Masculinity in the Twentieth Century was released from Wayne State University Press in May, 2024.
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- A Blessing Not a Burden: The Kor Family Legacy
A Blessing Not a Burden: The Kor Family Legacy A Blessing Not a Burden: The Kor Family Legacy
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January 12, 2025Dr. Alex Kor and Graham Honaker authors of
join us to discuss the book and the legacy of Eva and Mickey Kor.By all accounts, Dr. Alex Kor’s life has been a miracle. The son of two Holocaust survivors who narrowly escaped death, Alex grew up in Indiana — a state with Midwestern charm and an ignominious history of prejudice. In “A Blessing, Not a Burden,” Alex details his incredible journey, from his unique upbringing to his present-day mission of carrying on his parents’ inspiring legacy. From his mother’s controversial stance on forgiving the Nazis to his father’s unbridled optimism, Alex shares life lessons that have helped him overcome his own hardships along the way. Alex also offers his own perspective on forgiveness as he nurtures his parents’ legacies in a world still fraught with discrimination. He’s traveled a long and winding road, from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Auschwitz and many places in between and like his parents, he has endured … and overcome. As anti-Semitism festers across the globe, “A Blessing, Not a Burden” takes readers back to one of the most horrific periods in human history, reminding us of the terrible costs of hate and warning us that we are not so far removed from those dangers as we might think. Yet, at the same time, the story of the Kor family stands as a living memorial to the belief that the human spirit can overcome even the darkest of circumstances.