Mar 24, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Steven Lowenstein, Isadore
Levine Professor of Jewish History, American University
Location: B'nai Israel Congregation; Rockville,
MD
"Tumultuous" is an understatement in describing the historic
relationship between Jews and the rest of the German state. Jews
have been in Germany since the early fourth century, and
German-Jewish relations have fluctuated between tolerance and
violence. This lecture treats the topic of assimilation and strives
to enrich our understanding of how woven into (or excluded from)
the fabric of the nation Jews in Germany were before the
Holocaust.
Endowed by of K. Peter & Yvonne Wagner as a part of a series of
programs on German-Jewish Cultural Heritage