• Ofer Ashkenazi, “Navigating Profound Uncertainty: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany”

    Golda Meir Library 4th Floor Conference Center or via Zoom
    Hybrid Event

    This talk presents the key arguments of Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany (Ashkenazi, Grossmann, Miron and Wobick-Segev) and outlines potential directions for future research. The rise of National Socialism coincided with the unprecedented popularization of private photography, leading German Jews …

    Free
  • Stories from The Violins of Hope by The Braid (film and talkback)

    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    The stringed survivors were brought back to life – and to the world – by a family of violin restorers spanning three generations. This is the true story of luthier Amnon Weinstein who took what might have become an exhibit …

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