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Forced Jewish Migrations

Name: Forced Jewish Migrations
Start: 2021-04-07T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2021-04-07T19:30:00-04:00

April 7, 2021 | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT

Join NYU Professors Marion Kaplan and Robert Chazan as they discuss the flight and plight of Jewish migrants from the middle ages and beyond

Join Marion Kaplan (Author, Hitler’s Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal) and Robert Chazan (Author, Refugues or Migrants: Pre-Modern Jewish Population Movement) as they discuss how Jewish communities faced forced expulsion and fled persecution in medieval and Nazi Europe, respectively. They will describe the causes of these forced migrations as well as how communities, families and individuals dealt with their plight.

Pictured: Hitler’s Jewish Refugees:Hope and Anxiety in Portugal by Marion Kaplan (Left) and Refugees or Migrants:Pre-Modern Jewish Population Movement by Robert Chazan (Right)

For disability accommodations please contact us at humanities.center@nyu.edu as soon as possible. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.