| The President and Dean of the New York campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion cordially invite you to the Dr. Fritz Bamberger Memorial Lecture Jews & American Politics: Historical Ideals and Contemporary Realities Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History Director, Schusterman Center for Israel Studies Brandeis University Thursday, November 29, 2018 Reception: 5:30 pm • Lecture: 6:00 pm Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion One West Fourth Street, New York, NY Jewish leaders used to insist that there was no such thing as "Jewish politics" in the United States: it does not exist and should not exist. The historical record going all the way back to Abraham Lincoln paints a very different picture. Focusing on presidential elections, Dr. Sarna's Bamberger Lecture will survey Jewish politics in the United States from the Civil War to the present. Free admission. Photo ID required. Can't make it? Join us on the Livestream! |
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