May

6 2019

The Jewish German Experience - final session

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

This Federation event will be held at Knesset Israel 16 Colt Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201

Contact Nancy Maurice Rogers
413-442-4360 x 15
nrogers@jewishberkshires.org
http://www.jewishberkshires.org

The Jewish Federation Connecting with Community presents "The German Jewish Experience with David Levinson, PhD, a cultural anthropologist, author and son of a Holocaust survivor.

This three session course covers the history of the Jewish experience in Germany from the 4th century CE to present times.  This program will take a lecture/seminar approach with audience participation encouraged.

The final session (Monday, May 6) will cover the Holocaust and post Holocaust periods including emigration from Germany, the lives of Jewish German refugees, and Holocaust commemoration.

Co-founder of Berkshire Publishing Group, David Levinson, PhD specializes in contemporary social issues. Formerly vice-president at Yale University's Human Relations Area Files, an anthropological think-tank, David became "well-known for his multivolume encyclopedic works that describe world cultures" (Choice 1998).  After three years as a medic in the US Army, he received a BA from Montclair State College and then an MA and Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from SUNY/Buffalo. Levinson also holds a master's degree in Public Administration from New York University. He currently lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

This free program is part of the Federation’s Connecting With Community Series and will be followed by a kosher hot lunch. Lunch is a $2 suggested donation for adults over 60 years of age or $7 for all others. Advance reservations are required for lunch and can be made by calling (413) 442-2200 before 9 a.m. on the day of the program.