Jews in the Midwest

1850-1950
A symposium - Nov. 12, 2017
Free and open to the public

Full schedule and information: jewishstudies.ku.edu/2017-symposium

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The Oread Hotel, Hancock Ballroom, 1200 Oread Ave. , Lawrence, KS

DAVID KATZMAN
"The Significance of Midwestern Small-Town Jewish Life"
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

TOBIAS BRINKMANN
"Western Jews: Becoming American and Embracing Modernity"
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

HASIA DINER
"Immigrant Jewish Peddlers and the Founding of
Midwestern Jewish Communities"
New York University, New York, NY

AVA KAHN
"1918 Linked by Letters: Men, Jewish Family and Deception"
Independent Scholar, Berkeley, CA

LEE SHAI WEISSBACH

"Synagogues in the Midwest and Beyond:
What These Buildings Tell Us"
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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Kosher: Kosher lunch and breakfast options are available by request! Please request your certified
Kosher meal before Nov. 1. For more information contact JewishStudies@ku.edu or (785) 864-4664.
KC Bus Service: Bus departs from the KC JCC at 8am, and will depart from The Oread at 6:30pm. Reservations
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are given on a first-come, first-served basis. To RSVP contact JewishStudies@ku.edu or (785) 864-4664.
KU Sponsors: Office of the Chancellor; Office of the Provost; College of Liberal Arts & Sciences; Office of Diversity and Equity;
The Hall Center for the Humanities; University Honors Program; School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures; Center for
Global and International Studies; and the Departments of American Studies, English, Anthropology, Religious Studies,
Sociology, History, Political Science, African and African-American Studies, and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies.

This program is funded in part by the Community Legacy Fund

of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City