Name: CANCELLED: Jewish Life & Antisemitism in Today’s Germany. A talk by UVM Professor of History & Holocaust Studies Alan Steinweis
Start: 2025-02-20T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-20T13:15:00-05:00
Location: Ohavi Zedek Synagogue

CANCELLED: Jewish Life & Antisemitism in Today’s Germany. A talk by UVM Professor of History & Holocaust Studies Alan Steinweis

February 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm

Germany is today home to about 120,000 people who identify as Jews: less than one percent of the world’s Jews and to less than two-tenths of one percent of Germany’s total population. But for obvious historical reasons there is great interest in Jewish life, as well as antisemitism, in contemporary Germany.

Alan Steinweis, Professor of History and Raul Hilberg Distinguished Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont, will share his insights into that subject based on his extensive experience living in Germany and teaching Jewish history and the history of the Holocaust at several German universities.

About OZ’s Lunch and Learns:

Speakers cover a wide range of topics. A delicious lunch will be offered, which is served promptly at NOON. The talks begin at about 12:15pm and end no later than 1:15pm (including some time for Q&A).

Suggested cash contribution of $10 for food can be paid on the registration form or collected at the event — but feel free to give more or less. Please also consider being a sponsor of one or more Lunch & Learn talks. Information on this is on Lunch & Learn talk registration pages, or contact OZ Program & Engagement Manager Evan Rose at: 802-864-0218 (and select option 1 to reach Evan).

Professor Steinweis’ talk is being sponsored by Lila Shapero and Wayne Senville in memory of the late UVM Professor Frank Nicosia. As Wayne notes, “I was fortunate to have been able to take Frank’s course on the history of Zionism six years ago. It helped fill a big gap in my education, and led to my focusing on the Kishinev pogrom of 1903 and how it was covered in the mass media.” You can read Frank’s obituary published in The Addison Independent and learn a bit about this remarkable individual and scholar.

2024-2025 Series of Lunch and Learn Talks:

Thursday, September 26, 2024: A Storytelling Lunch Hour. Readings by Lenny Levine & David Schein
Thursday, November 21, 2024: The Challenges Facing Caregivers. A talk by caregiver and author Alan Rubel.
Thursday, December 19, 2024: Bridges of Hope: Learning about Mental Health. A presentation by staff & volunteers with NAMI-Vermont
Thursday, January 16, 2025: Volunteering to Stop Human Trafficking in Vietnam. A talk by OZ member Sue Schein
CANCELLED~~, Thursday, February 20, 2025: Jewish Life & Antisemitism in Today’s Germany. A talk by UVM Professor of History & Holocaust Studies Alan Steinweis~~
Thursday, March 20, 2025: Artists & the Holocaust: Documentation, Memory, Elegy. A visual presentation by former UVM Fleming Museum Director Janie Cohen
Thursday, April 24, 2025: The Music of Terezin. A talk, with music, by composer Michael Schachter
Thursday, May 15, 2025: Last Messages from the Dying. An exploration with End of Life Doula Sarah Villanueva