Festival of Arts, Books and Culture

Schedule:

Robin Judd

10:00 am • Lahn Social Hall

Historian Robin Judd examines the marriages of Jewish Holocaust survivors to Allied soldiers, exploring their journey from courtship to immigration and the impact on officials, blending romance, survivor's guilt, and the challenges of rebuilding their lives.

Steven Ujifusa

1:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Between 1890 and 1921, 2.5 million Jews fleeing persecution in Eastern Europe, many from Hamburg, were able to migrate to the United States thanks to the efforts of businessmen Jacob Schiff, Albert Ballin, and J.P. Morgan, with descendants including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Estée Lauder, George Gershwin, and the author's great grandparents.

Larry Tye with Music by Gary Negbaur

7:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

The Jazzmen explores the lives of three African American bandleaders, their role in the civil rights movement, and the Black-Jewish alliance through their Jewish managers and bandmates, with Larry Tye interviewed by pianist Gary Negbaur, who will perform jazz, blues, and American roots music.

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