From Swastika to Jim Crow - free public screening

From Swastika to Jim Crow - free public screening

We announced this film previously and it is now fully booked.  If you need to cancel your reservations for the film, please contact the Jewish Studies program as soon as possible – there are many people who still want to attend.

This documentary presents the story of Jewish professors expelled by the Nazi government in 1939 from German universities. Confronted with anti-Semitism at American universities and a public distrust of foreigners, many found employment in traditionally black colleges in the segregated American South. The scholars found new meaning and purpose in their adopted homeland. Recognizing the common burden of oppression in their very different cultures, the film—with historic visual images—explores the effect that these Jews and their Black students and colleagues had on each other.

56 minutes. Followed by Q & A led by CSUN Jewish Studies faculty and Professor Marc Dollinger (San Francisco State University), author of the new book, Black Power, Jewish Politics.

Limited seating. RSVP required. Please call (818) 677-4724 or email jewish.studies@csun.edu to reserve a seat (maximum 2 seats per request – names for each seat are required).

For your convenience, a map to the event is provided.

Co-Sponsored by Temple Ahavat Shalom, Temple Ramat Zion, Valley Beth Shalom, and Hillel 818.