<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1665" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/jpgUpdated-Poster-Persian-Experience-SMizrahi-3-1366x1366.jpg" alt="" width="1366" height="1366" /> Sunday, February 28, 2021 12:00pm ET - 1:00pm ET Live on Zoom, $5 Fee - <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3816122623212/WN_ZkqamRSNRI66Va23LvAhXw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register Here</a> &nbsp; In this part of "The Persian Experience" series, Sharona Mizrahi shares her personal story. Sharona was born in Kerman, Iran. Her great-grandparents came from Hamadan and Yazd. Sharona's great-grandparents escaped the famine of 1917-1920 in Hamadan, the city mentioned in the Book of Esther as Hegmatana or Ekbatana, the capitol of the Persian Empire during Acheshverosh's regime. Sharona's oldest brother, Kurosh, has traced her family's lineage back six generations. Sharona attended public school in Iran until her first year of high school. Then in 1984, she, along with two sisters and one brother Z"L, escaped from Iran. One night in August, two weeks prior to Rosh Hashana, smugglers arrived in the middle of the night and the Mizrahi family dropped everything and left their house to escape. In this talk, Sharona will give a brief history of her family and their one-year journey to the United States. <em>This program is presented by The American Sephardi Federation in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History.</em>

<p style="font-size: 110%;"><b>1 PM ET <span style="color: #33cccc;">| </span></b><b>$18 GENERAL ADMISSION </b><b>Free with Gratz College email address. Details below </b><b>Registration required. </b></p> The Museum is thrilled to partner with Gratz College for the 2021 Arnold and Esther Tuzman Memorial Holocaust Teach-In. This special online event features <b>Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Artist, Illustrator, and Author of <em>Maus</em></b>. Mr. Spiegelman will discuss his art, comics as a medium, and <em>Maus</em>, the masterful Holocaust narrative that tells the story of his parents' survival and his experience as the child of Survivors. The conversation will be facilitated by <b>Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D.</b>, Gratz College Board of Governors. <span style="color: #33cccc;"><b>Registration </b></span>General admission is $18.  Gratz students, faculty, and staff can register for free with a valid Gratz email address. <a href="https://www.gratz.edu/teach-in" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to register today</a> <em>Fee waivers for financial hardship are available by request to <a href="mailto:mcohen@gratz.edu">mcohen@gratz.edu</a>.</em>

<p style="font-size: 110%;"><b>8 PM ET / 5PM PT <span style="color: #800080;">| </span></b><b>FREE WITH A SUGGESTED <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/327161/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=RbgOpera&amp;c_src2=Website" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$18 DONATION</a> </b><b>See “Ways to Watch” below for details on how to access the program. </b><b>Registration required for Zoom only.</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800080;"><b> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>“If I had any talent that God could give me, I would be a great diva. But, sadly, I have a monotone…[I sing] only in the shower and in my dreams.”</strong></span></b> </span><span style="font-weight: 400; color: #800080;">—U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg</span></p> <span style="font-weight: 400;">RBG was notoriously passionate about opera. It’s no surprise that the plots of her favorite operas often paralleled her professional pursuit of justice. To mark her 88th birthday, the first since her passing, we are celebrating with performances of some of her favorite opera arias. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The program will feature performances from NMAJH’s Dell Theater by </span><a href="http://www.joshuabluetenor.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joshua Blue</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (tenor), </span><a href="https://imgartists.com/roster/norman-garrett/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Norman Garrett</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (baritone), </span><a href="https://www.michelle-rice.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michelle Rice</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (soprano), </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0x_5YVYyV_OSoWca3qcfHg"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ashley Marie Robillard</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (soprano); instrumental accompaniment by and Stephen Karr (piano) and Grant Loehnig (piano); as well as remarks and reflections by </span><a href="http://www.francescazambello.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Francesca Zambello</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (stage director, artistic director for the Washington National Opera and the Glimmerglass Festival), </span><a href="https://www.lawrencebrownlee.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lawrence Brownlee</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (tenor, Artistic Advisor of Opera Philadelphia) and </span><a href="https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/peter-kazaras/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Peter Kazaras</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (stage director, tenor, Director of Opera UCLA).</span> <strong><span style="color: #800080;">Ways to Watch</span></strong> <span style="color: #800080;"><b>Facebook:</b> </span>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum's Facebook page</a></strong> beginning at 7:30 pm ET. The program will begin promptly at 8 pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b><span style="color: #800080;">NMAJH website: </span></b>At 7:30 pm ET, the livestream countdown will also begin on the Museum's website at the top of this page. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. The program will begin promptly at 8 pm ET. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook and Zoom during the live program. <p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #800080;">Zoom:</span> </b>Registration is required to view on Zoom. <a href="https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cgB44zwgTNyQStEkLlXxwQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-link-type="web">Click here to register</a>. Zoom will cut off registration/stop letting people in when we run out of room. Should that occur, please use one of the other methods listed above instead–they are all free and have unlimited capacity.</p> <strong><span style="color: #800080;">Cost</span></strong> This event is free with a suggested $18 donation. All donations will be split between the National Museum of American Jewish History and Opera Philadelphia. Special thanks to the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for their partnership in this event. <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400; color: #800080;">This program is presented by</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.operaphila.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> <img class="alignnone wp-image-1651" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/OPERA_PHILA_LOGO_Gold_4C.jpg" alt="" width="149" height="150" /></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://nmajh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1653" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Smith_PrimaryLogo_FullColor.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="121" /></a></p> <a href="https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/resources/lowellmilkenmaje/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1652 aligncenter" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/UCLA_Uxd_Blk_SchM_LMCntMusicAmJwExp_B2.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="90" /></a>

Monday, April 12, 2020, at 1pm ET Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=DonationButton&amp;c_src2=Homepage" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">$10 donation</a>. See “Ways to Watch” below for details on how to access the program The country’s largest monument to religious liberty stands in front of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the National Museum of American Jewish History and is the focus of our newest <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/enduring-monument/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Virtual Exhibition</a>. Join us for this program as special guest curator, Samantha Baskind, and NMAJH's chief curator, Josh Perelman, converse about the <i>Religious Liberty</i> exhibition. Baskind and Perelman will discuss the statue’s history and meaning;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>its sculptor, Moses Ezekiel; and the monument’s journey from Rome to Philadelphia and from Fairmount Park to Independence National Historical Park. They’ll also talk about how the concept of religious liberty has inspired generations of Jewish Americans. The panelists will take time at the end of the program to answer questions from those in attendance. <strong>About the Guest Curator</strong> Dr. Samantha Baskind, Professor of Art History at Cleveland State University, is the author of five books, most recently<i> The Warsaw Ghetto in American Art and Culture</i>, and co-editor of <i>The Jewish Graphic Novel: Critical Approaches</i>, the foundational volume in the field. She has published over 100 articles and reviews in museum catalogues, academic journals, edited volumes, encyclopedias, and the popular press. She served as editor for U.S. art for the 22-volume revised edition of the <i>Encyclopedia Judaica </i>and is currently series editor of “Dimyonot: Jews and the Cultural Imagination,” published by Penn State University Press. Dr Baskind if presently writing the first book-length study of Moses Jacob Ezekiel. <b>Ways to Watch</b> <i>Facebook: </i>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum's Facebook page</a></strong> at 1 pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <i>NMAJH website: </i>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be available at the top of this page. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook and Zoom during the live program. <i>Zoom: </i>Registration is required to receive the link--<strong><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0cp7-Ok7Qcyibw4dRosxXg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a></strong>. There are a limited number of Zoom slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Zoom will cut off registration when the limit has been reached. Should that occur, please use one of the other methods listed above instead—they are all free and have unlimited capacity.

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 6 pm ET</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=DonationButton&amp;c_src2=Homepage" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">$10 donation</a>. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">See “Ways to Watch” below for details on how to access the program </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in as </span><b>Richard Rothstein and Lila Corwin Berman</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> discuss contemporary racial segregation across the United States. The panelists will dig into the history of public housing projects, suburbanization, and the actions of the federal housing administration and then interrogate the racial segregation and income gap in America today as a byproduct of explicit government policies at the local, state and federal levels. Touching on the negative effects of these policies on African Americans and the United States as a whole, Rothstein and Berman will address how Jewish Americans specifically benefited from and suffered as a result of these policies.</span> <h4><b>About the speakers:</b></h4> <b>Richard Rothstein</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a national best selling author, a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Fund. </span> <strong>Lila Corwin Berman</strong> is the Director of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History and the Murray Friedman Chair of American Jewish History at Temple University. Berman is also the author of the recently released <em>The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The Historical Formation of a Multi-Billion Dollar Institution.</em> <img class="wp-image-1343" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/rothstein-headshot.jpg" alt="" width="79" height="102" />.     <img class="wp-image-1344" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/berman-lila-corwin.jpg" alt="" width="103" height="103" /> <h4><b>Ways to Watch</b></h4> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook: </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Look for the LIVE post on the</span><strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum's Facebook page</a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at 6 pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program.</span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">NMAJH website: </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be available at the top of this page. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook and Zoom during the live program.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Zoom:</em> Registration is required to receive the link—</span><strong><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-VQUgF6DRIWSApdPvOKvGA">click here</a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are a limited number of Zoom slots—access is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Zoom will cut off registration when the limit has been reached. Should that occur, please use one of the other methods listed above instead—they are all free and have unlimited capacity.</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></i> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><i>This Program is presented by The National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></i>with<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>The Feinstein Center for American Jewish History at Temple University, Jewish Museum Milwaukee, and Temple BZBI.</i></span> <a href="https://www.cla.temple.edu/feinstein-center-for-american-jewish-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1347" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/TU_feinstein_rebrand_CMYKwredtag-1-1366x263.jpg" alt="" width="410" height="79" /> <img class="alignnone wp-image-1386" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JMMwMJF_2C_v1-1366x390.jpg" alt="" width="340" height="97" /></a><a href="http://www.bzbi.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">   <img class="alignnone wp-image-858" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BZBI-Logo.jpg" alt="" width="76" height="91" /></a>

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1641" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-04-26-Bugsy-Siegel-FB.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="628" /> <b>Monday, April 26 at 4pm ET</b> Watch live on zoom. <a href="https://programs.cjh.org/tickets/bugsy-siegel-2021-04-26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Registration Required</a>. Pay what you wish. <em>Presented by The Center for Jewish History in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History</em> In a brief life that led to a violent end, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947) rose from desperate poverty to ill-gotten riches, from an early-twentieth-century family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side to a kingdom of his own making in Las Vegas. In this captivating portrait, author <b>Michael Shnayerson</b> sets out not to absolve Bugsy Siegel but rather to understand him in all his complexity. Through the 1920s, 1930s, and most of the 1940s, Bugsy Siegel and his longtime partner in crime Meyer Lansky engaged in innumerable acts of violence. As World War II came to an end, Siegel saw the potential for a huge, elegant casino resort in the sands of Las Vegas. Jewish gangsters built nearly all of the Vegas casinos that followed. Then, one by one, they disappeared. Siegel’s story laces through a larger, generational story of eastern European Jewish immigrants in the early- to mid-twentieth century. <b>Program registrants will receive a code for 30% off and free shipping on the book from the publisher. Register here to receive code.</b>