An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic grandees. Join us as Dr. Laura Arnold Leibman, Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College, overturns the reclusive heiress’ assumptions about her family history to reveal that her […]
Musicians ranging from Bob Dylan to Phil Ochs to Janis Ian to Country Joe and the Fish (plus Tom Lehrer, Si Kahn, Paul Simon, Jefferson Airplane) wrote and sang songs that became anthems of the civil rights, antiwar, and women’s movements, among other expressions of political protest. Together we'll examine how these Jewish artists addressed […]
Join Dr. Andrew Porwancher, Wick Cary Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma, and author of The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton, as he debunks a string of myths about the origins of this founding father to arrive at a startling conclusion: Hamilton, in all likelihood, was born and raised Jewish. Uncovering the truth about […]
