LGBTQ & the Holocaust
5 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 27, 2019
in WWU Fraser Hall 101
Memorial to the Nazi persecution of Gay Men and Lesbians: Who and What are We Remembering
Speaker is David Shneer, Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History, Professor of History and Jewish Studies, and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is a Distinguished Lecturer for the Association for Jewish Studies, faculty adviser for Yiddishkayt, co-editor in chief of East European Jewish Affairs and was the inaugural faculty director of CU Boulder’s Post Holocaust American Judaism archive until 2015.
The event is co-sponsored by The Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.
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The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors will meet next at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 at the synagogue, 751 San Juan Boulevard. The Executive Committee sets the agenda for regular Board of Director’s meetings.
The next regular Board Meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 2019 (rescheduled due to snow), at the synagogue. Please direct any suggested topics for board meetings to Executive Committee members: President Steve Garfinkle, Vice Presidents Miriam Schwartz and Gaby Mayers, Treasurer Terri Weiner, Secretary Paul Blum, and Rabbi Joshua Samuels, ex-officio.
