JGSGB-Announce Mailing List: Landsmanshaftn - Sun May 18 at 1:30 - Temple Emanuel, Newton

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Landsmanshaftn:
Jewish Hometown Societies in the New World

Daniel Soyer

Sunday, May 18, 2014, 1:30 pm
Temple Emanuel, Newton

Landsmanshaftn, mutual aid associations made up of immigrants from the same Eastern European town, were an important form of organization among turn-of-the-twentieth-century Jewish immigrants in the United States. At one time, thousands of landsmanshaftn provided their hundreds of thousands of members with health and death benefits, loans, and help in securing jobs and housing. They also served as arenas for social interactions, and evolved their own colorful internal culture. In this illustrated talk, Daniel Soyer discusses the development of these unique organizations, and the important role they played in the Eastern European Jewish community between the 1880s and the First World War.

Dr. Daniel Soyer graduated from Oberlin College and holds a Ph.D. in history from New York University. He is professor of history at Fordham University and studies and writes about American immigration and American Jewish history. With Annie Polland he is author of The Emerging Metropolis: New York Jews in the Age of Immigration, 1840-1920, winner of the National Jewish Book Award. His previous book, Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939, won the Saul Viener Prize of the American Jewish Historical Society.

Spotlight Talk: Phyllis and Hersch Clopper will speak about Our Recent ShtetlSeeker Tour to Lithuaniaia.
Phyllis and  Hersch are long-time members of the JGSGB.

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Small Group Meetings at 12:30 - 1:20 pm

Ask the Experts - U.S. research and resources

Special Interest Groups

Bessarabia SIG  

Litvak-Baltic SIG 

Poland SIG

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Temple Emanuel
385 Ward Street
Newton Centre, MA

Admission is free for members, $5 for guests.

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Upcoming Programs                  

Sun, May 4   2  to 4 pm

Robin Dexter, Walking Tour of Boston's Old Jewish South End, $25.  JGSGB members:  Reserve here.

Sun, Jun 1   10 am to noon       

Ellen Smith, Walking Tour of Boston's Old Jewish North End, $35.  JGSGB members:  Reserve here.

Sun, Jun 8   1:30 pm at Temple Emanuel

Rochelle Ruthchild, Belarusian Encounters: Travel, Family Research and Connections    

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