Alumni Conversation | History Matters: Jewish Americans, African Americans, Collaborations and Collisions

Presenter: Dr. Nancy Sinkoff

In this presentation, Professor Nancy Sinkoff, Professor of Jewish Studies and History and Academic Director of the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, will discuss (some of) the historical interactions of African Americans and Jewish Americans in the 20th century. This history is dynamic and complex and continues to affect perceptions of the security and vulnerability of these two groups in contemporary America.