SJSU Jewish Studies Program Presents Prof. Dr. Sarna of Brandeis at MLK Library January 29, 2013
San Jose, California 95112
The SJSU History Department and Jewish Studies Program invite you to the Robert Levinson Memorial Lecture:
The Origins of American Jewish Politics: General Grant and the Jews in 1868
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Sarna of Brandeis University
Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 5:00 PM
Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, Rm 225-229
150 East San Fernando Street San Jose, CA 95112
Dr. Jonathan Sarna is the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University and Chief Historian of the new National Museum of American Jewish History. Dubbed by the Forward newspaper in 2004 as one of America's fifty most influential American Jews, he was Chief Historian for the 350th commemoration of the American Jewish community and is recognized as a leading commentator on American Jewish history, religion and life. In 2009, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Best known for his American Judaism: A History (2005), Professor Sarna will speak from his most recent book, When General Grant Expelled the Jews (2012).
Light refreshments will be served.
This event is co-sponsored by the Burdick Military History Project and Hillel of Silicon Valley.
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