Dispatches from the Lost Jewish South with Sue Eisenfeld

Описание: Sue Eisenfeld is a Yankee by birth and a Virginian by choice, an urbanite who came to appreciate the rural South while understanding the need to interrogate its complexities. In Wandering Dixie: Dispatches from the Lost Jewish South, she travels to nine states, uncovering how the history of Jewish southerners converges with the region’s complex, conflicted present. Learning how southern Jews benefited from slavery and escaped some discrimination by not being on the lowest rung of society’s ladder, she finds herself on an African-American history journey as well, investigating the unexpected ways that race, religion, and hidden histories intertwine.

The author was in conversation with Lauren Gilbert, Senior Manager for Public Services at the Center for Jewish History.

This event took place on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 and was co-presented by the National Museum of American Jewish History.

This program and recording were support by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor, as well as funding from The New York Community Trust's NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.