7 Mar 2010 - 6:30pm
Etc/GMT-7
EUGENE: Jewish-American Responses to Japanese-American Internment During WWII with Dr. Ellen Eisenberg. 6:30 p.m. Free, non-members $5. Ellen Eisenberg has extensively researched the responses Jewish-Americans presented to FDR’s executive order number 9066 leading to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Her talk at Temple Beth Israel will be drawn from her 2008 book, The First to Cry Down Injustice? Western Jews and Japanese Removal during WWII, which was a National Jewish Book Award finalist. Dr. Eisenberg will present her findings and follow with time for questions and discussion. Temple Beth Israel is located at 1175 E. 29th Ave. For more information, contact 541-485-7218 or www.tbieugene.org.








