February 21, 2018 @ 1:20 pm – “Yiddish Cinema: A Glimpse of Jewish Life. An illustrated Presentation by Sharon Pucker Rivo”
Highlights from recently preserved Yiddish feature films will be screened and discussed. Produced in Europe and the United States between 1910 and 1948, the films showcase actors including Maurice Schwartz, Molly Picon, Solomon Mikhoels, Herschel Bernardi and Leo Fuchs. Excerpts from Yiddle with His Fiddle, Uncle Moses, Jewish Luck and Tevye will be shown to […]
February 15, 2018 @ 12 pm – Daniel Lee: “A Sleepy English Village and a North African Jew: An Unlikely Story of French Resistance during World War Two”
The story of the Free French who rallied to Charles de Gaulle in London following the fall of France in June 1940 is well-known. But until now, historians have ignored the experiences of men and women from France and the French Empire who were not sympathetic to De Gaulle and the Free French, but who nonetheless […]
November 9, 2017 – Rescue in Latin America: Refuge From The Holocaust
CVHEN & KOH Library & Cultural Center are proud to present Kristallnacht Rescue in Latin America: Refuge From The Holocaust with honored guest speakers Dr. Murray Baumgarten Hillel Salomon November 9, 2017 at 6:30pm KOH Library and Cultural Center 2300 Sierra Boulevard Sacramento, CA 95825