Film Screening "An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano"
Sponsored by CSP and CSLC.
Prof. Hasia Diner (NYU): "How to Understand Anti-Semitism in America: A View from History"
The history of the United States cannot be disconnected from the history of words, images, and social practices which defined Jews as different than other Americans. Since the seventeenth century, before national independence and into the present day, the presence of Jews has challenged Americans' ideas about race, religion, and the fundamental matter of who counted as an American. Did this constitute anti-Semitism? What factors in American life impacted upon this powerful social force imported from Europe?