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Join AJHS and Andrew Sperling, Leon Levy Fellow at CJH, for an online lecture. Since its revival in 1915, the Ku Klux Klan has targeted Jewish Americans and others through violence, harassment, and propaganda. The continuous presence of a hostile hate group has prompted Jews to ask several questions: how can the Klan be defeated, and what is the Jewish role in that process? This program offers a history of Jewish encounters with the Klan in every region of the U.S., between its popular peak in the 1920s and its resurgence under the White Power movement of the 1980s. Highlighting moments of antisemitic terrorism and anti-Klan resistance, Andrew Sperling reflects on the legacy and lessons of this historical struggle.
Ticket Info: Free; register online for a Zoom link
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