FEATURING GUEST SPEAKER

Alon Ben-Gurion, My Grandfather’s Story

Thursday, June 14, 2018

7:30 pm Program ∙ Registration begins at 7:00 pm

Congregation Beth Ahm

5075 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield Township, MI

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH *

Adat Shalom Synagogue, B’nai Israel Synagogue, Congregation B’nai Moshe,
Congregation Beth Ahm, Congregation Beth Shalom, Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
Temple Israel, Temple Kol Ami, Temple Shir Shalom, Young Israel of Oak Park

*

In formation

RSVP by June 7 at jnf.org/detroitreception

No cost to attend.

Dietary laws observed.

For more information contact JNF at 248.324.3080

Peter Hayes

award-winning professor of history
and Holocaust lecturer

Sunday, June 10, 2018

10:30 a.m. Bagels and coffee
11:15 a.m. Lecture, followed by Q&A

Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus

28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334

Why? Explaining the Holocaust
Why did the Holocaust happen? Why the persecution
of the Jews and not another ethnic group? Why the
Germans? Why such a swift and sweeping extermination?
Why didn’t the Jews receive more help?

and still active as a consultant and board member of
many scholarly and public societies, Professor Hayes
has published numerous articles and books on the
Third Reich, World War II and the Holocaust. In his
new book Why? Explaining the Holocaust, he
Eminent historian Peter Hayes, Ph.D. offers eye-opening, describes the factors that led to the Holocaust, while
accessible answers to these seemingly incomprehensible challenging many time-honored explanations for its
questions. Recently retired from Northwestern University causes and effects.

$5 for Holocaust Memorial Center members and $10 for nonmembers – seating limited.
RSVP by June 6 to 248-536-9612 or rsvp@holocaustcenter.org.

Event sponsors

Photo courtesy of Miriam Lomaskin,
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

The Guy Stern
Endowment in
Exile and
Holocaust Studies

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