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“Defending the
‘
Undesirables’
: Detroit
Jews and the Fight for
Immigrants” is the topic of
a talk by Robbie Terman,
director of the Leonard N.
Simons Jewish Community
Archives, at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 22, in the Maas Chapel
of Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township.
The Michigan Alien
Registration Act of 1931 gave
immigrants a choice: register
or be deported. Supporters
said it was an act to protect
the people of Michigan;
Detroit’
s Jewish leaders said
otherwise. Among them
was Jewish Chronicle Editor
and founding Jewish News
editor and publisher Philip
Slomovitz, who wrote about
the trial and helped sway
public opinion against the
law. Terman will talk about
how the Jewish community
fought the law in the court-
room, in the Chronicle and
from the pulpit of Beth El.
The talk is part of
Beth El’
s Jewish History
Detectives Lecture Series. It
is sponsored by Dr. Robert
and Joan M. Jampel. All are
welcome. A $5 donation to
the Leo M. Franklin Archives
is suggested. RSVP to Laura
Williams at lwilliams@
tbeonline.org or call (248)
851-1100.
Beth El Detective Lecture to Explore
Detroit Jewish Immigration
Polish Historian to speak on “Coming
to Terms with the Holocaust in Poland”
After decades of communist
marginalization of the
Holocaust, Poland initially
emerged as a leader in
coming to terms with its
difficult past. However,
now there is a backlash in
Poland against recognizing
any guilt.
A 2018 law penalizing
statements on the alleged
complicity of Poland in
the Nazi crimes caused an
international controversy, so
the government revoked its
most disturbing provisions.
But this topic remains a key
battlefield in the culture war
that divides Poland today.
Join the Holocaust
Memorial Center as it wel-
comes Dariusz Stola, the
former director of the Polin
Museum of the History
of Polish Jews in Warsaw
and a prominent historian
and professor at the Polish
Academy of Sciences,
to discuss “Coming to
Terms with the Holocaust
in Poland: From Soul-
Searching to Backlash.”
The event is at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 23. Tickets
are $10/person or free with
HMC membership. Light
refreshments to follow.
RSVP by Oct. 21 to (248)
556-3178.
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