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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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