Upcoming Events
"AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND"
A NEW FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM BY
EMMY-AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR ILANA TRACTMAN
​​Wednesday, March 12, 2025
5:00 p.m. | Free
​Mitchell Hamline School of Law
875 Summit Ave. | St. Paul, MN 55105
5:00 p.m. - Light appetizers | Program begins at 5:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m - Panel Discussion with the Filmmaker
The untold story of the first organized interracial civil rights protest in U.S. history. When 5 Howard University students sat on a Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the white community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, an extraordinary history-making partnership was born.
Co-Sponsored by The Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest and Mitchell Hamline Law School
Minnesota Shoah Stories
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
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Light appetizers at 5:30 p.m. | Program begins at 6 p.m.
Elmer L. Andersen Library University of Minnesota
222 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55455
In the wake of the Holocaust, dozens of survivors journeyed to Minnesota to establish new lives for themselves. While they couldn’t escape their pasts, survivors in Minnesota incorporated themselves into communities across the state in meaningful and profound ways. What began as an effort to catalog the stories of survivors in the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives and Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies collections has grown into an interactive project uplifting the experiences of survivors who found a new home in Minnesota. Join us as we celebrate this story of resilience in the aftermath of the Shoah and a conversation about how we can continue documenting this story.
The Upper Midwest Jewish Archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries collects and makes available materials documenting the lives of Jewish communities in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and western Wisconsin.
"Jews in Public Office" Presentation by Robin Doroshow
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
10:00 a.m. | Free
RidgePointe Senior Living
Enjoy the film that was shown at our 40th Anniversary Event and discussion to follow.
Thursday, May 22, 2025
An event focusing on Jewish Girlhood Sororities
6:00 p.m.
Reception to Follow
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Minnesota History Center
345 W. Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul, MN 55410
We are looking for information, archival materials or artifacts
pertaining to Jewish sororities in Minnesota?
Please reach out to me at rdoroshow@jhsum.org with any information!
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SAVE THE DATE!
​Sunday, April 6, 2025
1:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m | FREE
Reception to Follow
Beth El Synagogue
5225 Barry Street W., St. Louis Park, MN 55417
This is the first in a series of events featuring community elders,
an occasional program of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest.