Presented by Dr. Karla Goldman
Sol Drachler Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Professor of Judaic Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan
A Look at Jewish Cincinnati during Rabbi Joshua Haberman's First Years in the United States
The title of Rabbi Haberman's memoir, Three Cities in the Making of a Rabbi, focuses on Vienna, Washington, and Jerusalem, but other locations also shaped Rabbi Haberman's life and career. It was in Cincinnati that he found his first American home (a Hebrew Union College dormitory room) and that he learned to be both a rabbi and an American.
This talk will look at the city of Cincinnati during the period of Rabbi Haberman's time there. From 1938 through 1944, Cincinnati was still a central locale for American Judaism -- as the home of the Hebrew Union College rabbinical seminary -- even as it navigated the Great Depression and World War II, and the growth of other major American Jewish centers.
Join us to explore a unique immigrant story… guided to freedom through study at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. We will discuss how Rabbi Haberman landed in Cincinnati, how it shaped him, and what he found on this stop of his life’s incredible journey!
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Thank you to Edie and Art Hessel for sponsoring this lecture.
Dr. Karla Goldman's research focuses on the history of the American Jewish experience with special attention to the history of American Jewish communities and the evolving roles and contributions of American Jewish women. She directs the University of Michigan Jewish Communal Leadership Program, a collaborative effort between the School of Social Work and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.
Goldman previously taught at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati and was Historian in Residence at the Jewish Women’s Archive in Brookline, Massachusetts. She is the author of Beyond the Synagogue Gallery: Finding a Place for Women in American Judaism (Harvard University Press).
Thank you to Andrew R. Ammerman for sponsoring our Spring 2024 program lineup.
He dedicates the semester’s learning in loving memory of Josephine and H. Max Ammerman, Stephen C. Ammerman, and Avi West.