Sunday, March 1, 2pm, Jewish Museum and Cultural Center
Dr. Adam Mendelsohn, associate professor of Jewish Studies at the College of Charleston, will speak about “The Rag Race: the Schmatta Trade,” as the final lecture in the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center’s series, American with a Jewish Accent. Mendelsohn will discuss the prominent role the members of the garment industry played in the assimilation and acculturation of Jewish immigrants in the early 1900s and beyond. He will explain how the Jewish influence in the industry is still apparent today.
The museum is located at 607 Effingham St. in Portsmouth. For information, call 391-9266 or visit www.jewishmuseumportsmouth.org.