Historian Tony Michels, the Goldstein-Goren 2005-2006 Visiting Fellow at New York University, will deliver a lecture, “Liberalism and Consensus in American Jewish History,” on Wed., May 3, 5:30 p.m. at NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center (53 Washington Square South, between Sullivan and Thompson Sts.). A professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Michels has authored A Fire in Their Hearts : Yiddish Socialists in New York (Harvard, 2005).
The event is free and open to the public, which may call 212.998.8980 or email shayne.figueroa@nyu.edu to RSVP. Reporters interested in attending should contact James Devitt, Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or james.devitt@nyu.edu. The Goldstein-Goren Center for American Jewish History is housed in NYU’s Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies.
- WHO: Tony Michels, professor of history, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Goldstein-Goren visiting fellow, NYU
- WHAT: Lecture-“Liberalism and Consensus in American Jewish History”
- WHEN: Wed., May 3, 5:30 p.m.
- WHERE: NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center (53 Washington Square South, between Sullivan and Thompson Sts.). [Subway Lines: A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street); N, R, W (8th Street); 6 (Astor Place)]