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4:00 pm

Natan Meir–Stepchildren of the Shtetl: The Destitute, Disabled, and Demented of Jewish Eastern Europe

November 15, 2017 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Dwinelle Hall

Stepchildren of the Shtetl: The Destitute, Disabled, and Demented of Jewish Eastern Europe A talk by Natan Meir In this talk, Natan Meir presents an analysis of Jewish society in 19th- and early 20th-century eastern Europe based on the experiences of and attitudes towards beggars, vagrants, disabled people, and the mentally ill and offers a new lens through which […]

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