<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">The Jewish Studies Program is pleased to announce two upcoming events on November 1 honoring the late Dr. Vladimir Munk, Professor of Chemistry at SUNY Plattsburgh and a beloved member of the Plattsburgh community.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"> <br>At 4:30 PM, we will have a Book Reading and Author Interview with Julie Canepa, author of the recently published novel The Missing Star. Based on the lives of Dr. Munk and his wife, Kitty, who first met in the Terezin concentration camp, the book paints a vivid picture of survival, loss, and love amid the horrors of the Holocaust. Dr. Jonathan Slater, Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Public Relations and founding Director of the Jewish Studies Program, will lead a discussion of the book with the author, after which Ms. Canepa will read selections from the text. Copies will be available for purchase and signing.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>The reading will take place in the Douglas and Evelyne Skopp Holocaust Memorial Gallery in Feinberg Library. There is no charge, and the public is welcome.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>At 6:30 PM, we will have a Film Screening and Discussion featuring the award-winning documentary Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk. This film documents Dr. Munk’s voyage in 2020 to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the death camp in Poland where his parents were murdered. Produced by Paul Frederick, Bruce Carlin, and Julie Canepa, Return to Auschwitz won a number of national and international awards, including the Regional Emmy® Award for Best Historical/Cultural Documentary.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"> <br>Following the screening, the producers will join us for questions and discussion.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>The screening will take place in the main lecture hall in Hudson Hall, room 106. There is no charge, and the public is welcome.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>For more information, contact Andrew Buckser, Professor of Anthropology and Director of Jewish Studies, at <a href="mailto:abuck005@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank">abuck005@plattsburgh.edu</a>.<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;display:inline-block;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:14px">CHRISTINA LAGREE</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">Administrative Assistant II</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">Office of the Dean, School of Arts and Sciences</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">101 Broad Street<br style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word"><span style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">(o) </span><a href="tel:+1-518-564-2180" title="Office Phone Number" style="background-color:transparent;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(200,16,46);background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px;display:inline" target="_blank">518-564-</a>3150</div><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/" title="State University of New York at Plattsburgh Link" style="background-color:transparent;line-height:inherit;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(200,16,46)" target="_blank">plattsburgh.edu</a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