Days of Remembrance SUNY Plattsburgh's Commemoration of the Holocaust

[Christina Lagree]

*Days of Remembrance*

*SUNY Plattsburgh's Commemoration of the Holocaust*

The Jewish Studies Program invites all members of the SUNY Plattsburgh
community to join us for several upcoming events surrounding Holocaust
Remembrance Day in April.

On *Monday, April 21,* we will be presenting a film screening and
discussion with *Adam Fried*, director of the acclaimed short film *The
Walk*. The program will be led by David Joslin, Adjunct Lecturer in Jewish
Studies and Rabbi of Temple Beth Israel in Plattsburgh. Mr. Fried will be
joining us virtually for a screening of The Walk, as well as excerpts from
his recent major release, *Everything's Kosher*.

The screening will take place in *Hudson 106 from 6:00 to 7:00*.

On *Thursday, April 24*, we welcome *Dr. Norman Ravvin*, Professor of
Religion at Concordia University in Montreal, to deliver a public lecture
as part of the Douglas R. Skopp Speaker Series on the Theme of the
Holocaust. The title of his talk will be "Who Gets In: Immigration and
National Identity in Canada." Dr. Ravvin is one of the foremost
contemporary scholars of Canadian Jewish literature, as well as a
distinguished journalist and author. His many publications include *A House
of Words: Jewish Writing, Identity, and Memory* (1997); *The Canadian
Jewish Studies Reader* (2004); *The Girl Who Stole Everything* (2019);
and *Hidden
Canada: An Intimate Travelogue* (2001).

Dr. Ravvin’s lecture will explore some of the themes of his most recent
book, *Who Gets In: An Immigration Story* (University of Regina Press,
2023), which blends history and memoir to recount a Jewish immigrant’s
efforts to bring his family to Canada from Poland in the 1930s.

The lecture will take place in the Douglas and Evelyne Skopp Memorial
Holocaust Gallery in Feinberg Library *from 2:00 to 3:00 PM*. It will be
followed by *coffee and discussion with Dr. Ravvin* in the Reading Room on
the third floor of Feinberg Library *from 3:00 to 3:30.*

Also on *Thursday, April 24,* we will hold our annual *Days of Remembrance
ceremony* from 4:00 to 5:00 in the Skopp Gallery. Our featured speakers
will be *Professor Colleen Lemza *of the Department of Journalism and
Public Relations at SUNY Plattsburgh and *Ms. Dale Walsh* of Plattsburgh.
They will lead a remembrance of the life of the late Evelyne Skopp, one of
the most important supporters of Jewish Studies and Holocaust remembrance
at SUNY Plattsburgh, as well as a much loved member of the campus
community. We will also present the student winner of the Douglas Skopp
Creative Competition on the Theme of the Holocaust.

All events are free of charge and open to the public.

The work of the Jewish Studies Program is supported by generous gifts to
the Plattsburgh College Foundation. Additional assistance is provided by
the School of Arts and Sciences and Feinberg Library.

For more information about the Skopp Speaker Series, the Days of
Remembrance, and the Jewish Studies Program, please contact Dr. Andrew
Buckser, Director of Jewish Studies, at abuck005 at plattsburgh.edu.
CHRISTINA LAGREE
Administrative Assistant II
Office of the Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
101 Broad Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
(o) 518-564- <+1-518-564-2180>3150
plattsburgh.edu <https://www.plattsburgh.edu/>


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