Events

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In 2019, Trapper Schoepp published a song with Bob Dylan called “On, Wisconsin,” making him the youngest musician to share a co-writing credit with the Nobel Prize Winner. Join Trapper and his brother, Tanner Schoepp, as they sing "On, Wisconsin" and other Dylan classics from Jewish Museum Milwaukee’s soaring atrium to celebrate the closing of our current special exhibit 'Shakespeare's in the Alley: A Tribute to Bob Dylan.'

'Franci's War: A Woman's Story of Survival' is an engrossing memoir of a spirited and glamorous young fashion designer who survived World War ll, presented by her daughter, Helen Epstein.

With more than 12,000 works, the Yad Vashem Art Collection is the most comprehensive collection of Holocaust art in the world. Explore art produced during the Holocaust,  discover the incredible stories of persecuted artists who risked their lives in order to leave a trace for posterity. How were these works created and how did they survive? Survey a selection of highlights from the Yad Vashem Art Collection with Eliad Moreh-Rosenberg, Curator & Art Department Director, Museums Division of Yad Vashem. 

Join JMM in exploring Erich Litchblau-Leskly’s life, work and legacy with his daughter, Mira Oren, through a virtual presentation from her home in London and celebrate the culture of Leskly’s native Czechoslovakia with a musical performance highlighting the country’s rich classical composing traditions. 

Join Simone Schweber, Chair of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in this interactive workshop where we’ll combine pair-and-share, small-group work and lecture to figure out how to talk to young kids about the Holocaust and other difficult topics.

Sam Kassow, historian and author of 'Who Will Write Our History? Rediscovering a Hidden Archive From the Warsaw Ghetto,' will share his expertise about ghettos during World War II. The talk will center on the Lodz Ghetto, the centerpiece of JMM's 2020 special exhibit 'Girl in the Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Łódź Ghetto,' but will provide comparisons to Theresienstadt, the centerpiece of the current special exhibit, 'To Paint is to Live: The Artwork of Eric Lichtblau-Leskly.'  

Phil Hands, editorial cartoonist for the Wisconsin State Journal will discuss political cartooning and how Erich Lichtblau-Leskly's drawings fit into the field. Hands will demonstrate how he draws easily identifiable political figures and crafts well-chosen text to create deeper meaning for the reader.

'ASYLUM/ASILO' weaves a dialogue from the personal histories of individuals who have fled horrific situations in their home countries only to face an asylum system on the US-Mexico border turned into chaos by the government’s own making. Paired with 'CLAMOR IN THE DESERT / CLAMOR EN EL DESIERTO,' a Sukkah installation by Argentina-based artist Mirta Kupferminc.

In 'Caste,' the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. Join us for a discussion of 'Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents' by Isabel Wilkerson.