Schemel Forum Collaborative Lecture Held
From left: Marc Shapiro, Ph.D., professor of theology/religious studies and the Weinberg Chair of Judaic Studies at the University; guest speaker David N. Myers, Ph.D., distinguished professor of history, Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History, and director of the Luskin Center for History and Policy at UCLA; and Sondra Myers, director of the University’s Schemel Forum.The University of Scranton’s Schemel Forum, the Theology and Religious Students Department and the Weinberg Judaic Studies Institute co-presented a lecture titled “Only in America? Religion, State, and a Hasidic Town in Rural New York,” featuring David N. Myers, Ph.D., distinguished professor of history, Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History, and director of the Luskin Center for History and Policy at UCLA. The talk took place in the Pearn Auditorium of Brennan Hall on campus on April 27
