Program Description: Come join us for our first speaker of 2025, Leonard Rogoff, as we learn about the history of the Jewish South.
Leonard Rogoff is a former president of the Southern Jewish Historical Society and recipient of its lifetime achievement award. He has taught at the University of North Carolina, North Carolina Central University, and Duke University. He has lectured widely on the Jewish South and contributed to numerous anthologies and journals. His books include Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina;Homelands: Southern Jewish Identity in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Gertrude Weil: A Jewish Progressive in the New South. He currently serves as historian and president of Jewish Heritage North Carolina.
