Program Description: "A Tangled Immigration Version of the American Dream: Rubin Morris Hanan's Freedom"

When sixteen-year-old, Sephardic Jew, Rubin Morris Hanan, embarked in 1927 from the island of Rhodes to land in Montgomery, Alabama, he never dreamed of what lay in store for him. Decades later his writings reveal an immigration story with a fascinating trajectory - a version of the American dream in the early twentieth century that is more tangled than one might suspect, or even than Hanan himself expounded later in his writings.

Originally from Charlotte, Mimi Wooten is a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan's history department and a Todd M. Endelman fellow at the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies. Mimi studies the modern Sephardi diaspora in the US with a focus on the American South.

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

When: Wednesday, March 19 from 12:30-2:30pm

Cost: JCC Members Free, General Community $18

Registration Deadline: March 14

For assistance registering: registrar@shalomraleigh.org

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