How Jews Helped Create Missouri (Fulton)
Schedule
Thu Mar 05 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Callaway County Public Library | Fulton, MO
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This presentation from Dr. Mara Cohen Ioannides will take us back to the very first Jews to settle in this territory, before the Louisiana Purchase. We will travel the state and see Jewish settlement patterns and learn how this minority group helped develop towns all over Missouri, and how they participated in government, medicine and commerce. Co-sponsored by the Missouri Humanities Council.About the Presenter: Dr. Mara Cohen Ioannides is an expert on the Jewish experience in Missouri. She has written and spoken extensively on this subject around the world. She has a doctorate in Jewish Studies with a specialty in American Judaism and taught for over 25 years at Missouri State University. Currently, she is the president of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association and the founding president of the Ozarks Studies Association.
Adults and teens. Please register at www.dbrl.org/register-fulton
You may also be interested in the "Americans and the Holocaust" exhibit and related programming at the Columbia Public Library. Find more information at www.dbrl.org/holocaust-exhibit
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Where is it happening?
Callaway County Public Library, 710 Court St, Fulton, MO 65251-1926, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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