Jewish Historical Society of Delaware
Collecting, preserving and telling the history and stories of Delaware's Jewish community since 1974.
Chazz Salkin, retired director of Delaware state parks, has discovered a nearly-forgotten settlement of Jewish immigrants, starting in the 1870s, who found their way to Laurel, Delaware.
Chazz is an active member of the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware’s board and is noted for his in-depth research into the Jewish families who settled on farms in Kent County in the early 20th century with assistance from the Jewish Agricultural Society.
Meeting ID: 990 5448 9288
Passcode: 137564
The JHSD is honored to house the collections of the Jewish War Veterans and to help keep the memorial at the Siegel Jewish Community Center updated.
On Sunday, November 12, 2023 we will rededicate the memorial and remember the men and women who have served. Join us at the Siegel JCC at 1:00 pm to remember and honor Delaware’s Jewish Veterans.
Guest Speaker, Polly Zavadivker, Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the faculty director of the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Delaware.
Officers
Diane Wolf, President
Dr. Harriet Ainbinder, Vice President
Robin Kauffman Saran, Vice President
Hon. Donald Parsons, Jr., Vice President
Paula Gordon, Treasurer
Peter Zoll, Secretary
Board Members
Hon. Robert Coonin
John Elzufon
Dr. Roger Horowitz
Michael Joseph
Paul Lukoff
Michael Lundy
Ron Riebman
Charles Salkin
David Wilk
Dr. Sophie Fetthauer is a scholar of musicology from the University of Hamburg, Germany, who has researched and authored numerous publications on music and musical life in the Third Reich with a special focus on Jewish musicians in exile in Shanghai during World War II.
As part of the University of Delaware’s Shanghai Sonatas Educational Residency, Dr. Fetthauer will share her research through a series of multimedia presentations in November 2022 that will highlight various aspects of life in the Shanghai Jewish Ghetto through the lens of music. The lectures, which will be supplemented by illustrations and musical examples, will each last 60 minutes, plus 30 minutes of discussion. Topics will include options of integration for popular musicians in Shanghai Exile; the Jewish refugees’ relationship to “Chinese Music;” and Jewish Cantors in Shanghai.
