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Jewish scholar Steven Katz to trace origins of anti-semitism with Glencoe's Aitz Hayim

No ideas influenced the 20th century more than the application of the ideas of race and anti-Semitism.

Professor Steven Katz, the distinguished head of the Eli Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies at Boston University, will explore how these ideas became so powerful and prevalent that they defined an entire century.

Katz will present his historical perspective during the course of two days - Nov. 21-22 - in the Family Education Center at North Shore Congregation Israel, 1185 Sheridan Road, Glencoe.

On one side were artists Pissaro, Monet and Mary Cassatt, on the other Degas, Cezanne, Rodin and Renoir as France was divided over the Dreyfus case. Henry Ford distributed hundreds of thousands of copies of the Eastern European hoax, "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion." Scientists created a study of "race" of which anti-Semitism was a major component. And so the 20th century, the time of modern progress became an era of unprecedented prejudice and hatred.

The presentation on Friday evening, Nov. 21, begins at 6:30 p.m. with a Kabbalat Shabbat services, followed by the gourmet Shabbat dinner. Cost is $20 per person for dinner. Reservations must be received by Wednesday, Nov. 19.

The Nov. 22 presentation is free and begins at 10 a.m. (which is part of a shabbat service), but reservations for both presentations must be made by calling (847) 835-3232.

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