
Tracing the History of Boston Jews, Disability, and US Immigration Policy
Exploring the Jewish Response to American Medical Discrimination Through the Archive
Lecture
Online
April 7, 2025
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
Free
Dr. Hannah Zaves-Greene
Rachel C. King
Join the JHC for the first webinar in our two-part-series, as Historian in Residence Dr. Hannah Zaves-Greene explores the experiences of Boston’s turn-of-the-century immigrants through materials stories from collections in the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center archives. Learn how the U.S. government’s harsh public charge laws targeted immigrants with disabilities, and discover how Jewish advocates, attorneys, and social workers fought these discriminatory policies.