The Annual Gus and Libby Solomon Memorial Lecture - 2024

David N. Myers delivered the 19th Annual Solomon Memorial Lecture:

“Will Zion Be Redeemed by Justice?

Shifting Attitudes toward Israel among U.S. Jews"

Thursday, February 15, 2024

This talk explores important new ideological and generational fault-lines that have emerged in recent decades among Jews in the United States toward Israel. It will assess the impact of October 7, 2023, on those divisions and ask whether a new era in American Jewish attitudes toward Israel has begun.

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David N. Myers

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February 15, 2024

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm PT

Join us for this free in person event held at University Place Hotel and Conference Center, 310 SW Lincoln St, Portland, OR 97201

Registration: Please preregister for this free event on our Eventbrite page.

Support this event: Make a donation to the Gus and Libby Solomon Lecture Series Endowment.

Biography:

David N. Myers is Distinguished Professor of History and holds the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History at UCLA, where he serves as the director of the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy. He also directs the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate. He is the author or editor of more than fifteen books in the field of Jewish history, including, with Nomi Stolzenberg, American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York (Princeton, 2022), which was awarded the 2022 National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish studies.

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Get to know David Myers

Books by David N. Myers:

American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022.
The Stakes of History: On the Use and Abuse of Jewish History for Life. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.
Jewish History: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
Between Jew and Arab: The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz. Hanover and London: Brandeis University Press, 2008.

Articles by David N. Myers:

Gaza’s devastation and Palestine’s future will require a new Marshall plan. LA Times, November 21, 2023.

Plan your trip!

Please note that parking availability is limited onsite at the hotel and the rate is $3 per hour. As an alternative to parking, you may wish to travel by MAX. The Orange Line stops directly in front of the hotel. The stop ID is 13710. Here is a link to help you plan your trip: https://trimet.org/home/planner

We are expecting a full house and seating is limited. Be sure to register ahead, bring your ticket, and plan to arrive before 7:20pm. Doors to the lecture hall will open approximately 7:15pm and ticket holders first in line will be seated ahead of late arrivals. We expect this event to fill.

The 19th Annual Gus and Libby Solomon Memorial Lecture is presented by the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at Portland State University. Sponsored by Richard B. Solomon and Alyce Flitcraft. Cosponsors include the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation, PSU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and PSU Department of History.

Support this annual event: Make a donation to the Gus and Libby Solomon Lecture Series Endowment.

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