ABOUT THE LECTURE.
The Mehrin in cooperation with the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles invites you to the lecture dedicated to the topic of Moravia and Silesia as an unique area of the development of Jewish history. It is a place that gave the foundation to many Austrian, Hungarian and Slovak Jewish communities. Reform Judaism and later Zionism manifested themselves specifically here. In interviews with witnesses from this part of Europe, it is clear that loyalty to Moravian customs remained valid even in the new world they went to. The evening will include a presentation of the museum project Mehrin - the Moravian Jewish Museum explaining the meaning, purpose and concept of the new museum. We invite you to discuss the intention of creating new museums, your suggestions or stories that you could recommend for our project, or just to learn about the rich cultural heritage of Jewish Moravia and Silesia that goes on.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS.
Martin Šmok, a documentarist and historian, will give the lecture. His main areas of interest are modern Jewish history of Czechoslovakia with focus on rescue through ransom, as well as immigration, transmigration, emigration and the role of the official and unofficial Jewish Communities in these processes vis a vis the communist state authorities.

Martin Reiner, poet, book publisher, award-winning writer and executive director of Mehrin, is going to present the museum project.