Join us for the first session in our online Ideals of Freedom: Jewish Immigration, Arts and Advocacy series for “Black-Jewish Relations in the Country of Immigrants: Legacies Shared and Divided.”
As a Jewish political refugee from the Soviet Union, Janna Kaplan understands the pain of discrimination and the agony of denied opportunities.
As a career scientist, she studies data—the history and the present—and detects patterns and trends that offer some predictive insight into the future.
Having married into an American Jewish family of civil rights leaders, she learned about the extraordinary power of a non-violent movement that united American Blacks and American Jews.
Yet this powerful Black-Jewish alliance of the 1950s and 1960s, dedicated to the noble cause of equality, justice, and progress, eventually succumbed to challenges that continue to divide these communities today. The question remains: What can be done about it?
About our speaker:
Janna Kaplan is Senior Research Scientist at Brandeis University specializing in Neuropsychology and Space Research. Janna’s late husband, Edward Kivie Kaplan (1942-2024), a Brandeis professor in the Humanities and Religious Studies, was the son of Kivie Kaplan (1904-1975), a Boston industrialist who was deeply involved in the Jewish social action and civil rights movements. Kivie Kaplan was elected National President of the NAACP in 1966 and served until his death in 1975.
This series is made possible by a grant from the Congregation Ahabat Shalom Religious Fund and other generous donors.
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