OSI to host author talk with Mara W. Cohen Ioannides

OSI to host author talk with Mara W. Cohen Ioannides
Date and time
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, March 07, 2022
Description

The Ozarks Studies Institute will host Mara W. Cohen Ioannides for an author talk and signing of her newly published book, “Jews of Missouri: An Ornament to Israel.” 

The event, which is free and open to the public, will also be livestreamed via Zoom. 

“Jews of Missouri” was written to reincorporate minorities into the history of the state. The book, which focuses on pre-World War I, is divided into four parts. The first looks at the creation of Missouri. The second examines the history of Jews in the United States and the state in broad terms, along with examining issues of concern to the American Jewish community. The third part presents the story of four Jewish families who spread across the state. Finally, the appendix lists every town in Missouri that had a Jewish presence before World War I.

About the author
With degrees from Columbia University, Carnegie Mellon University and The Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership, Cohen Ioannides has studied the Jews of the Ozarks for more than two decades. She is a faculty member of the English Department at Missouri State, and she is president of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association and the Ozarks Studies Association. She is also the editor of the “Greene County Historical Society Online Encyclopedia.”

Cohen Ioannides’s book, “Jews of Missouri” is available for sale online and in-person at Meyer Library. View visitor parking information

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Free

Open to public, alumni, current students, faculty, staff
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