Film Screening, "Little Jerusalem: Burlington's Jewish Community"

When, in the late 19th century, many Eastern European Jews made their way to Burlington, then a bustling lumber port, they created “Little Jerusalem” a thriving, traditional Jewish community in Old North End. Vestiges of the community’s heritage still remain today. Vermont Public Television’s “Little Jerusalem” captures the rich history of this community in archival images and interviews with historians and descendants of the original settlers. “Little Jerusalem” has received the 2013 Richard O. Hathaway Award of the Vermont Historical Society, honoring research in a hitherto unexplored area.

Discussion with Dorothy Dickie, Senior Producer, Vermont Public Television, and Middlebury faculty.

Sponsored by the programs in Jewish Studies and Middle East Studies