
The Body Politic: Boston Jews, Disability, and US Immigration Policy

Lecture
Online
April 7, 2025
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
Dr. Hannah Zaves-Greene
Rachel C. King

Join the JHC and our Historian in Residence, Dr. Hannah Zaves-Greene, as she explores the experiences of Boston’s turn-of-the-century immigrants through materials and stories from collections in the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center archives. Learn how the U.S. government’s harsh public charge laws targeted immigrants with disabilities, and discover how Jewish advocates, attorneys, and social workers fought these discriminatory policies.