EVENT:

SONDRA PERL, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT LEHMAN COLLEGE will deliver the lecture Breaking the Cycle of Hate: New Dialogues in the Post-Holocaust Era. The discussion will be based on her new book, On Austrian Soil: Teaching Those I was Taught to Hate.

WHEN:

Tuesday, December 6, 2005
7:30 p.m.

WHERE:

Manhattan College
Miguel Hall, Room 311 (Rodriguez Room)
Riverdale , N.Y. (W. 242nd Street near Broadway)
MTA Subway 1 to 242nd Street
For driving directions, visit www.manhattan.edu.

WHY:

Perl is an award-winning teacher and accomplished author whose encounter with the Nazi legacy in Austria sheds new light on the contemporary meaning of the Holocaust and points the way toward new approaches for the future.

WHO:

This program is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by the College’s Holocaust Resource Center and the Dean of Arts.

CONTACT:

If you are a member of the press who would like to cover this event, please call Melanie Farmer at (718) 862-7232 or e-mail melanie.farmer@manhattan.edu. To find out more about the speaker or the lecture, please call Jeff Horn at (718) 862-7129 or e-mail jeff.horn@manhattan.edu