Divine Corners: In the Shadow of the Holocaust on a Catskills Chicken Farm
A child of Holocaust survivors, Dr. Michelle Friedman grew up on a Catskills chicken farm, absorbing a legacy of trauma, displacement, and family violence. In conversation with Dr. Steven Ross, Distinguished Professor and Dean's Professor of History and Director of the USC Casden Institute, Michelle Friedman weaves together hair-raising stories of her parents' wartime survival with vivid memories of life on the farm in Divine Corners, a remote Borscht Belt hamlet and an unlikely home for cultured Polish Jews raising three children. Her unflinching yet loving inquiry explores Jewish identity, resilience, and what makes one person break while another survives.
Date: Sunday, January 24, 2027
Time: 11am-12:30pm PST
Event Zoom Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/91373381927