American Judaic Heritage Exhibition - "Through the Spectacles of Ethiopia"
In partnership with the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, the BJHC will provide a 2 (two) day exhibition on the evenings of Wednesday June 17th, 2026 and Thursday June 18, 2026. Each day the event will start at 4:30pm EST and will end at 8:00pm EST.
This special event will showcase two public lectures by:
Dr. Ma'asehyahu Isra-Ul (Executive Director of the Black Judaic Heritage Center) -
Lecture title: Searching for Zion: Garveyism, Displacement, and the Recovery of Afro-Jewish Identity
AND
Dr. Adam Ewing (Professor of African American Studies and scholar of Garveyism)
Lecture title: Garveyism and the Search for an African Nationality
The event will host breakout sessions (Community Learning Circles) with scholars/practitioners, a photo exhibit of Black Judaic/Jewish communities from the Americas and Africa over the last one hundred years as well as a special viewing of a documentary film "Through the Spectacles of Ethiopia: Garveyism, Black Judaism and the Virginia Commonwealth".
Tell your friends and family to keep a place hold in their calendars now! (June 17-18, 2026)
*All attendees will experience a viewing of this special documentary sponsored by Virginia Humanities*
See Trailer Below (Filmed on site in the Commonwealth)
