Seth Stern

The Festival

Location: Lahn Social Hall

Speaking Yiddish to Chickens. Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms

Sponsored by Tree of Life Society, Endowment Fund of the JCF, Inc.

Seth Stern has a deeply per­son­al con­nec­tion to the sto­ry as he talks about the Jew­ish refugees, Holo­caust sur­vivors, and immi­grants who

set­tled in and around Vineland, New Jer­sey — once called the “Egg Bas­ket of Amer­i­ca” because it was there that poul­try farm­ing began. Stern man­ages with deft prose and a light touch to link the refugee expe­ri­ence, the (re)creation of com­mu­ni­ty, the trans­plan­ta­tion of tra­di­tions into a new con­text (some of which take root and some of which don’t), loss, and unex­pect­ed bless­ings. He uses indi­vid­ual sto­ries and per­son­al inter­views to high­light the rich diver­si­ty of expe­ri­ence of what he calls “acci­den­tal farm­ers.” Lite bites to be served.

Member: $12 Guest: $15

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