A long slog but after almost 2 and a half years of construction and delays due to the pandemic berlins Jewish Museum has a new core exhibition. Germanys culture minister has high hopes for the opening. The opening of the new permanent exhibition marks the beginning of a new era in this place which is so important for us all. As space has been created where jewish people can recognize their own lived experience that when non jewish visitors can also read and learn about the richness of jewish culture and German Jewish relations. There are also high hopes for the museums new director hetty beg she took over in april and has an exciting and challenging road ahead. The Jewish Museum striking design for summit zigzag shape resembles the shattered star of david fathers a bolt of lightning. Bug attacked Daniel Libeskind won the commission in 1908 the year before the fall of the berlin wall. Was consort not to simply design a museum but also Say Something about jewish history people around the
Welcome to the u. S. Holocaust memorial museum. We decided to look closely at americans role in this history. That goes back to our founding charter, which mandated that the museum look closely at the americans role in this history. This museum is not an answer, its a question. The questions that frame this exhibition are what did americans know and what more could have been done. You will see what they try to do is try to show the context of american history. That context includes our isolationism in the aftermath of world war i, xenophobia, fear of immigrants, racism, jim crow america, antisemitism in the United States. Then we are responding to nazi is him amid the context of the Great Depression and war. In the exhibition, we are always trying to keep that context front and center. The opening film of the exhibition shows the context of the United States between 1918 and 1932. What you see is americans response to world war i. Americans mourning at graves of fallen soldiers. You se
Tonight should be a humdinger. Im looking forward to it. To moderate, we have nothing less than a judge, seated in the center. Many of you know him. To the ninthted circuit november 2, 1985, and served as chief judge from 2007 to 2014, graduating from ucla ,nd from Ucla Law School receiving a jv in 1975 and prior to his appointment to the appellate bench, judge kaczynski served as chief judge of the United States claims court from 1982 to 1985 and special counsel to the merit Systems Protection Board and he retired from the bench in 2017 after 35 years of judicial service. [applause] judge kaczynski is married to Marcy Tiffany and has children and three grandchildren. We thank you for being here, judge kaczynski. Now, we mentioned ucla, so we must give usc equal time. [applause] we are really honored to have robert shrum, the chair in practical politics. [applause] and director of the usc door and site center for the political future. Professor shrum is director of the center and hes a
Program will have three parts. I have asked that part one, it debate on the politics of impeachment, that each respondent, professor dershowitz and Professor Bob strom speak for 10 minutes each. Some he said why so short . When i was taught public speaking by a wonderful teacher who used an analogy related to oil, he used to safe you havent struck oil in 10 minutes, quit boring. Enable you tolly strike oil very quickly, then we will have a court point and pointer point and counterpoint on this issue. Judge be replacing kaczynski for part two which will be a discussion and dialogue on a number of important issues that affect us, and the last part of which will relate to rising antisemitism and the bbs of men. I will turn things over to judge kaczynski who will begin the the first asking respondent to discuss the issue and the politics of impeachment. It would like to begin . I wouldnt happy to begin. Who a liberal democrat voted for all of the people that bob worked for. My political me
We are thrilled to have them here. Tonight we have a threepart program. Part one debate, part two dialogue, and part three discussion. Because we have to learn what our differences of opinion are on a range of subjects and how we can create Common Ground so we can communicate with one another and how we are best able to reach one another in this very stratified and divided society that we live in. That is why tonights program will have three parts. I have asked that part one, a debate on the politics of impeachment, but each respondent, professor dershowitz and Professor Bob strom speak for 10 minutes each. Some he said why so short . When i was taught public speaking by a wonderful teacher who used an analogy related to he used to say if you havent struck oil in 10 minutes, quit boring. We will hopefully enable you to strike oil very quickly, then we will have a point and counterpoint on this issue. This issue that has been so divisive. And we would like to hear more about it. I will