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In this lecture, learn how you can locate, read, and apply the information contained in land records to your own family history.

Join us to learn more about the remarkable trend—for some, the family tradition—of preserving recipes on gravestones, celebrating the beloved food legacies of the dearly departed. To Die For includes fascinating interviews with surviving family members and, of course, an inspiring collection of recipes.

Moderated by Judy Lucey

In this talk, JHC Historian in Residence Madeline DeDe-Panken considers why Jews leaned into American iconography throughout the 19th and early 20th century and how such displays shaped Jewish life in America.