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Two Worlds, Two Stories - August 19th

"Two Worlds, Two Stories: the Jewish Experience in Harbin and Shanghai"

Margi Loyer’s friend Jean Hoffmann Lewanda will share her parents’ stories.

Jean will include information about Heinz and Licci Praeger who lived on the Cape and were members of Cape Cod Synagogue.

DATE: Tuesday August 19th

TIME: 1:00 PM

Jean is the author of, Shalama: My 96 Seasons in China (Earnshaw, 2024), the story of her mother’s childhood in Harbin, China, and young adult years in Shanghai. Jean’s first book, Witness to History: From Vienna to Shanghai: A Memoir of Escape, Survival and Resilience, is an edited edition of her father’s memoir tracing his escape from Nazi-controlled Vienna to the safe shores of Shanghai in the late 1930s.

RSVP: mjloyer@gmail.com

NOTE: When you RSVP we will send you the location in the Hyannis area.

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The Cape Cod Chapter of Hadassah is one of the thirteen that comprise the New England region. Hadassah is an independent agency from the Cape Cod Synagogue with its own governance. The Synagogue is proud to host Hadassah events and to assist with communications for our local chapter.