"Scrap-enger Hunt" Family Program & Kosher Meat Riot Lecture

Sun May 05 2024 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Detroit Historical Museum | Detroit

Detroit Historical Museum
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"Scrap-enger Hunt" Family Program & Kosher Meat Riot Lecture
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Join us for two programs Presented by Jewish Historical Society of Michigan on Sunday, May 5. Free with museum admission.
1-3 p.m.
Try your hand as a Hastings Street peddler! Go on a “Scrap-enger” hunt throughout In the Neighborhood: Everyday Life on Hastings Street, Jewish Historical Society f Michigan’s exhibition located in the Robert and Mary Ann Bury Community Gallery (2nd floor). Then head down to the Streets of Old Detroit to shlep (haul or carry something heavy or awkward) a peddler’s wares and enjoy making take-home artwork from found objects in our Maker’s Space located in the Depot. Fun for all ages and abilities. Register at https://bit.ly/3UHWCg0
2:30-4 p.m.
Lecture: Catherine Cangany, PhD, "Kosher Meat Riot of 1910"
To feed their families amid rapid inflation, fed-up Orthodox women took on the Gilded-Age robber barons' "Beef Trust." Join JHSM Executive Director, Catherine Cangany, PhD as she takes a deep dive into this forgotten event in Detroit’s past. Register at https://bit.ly/4dkZlmD
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