History of Jews in the Ozarks
Virtual /Online | Available
This program will cover the history of Jews in the parts of the four states that compose the Ozarks. Dr. Mara W. Cohen Ioannides, emerita faculty at Missouri State University, whose research focus has been on Jewish communities in the Ozarks, will look back to the purchase of the Louisiana Territory through the present day and examine how the Jewish communities were founded and folded, who they were composed of, and what made them thrive and fail. It is an interesting journey that’s worth knowing to better understand Ozark’s history.
Mara W. Cohen Ioannides
Dr. Mara W. Cohen Ioannides has been teaching for over thirty years. Her research for the last quarter of a century has
centered on the Jewish communities in the Ozarks. She spoken around the world on these communities and published
numerous books, both fiction and non-fiction, book chapters, and articles about this topic. She is emerita faculty at Missouri State University, the founding and emerita president of the Ozarks Studies Association, and the president of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association.