Rebecca Kobrin Lectures on JDC and the Power of Female Diplomacy: The Life and Leadership of Laura Margolis and Olga Feinberg, 1939-1949

In this lecture, Rebecca Kobrin, a recipient of the 2022 Fred and Ellen Lewis/JDC Archives Fellowship, examines the experiences of Laura Margolis and Olga Feinberg during the pivotal decade between 1939-1949 to demonstrate how the power of female diplomacy helped the JDC at this critical moment in Jewish history.

This lecture is made possible thanks to the Miriam “Mimi” Pasternak Toubin (z”l) Public Educational Programming from the JDC Archives.