Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America
Stephen Bloom
Monday, 19 Feb 2001 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Stephen bloom's book Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America focuses on fundamental changes confronting a small, predominately Lutheran, Iowa town after 150 Lubavitcher Jews settle there, buy the local slaughterhouse, and become the community's new power brokers. Bloom, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Iowa, has been an award-winning journalist form more than 20 years.Part of the National Affairs Series
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