Event
Howard Langer, The Last Dekrepitzer
Howard Langer’s inventive novel, The Last Dekrepitzer (2024), imagines what would happen if the last remaining survivor of a Hasidic sect found his way to the pre-Civil Rights American South and took on a new identity as a blues musician named Sam Lightup. The novel explores subjects like race, the legacy of the Holocaust, music, and God.
Langer will be in conversation about his work with Kathryn Hellerstein, Professor of Germanic Studies (specializing in Yiddish) and former Ruth Meltzer Director of the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
A book signing will follow the program.
