HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR LAWRENCE LANGER
 TO SPEAK AT APRIL 26 EVENTS

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 19 -- "Admitting The Holocaust"
will be the theme of a series of public events organized by the
Hillel Jewish Center at the University of Virginia on Wednesday,
April 26.
	The noted Holocaust scholar Lawrence Langer, professor
emeritus at Simmons College, will deliver two major talks, and there
will be a Holocaust memorial service.  University and local
community members are invited to all events.
	Langer, who has been at the forefront of Holocaust
literature scholarship, will speak on "The Holocaust and the
Literary Imagination" at 3:30 p.m. in Room 106 Peabody Hall.  Langer
is the author of an award-winning book of that title and has edited
and written numerous other important works about the Holocaust.
	The Holocaust memorial service will be held from 7 p.m. to
7:45 p.m. in Newcomb Hall Theater.
	At 8 p.m. in Newcomb Hall Theater Langer will present a
multimedia talk on "The Legacy of Holocaust Testimony."  The
presentation will include videotapes of interviews with Holocaust
survivors. 
	The events are sponsored by Hillel and numerous other
University and community organizations.
	For additional information call Hillel at (804) 295-4963.
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April 18, 1995