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===========================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc.</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:roger.thijs@euro-support.be">roger.thijs@euro-support.be</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">LL-L Events<br><br></span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" id=":xi" class="ii gt">
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<div><font size="2">For whom is interested in <strong>migration from Continental
Europe to the US</strong>.</font></div>
<div><font size="2">I got this open invitation from the Van Mieghem Museum in
Antwerp.</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Van Mieghem was a painter in the Antwerp harbor, and the
subjects of his work included emigrants taking the Red Star
line.</font></div>
<div><font size="2">There is a Van Mieghem Museum on the river
Schelde left bank in Antwerp.</font></div>
<div><font size="2">There will be a Red Star Line section in the new MAS museum,
which is actually being contructed on the site of the former large Hanze
warehouse.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">The invitation is quoted below.</font></div>
<div><font size="2">The corresponding leaflet is temporarily stored at
url:</font></div>
<div><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/rsl/rs5.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/rsl/rs5.pdf</a></font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Regards,</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Roger</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Quote: </font><font size="2">We [The Museum] have the pleasure
to inform you that:</font></div>
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<div>1. <strong>The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research New York,<br></strong>in
association with the City of Antwerp, The Eugeen Van Mieghem Foundation and the
Antwerp World Diamond Centre,<br>cordially invites you to:<br>"One Foot in
America, the Jewish Emigrants of the Red Star Line and Eugeen Van
Mieghem"<br>Book Launch &Â Exhibit, Reception sponsored by the Antwerp
World Diamond Centre<br>Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 7 PM<br>Scheduled
Speakers: Philip Heylen, Vice Mayor of Antwerp and Erwin Joos,
co-author<br><strong>15 West 16th street, New York, NY 10010</strong><br>RSVP by
August 31 to: <a href="mailto:yivorsvp@yivo.cjh.org" target="_blank">yivorsvp@yivo.cjh.org</a></div>
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<div>2. <strong>The Kaiserman JCC, Golden slipper
program</strong><br><strong>45, Haverford Road, Wynnewood, PA
19096</strong><br>cordially invites you to:<br>The Lecture "One Foot in America,
the Jewish Emigrants of the Red Star Line and Eugeen Van Mieghem"<br>by Erwin
Joos, author and director of the Van Mieghem Museum & Foundation<br>Monday,
September 14, 2009Â at 10 AM<br>RSVP by September 10 to: <a href="mailto:goldenslipper@phillyjcc.com" target="_blank">goldenslipper@phillyjcc.com</a></div>
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<div>3. <strong>The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research New York,</strong><br>in
association with the City of Antwerp, The Eugeen Van Mieghem Foundation and the
Antwerp World Diamond Centre,<br>Cordially invites you to the lecture and panel
discussion:<br>"Shtetl on the high seas: the steamship companies and Jewish
emigration from Eastern Europe"<br>Featuring: Gur Alroey (University of Haifa),
Frank Caestecker (University of Ghent) and Moderator Hasia Diner (New York
University)<br>Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 7 PM<br>RSVP by August 31 to: <a href="mailto:yivorsvp@yivo.cjh.org" target="_blank">yivorsvp@yivo.cjh.org</a></div>
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<div>4. If you want to be informed of new exhibits and lectures about the
Jewish<br>Emigrants of the Red Star and Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930) or if you
want an exhibit or lecture for your organization please inform the American
Friends of the Red Star Line: <a href="mailto:info@redstarline.org" target="_blank">info@redstarline.org</a></div>
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<div>"The Foundation recently encouraged the establishment of the American
Friends of the Red Star Line, a charitable organization in Philadelphia whose
mission is to inform a wide audience in the United States about the work of
Eugeen Van Mieghem and the significant immigration on the Red Star Line,
particularly from Antwerp to Philadelphia. The organization will carry out
its mission in cooperation with the Red Star Line Museum in Antwerp, the Eugeen
Van Mieghem Foundation and the Antwerp City Council." info: <a href="http://www.redstarline.org/" target="_blank">www.redstarline.org</a></div></div>
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