{"id":583,"date":"2026-10-12T17:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/?p=583"},"modified":"2026-10-12T17:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:03:15","slug":"historian-douglas-smith-at-keplers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/events\/historian-douglas-smith-at-keplers\/","title":{"rendered":"Historian Douglas Smith at Kepler&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-12-at-9.02.19-AM-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-12-at-9.02.19-AM-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-12-at-9.02.19-AM-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-12-at-9.02.19-AM-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-12-at-9.02.19-AM.png 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next Tuesday (Oct 20th) I&#8217;ll be talking to historian Douglas Smith about his moving and masterfully crafted new book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.panmacmillan.com\/authors\/douglas-smith\/the-city-without-jews\/9781529090864\">The City Without Jews<\/a>.<\/em> Please join us at Kepler&#8217;s at 6 pm!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information and\/or to buy tickets, see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keplers.org\/upcoming-events-internal\/douglas-smith\">https:\/\/www.keplers.org\/upcoming-events-internal\/douglas-smith<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Powerful and well-researched . . . 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