[6/6] Honoring the Life of Polish-Jewish Lesbian Immigrant Eve Adams

On June 17, 1926, Polish-Jewish lesbian immigrant Eve Adams was arrested by the NYPD at her tearoom, Eve's Hangout, 129 MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village. Convicted and jailed on charges of obscenity stemming from the publication of her book, Lesbian Love, and for attempting "Sapphism" with the police woman sent to entrap her, she was deported to Poland on December 7, 1927. As the Nazi regime rose to power, Eve appealed to a friend in the U.S. for help to return to this country. On December 7, 1943, she was arrested at her home in Nazi-occupied Nice, France, deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and murdered. One hundred years later, we gathered at the place where Eve was arrested to honor her legacy, reflect on the importance of preserving and sharing LGBTQ history, and show solidarity with all those in our LGBTQ community whose safety continues to be challenged. With special guests: — Eve Adams biographer and playwright Jonathan Ned Katz — Klezmer music by Eve Sicular and accompanists, to honor Eve's life — Remarks from Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, retired senior rabbi of the Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST), New York’s and the East Coast’s oldest LGBTQ synagogue