New York, N.Y. – “Thinking Jewish, Teaching China,” an evening honoring Prof. Vera Schwarcz, Mansfield Freeman Professor of History and East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University; 6:30 cocktails, 7 p.m. toasts, 7:15 p.m. speech by Prof. Schwarcz, dessert to follow; hosted by Chabad of Wesleyan, at Chabad of the Plaza District, 3 West 57th St., (860) 704-9595, chabadwesleyan.org, rabbi@chabadwesleyan.org.