[Jewish] Screeing - "Shtetl"

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Gone now are those little towns where the shoemaker was a poet, 
The watchmaker a philosopher, the barber a troubadour. 
Gone now are those little towns where the wind joined 
Biblical songs with Polish tunes and Slavic rue,
Where old Jews in orchards in the shade of cherry trees
Lamented for the holy walls of Jerusalem. 
Gone now are those little towns, though the poetic mists, 
The moons, winds, ponds, and stars above them 
Have recorded in the blood of centuries the tragic tales, 
The histories of the two saddest nations on earth.

--Antoni Sionimski, "Elegy for the Jewish Villages"

Shtetl
Monday, April 11th @ 8pm 
Dakin Living Room

One of the most vibrant Jewish cultures in the world, that of pre-WWII Poland, 
was destroyed by the Holocaust. Shtetl is a look into the lives of Polish Jews 
and the decimation of a culture.
Brought to you by WGBH Boston & the JSU
Refreshments will be served



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