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<p>Please see below for a really interesting event today at 5:30 (with snacks!)</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Rachel</p>
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<pre>---<br />Rachel Rubinstein
Associate Professor of American Literature and Jewish Studies
Dean of Academic Support and Advising
Hampshire College
893 West Street
Amherst MA 01002
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<td>October 15: Dual event on Polish Jews, Culture, and the Holocaust</td>
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<td>2015-10-09 15:59</td>
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<td>"Prof. James Wald" <jwald@hampshire.edu></td>
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<td>Rachel Rubinstein <rrHACU@hampshire.edu>, Abraham Ravett <aravett@hampshire.edu>, Sura Levine <slevine@hampshire.edu>, Jeff Wallen <jwHA@hampshire.edu>, Karen Koehler <kkoehler@hampshire.edu>, Aaron Berman <aberman@hampshire.edu>, Polina Barskova <pbHA@hampshire.edu>, Becky Miller <rmiller@hampshire.edu>, Marty Ehrlich <mehrlich@hampshire.edu>, ebSA@hampshire.edu, Deb Gorlin <dgorlin@hampshire.edu>, ehbMB@hampshire.edu</td>
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<div class="moz-forward-container"><br /> Dear colleagues (with apologies for cross-posting),<br />
<div class="moz-forward-container"><br /> We have an unusual opportunity to hear from two of the leading figures in the documentation and revival of Polish-Jewish culture. I hope that you will be able to attend, and to bring this event to the attention of your students and other interested colleagues. Because of the constraints of our visitors' travel schedule, I finally had to arrange this all for one evening, so if you are able to attend only one of the two presentations, by all means feel free to do so.<br />
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<div class="moz-forward-container"><br /> Best,<br /> Jim<br /><br /><br /><br /> Dual event on Polish Jews, Culture, and the Holocaust<br /><br /> Thursday, October 15<br /> Franklin Patterson Hall, East Lecture Hall<br /><br /> 5:30 p.m. Talk by Yiddish scholar Anna Rozenfeld<br /> 6:30-7:00: break for refreshments<br /> 7:00: Talk and screening by documentary film maker Sławomir Grünberg<br /><br /><br /><br /> 1) Yiddish scholar Anna Rozenfeld will speak on:<br /><br />
<div><span style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">"Yiddish Programs on the Polish Radio After World War II (1945-58)"<br /><br /></span>
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<div><span>Lecture with presentation of selected archival recordings.</span></div>
<div><span>The first time a Yiddish radio program was broadcast in Poland was transmitted on a station out of Lublin, on January 6, 1945. These Yiddish programs, created by a couple of Jewish actors Jonas Turkow and his wife, Diana Blumenfeld, provided news about the fates of Poland’s Jews and played a central role in helping survivors find their relatives. </span></div>
<div><span>In June 1945, Yiddish programs started to be broadcast from Warsaw and they were prepared by The Central Committee of Polish Jews (CKŻP) at the Department of Culture and Propaganda.</span></div>
<div><span>Artistic and literary as well as musical and vocal programs were also introduced. These literary programs helped people get familiar with Polish and Jewish culture, whereas musical programs presented them with folk music, old and new Jewish songs. The programs included the participation of well-known Yiddish writers, poets, literary critics, celebrities and Jewish theater actors.</span></div>
<div><span>Although there are numerous publications and studies on Jewish life in Poland after the war, the topic of radio broadcast in Yiddish by Polskie Radio in the years 1945 to 1958 has never been widely studied. And it is a very important aspect in the history of Jewish life in post-war Poland. </span></div>
<div><span>The lecture is based on research in the archives in Poland, and later at YIVO, in New York.<br /><br /></span></div>
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<div><span style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">(bio: </span><a style="background-color: rgba;" href="http://klezkanada.org/2014-faculty/anna-rozenfeld/">http://klezkanada.org/2014-faculty/anna-rozenfeld/)</a><br /><br /><br /><br /> 2) Documentary film maker Sławomir Grünberg will speak about his recent work including the story behind his latest film, "Karski & The Lords of Humanity," <span id="descContent_3" class="content">a feature-length partially animated documentary project about a man who tried to prevent the Holocaust:</span> Polish Underground courier Jan Karski (featured in "Shoah"). A special screening will follow the discussion.<br /><br /> "Your film hits right between the eyes, also because of the perfect technique." <em>Gazeta Wyborcza</em><br /><br /> "In front of the camera, Jan Karski looks like an actor who saves the world. He was able to say: 'I wanted to save millions, but I could not save anybody at all.' He is a victorious, tragic hero in the splendid documentary film by Slawomir Grunberg: 'Karski & The Lords of the Humanity'.... The main value of the film is the disclosure of a gap between reality and what we want or can assimilate from this reality. 'Karski & The Lords of Humanity' is a movie about a hero. But Karski's heroism connects him with tragedy and hopelessness." <em>Gazeta Wyborcza</em><br /><br /> "In Slawomir Grunberg's movie the archival footage, interviews and the modern animation build Karski's portrait as an unshaken moral aristocrat. "Karski & The Lords of Humanity" is a moving story about war cruelty, which leaves its mark." Bartosz Staszczyszyn<br /><br /><span id="descContent_3" class="content">"I am shaken and deeply moved by this film. ... I am very happy because this film will encourage young people." Wiesława Kozielewska-Trzaska, Jan <span class="high_keyword color0">Karski</span>'s niece</span><br /><br /><br /></div>
<div>(bio and other work: <a href="http://www.logtv.com/tv">http://www.logtv.com/tv)</a></div>
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<div class="moz-signature">-- <br /> -<+>-<+>-<+>-<+>-<+>-<+>-<+>-<+>-<+>-<+>- <br /><br /> James Wald <br /> Associate Professor of History <br /><br /> School of Critical Social Inquiry<br /> G-15 Franklin Patterson Hall<br /> Hampshire College<br /> 893 West St.<br /> Amherst, MA 01002-3359 U S A <br /><br /> tel. 413.559.5592<br /> fax 413.559.5620<br /><br /><br /> Fall 2015 office hours:<br /><br /> Sign up on <a href="https://hampedia.org/wiki/Jim_Wald%27s_Office_Hours_Sign-Up">Hampedia</a> <br /><br /> • Wednesday, 12:30-2:00<br /> • Thursday, 2:00-3:30<br /> • Friday, 12:00-3:00 (and by appointment)</div>
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