FOSTERING A VIBRANT RENEWAL OF JUDAISM IN POLAND
Dr. Lena Magnone, a specialist in the history of psychoanalysis and its influence on Polish culture, completed her habilitation five years ago. We will glimpse some aspects of this 1100 page magnum opus, which is currently being translated into English by Dr. Tul’si Bhambry. Freud’s Emissaries discuss the life trajectories of Polish Jews, rebellious men and women who joined[…]
The beguiling Argentinian tango zigzagged to Paris, Eastern Europe (especially Poland), then to America. Along the way, it picked up a musical doppelgänger – Yiddish tangos. The Jewish contribution to popular music and tangos in Poland is a significant piece in understanding the symbiosis of Polish and Jewish musical culture through the 1930s. “The Curious Story of Polish-Yiddish Tangos” will investiga[…]
A comprehensive introduction to Judaism in Polish…is there a need? The Honey and the Sting is about to be published in Polish. This project is an opening to people curious about modern Judaism both its merits and its struggles.[…]
Grabowski’s research includes the issues surrounding the extermination of the Polish Jews as well as the history of the Jewish-Polish relations during the 1939-1945 period. He is the author of several monographs, including Hunt for the Jews. Betrayal and Murder in German-Occupied Poland (Indiana University Press, Bloomington &[…]
Joanna Beata Michlic is a social and cultural historian, and founder and first Director of HBI (Hadassah-Brandeis Institute) Project on Families, Children, and the Holocaust at Brandeis University. She is an Honorary Senior Research Associate at the UCL Centre for the Study of Collective Violence, the Holocaust and Genocide,[…]
Cantor David S. Wisnia has a remarkable voice, and he uses it to tell his remarkable story. He is fluent in multiple languages and received his vocal training in his native Poland as a student of renown Cantors Sirota and Koussevitsky. He served as Cantor of Temple Shalom in Levittown, PA for 28 years, and recently retired after 23 years as Cantor of Har Sinai Congregation of Trenton, NJ. David Wisnia is a member of[…]
