Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland
Karen Goodman will introduce a folkloric trope of Ashkenazic dance through the work of four artists: S. An-sky, Nathan Vizonsky, Judith Berg and Benjamin Zemach.
S. An-sky wrote the 1915 play, The Dybbuk or Between Two Worlds, which was based on his ethnographic research between 1912-14 amongst rural Jews in what is now Ukraine.[…]
Three noted academics will address the challenges shaping Ukraine today. The bravery of the Ukrainian people is inspirational. What has created the remarkable resistance and cohesion the world has witnessed?
Join Kathleen A. Balgley in a discussion of just released Letters to My Father:
Excavating a Jewish Identity in Poland and Belarus. Kathleen Balgley’s memoir begins with her childhood discovery of her father’s hidden Jewish[…]
Josh Horowitz and Cookie Segelstein, two of the three members of the band, performing violin and accordion music from their Polish klezmer CD. Brostoff will discuss with them unique features of Polish klezmer music. Veretski Pass has performed throughout Poland frequently.
