SCHEDULE:
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TORONTO (20—22 MARCH 2016)
TORONTO EVENTS ARE HOSTED BY
UJA FEDERATION’S COMMITTEE FOR YIDDISH, THE TORONTO WORKMEN’S CIRCLE
AND
THE ANNE TANENBAUM CENTRE FOR JEWISH STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
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Sunday, 20 March 2016, 10:30 AM — 1:30 PM:
“Let’s Read Sholem Aleichem (on his 100th yórtsayt)”
At Toronto Workmen’s Circle, 471 Lawrence Ave West. RSVP to reserve space (25 participant limit): Ed Segalowitz: +1 416-631-5702 | esegalowitz{A}ujafed.org
Sunday, 20 March 2016, at 2 PM:
“Yiddish Literature as a Force for (Attempted) iberkérenishn
THE SIMCHA SIMCHOVITCH ANNUAL LECTURE
[delivered in Yiddish]
At Toronto Workmen’s Circle, 471 Lawrence Ave West
ADDITIONAL EVENT UNDER SEPARATE AUSPICES (UJA FEDERATION COMMITTEE FOR YIDDISH):
“Holocaust Revisionism, Antisemitism and Geopolitics in Eastern Europe”
Sunday 20 March 2016 at 7:30 PM at Sherman Campus, 4600 Bathurst St, Toronto. Details here.
Monday, 21 March 2016, at 4 PM
University of Toronto:
“600 Years of Conflicts About Yiddish”
At the Jackman Humanities Building, University of Toronto, 170 St. George Street, Room 100
Waks Family Fund in Yiddish and Jewish East European History and Culture
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, at 1 PM
York University Graduate Studies Seminar:
“Litvaks and Galitsyáner”
At the Centre for Jewish Studies, 7th floor seminar room, Kaneff Tower at York
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FAIRFIELD, CONN. (30—31 MARCH 2016)
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Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Fairfield University (Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies)
Fairfield University, Quick Center for the Arts, Kelley Theater, at 7:30 PM
“Exotic Exploits and Contentious Chapters in Modern Yiddish Literature”
Inaugural Diane Feigenson Lecture in Jewish Literature
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Fairfield University (Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies):
“The East European ‘Double Genocide’ Movement: Implications for Memory of the Holocaust”
Lunch-time Power Point Presentation and Discussion
Saturday, 2 April 2016
Congregation Ahavath Achim, Fairfield, Connecticut:
“The New (and Cunning) Holocaust Denial Coming Out of Eastern Europe”
After-Kiddush Sabbath Talk in the Synagogue Hall
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PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY (1 APRIL 2016)
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Friday, 1 April 2016
LIMMUD FSU at the Sheraton Hotel, 199 Smith Road, Parsippany, New Jersey:
“25 Years on the Road in Eastern Europe: Yiddish, Litvaks, Holocaust Denial and ‘Useful Jewish Idiots’ (UJIs)”
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STAMFORD, CONN. (3 APRIL 2016)
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Sunday, 3 April 2016 at 8 PM
Congregation Agudath Sholom (Stamford, Connecticut):
“The Old Hebrew-Yiddish Conflict and its Ongoing Legacies”
In Memory of Louis and Edith Scheinberg
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NEW YORK CITY (4—12 APRIL 2016)
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Tuesday, 5 April 2016, at 6 PM
Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) at 165 East 56th Street, NYC, at 6 PM:
“The Special Case of Baltic-Ukrainian Holocaust Inversion”
Thursday, 7 April 2016, at 12:30 lunchtime
Baruch College, City University of New York (55 Lexington Avenue [Room 11-150], between 24th and 25th Street):
“Yiddish, The ‘Jew-Business’, Holocaust Politics, ‘Useful Jewish Idiots’: The Eerie Terrain of Jewish Lithuania”
Friday-Sun. 8-10 April 2016
Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills, Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills, 71-25 Main Street, Flushing, Queens, NYC 11367
Scholar in Residence: Topics include: Yiddish; Lithuania; Litvaks and Galitsyáner; The Holocaust (Sunday 8:30 AM); The Future
SCHEDULE HERE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT RABBI MOSES BIRNBAUM (ramab18{A}yahoo.com)
Sunday 10 April 2016 at 8 PM
“Six Centuries of Conflicts About Yiddish”
at Congregation Rinat Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Ave, Teaneck, NJ 07666
Monday 11 April 2016 at 6:30 PM
42nd Street Mid Manhattan Library in New York City
and the Dorot Jewish Division, 455 Fifth Avenue NYC
“Who Are The Litvaks?”
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LOS ANGELES (17—20 APRIL 2016)
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Sunday, 17 April 2016 at 4 PM
UCLA Royce Hall, Room 314:
“Yiddish and Power (1016 to 2016): The Social, Intellectual and Political Empowering of the Masses by One of the World’s Most Exotic Languages”
Monday, 18 April 2016 at 4 PM
UCLA Royce Hall, Room 306:
“Fate of Yiddish in the Lands of the Soviet Empire”
Tuesday, 19 April 2016 (time to be announced)
At the California Yiddish Institute:
“Intensive Mini-Course in Intermediate Yiddish”
Wednesday, 20 April 2016 at 4 PM
UCLA Royce Hall, Room 334C:
“Methodologies for Cultural Reconstruction of Minorities in Eastern Europe: The Case of Yiddish”
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The above four events in Los Angeles are sponsored by the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies, and cosponsored by the UCLA Department of Germanic Languages, the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, and the California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language
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YALE / NEW HAVEN (27 APRIL 2016)
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Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at Midday
Zucker Room at the Slifka Center:
“What is Classic Secular Yiddishism? Its Relevance Today”
[delivered in Yiddish]
THE SID RESNICK MEMORIAL LECTURE (part I)
Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 4:30 PM
Zucker Room at the Slifka Center:
“The Dialects of Yiddish: More than Just Dialects”
[delivered in English]
THE SID RESNICK MEMORIAL LECTURE (part II)
BOTH EVENTS HOSTED BY THE YALE UNIVERSITY JUDAIC STUDIES PROGRAM
AND THE
YALE-NEW HAVEN YIDDISH READING CIRCLE
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT PROFESSOR VICTOR BERS (victor.bers{A}yale.edu)
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EVERYONE WELCOME AT ALL EVENTS
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