Memories of the Shtetl Why do random Jewish holidays

Why do random Jewish holidays keep springing up unexpectedly

How do we honor such memories while keeping them from consuming us

along with the other materials found in 2017

the book traces YIVO’s role in documenting key moments in modern Jewish history and culture through its 100 years of collecting

Caplan’s explication is innovative and insightful

Memories of the Shtetl Why do random Jewish holidaysFormat: DVD Director: Harriet Rita Semegram In the late 1930s, Samuel Rothbort (1882 1971) began creating memory paintings of his native Walkovisk, a small village in Czarist Russia. Eventually numbering over five hundred, Rothborts paintings have become lauded as a cultural resource depicting life in a predominantly Jewish village, commonly known as a shtetl. Their nostalgic sense of wonder and joyous colors have challenged many observers notions of