Elena Solomon, MA, is teaching an online course, "Di Froyen Velt:
Eastern European Textile Heritage within the United States," under the
auspices of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
The course is based on research conducted for her thesis ("The
Embroidered Tablecloth: How Locale Influences Eastern European Jewish
Textile Production”), an analysis of primary sources describing how
immigration affected craftwork among Eastern European Jewish
immigrants to the US.
Course description: Communal textile traditions are often tied to the
land, as the land provides the source materials for craftspeople to
work with. What do traditional textiles look like for a diasporic
people? This course explores the handmade, everyday textiles produced
in the United States by Eastern European Jews during the major period
of their migration from 1892 to 1924. Primary sources will be a main
focus of this course. Historical texts include an autobiography about
life in the Pale of Settlement, magazines for Jewish American women,
and a pamphlet from a Jewish craft fair. Textiles will be viewed
within the course as a microcosm of the contemporary sociopolitical
scene within the American Eastern European Jewish community.
10 weekly sessions (Sunday, Mar 10 - May 22, 10:30am - 12:00pm ET)
Tuition: $400 | YIVO members: $325 | Students: $215
Registration and course details: https://yivo.org/SPR2022-Solomon
For more information, please contact Elena directly
(elena.r.solo...@gmail.com).
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