I would appreciate if you would post the announcement below about a YIVO
seminar on December 16, thank you, Fruma Mohrer, Chief Archivist, YIVO
Institute for Jewish Research
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RUTH GAY SEMINAR IN JEWISH STUDIES
YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH, NEW YORK, 15 WEST 16 STREET, NYC
SUNDAY 16 DECEMBER 2012 | 6:30PM
RSVP REQUIRED: fmoh...@yivo.cjh.org | 212.294.6143
ON THE EVE: THE JEWS OF EUROPE BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR
BERNARD WASSERSTEIN, PROFESSOR OF MODERN EUROPEAN JEWISH HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO
How conscious were the Jews of Europe in 1939 that they stood on the edge of an
abyss? Were they blithely insouciant of the catastrophe that threatened them or
was there general awareness of the dangers that confronted them? Bernard
Wasserstein argues that on the eve of the war, even if there was no consensus
about how to confront the challenge, there was widespread understanding among
Jews on the continent that they faced an existential crisis.
Benard Wasserstein is Ulrich and Harriet Meyer Professor of Modern European
Jewish History at the University of Chicago. Previously he held appointments at
Brandeis and Glasgow Universities and was President of the Oxford Centre for
Hebrew and Jewish Studies. His many books include Britain and the Jews of
Europe 1939-1945, Vanishing Diaspora: The Jews of Europe since 1945, and The
Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln which won the Golden Dagger award for
non-fiction from the Crime Writers' Association. His latest book On the Eve:
The Jews of Europe before the Second World War (Simon & Schuster) has been
praised as 'nothing less than a marvel' (London Sunday Times), 'enthralling,
heartbreaking' (San Francisco Chronicle) and 'a masterpiece' (Yiddish Forward).
Inaugurated in 2008 thanks to a major gift from the family of Ruth Gay, the
Ruth Gay Seminar in Jewish Studies takes place several times a year at the YIVO
Institute for Jewish Research. Established in honor of Ruth Gay (1922-2006),
the noted American Jewish historian and writer, the seminar series is given by
scholars who have used the resources of the YIVO Archives and who wish to share
their research with the public.
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