A new book by an old friend of mine... Best, David Lucky Jews: Poland’s Jewish figurines (Na szczęście to Żyd: Polskie figurki Żydów)
Erica Lehrer In Poland today, “Lucky Jews” outnumber Polish Jews. Figurines and images of Jews holding money have proliferated in Poland with the country’s transition is capitalism. These good luck charms hang in homes and sit by cash registers in shops and restaurants across the country. Are these images positive or negative? Do they divide Poles and Jews or bind them together? Are they souvenirs, talismans, toys? Holocaust ghosts or patron saints of Polish capitalism? By exploring what Jewish figurines mean to those who make and buy them, Lucky Jews offers a provocative perspective on the place of Jews in Polish consciousness. Erica Lehrer is an American cultural anthropologist and curator. She is the author of Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places (2013). She teaches at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Bilingual Polish-English exhibition catalog, images & scholarly essays. Published by Korporacja Ha!art, Kraków 2014 Price: $US 19.99 + $25 shipping (amazon.com) or 59 PLN (www.ha.art.pl) For inquiries, contact Adam Ladziński (adam.ladzin...@ha.art.pl) David G. Hirsch Librarian for Middle Eastern Studies Charles Young Research Library UCLA Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 USA Tel: +1 310 825 2930 Fax: + 1 310 825 3777 efax: +1 707 313 7712 email: dhir...@library.ucla.edu __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
