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My father's wars : migration, memory, and the violence of a century
\"My Father's wars is an anthropologist's vivid account of her father's journey across continents, countries, cultures, generations, and wars. It is a daughter's moving portrait of a charming, funny, wounded and difficult man. And it is a scholar's reflection on the dramatic forces of history, the experience of exile and immigration, the legacies of culture, and the enduring power of memory. This book is for Anthropology and Sociology courses in qualitative methods, ethnography, violence, migration, and ethnicity\" -- Provided by publisher.
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Jewish Bialystok and its diaspora
The mass migration of East European Jews and their resettlement in cities
throughout Europe, the United States, Argentina, the Middle East and Australia in
the late 19th and early 20th centuries not only transformed the demographic and
cultural centers of world Jewry, it also reshaped Jews' understanding and
performance of their diasporic identities. Rebecca Kobrin's study of the dispersal
of Jews from one city in Poland -- Bialystok -- demonstrates how the act of
migration set in motion a wide range of transformations that led the migrants to
imagine themselves as exiles not only from the mythic Land of Israel but most
immediately from their east European homeland. Kobrin explores the organizations,
institutions, newspapers, and philanthropies that the Bialystokers created around
the world and that reshaped their perceptions of exile and diaspora.
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Yiddish Paris : staging nation and community in interwar France
\"Yiddish Paris explores how Yiddish-speaking emigrants from Eastern Europe in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s created a Yiddish diaspora nation in Western Europe and how they presented that nation to themselves and to others in France. In this meticulously researched and first full-length study of interwar Yiddish culture in France, author Nicholas Underwood argues that the emergence of a Yiddish Paris was depended on \"culture makers,\" mostly left-wing Jews from Socialist and Communist backgrounds who created cultural and scholarly organizations and institutions, including the French branch of YIVO (a research institution focused on East European Jews), theater troupes, choruses, and a pavilion at the Paris World's Fair of 1937. Yiddish Paris examines how these left-wing Yiddish-speaking Jews insisted that even in France, a country known for demanding the assimilation of immigrant and minority groups, they could remain a distinct group, part of a transnational Yiddish-speaking Jewish nation. Yet, in the process, they in fact created a French-inflected version of Jewish diaspora nationalism, finding allies among French intellectuals, largely on the left\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Entangled Memories: Wartime Experiences in the Soviet Interior in Postwar Holocaust Testimonies
This article probes the ways in which two purportedly distinct Polish Jewish survival experiences of World War II are in fact entangled. Although living through the Holocaust in Poland and flight into the unoccupied regions of the USSR have generally been presented as separate--with the Holocaust largely overshadowing survival in the Soviet Union--both during the war and afterward, many individuals, families, and communities experienced them as linked. Examining the interconnections helps to chart the development of Holocaust memory.
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Beyond Antisemitism: Rethinking Poland’s Memories of Jews
On the basis of evidence collected in two research projects separated by almost three decades, the authors interpret the ways in which contemporary Poles (mis)remember former Jewish citizens and the Holocaust. We propose a situational theory of antisemitism which assumes that there are situations in which Poles reproduce antisemitic cultural codes that are taken for granted as elements of their culture, or as apotropaic rituals, unconsciously performed in times of crisis. Such situations are subsequently reproduced in memory, and the social exclusion of Polish Jews that used to exist before and during the Holocaust now becomes a mnemonic exclusion from Polish memories, which acquire the status of a theodicy.
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De-assimilation Without Assimilation? The Continuities in the Polish Secular Model of Jewishness
This article critically examines Krajewski’s (in this issue of Contemp Jewry) argument about the assimilation and subsequent de-assimilation of the Jewish population in Poland. While Krajewski asserts that Polish Jews underwent a process of assimilation followed by a revival of their cultural and religious practices, the authors argue that the term “de-assimilation” is not applicable in this context. They propose that post-war Polish Jews consciously chose to embrace a secular identity rather than a religious one, keeping their Jewish life private. This secular identity, characterized by interests in secular Jewish culture, learning, and social justice, as well as maintaining specific distinctive habits, remained dominant even after 1989. The authors also compare this process to the experiences of Spanish and Portuguese conversos, who returned to Judaism but retained syncretic identities. They emphasize the importance of understanding the complex nature of Jewish identity and involvement, highlighting the significance of secular and cultural practices among Polish Jews.
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Polish Jewish Culture Beyond the Capital
Polish Jewish Culture beyond the Capital: Centering the
Periphery is a path-breaking exploration of the diversity and
vitality of urban Jewish identity and culture in Polish lands from
the second half of the nineteenth century to the outbreak of the
Second World War (1899-1939). In this multidisciplinary essay
collection, a cohort of international scholars provides an
integrated history of the arts and humanities in Poland by
illuminating the complex roles Jews in urban centers other than
Warsaw played in the creation of Polish and Polish Jewish culture.
Each essay presents readers with the extraordinary production and
consumption of culture by Polish Jews in literature, film, cabaret,
theater, the visual arts, architecture, and music. They show how
this process was defined by a reciprocal cultural exchange that
flourished between cities at the periphery-from Lwów and Wilno to
Kraków and Łódź-and international centers like Warsaw, thereby
illuminating the place of Polish Jews within urban European
cultures. Companion website (https://polishjewishmusic.iu.edu)
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Self-Portrait, with Parents and Footnotes
In this book, Aronowicz explores the lives of her parents, who lived through the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War, and the post-war Communist world, with much migration in between. Through stories about her childhood, she investigates larger questions about memory, Judaism, politics, and religion.
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Polish Jews in Israel
Polish Jews in Israel: Polish-Language Press, Culture, and Politics is an in-depth study of the cultural and intellectual achievements of Polish Jews in Israel, with particular emphasis on the Polish-language press.
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Uncovering Names and Connections: The “Polish Jew” Periodical as a Second-Tier Record for Holocaust Remembrance and Network Analysis in Jewish Genealogy
This paper explores the Polish Jew journal as a pivotal second-tier record for advancing Holocaust studies and Jewish genealogy. Traditionally underutilized in academic research, this periodical provides a unique repository of names and narratives of Holocaust victims, filling crucial gaps in primary record collections. The investigation centers on the journal’s potential not only to contribute names to existing databases of Holocaust victims—many of whom are still unrecorded—but also to enhance genealogical methods through the integration of network analysis. By examining Polish Jew, this study illustrates how second-tier records can extend beyond mere supplements to primary data, acting instead as vital tools for reconstructing complex social and familial networks disrupted by the Holocaust. The paper proposes a methodological framework combining traditional genealogical research with modern network analysis techniques to deepen our understanding of Jewish community dynamics during and after World War II. This approach not only aids in identifying individual victims and survivors but also in visualizing the broader interactions within Jewish diaspora communities. This research underscores the significance of Polish Jew in the broader context of Holocaust remembrance. It offers a novel pathway for the future of Jewish genealogical research, advocating for the strategic use of second-tier records in scholarly investigations.
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