ACF SUPPORTED | PANEL CZERNOWITZ IN JEWISH MEMORY MONDAY MAR 08, 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM |
The city of Czernowitz – known both as “Vienna of the East” and as "Jerusalem on the Pruth" – is the site of two different powerful memories. Situated at the crossroads between Eastern and Western Europe, between Hasidism, Jewish orthodoxy and secularism, it was, for some, the center of a large and highly assimilated Austro-German Jewish way of life, the home of some of the most celebrated German-language writers of the twentieth century. The poets Paul Celan and Rose Ausländer were among these. For others, it was a hub for the creation of the modern Yiddish language and its literary and political culture, with poets like Eliezer Steinbarg, Itzig Manger, and the recently deceased Josef Burg. In 1908 Czernowitz was the site of the first international conference on the Yiddish language.
Czernowitz, capital of the Habsburg province Bukowina, later annexed by Romania and presently situated in Ukraine, is a city affected by some of the grand narratives of the European 20th century: by the encounter between fascism and communism; the intensification of modern anti-Semitism; the lure of Zionism and modern Yiddishism; the displacement of refugees; and the shadow of Holocaust devastation. Its rich, multifaceted history has remained alive in the stories and memories of its survivors and their offspring.
A distinguished panel of historians and writers will discuss the legacy of this major Eastern European urban center of Jewish cultural life, and illuminate facets of Jewish identity in urban Jewish communities within the broader history of Jewish emancipation, assimilation and resistance in East and Central Europe.
VENUE
Center for Jewish History
15 West 15th Street
New York, NY 10011
For details, please check www.cjh.org.
Ticket Prices:
$15 General Admission
$12 Center of Jewish Heritage, Leo Baeck Institute, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research members
$5 Students
