19 2:00pm presented by JGS and AZFGI Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 2:00pmMemories of Ancestral Homes
Panel: Professors Mihai Grunfeld, Mimi Schwartz, Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer.
Moderator: Renee Steinig
The presenters will discuss life in the towns after the Holocaust, personal experiences, impressions, and anecdotal stories.
Mihai Grunfeld, author of "Leaving, Memories of Romania", offers a rich and stimulating account of growing up in post-war...
presented by JGS and AZFGI | 20 7:00pm presented by CJH, Center for Traditional Music and Dance, World Music Institute Monday, September 20, 2010 at 7:00pmThe Hidden Musical Treasures of Romania
For three decades, fiddler Bob Cohen has roamed Romania like Indiana Jones with a tape recorder in search of remnants of lost Jewish musical traditions through field research with elderly Roma (Gypsy) musicians. From his work as a cultural dragoman, recordings with the Budapest-based ensemble Di Naye Kapelye, and popular blog exploring traditional music and grilled meat, Cohen has become a guru...
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presented by CJH, Center for Traditional Music and Dance, World Music Institute | 21 6:30pm presented by CJH, co-sponsored by Jewish Women's Archive Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 6:30pmRemembering Grace Paley: A panel discussion, with excerpts from Lilly Rivlin's new film, Grace Paley: Collected Shorts
Grace Paley combined a life as a master short story writer, often compared to Chekhov, with political activism, motherhood, teaching and being a cherished friend. Ranked among the great writers of her generation by peers like Philip Roth, Paley's work has been translated into 92 languages. New York's first official state author and poet laureate of Vermont, her most important work was filtered...
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