But There Was Love
But There Was Love—Shaping the Memory of the Shoah proposes a new paradigm for Shoah remembrance in today’s cultural and political reality. It derives from the
Category: Holocaust Remembrance
How to Remember the Shoah
Almost unimaginably, the writer Aharon Appelfeld, who survived the Shoah as a child, put love at the center of his memory of that time: For
Selichot in Krakow: Migrations of a Melody
The only one of my mother’s melodies to remain is the sing-song of the shamash from the Rem’uh [Rabbi Moses Isserles] Synagogue in Krakow, as he
Hitkansut for Yom HaShoah
As the generation of Holocaust survivors passes, we must find new, meaningful ways to commemorate the Shoah. Similar to the Passover seder, Hitkansut is guided
But There Was Love: Shaping the Memory of the Shoah (in Hebrew)
What is the role of the memory of the Shoah in the face of a changing present? How can we shape it as a social
Facing Evil – Thoughts on a Visit to Auschwitz
Discussions are currently underway about restoring the Auschwitz Museum, which was established on the grounds of the concentration camp two years after World War II.
The Journey to Poland
In late October 1975, when I was in my early twenties and completing my doctorate in Paris, I went to Poland. An almost impossible journey