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
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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
Some Reflections on Transmitting the Memory of the Shoah and its Implications, Particularly in Israel
Introduction I would like to thank Prof. Saul Friedlander for his bountiful lecture and to personally thank him for agreeing to come as the guest
The Case of the Jewish Biography
Coming from Israel, where the genre of biography is much less popular, almost nonexistent, in comparison with the phenomenon in the United States, I feel
Where are the individual voices?
Discussions will soon be held on modernizing and renovating the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, built immediately following World War II. After returning from there last
Stephane Moses – Le Passeur Among the Ruins
I’m moved to be part of these two days dedicated to Stephane Moses, who was, for me, a major teacher, and a very close friend.
In Search of the Story
I. Blind Date I first met Shlomith in the Fall of 1976 at café Savion in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Rehavia. It was a blind
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
Instead of Kaddish
Today Jacques Derrida was buried in Paris. A life story laid to rest, sealed, closed. The end of a life bigger than life, life of
Layers of Changing Space in Jerusalem – View from a Hilltop
The space around me is Jerusalem – my city for over twenty years, since I moved here from my hometown, Tel Aviv, returning from my
Jewish Literary Manifesto (in First Person Feminine)
1. Portrait of the artist as a young Jew: Tel Aviv – Paris – Jerusalem In both a literary and Talmudic spirit, I will present
Martyrs or Survivors? Thoughts on the Mythical Dimension of the Story War
The war the Palestinians started in September 2000, right in the middle of the Barak-Arafat-Clinton talks, I spent in my city, Jerusalem, where Jews and Arabs,
Jewish Sacred Theater: Its Components and Its Means
Introduction – Theatre and Ritual In the following discussion on Judaism and theatre, I shall not deal with examples from the literature of Jewish theatre