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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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
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
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
We Were As Dreamers (In Hebrew)
Edited by: Michal GovrinIntroduction by: David Assaf In Pinchas Govrin’s (1904 – 1985) memoir, We Were As Dreamers, the story of one family caught in
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
The Emigrants
Directed and translated by: Michal GovrinMusic: Joseph TalCostume and set: Moshe SternfeldLighting: Ben-Zion MonitzMotion: Rut Ziv-Eyal Cast:Shabtai Konorty -AAAvinoam Mor-Haim -ZZ The time is the
Hold On to the Sun
A richly varied collection of short stories, legends, a novella, and essays. In this portrait of the artist as a young woman, Michal Govrin offers
Body of Prayer
Jacques Derrida, Michal Govrin, David Shapiro Design: Kim Shkapich Read and download the full book The “Advanced Concepts” course has been an integral component of
The Passion of Jerusalem (in Hebrew)
At the heart of the Jerusalem myth lies passion: the figure of a woman and the man who chooses her out of the intensity of
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,