Conscious History: Polish Jewish Historians before the Holocaust

Natalia Aleksiun and Sam Kassow will discuss the legacies of Jewish historians before the Holocaust who wrote both academic and popular history for their community and engaged in creating a sense of Polish-Jewish belonging, while also fighting for their rights as an ethnic minority. What shaped their sense of both scholarly and communal mission? How relevant is their work to writing Jewish history today and to our understanding of the modern Jewish experience in East Central Europe?

Ticket Info: $10 general; $7 seniors; $5 CJH/Partner members; students free at aleksiun.bpt.me or 800-838-3006