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Midwives, Musicians, Soldiers, Rabbis:Whose Stories will become Jewish History?

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City

Come join leading musicians, historians, and an award-winning novelist on March 12 to celebrate the release of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 6: Confronting Modernity, 1750-1880, edited by Elisheva Carlebach. A lively discussion will explore “Whose stories will become Jewish history?” as Deborah Dash Moore, Elisheva Carlebach, Dara Horn, Itamar Borochov  bring to life through words and music the period…

$10

The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II Through Objects

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City

The Stuff of Soldiers uses everyday objects to tell the story of the Great Patriotic War as never before. Brandon Schechter attends to a diverse array of things—from spoons to tanks—to show how a wide array of citizens became soldiers, and how the provisioning of material goods separated soldiers from civilians. Through a fascinating examination of leaflets, proclamations, newspapers, manuals,…