THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014 | 7pm
Unresolved History: Jews and Lithuanians After the Holocaust
ROUNDTABLE
Join EU Parliament Member Leonidas Donskis and celebrated Lithuanian poet and political dissident Tomas Venclova to discuss critical issues facing Jews in Lithuania today, and the mainstream perception of the Holocaust in Lithuania. Can Lithuania come to terms with its past?
This panel includes Leonidas Donskis, Tomas Venclova, Faina Kukliansky, Chair of the Lithuanian Jewish Community, Saulius Suziedelis, eminent historian, and Mikhail Iossel, Moderator. Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States Zygimantas Pavilionis and former U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania Anne E. Derse will offer introductory remarks. Read more…
This program is made possible with support from the Lithuanian Consulate General in New York, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, and additional support by Michael Traison. It is co-sponsored by Tablet Magazine, SLS/Summer Literary Seminars, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014 | 7pm
The Impact of World War I and the Russian Revolution on the World of Russian and East European Jewry
LECTURE
Richard Pipes, Baird Professor of History, Emeritus, Harvard University
Eminent historian Richard Pipes, Baird Professor of History, Emeritus, Harvard University, examines the impact of World War I and the Russian Revolution, and the political and social upheaval it caused for Jewish communities in Eastern Europe and Russia. Purchase tickets here.
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Unresolved History: Jews and Lithuanians After the Holocaust
The Impact of World War I and the Russian Revolution on the World of Russian and East European Jewry
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