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SUMMARY:In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union
DESCRIPTION:The short fiction collected in In the Shadow of the Holocaust recovers a range of compelling voices that had been scarcely known or translated. Jewish authors from Ukraine\, Lithuania\, Russia\, and Belarus\, some writing in Yiddish and others in Russian\, tell the stories of ordinary people living on after the massive devastation of the Holocaust on Soviet territory\, depicting memories\, conflicts\, love\, and loss. These are not stories only about how people died\, but how they continued to live: an entire family legacy is reduced to a single tea cup\, the now raspy voice of a telephone that once never stopped ringing\, and a train timetable that lists key places of Jewish life largely destroyed but still vital. Translated by Sasha Senderovich and Harriet Murav\, these stories provide new perspectives on questions fundamental to literature of the Holocaust and legacies of other genocides and mass violence. \nSasha Senderovich is Associate Professor of Slavic Languages & Literatures and of International Studies at the University of Washington. With Harriet Murav\, he translated David Bergelson’s Judgment: A Novel (2017). He is the author of How the Soviet Jew Was Made (2022). Harriet Murav is Center for Advanced Study Professor Emerita at the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign. Her most recent books are David Bergelson’s Strange New World: Untimeliness and Futurity (2019) and As the Dust of the Earth: The Literature of Abandonment in Revolutionary Russia and Ukraine (2024). \nTuesday\, April 21\, 2026 • 314 Royce Hall • 2 PM\nIn the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union \nSasha Senderovich (University of Washington\, Seattle) and\nHarriet Murav (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)\nModerators: Michael Rothberg (UCLA) & Lilya Kaganovsky (UCLA) \nThe 1939 Society Program in Holocaust Studies \nLecture made possible by The 1939 Society\, a division of Holocaust Museum Los Angeles \nRSVP
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SUMMARY:All Consuming: Germans\, Jews\, and the Meaning of Meat
DESCRIPTION:Meat is one of the most visible markers of Jewish distinctness and social separation. In his most recent book\, John Efron argues that meat has played an especially important role in the formation of Jewish and Christian identities in Germany from the Middle Ages until today. To an extent not seen elsewhere in Europe\, the importance of meat is reflected in many realms including the visual arts\, literature\, religion\, politics\, commerce\, and home life. Studying the history of meat and its multiple meanings in Germany tells us much about the changing nature of German and German-Jewish identity\, the links between religion\, nationality\, politics\, and food. Above all\, focusing on meat provides us with a singular window into the rich\, fraught\, and ultimately tragic history of German Jewry. \nJohn Efron is the Koret Professor of Jewish History at the University of California at Berkeley\, where specializes in the cultural and social history of German Jewry. A native of Melbourne\, Australia\, he has a B.A. from Monash University\, an M.A. from New York University\, and a Ph.D. at Columbia University. In his work\, Efron has focused on the way German Jewry attempted to reinterpret and reinvent Jewish culture in the wake of its complex encounter with modernity. Among his publications are Defenders of the Race: Jewish Doctors and Race Science in Fin-de-Siècle Europe (Yale UP\, 1994); Medicine and the German Jews: A History (Yale UP\, 2001); German Jewry and the Allure of the Sephardic (Princeton UP\, 2016); The Jews: A Modern History (Routledge\, forthcoming 2025); and All Consuming: Germans\, Jews\, and the Meaning of Meat (Stanford UP\, 2025). \nTuesday\, April 28\, 2026 • 306 Royce Hall • 4 PM \nAll Consuming: Germans\, Jews\, and the Meaning of Meat\nJohn Efron (UC Berkeley)\nModerator: David N. Myers (UCLA) \nNaftulin Family Program on Studies in Jewish Identity \nRSVP
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SUMMARY:Jewish Anti-Zionism as Political Theology: The Major Writings of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum
DESCRIPTION:Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar\, one of the most celebrated Hasidic masters of the twentieth century\, is known not only for founding the world’s largest Hasidic dynasty\, but also for his strongly held anti-Zionist views. His work articulates a Jewish political theology against Zionism built on the foundations of traditional Jewish sources\, and its influence remains strong within the ultra-Orthodox Satmar community and beyond. Dense with references to rabbinic\, medieval\, and modern sources\, Teitelbaum’s writing is notoriously challenging even for scholars of Torah to parse. In this volume\, Shaul Magid provides a richly annotated translation of selections from the books Vayoel Moshe and ‘Al Ha-Geulah ve ‘al Ha-Temurah\, making Teitelbaum’s major political writings accessible to English-speaking readers for the first time. \nShaul Magid is Professor of Modern Jewish Studies in Residence at Harvard Divinity School. After spending time in various yeshivot in Israel\, where he lived for a decade\, and receiving rabbinical ordination in 1984\, he went on to complete a master’s degree in Jewish thought from the Hebrew University and a Ph.D. in near eastern and Judaic studies from Brandeis University. \nMagid’s research bridges centuries and disciplines\, exploring topics from sixteenth-century Kabbalistic mysticism and Hasidism\, including its spiritual ties to Christianity\, to contemporary American Judaism\, Jewish identity\, race\, and critical theory. His groundbreaking work engages a broad spectrum of readers\, combining deep textual analysis with theoretical sophistication. \nMagid is the author of nine books and more than 75 scholarly articles. He has also written over 150 essays\, offering insight into the cultural\, political\, and spiritual dimensions of modern Jewish life. His writing has contributed significantly to broader conversations on religion\, culture\, and justice. \nWed\, April 29\, 2026 • 306 Royce Hall • 4 PM\nJewish Anti-Zionism as Political Theology: The Major Writings of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum \nShaul Magid (Harvard Divinity School) \nRespondents:\nLeah Hochman (Hebrew Union College)\nDavid N. Myers (UCLA)\nJoshua Shanes (UC Davis) \nRSVP
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