Landmark Conference on the New Anti-Semitism

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No. 9 Summer 2003 From the Executive Director’s Desk The Center is ﬂourishing as a major New York hub for the exploration and interpretation of Jewish history. There have been critically acclaimed exhibits, headliner programs and world-class speakers—all furthering our mission to preserve the Jewish past and bring its treasures to people

DAVID KARP throughout the world. Professors Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (left) and Alain Finkielkraut were among the YIVO conference noted participants. We take pride in the partners’ well-earned reputations for creating new models and Landmark Conference standards of historical research, programming and On The New Anti-Semitism outreach. This reputation has been acknowledged many The news has been alarming. Reports indicate that two-thirds of the 313 racially motivated times over in recent months. attacks reported in France last year were directed at Jews, while Britain had a 75 percent rise in Sixty journalists from the anti-Semitic incidents. What part of this narrative is new – a manifestation of an abruptly U.S., England, France, changed world? Is the backlash against globalization setting fires of intolerance and resentment Germany and Israel visited the and radical nationalism everywhere? What does the revival of anti-Semitism owe to the revival of Center to cover the four-day anti-Americanism? What does it owe to the new anti-Zionism? YIVO conference that consid- To grapple with these complex questions, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research asked three ered the alarming recent eminent intellectuals – Leon Botstein, Martin Peretz and Leon Wieseltier – to bring together 35 upsurge in anti-Semitism in of their colleagues from Europe, the United States and Israel, to join them for an exchange of the West. Earlier, National information and ideas. The result was the landmark four-day YIVO international conference, “Old Endowment for the Demons, New Debates: Anti-Semitism in the West,” which took place at the Center for Jewish Humanities Chairman Bruce History from May 11-14. The conference was co-chaired by Joseph Greenberger and Martin Peretz. Cole toured the Center, after Reflecting the urgency of these crucial issues, journalists from throughout the world settled he appeared as Yeshiva in at the Center to cover the proceedings for such newspapers as Die Zeit, Le Monde, the London University Museum’s guest Times and the New York Times, as well as National Public Radio. The house was packed full, with speaker at the opening of the an overflow crowd viewing the sessions via simulcast from an adjacent hall. For the broader audi- current exhibit “A Portion of ence worldwide, the conference was simultaneously web-streamed on the Center’s site, where the People: Three Hundred sessions will be available for future viewing. Years of Southern Jewish Some of the core themes became apparent at the opening Plenary Session, at which confer- Life,” presented at the Center ence organizer and The New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier, Columbia University history by Yeshiva University Museum continued on page 3 continued on page 4 CJH NEWS

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DIGITIZING THE PAST FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNIVERSAL ACCESS Bruce Slovin, Chair Joseph D. Becker, Vice Chair With the support of a $2 mil- Kenneth J. Bialkin, Vice Chair lion dollar Federal grant from Erica Jesselson, Vice Chair the National Historical Joseph Greenberger, Secretary Publications and Records Michael A. Bamberger George Blumenthal Commission, the Center’s Marlene Brill ambitious project to comput- Eva Cohn erize its vast collections is ONLINE WEBCASTS OF MAJOR Henry L. Feingold WOMEN IN DAILY LIFE Michael Jesselson well underway. When complet- The five partners of the CENTER EVENTS Friends throughout the world Leon Levy ed, the Online Public Access Center have combined select- Sidney Lapidus can now go online and view Catalogue (OPAC) will enable ed holdings to produce a sin- Theodore N. Mirvis highlights of the recent YIVO Nancy T. Polevoy users worldwide to go online gle integrated bibliography on conference on anti-Semitism Robert Rifkind and search the rich resources the life of Jewish women. This as well as other outstanding of the five partner institutions multi-media resource, the first BOARD OF OVERSEERS past programs and events that Stanley I. Batkin Theodore N. Mirvis —library holdings as well as in a series to acquaint patrons have taken place at the Joseph D. Becker Joseph Reich archival and museum collec- with the wealth of material Center. Just log on to the Kenneth J. Bialkin Burton P. Resnick tions. available on frequently Leonard Blavatnik Robert Rifkind Center website’s “Video and George Blumenthal Arthur Samberg The first stage was the researched subjects at the Streaming Media” section to Arturo Constantiner Bernard Selz scanning and online structur- Center, encompasses all the enjoy any of the following Mark Goldman Bruce Slovin ing of the complete English areas in which Jewish women Sidney Lapidus Mary Smart language card catalogue of webcasts: Leon Levy Edward Steinberg have been active. Ira A. Lipman Joseph S. Steinberg the American Jewish The bibliography is seg- • International YIVO Roy Zuckerberg Historical Society. Yet, even mented into Domestic Life, Conference on Anti- with generous government focusing on such traditional THE CENTER Semitism, funding, additional support is roles as marriage, children, FOR JEWISH HISTORY 5/11-5/14/03 required to complete the proj- religious life and travel; Social Joshua Eli Plaut • Interview with Elie Wiesel, Executive Director ect by the 2004 target date. Life, including such activities 3/19/03 Ira Berkowitz The Center is eager to enlist for the betterment of society • Brazilian singer Fortuna, Associate Executive Director donors to help finalize this as volunteer work and art Chief Financial Officer 12/04/02 impressive project on schedule. patronage; Professional Sandi Rubin • Interview with Dr. Ruth Occupations, ranging from art Acting Director of Development Westheimer, 12/04/02 and business to social work Lynne Winters • Interview with Shimon Director of Program Production and medicine; a section com- Peres, 9/12/02 Natalia Indrimi prising general bibliographies • Days of Awe: Reflections Program Curator and relevant periodicals; and from Jewish Chaplains at a final section of selected Ground Zero, 9/11/02 American Jewish Historical Society artifacts and items from the Michael Feldberg, Executive Director • Jews & Justice: Aharon collections of Yeshiva American Sephardi Federation Barak, 9/09/02 University Museum. This proj- Vivienne Roumani-Denn, • Tribute to Cardinal John Executive Director ect was made possible by a O’Connor, 5/05/01 Leo Baeck Institute grant from the National • Gala Center Opening and Carol Kahn Strauss, Executive Director Historical Publications and Address by Leon Botstein, Yeshiva University Museum Records Commission. It can be Sylvia A. Herskowitz, Director 10/26/00 accessed via the Center web- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research continued on page 4 site, www.cjh.org, under Carl J. Rheins, Executive Director Letter from John Hancock to “Research at the Center.” CJH News is made possible, in part, Jewish merchant Aaron Lopez by the Liman Foundation. regarding the fate of a goods-bear- ing ship, Boston, Massachusetts, Produced by Flyleaf. 1771. Gift of Sidney and Ruth Lapidus. American Jewish Historical Society 2 Landmark Semitic websites Conference in the U.S today. continued from But Leon page 1 Wieseltier painted a somewhat rosier professor Simon picture. In spite of Schama and the hostility in French philoso- many quarters to pher Alain the American Finkielkraut made model of moderni- presentations. ty (globalization), Leon Wieseltier to the American spelled out the model of democra- litany of types of cy and capitalism, anti-Semitism— and to the anti-Semitism of DAVID KARP American policy in YIVO conference panelists (left to right) Irwin Cotler, Fiamma Nirenstein, David Pryce-Jones and the right in Robert Wistrich. the Middle East, Europe and the he believes that U.S. and anti-Semitism of the the European left, with its participant. the United States “represents left, seen today in the anti- universalist and anti-global- Speakers from abroad a revolution in Jewish history, globalization movement, and ization sympathies, a form of explained the particular a country that is in its philo- most dangerous in his view, intellectual anti-Semitism nuances of anti-Semitism in sophical foundations and in anti-Semitism that manifests associated with harsh criti- their countries. Mexican his- its political practices struc- itself as anti-Zionism. cism of Israel is clearly torian and author Enrique turally hospitable to us.“ France was the focus of evident. And, as such criti- Krauze spoke of anti-Semitism While there were few much criticism. Alain cism evolves into the demo- of the left that exists in some answers to many difficult Finkielkraut asserted that nization of Zionism, going so South American countries and questions, the conference anti-Semitism in France today far as to equate Zionism with reminded the audience of the clearly reached its goal of pro- was of a different ilk than the Nazism, it expands to include Muslim terrorist attacks viding a very broad audience older European anti-Semitism Jews generally. against the Jewish community of scholars, students and the of the right wing, which criti- Other speakers concurred. in Buenos Aires. In some general public with the con- cized Jews for their “other- “In England, said Professor other countries, he said, not- text and analyses necessary ness.” Today, he said, even as Schama, people more in the ing Costa Rica, Peru, Uruguay for interpreting the new anti- older traditional forms of mainstream of political and and even Venezuela, “there Semitism and hopefully deter- anti-Semitism are condemned, intellectual life feel there is does not seem to be any real mining appropriate actions. the new anti-Semitism in his no longer any taboo on cross- reason for alarm.” country of seven million ing the line between anti- In the United States, there For a list of conference partici- Muslims is anti-nationalistic, Zionism, criticism of the has been a steep rise in anti- pants and more information, visit anti-Israel and directed Israeli government and Semitic incidents on universi- www.anti-semitism-debates.org against the suffering inflicted anti-Semitism.” It is “a muta- ty campuses. And, as on Palestinians. As such con- tion of ancient images within Professor Schama reported, demnations come as well from new contexts,” said another there are some 500 anti-

Film Lens on Anti-Semitism he Center partners’ sharp focus on anti-Semitism “Get Thee Out,” a Russian film, is based on the stories of during the spring months included the showing of Scholem Aleichem and Isaac Babel. “The Dreyfus Affair,” a Tsix documentary and feature films exploring French documentary, was followed by “Rosenzweig’s historical events and narrative themes relating to Freedom,” a German feature film set against the this ever-timely subject. Presented under the backdrop of actual events past and present that aegis of the Center’s Monday Night Film Series explores the ongoing right-wing extremist violence as “Anti-Semitism: A History of Hatred,” in in that country. “To Live with Terror” is a association with the five partners, each screening wrenching study of the two unsolved bombings of was followed by discussion led by a guest speaker. Jewish facilities in Buenos Aires in the 1990s. The The series screened films from England, France, series ended with a screening of “Focus,” based on Germany, Russia and the U.S., and was curated by Arthur Miller’s 1945 novel of the same name. Sheba Skirball. “Lens on French and Belgian Jewry,” a concurrent YIVO Launching the series was “The Longest Hatred,” an film series curated by Dr. Eric Goldman, explored the English film that explores the span of anti-Semitic different ways that World War II and the Holocaust continue sentiment from the earliest writings to recent decades. to cast a shadow on contemporary Jewish life.

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JEWISH LIFE IN EASTERN EUROPE and the American Jewish Some 17,000 evocative images of Jewish life Historical Society. In June, in Eastern Europe, all from the trove of YIVO’s the Center hosted a panel dis- photo archives, have been compiled and are cussion of Southern Jewish now available online as YIVO’s “People of a authors including Alfred Thousand Towns.” Portraying daily life in the Uhry, author of Driving Miss large cities as well as small rural villages, from Daisy, and Tova Mirvis, author the late 19th century to the early 1940s, this of The Ladies Auxiliary, spon- collection provides a visual record of thou- sored by Yeshiva University sands of pre-World War II Jewish communities Museum and made possible by in Poland, Russia, Lithuania, the Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. the New York Council on the The online album was made possible by a generous grant from the Charles H. Revson Humanities. Foundation, with additional funds from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against A different backdrop was Germany. The site can be accessed at: http://yivo1000towns.cjh.org presented to audiences attend- ing the 7th International Coming Online Soon Dialogue on the Sephardic Film Festival, sponsored by Sephardic House, the JEWISH WAR HEROES cultural division of American The Blavatnik family is funding a new “New Anti-Semitism” Sephardi Federation, and Jewish Military Heroes Website Project n February, Fordham University in associa- Yeshiva University Museum. which, when completed for online view- tion with the Center for Jewish History Sephardi Chief Rabbi Eliyahu ing, will feature 100 military heroes and I and the American Sephardi Federation Bakshi-Doron attended the events in the military history of the Jews hosted a multi-cultural discussion aimed at opening night gala as an hon- in the 20th century, with a special focus investigating the historical antecedents of ored guest, along with on World War II. The project, which is anti-Semitism in Islam and Christianity. “We Honorable Mohammed scheduled for completion in 2004 and will welcome the opportunity to work with as illus- Bennouna, Permanent include biographical portraits and a com- trious an institution as Fordham University to Representative of Morocco to plete bibliography, will further knowledge bring these subjects to light,” said Center the United Nations. And on and appreciation of the legacy of heroism Executive Director Joshua Plaut. these pages you will recog- passed on by these Jewish men and Participants were Ronald C. Kiener, associate nize the names of many women. professor of Religion at Trinity College and popular contemporary Jewish an expert on Islamic theology, and John T. figures who are frequent 350 YEARS OF JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA Pawlikowski, O.S.M., a leading figure in In 1654, 23 Jewish refugees fled Brazil Center visitors, among them the Christian-Jewish dialogue, and professor and the long arm of the Portuguese longtime Leo Baeck Institute of Social Ethics and Director of the Catholic- Inquisition and arrived by sea in the member Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Jewish Studies Program at the Catholic Dutch port of New Amsterdam. In antici- who received the Leo Baeck Theological Union in Chicago. pation of the September 2004 milestone Medal for 2002. Professor Suzanne Last Stone of Benjamin N. anniversary of this event, which marked The accomplishments of all Cardozo School of Law moderated the sympo- the first Jewish settlement in America, our partners were recently sium, which encompassed perspectives on the AJHS is developing an online interac- highlighted in the Center’s Islam’s attitude toward Judaism and the tive timeline that honors the importance first published Annual Report. challenges that the Christian community faces of this date. The timeline is being devel- The Center, through its in combating anti-Semitism. oped with the participation of all Center preservation efforts, reference Based on the success of the February event, partners, and will include documents for collections, cultural program- the partners will launch a more formal program the public’s viewing from the various part- ming and educational with Fordham University. ners’ collections, spanning 350 years of initiatives, is able to enhance archival records. the vitality and visibility of its partners, while contempo- rizing the lessons of Jewish history. With broad support, Your “Key” to the Center we are building our historical legacy every day. CJH = Center for Jewish History LBI = Leo Baeck Institute CGI = Center Genealogy Institute YIVO = YIVO Institute for Jewish Research AJHS = American Jewish Historical Society YUM = Yeshiva University Museum ASF = American Sephardi Federation

4 Arts and Letters Exhibition Highlights

300 YEARS OF SOUTHERN A BOOK LOVER’S COLLECTION LBI EINSTEIN ITEMS AT A PAGEANT OF JEWISH JEWISH LIFE The exhibit “Not for Myself MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE A groundbreaking traveling Alone: Celebrating Jewish- Some time ago curators from From the Amazon to Ethiopia, exhibition now on view at the American Writers,” also on the American Museum of from Madras to Italy, the Yeshiva University Museum view at the Center for Jewish Natural History visited the exhibition calendar at the tells visitors to the Center the History, draws together Leo Baeck Institute to review Center has offered a journey remarkable story of 300 years poetry, ﬁction, drama, essays, holdings in its Albert Einstein through Jewish communities of Jewish life in the American artwork and correspondence Collection. Since the block- worldwide. Photographs by South. This rich history from 75 men and women who buster “Einstein” exhibit Win Robins at the Yeshiva begins with the earliest docu- have enriched American cul- opened in February, thou- University Museum document mented presence of Jews in ture over the past 200 years. sands of visitors to the two faces of the Ethiopian Charles Town in 1695. By It is sponsored by the museum have seen the two 1800 Charleston, South American Jewish Historical very personal Einstein house- Carolina was home to the Society. hold items the curators largest and wealthiest Jewish The exhibit features select- selected to include. These are community in North America— ed works from the Leonard L. two decorative cups with some 500 Jews, or one-ﬁfth of Milberg Collection of Jewish- images of Albert and his sister all Jews in the nation. American Writers, and is the Maja as children, and a guest- Through more than 200 product of years of book col- book that Einstein kept at his ritual, decorative and domes- lecting and loving preserva- summer home in Caputh, tic objects, paintings and tion by Mr. Milberg. It was Germany, with entries by such photographs, and documents originally curated by visitors as Chaim Weizmann experience: the struggle to Princeton University’s and the artist Hermann lead a Jewish life in Africa Firestone Library to honor Struck, who added a pastel and overcoming considerable Harold T. Shapiro, Princeton sketch to his greeting. cultural obstacles to preserve University’s president from Ethiopian heritage while inte- 1988 until 2001. The exhibi- grating into Israeli culture. tion includes Yiddish and In “Scattered Among the English-language writers and Nations,” presented earlier embraces both the famous as this year by the American and testimony, the exhibit “A well as the less well-known. Sephardi Federation, Bryan Portion of the People: Three Visitors will encounter Schwartz, Jay Sand and Hundred Years of Southern 19th century writer Rebecca Sandy Carter vividly captured Jewish Life” brings to life the Gratz, who is reputed to have an unfamiliar world of Inca history of a still-evolving served as the model for the Jews, Zimbabwe Shabbats and Jewish culture. character of Rebecca in Sir sub-Saharan Jewish choirs. Curator Dale Rosengarten Walter Scott’s novel Ivanhoe, The cast of characters pre- spent years researching the as well as Emma Lazarus, sented in the current exhibit lives of this richly textured whose sonnet “The New on Southern Jewish life culture and discovered arti- Colossus,” is engraved on the includes gentry, religious facts and family stories that pedestal of the Statue of reformers and poets, loyal provide intimacy to this story. Liberty. Twentieth century Confederates and radical The exhibition follows the writers are also well repre- Reconstructionists, back history through World War II sented—from Arthur Miller country peddlers and Main continued on page 6 continued on page 6 Street merchants.

5 Summer 2003 Center Exhibits

AMERICAN JEWISH YESHIVA Children of the Lost Tribe of Dan: HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNIVERSITY MUSEUM Portraits of Ethiopian Jewry. THROUGH AUGUST 3 Not for Myself Alone A Portion of the People: Photographs of Ethiopian THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4 Three Hundred Years Jews, taken in Ethiopia and Exhibit showcasing the books, of Southern Jewish Life Israel by New York photogra- correspondence, photographs THROUGH JULY 20 pher Win Robins in 2001. and memorabilia of 75 Ground-breaking exhibition Sponsored in part by the celebrated Jewish-American on Jewish life in the South. North American Conference writers from the past two “A Portion of the People” on Ethiopian Jewry and the centuries. Selected from the brings to life 300 years of a Struggle to Save Ethiopian collection of Leonard L. still-evolving Jewish culture, Jewry. (Rachel and Abraham 300 Years of Southern Milberg. (Diane and Mark through 200 ritual and Bornstein Arcade) Jewish Life Goldman Gallery and Selma L. domestic objects, paintings Batkin Mezzanine Gallery) and photographs, documents Gan Eden Hadash— continued from page 5 and testimony. (Rosenberg A New Paradise and concludes with a present- AMERICAN SEPHARDI Gallery & Winnick Gallery) THROUGH AUGUST 3 day photo essay by Bill Aron. FEDERATION Installation by Ilana Stage & Page: Lilienthal blends sculpting “A Portion of the People” is An exhibit about the various Jewish Theater and Book and painting into an ethereal a traveling exhibition, organ- communities of Greek Jews Designs of Emanuele Luzzati luminous medium for trans- ized and circulated by the will open later this summer THROUGH AUGUST 17 mitting spiritual energies and McKissick Museum at the and be on view through Born in Genoa, Italy, Luzzati materializing soulful icons. University of South Carolina, October. in association with the Jewish opened a Jewish theater there (Second Floor Gallery) and distinguished himself as a Heritage Collection, College of LEO BAECK INSTITUTE Charleston Library, and the painter, ceramicist, cartoon YIVO INSTITUTE FOR animator, book illustrator and JEWISH RESEARCH Jewish Historical Society of Nahum Goldmann: set and costume designer of South Carolina. It has been Statesman without a State note. This Yeshiva University Light One Candle: A Child’s made possible in part by a THROUGH SEPTEMBER 7 Museum exhibit of some 200 Diary of the Holocaust major grant from the National Together with Chaim original artworks has been co- THROUGH SEPTEMBER Endowment for the Weizmann and David Ben- sponsored by the Centro Humanities and is presented Gurion, Goldmann This new exhibition is based Culturale Primo Levi in North in New York by the Yeshiva (1895-1982) helped formulate on the lost secret diaries of America. (Betty & Walter L. University Museum. plans for the establishment of Solly Ganor, a native of Popper Gallery) the State of Israel but never Kovno, Lithuania; his autobi- thought that a Jewish state ography as a survivor after A Memorial to Lost Souls: A Book Lover’s would be the answer for all the war; and the photographs Threads of Light Collection Jews. Rather, he believed of George Kadish, chronicler THROUGH JULY 27 continued from page 5 there must be vibrant Jewish of the Kovno Ghetto. (The organizations throughout the Austrian artist Luise Kloos has Constantiner Gallery) and Bernard Malamud to diaspora and helped found the transformed the Museum’s Philip Roth, Allen Ginsberg, World Jewish Congress and outdoor space into a memorial The Kishinev Pogrom of 1903 Grace Paley and Art the Conference of Jewish to lost souls, creating a tran- THROUGH OCTOBER Spiegelman. Photograph por- organizations. Exhibit spon- scendental atmosphere out of On the occasion of the 100th traits and eight original cari- sored by the Conference on optic ﬁbers. This installation anniversary of the pogrom, catures by David Levine Jewish Material Claims against is sponsored, in part, by the this exhibition explores the complement the published Germany, Memorial Foundation Austrian Cultural Forum, New facts of this important event works and letters and manu- for Jewish Culture, World York. (Rosenberg Sculpture and its aftermath with origi- scripts in the exhibit. The Jewish Congress. (Katherine Garden) nal documents, photographs, opening night, on April 10, and Clifford H. Goldsmith Leo leaﬂets, books and posters featured readings by luminar- Baeck Institute Gallery) from that time. All books and ies such as Arthur Miller, documents in the exhibit are Grace Paley, and Cynthia from the YIVO Library and Ozick. Archives. (The John & Gwen Smart Library Gallery)

6 Voices of Jewish Writers Resonate at Center

REDISCOVERING BRUNO SCHULZ Adelson, were followed by the playwright Arthur Miller and The Center and the five part- world premiere of “Finding authors Jorie Graham, Cynthia ner institutions continue to Pictures,” a documentary film Ozick and Grace Paley present- present engaging and ground- about Schulz by German filmed a live reading from their breaking literary programs. In maker Benjamin Geissler. own works. a milestone event in Filmed in six countries with November, the Center com- interviews in various lan- memorated the 60th guages, the film is a montage anniversary of the death of without a narrating voice, Polish-Jewish writer and artist punctuated with readings Bruno Schulz, who was shot from Schulz’s published works. Said the filmmaker, “What is important now is that people speak of Schulz.” JOSHUA PLAUT Israeli writer A.B. Yehoshua OTHER LITERARY VOICES Schulz was only one of many Middle East and North Africa literary voices heard at recent in Modern Times. This volume Center programs. Among oth- documents the significant role ers was Amos Elon, the that Jews played in the acclaimed journalist and Middle East and North Africa

social critic and recent author over the last 200 years. Asher JOSHUA PLAUT of The Pity of It All: A History Naim, former Israeli Author Grace Paley of the Jews in Germany, 1743- Ambassador to Ethiopia, dis- 1933, who was the featured cussed his recent book, Saving BLOOMSDAY guest at a fall lecture and the Lost Tribe, The Rescue and The Jewish Heritage Project in book signing sponsored by the Redemption of the Ethiopian collaboration with the Center, Leo Baeck Institute. Jews. Mr. Naim recounted the the American Sephardi Bruno Schulz The LBI also sponsored a story of the incredible rescue Federation, and the Jewish reading and panel discussion of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews in Community Center of New by the Nazis on the streets marking the publication of 1991. His story was illustrated York presented Bloom, a gala of Drohobycz in 1942 at the The Fullness of Time, a new by a wonderful film about theatrical reading focusing on age of 50. bilingual German-English vol- “Operation Solomon” made by the peculiarly endearing char- In recent years, he has ume of poems by Gershom the Israeli Air Force. acter of Leopold Bloom, James become known to a larger Scholem (1897-1982). Primo Levi was presented Joyce’s Jewish protagonist in audience as a result of inter- Scholem, one of the great in the spring in the form of a his epic novel Ulysses. national reports about a scholars of the 20th century, contemporary opera by Israeli Theatrical readings by a dis- controversy arising from the virtually created the subject composer Ari Frankel. This tinguished cast of Broadway discovery in 2001 of portions of Kabbalah and Jewish mysti- first full reading of the opera actors, including actress of wall paintings he produced cism as a serious area of was co-presented by America Kathleen Chalfant, star of the under Nazi duress during the study. Literature also played a Opera Project, Centro Primo Off-Broadway hit “Wit” and Holocaust, which were hastily critical part in Scholem’s own Levi and the Center for Jewish “Angels in America”, were pre- removed and taken to Yad life, and he wrote poetry from History, with the support of sented on Bloomsday, June Vashem in Jerusalem. his teens on—political poems New York State Council on the 16, at the Center. Reflecting the respect about Zionism and assimila- Arts and Meet the Composer. given to Schulz, several cul- tion, parodies of German and Other recent events included Fall events will explore the tural organizations joined Jewish philosophers, religious the PEN American Center voices of such international with YIVO and the Jewish lyrics, and poems to other Translators Roundtable, an writers as Paul Celan and Heritage Project and the writers and friends such as ASF event curated by Esther Clarice Lispector. The Center Center to sponsor a tribute to Walter Benjamin, Hans Jonas, Allen and dedicated to is also scheduled to partici- him: Goethe-Institute New and S. Y. Agnon. Hebrew texts from the Bible pate in the fall city-wide York, the Polish Cultural ASF showed the diversity to modern poetry, and a YIVO literary festival, a collabora- Institute, New York, PEN of Sephardi culture this spring program featuring the Israeli tion of over 30 cultural International Center, and the with two book discussion writer A.B. Yehoshua. And, on organizations. Institute for the Humanities events. Jewish Week editor, the occasion of the opening of at New York University. Gary Rosenblatt, moderated a the AJHS exhibit “Not for Readings of Schulz’s sto- conversation with the editors Myself Alone: Celebrating ries, moderated by Alan and authors of Jews from the Jewish-American Writers,” 7 Steinberg Music Series Offers New Visions

It has been said that one of Andy Statman, Uri Caine, fin- the distinguishing character- ger picking champion Tim istics of the Jewish diaspora is Sparks, Marta Sebestyen and its ability to assimilate Muzsikas. Curator Feldman has aspects of the dominant cul- presented special events also ture while maintaining a funded by the Steinberg distinctly Jewish culture and Trust, such as David Isay’s identity. Jewish music reflects Yiddish Radio Project Live the many countries Jews have and Aviva Slesin’s moving “passed through”—Eastern documentary, “Secret Lives, Europe and the Mediterranean Hidden Children and their to the Middle East, Western Rescuers during WWII,” Europe and the CARLOS FURMAN Americas. Argentine klezmer duo, Lerner and Moguilevsky The Steinberg Music Series, funded by the Joseph S. and musical language. Inspired by Diane H. the music of their Jewish Steinberg grandparents, Lerner and Charitable Trust Moguilevsky infuse classic and curated by klezmer with soulful elements Susan Feldman, from a wide range of musical has reflected this traditions, including Argentine diversity in its folk, jazz, pop and tango. selection of The long-term plan of the artists. Interest Steinberg Trust and its curator in Jewish music is to invite artists to the is at a peak. Center to work with archival Composers and material in the partners’ col- musicians are lections and to create new studying Jewish works based on their research music, are and discoveries. inspired by it, BARBOZA ANTHONY and are playing it. Of particular interest is the Clarinetist David Krakauer number of American musi- which was preceded by a live Ashkenazi music cians who are exploring the concert with film composer of fiddler Sophie traditions in depth—from John Zorn and his legendary Solomon and Hasidic prayer to klezmer to Masada band. clarinet virtuoso Sephardi holiday festivals to David Krakauer. new music inspired by person- HIP HOP AND LATIN KLEZMER The series also al experiences of being This past spring, an enthusi- presented Israeli Jewish. It is hoped that the astic and youthful audience cellist Maya Music from the Center pro- attended Solomon and Beiser in a col- grams provide a place for a Socalled’s “Hip Hop Khasene,” laboration with living Jewish music tradition, a performance that achieved a percussionist JIM ALLEN a place where music and reli- compelling fusion—a fresh Glen Velez and Cellist Maya Beiser gious practice, music and the interpretation of the tradi- Middle East oud and nay play- past, music and inspiration tional klezmer wedding suite er Bassam Saba, and the can meet. using the language and tools Argentine program, “Klezmer In three years of program- of hip hop. DJ Socalled (Josh en Buenos Aires,” presented ming, the Steinberg series has Dolgin) laid down propulsive by the Lerner Moguilevsky brought such artists and pro- beats which were further Dúo, which has developed its grams to the Center’s stage as enlivened by the colorful own spirited and innovative 8 Center Newswire 2003 CENTER FELLOWSHIPS and the Center Genealogy ANNOUNCED Institute; Maria Ecker, The Center for Jewish history University of Salzburg, who is has named six doctoral candi- comparing the integration of dates from the U.S. and Jewish Holocaust survivors Europe as recipients of who emigrated to the U.S. research fellowships for 10 from 1945-1950 with months of work at the Center Holocaust survivors in Israel, beginning in September. The utilizing the resources of the fellows were selected by a LBI, YIVO and AJHS; Krueger committee of the Center Genealogy Fellow Noah L. Academic Advisory Council, Gelfand, New York University, representing the five partner who is using materials from organizations: American the AJHS and ASF to study Jewish Historical Society Sephardi Jewish communities (AJHS), American Sephardi and commerce in the 17th Federation (ASF), Leo Baeck and 18th century Dutch Institute (LBI), Yeshiva Atlantic world; Pawel University Museum (YUM) and Maciejko, Oxford University, YIVO Institute for Jewish who will examine the develop- Research (YIVO). “Together, ment of the religious doctrine the topics of the 2003 fellow- of Jacob Frank, using ships reflect the diversity of resources from the LBI and

GIANSANTI/SYGMA affiliation and depth of study YIVO; Noam F. Pianko, Yale Italian-Jewish writer Primo Levi, after whom Centro Culturale Primo Levi which is at the core of the University, who will consult is named. mission of the Center,” said resources at the LBI and YIVO Dr. Diane Spielmann, director NEW CENTER AFFILIATE to study Diaspora Jewish of Center Public Services. The new North American Ashkenazi worlds. He nationalism in American The appointed fellows are: branch of the Centro Culturale expressed the hope that the Jewish thought; and Frederick Marcy Brink, Stanford Primo Levi joined the Center Centro will establish ongoing P. and Sandra P. Rose Fellow University, who is researching for Jewish History in June collaborations with the five David Ira Snyder, Princeton Turkish-Jewish ideologies of under the umbrella of the partners. University, who will utilize language and kinship, utiliz- American Sephardi Federation. LBI and YIVO material to ing the resources of YIVO, ASF Inspired by the writings of continued on page 10 Primo Levi, the Turin-born writer who survived Auschwitz and was an essen- tial voice of his generation, the Centro was established in Genoa in l989 to explore and promote interest in Italian- Jewish history. The new branch strives to create a contemporary context for Italian-Jewish studies in North America. Announcing the move to the Center, Dr. Alessandro Di Rocco, President of the American branch of the Centro, expressed his pleasure at finding a home at the Center, a most appropriate site for an organization representing one of the oldest Jewish communities of Europe that interacted for centuries Sephardi Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron with Leon Levy(L), Rabbi Elie Abadie(R), Moroccan-born liturgical with the Sephardi and poet and singer Jo Amar (rear center) and other guests at the ASF Gala in December 2002. 9 Center Newswire: 2003 Center Fellowships Announced continued from page 9 research the perceived role of the Jews and the actual impact of the ghetto in Prague and Warsaw on the shaping of the modern city.

FIRST SAMBERG FAMILY HISTORY PROGRAM On July 7, a diverse group of high school students from the New York area public and private schools and Jewish day schools began uncovering their families’ pasts at the Center. These teens, from Sephardi and Ashkenazi backgrounds, and including a young immigrant from the former Soviet Union, were enrolled in the Samberg Family History Program. This intensive two-week interdisciplinary seminar will taught participants how to dig through archives and libraries to discover more about their families and themselves. The program offered a crash course on immigration to the United States, while teaching the students how to use primary sources relating to Jewish immigration and genealogy from the Center’s archive, library and museum collections. “Under the mentorship of Center staff, each student designed an independent project reflecting the results of their delving into history at the Center,” says project director Dr. Rachel Fisher, who advises readers to watch the Center website for the students’ essays about their experience. Mike Wallace of CBS News’ 60 Minutes interviewed by Rabbi William The Samberg Family History Program is a partnership Berkowitz for the popular Dialogue Forum Series. between the Center for Jewish History and the American Jewish Historical Society. Cultural Forum CREATING AN ARCHIVE OF LOSSES “The last thing I remember,” recalls a Jew from Benghazi, VISIONS OF JUSTICE Libya, “was closing the door to our home with everything in “Jews and Justice,” the penetrating series of lectures and dia- place – the furniture, carpets, dishes, drapes, no boxes, no logues exploring the Jewish contribution to the development packing or preparation, no transition. But we were not going and practice of the law and legal institutions, continues to for a walk; we were leaving, never to come back.” attract broad attention. Nearly four decades after this family was forced to leave In September, an overflow audience of hundreds was on their home, the American Sephardi Federation (ASF) is helping hand as Aharon Barak, President of the Supreme Court of Israel, refocus the attention of the world Jewish community on the discussed the necessity of balancing Jewish interests with losses of the Jewish refugees from Arab countries. “Half the democratic values and the dilemmas inherent in maintaining population of Israel is made up of Jewish refugees from Arab that balance. countries and their descendants,” says Vivienne Roumani-Denn, The appearance of Barak, a Supreme Court Justice since 1978 ASF Executive Director. “Theirs is an important, little known and its President since 1995, was sponsored by the Center and story that needs to be told.” As part of an international effort, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research as part of the Center’s ASF has launched a campaign to collect testimonials from Jews ongoing “Jews and Justice” series that is funded by the David displaced from Arab countries. In order to preserve the histori- Berg Foundation. Justice Barak stressed the special tenet of cal record and document the material losses, all former Jewish Israel’s legal system, articulated in its “Basic Laws” in l992: to refugees or family members are urged to complete and return establish the values of both a Jewish and a democratic state. the Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries claim form, which can “We are not like all nations, and we are not like all peoples,” be found on ASF’s website, www.jewishrefugees.org, or can be he said. “We are a democracy, but we are also a Jewish state. obtained by calling 212-294-8350. Israel’s society must come to grips with this duality.” CENTER COLUMN IN THE FORWARD A program on “Jewish Lawyers and Justice” continued the The first in a regular series of columns, called “Treasures from series in 2003, featuring Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter the Archives,” recently appeared in The Forward newspaper. The Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, with Bettina B. Plevan, column, scheduled to appear twice a month and generously a partner in the law firm of Proskauer Rose LLP, and Samuel J. funded by a friend of the Center, will feature one archival Levine, associate professor of law at Pepperdine University treasure preserved at the Center in one of the partners’ collec- School of Law. The program was presented in association with tions. The first column told the unique story of the publication the American Jewish Historical Society and explored the chal- of the Talmud by the U.S. Army for Holocaust survivors in lenges of being a committed Jew in today’s embattled legal Displaced Persons camps. environment and how Judaism’s history and traditions come into play. 10 DAVID KARP Center Chairman Bruce Slovin greeting Dr. Ruth Westheimer.

(Above, left to right) Dr. Arturo Constantine, Prof. Alan Dershowitz and AJHS DIALOGUE FORUM SERIES Chairman Bruce Slovin at “Jews & Justice” event. Shimon Peres, Israel’s Foreign Minister, 1994 Nobel Prize winner and a major ﬁgure in the Israeli government for half a century, was the guest of Rabbi William Berkowitz as part of the Dialogue Forum Series, presented by the American Jewish Historical Society. Peres spoke on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks. He spoke about his childhood and his relationship with David Ben-Gurion, and reﬂected on the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the (Above) Shimon Peres, future role of Arafat, and the Israel’s Foreign relationship between the Minister, at the American Jewish and Israeli Dialogue Forum Series. communities. (left) Aharon Barak, President of the Rabbi Berkowitz has been Supreme Court of leading free-wheeling dia- Israel, at the “Jews & logues with prominent guests Justice” series. for 51 years. In these unscripted interviews, Rabbi This season’s “Jews and Stone were panelists Dr. Association of Jewish Lawyers Berkowitz poses questions Justice” series concluded with Michael Walzer, Professor of & Jurists and Fordham that have not been seen or a panel in June on “The Social Science at the Institute University School of Law reviewed by his guests before Ethics of Warfare–A Jewish for Advanced Study, Princeton recently co-sponsored a series the event. Other prominent Perspective,” presented in University; Rabbi Saul of three Continuing Legal personalities participating in association with the Leo Berman, Adjunct Professor of Education (CLE) programs at recent dialogues included Elie Baeck Institute. The panel Law, Columbia University the Center. Topics were: Wiesel and Mike Wallace, actor discussion was moderated by School of Law; and Rabbi J. “Tradition and Modernity in Tony Randall, Dr.Ruth Suzanne Last Stone, Professor David Bleich, Herbert and the Legal System in Mandated Westheimer, Theodore Bikel of Law at the Benjamin N. Florence Tenzer Professor Palestine and Israel,” “An and Ambassador Alon Pinkas. Cardozo School of Law, who of Jewish Law and Ethics at Overview of Islamic Many of these interviews are curated the program, and was Benjamin N. Cardozo Jurisprudence,” and “The archived on the Center web- co-sponsored by the David School of Law. Origin of Holocaust site at www.cjh.org. Berg Foundation and the In conjunction with the Reparations and an Overview Cardozo Program in Jewish Center’s “Jews and Justice” of Recent Restitution Issues.” Law and Culture. Joining Ms. series, the American 11 Center Gala Dinner

December 9 was a very special evening, as many of the Center’s donors, supporters and members of the partner organizations basked in the magnificence of the home they had helped build. The list of guests dining in the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Great Hall of the Center included many of the individ- uals who shared the early vision of Board Chairman Bruce Clockwise from Slovin, the driving top left: Richard Scheuer force for the Center and Stanley since it was just an Batkin; The Great imposing plan on an Hall; Fortuna; architect’s drawing AJHS Executive Director Michael board. For many Feldberg with guests, the event was Joseph Steinberg; their first opportunity Center chairman to meet Center Bruce Slovin with LBI Executive archivists and scholars Director Carol and experience first- Kahn Strauss; hand the magnitude of Center Executive the Center and the rare Director Joshua Plaut and City Councilman David collections of its partners. On Weprin; YIVO Executive Director display was a rich assortment Carl Rheins with of documents, artifacts and YIVO Chief Archivist ritual objects from the Jewish Fruma Mohrer; Leon Levy, Honorary past—a selection from the President of the ASF, treasures preserved at the and friends. Center that reflect the diverse strands of Jewish history. For the occasion, the Brazilian vocal artist Fortuna, a per- former of Ladino music, was invited to entertain the guests. ALL PHOTOS: MARTY HEITNER

Since the Center for Jewish History formally opened three years ago, it continues to demonstrate that the past can serve to illuminate the present and enrich our heritage for future generations. The impact of the Center—its impressive architecture, preservation efforts, reference collections, cultural programming and educational initiatives—are all cataloged in the Center’s ﬁrst Annual Report, titled “Our Legacy.” A highlight of the report is the impressive ongoing work of each of the partner organizations, which converge (Above) Reba Wulkan, YUM Curator to make the Center a landmark institution for the explo- of “Stories Untold: Jewish Pioneer ration, interpretation and presentation of Jewish history Women 1850-1910; The Art of Andrea Kalinowski” (right) A vol- and culture. For a copy of the Annual Report, call our ume on display from the Development Ofﬁce at 212-294-8310. collections.

12 Make a Become Endowing Commitment a Friend of the There are many ways to invest Center Our Legacy in the future of the Center for Jewish History. The late Dr. Support the Center for Jewish Sophie Bookhalter wished to History with a gift of $36 perpetuate her commitment or more, and you will become to Jewish education for the a Friend of the Center and benefit of future generations. be eligible for the following She endowed the Sophie benefits: Bookhalter Fellowship Program, which already has TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A 10% enabled six graduate students DISCOUNT AT THE FANYA HELLER GOTTESFELD BOOK to pursue their studies at the STORE. The shop reflects the Center in subjects related to mission of the Center with a Jewish history, literature and rich collection of scholarly the arts. and popular works on Jewish The Center’s future rests on history, culture and language. the thoughtfulness of donors Come browse for your personal like Dr. Bookhalter. There are shopping and distinctive gift many opportunities for partic- needs—books, historical ipation. You may name the posters, silver Judaica, CDs, Center as a beneficiary in your jewelry by innovative Israeli existing will. You may also artists, and a selection of choose from a variety of nam- cards and stationery. Many ing opportunities, endowment items are exclusive to the store. gifts and planned giving programs, including charitable ENJOY A 10% DISCOUNT IN THE remainder trusts, charitable CONSTANTINER DATE PALM gift annuities, charitable lead CAFÉ. Visit the Café for lunch trusts and other plans. Please or an afternoon coffee call the Center’s Development break—delicious kosher cui- Office at 212-294-8310 for a sine in a lively, yet relaxing copy of the 2002 Center environment. Meet your Annual Report and to discuss friends at the Café surrounded your personal interests. by the work of artist Michele Oka Doner.

Take a Seat CENTER TOURS—Receive a 15% The recent acclaimed YIVO discount on the price of the Conference on anti-Semitism tour, conducted by trained in the West took place in the docents, which begins every beautiful Leo and Julia Tuesday and Thursday at 2pm. Forchheimer Auditorium, the jewel in the crown of the And, when making a reserva- Center and the setting for the tion for a Center event— Center’s extensive program of music, film or lecture—just films, concerts, theater, lec- mention that you are a Friend tures and meetings. Endowing of the Center and you will a seat in the Forchheimer receive a 15% discount off the Auditorium as a memorial to a price of your ticket. loved one, or a tribute to the Center, offers an outstanding Please show your support and gift opportunity. For further become a Friend of the Center. information, please contact the Development Office at 212-294-8310.

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