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SubscribeBook Talk: Hasidism in Poland on the Eve of the Holocaust
Please join us in celebrating the publication of Prof. Glenn Dynner’s book The Light of Learning: Hasidism in Poland on the Eve of the Holocaust (Oxford University Press, 2024) in conversation with Prof. Eli Stern.
Time: 4 PM on April 9, 2024
Place: Luce Hall Room 202, Macmillan Center
The event is open to the public and will be accompanied with nigunim by accordion artist Christina Crowder.
The Light of Learning tells the story of an unexpected Hasidic revival in Poland on the eve of the Holocaust. In the aftermath of World War I, the Jewish mystical movement appeared to be in shambles. [...]
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