Photo courtesy of Professor David E. Fishman
CU Boulder鈥檚 Program in Jewish Studies and cosponsors will honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27,听with a free public lecture by visiting scholar David E. Fishman, professor of history at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
Fishman鈥檚 talk, 鈥淭he Book Smugglers of the Vilna Ghetto: A Chapter in Spiritual Resistance to the Nazis,鈥� will take place Thursday, Jan. 24.
Who: Open to the public
奥丑补迟:听鈥淭he Book Smugglers of the Vilna Ghetto: A Chapter in Spiritual Resistance to the Nazis鈥�
奥丑别苍:听Thursday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m.
Where: Old Main Theater
In his lecture, Fishman will discuss his new book, The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis, which tells the story of ghetto inmates who rescued thousands of rare books and manuscripts鈥攆irst from the Nazis and then from the Soviets鈥攂y hiding them on their bodies, burying them in bunkers听and smuggling them across borders. Based on Jewish, German and Soviet documents, The Book Smugglers chronicles the daring activities of a group of poets turned partisans and scholars turned smugglers in Vilna, 鈥渢he Jerusalem of Lithuania.鈥�
At the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), Fishman is an authority on the history and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe. He also is the director of Project Judaica, JTS鈥檚 academic program in Jewish Studies in the former Soviet Union, which allows students to pursue a major in Jewish history and culture at universities in Moscow and Kiev. Fishman is a native Yiddish-speaker and frequently travels to Ukraine, Lithuania听and Russia to conduct research and lecture.听
Fishman鈥檚 visit is part of the Community Talks Series in the Program in Jewish Studies, made possible in part by a grant from the Rose Community Foundation. Community Talks features nationally and internationally renowned scholars, authors, artists听and performers for themed public events with the goal of enriching community learning and expanding access to academic programming on Jewish culture and history. Guarantee your spot at all events for the academic year by becoming a friend of Community Talks. Learn more.
This event is听cosponsored by CU鈥檚 Department of History, Program for Writing and Rhetoric, Department of English听and University Libraries.
