Join the Yiddish Book Center for a special online course, Cultural Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto: The Legacy of Rokhl Auerbach and Emanuel Ringelblum, taught by renowned historian Samuel Kassow. This four-session course explores the cultural and spiritual life of the Warsaw Ghetto through wartime writings and memoirs, including Emanuel Ringelblum’s Oyneg Shabes archive and Rokhl Auerbach’s Warsaw Testament.
Course Details:
- Dates: Tuesdays, March 18, 25, April 1, and 8, 2025.
- Time: 7:00–8:30 PM ET.
- Format: Live on Zoom (recordings available for registrants).
- Cost: $100 for Yiddish Book Center members; $125 for nonmembers.
Bonus: Registrants receive a 25% discount on Warsaw Testament by Rokhl Auerbach, translated by Samuel Kassow, from the Yiddish Book Center shop.
Register now through this link.
Samuel Kassow is the Charles H. Northam Professor of History at Trinity College and a leading scholar on Jewish history, particularly the Holocaust and the Warsaw Ghetto. His acclaimed book, Who Will Write Our History?, has been translated into eight languages and inspired a documentary film. A child of Holocaust survivors, Kassow brings profound insight and expertise to this course.
