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EPYC Educators Seminar on East European Jewish Heritage
June 22-25, 2009
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research sponsored the third EPYC Educators Seminar on East European Jewish Heritage, June 22-25, at the Center for Jewish History in New York City. Eligible participants in the Educators Seminar included teachers from various settings, such as Jewish high schools, colleges, public schools and private schools, museums and afternoon religious schools, as well as graduate students in education and Jewish studies. The Seminar's chairman was Dr. Robert Moses Shapiro, Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College. Co-chairing was Dr. Paul Glasser, Associate Dean of the Max Weinreich Center at the YIVO Institute. Seminar lecturers included professors Robert Seltzer of Hunter College, Samuel D. Kassow of Trinity College, Miriam Hoffman of Columbia University, Nancy Sinkoff of Rutgers University, Chava Lapin of Queens College and YIVO, film director Joshua Waletzky, Folksbiene artistic director Zalmen Mlotek, and others. |
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| 800 Years of East European Jewry Prof. Robert Seltzer of Hunter College |
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| East European Jewry between the World Wars Prof. Samuel D. Kassow of Trinity College |
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| Overview of Yiddish and Day-to-day Life among East European Jews Dr. Chava Lapin of YIVO and Queens College |
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| A Tour of Jewish Geography in East Europe Dr. Paul Glasser of YIVO and Max Weinreich Center |
Video | Audio | |
| A Musical History of the Yiddish Theater Zalmen Mlotek of The National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene |
Video | Audio | |
| Culture of Torah Judaism in East Europe Rabbi Ysoscher Katz of YCT: Yeshivat Chovevei Torah |
Video | Audio | |
| Teaching Yiddish Language and Culture in the 21st Century Ms. Miriam Hoffman of Columbia University and the Yiddish Forward |
Video | Audio | |
| Treasures of YIVO's EPYC Website Ms. Cynthia Peterman of the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School |
Video | Audio | |
| Transformations in the Status of Women in East European Jewry Prof. Nancy Sinkoff of Rutgers University |
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| The Yiddish Musical Heritage Mr. Lorin Sklamberg of the Klezmatics and YIVO |
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