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The Shtetl In Yiddish Literature And Film with Dr. Avi Blitz
February 8 @ 7:30 PM – 8:45 PM EST
**The Shtetl In Yiddish Literature And Film **
From the Yiddish meaning small town, the word shtetl nowadays conveys a
romantic image of traditional Jewish life in Eastern Europe, evocative of
**_Tevye’s Anatevka_** __from Fiddler on the Roof. But what was the reality?
The small Jewish market towns of the Pale of Settlement were fraught with
social tensions. In the early days, there existed in the shtetl a gulf between
the rich and the poor, between the haves and the have-nots; in the nineteenth
century, the shtetl was ravaged by the modernizing forces of urbanization,
secularization and migration. Nevertheless, we continue to revere the shtetl
as a locus of lost innocence. This course will lead you on a journey through
the shtetl, real and imagined, in excerpts from Yiddish memoirs and in tales
from Yiddish literature.
**Instructor** : Dr. Avi Blitz
**Tuition:** $105
**Day/Time: Thu** **7:30 PM** – **8:45 PM**
**Location:** This Class will be on ZOOM
** _Class Dates:_ _ ___**1/4/2024, 1/11/2024, 1/18/2024, 1/25/2024, 2/1/2024,
2/8/2024
Organized by: JLearn
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