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Discussion published by Martina Mampieri on Friday, February 19, 2021

FEATURED JOB: Assistant Professor, Cultural Analytics or Digital Literary History and Assistant Professor, Computational Linguistics (Washington University in St. Louis)

Washington University in St. Louis, Classics and Linguistics

Assistant Professor, Cultural Analytics or Digital Literary History and Assistant Professor, Computational Linguistics

As part of a broad initiative in Data Analytics and Digital Technology (https://insideartsci.wustl.edu/digital-transformation-hiring-initiative), Washington University in St.

Discussion published by Shalom Berger on Thursday, February 18, 2021

Reprint of R. Abraham Klausner's "The Survivor Book"

Our friend Ken Schoen advises that the Survivor Book published by the US Government in Germany under the guidance of Rabbi Abraham Klausner has been reprinted.

The book presents lists of Jewish survivors of concentration camps in the American and English zones of Germany and Austria, as a necessary and valued resource.

Describing the importance in his book "Rekindling the Flame: American Jewish Chaplains and the Survivors of European Jewry 1944-1948" Alex Grobman writes the following:

Discussion published by Alon Confino on Thursday, February 18, 2021

February 25, 2021, 4:30PM (EST), A round table discussion on Advancing Holocaust Studies, the new edited volume by Carol Rittner and John Roth (Routledge, 2020).

This event is organized and held in collaboration with the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center as well as the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MAHG) Program at Stockton University and the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies (IHGMS) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Discussion published by Gil Rubin on Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Deadline Extended: Geoffrey H. Hartman Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fortunoff Video Archive, Yale University, 2021-2023

The Fortunoff Video Archive is a collection within the Manuscripts and Archives Department of Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University. The Archive, which began as a grassroots effort in New Haven to record on video the testimonies of survivors, witnesses, and bystanders in 1979, currently holds more than 4,400 testimonies comprising over 10,000 hours of moving image materials. These testimonies were produced with the cooperation of 37 affiliate projects working in over a dozen countries and just as many languages. The archive is still recording testimony at Yale University.

Discussion published by Kate Yanduganova on Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Looking for reviewer: Book on Jewish Holidays

Academic Studies Press is looking for a reader who would be able to review the English translation of an educational book for adults about Jewish holidays and their role in forming Jewish national and family values. The reviewer will be required to access whether the manuscript is ready for publication, either as it is or with revisions. Our books will be offered as a complement.

For more information, please contact Kate Yanduganova at kate.yan@academicstudiespress.com

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