Annual report from RRC available
A new interactive annual report has been posted online from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College which includes a number of interesting stories.
The piece may be enlightening to those who are unfamiliar with the composition of the movement.
To view this document, visit rrc.edu/2012AR/.
Panel discussions on Holocaust slated
Davidson College is currently engaged in panel discussions on the Holocaust across the area and has invited the community to attend one organized by the Levine-Sklut Judaic Library at Gorelick Hall, 5007 Providence Rd., on May 7 at 7 p.m.
This comes in the aftermath of a research trip to various memorials in Germany and Poland during Spring break. Students researchers are facilitating the discussion panels as part of their coursework.
Dr.Thomas Pegelow Kaplan from the Department of History and author of “The Language of Nazi Genocide” and Dr. Scott Denham from the Department of German Studies and editor of the book series “Interdisciplinary German Cultural Studies” led the European trip. Full access to the archives at various institution were made available to the students. This included the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial, the Memorial Site of the House of the Wannsee Conference and the Volkswagen Corporation in Wolfsburg.
The students presented their preliminary findings at the prestigious Friedrich Meinecke Institute at the Free University of Berlin and at the Sosnowiec campus of Silesian University. They also had the opportunity to met with Polish and German scholars, students, members of the Jewish community, politicians, a former Hitler Youth member and a rescuer, as well as Righteous Among the Nations.
The presentations include new work on the Auschwitz orchestras, female slave labor at the city of the KdF (“Kraft durch Freude” or Strength through Joy, now known as the Volkswagen Beetle) car (Wolfsburg) and the Jewish exhibitions at the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial in the German Democratic Republic and the united Germany.
To learn more about the trip, visit www.davidsonian.com/news/holocaust-seminar-spends-spring-break-abroad-1.2718798.
Talli Dippold, library director, and Rachael Levine, director of community relations and Israeli affairs of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte are acting as liaisons between the school and Shalom Park.
Although attendance is free, it is suggested that material presented may not be suitable for children.
For more information, contact Dr. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan at 704-894-2284.
Violins of Hope comes to the Queen City
Violins of Hope will make it’s Carolina appearance between April 9-24 at various venues across Charlotte. This initiative is a joint partnership with Queens University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, as well as cultural institutions from the area.
Included are exhibits with poetry and artwork created by the camp’s children. The exhibits, along with film screenings, lectures and concerts are held at a various locations.
Featured are 18 violins that were recovered from the Holocaust. None of these “lost children” have been assembled and played together in the Western Hemisphere until now. They are being used in a series of programs that explore the instruments’ extraordinary stories.
Amnon Weinstein, a master violinmaker from Israel, has been the person responsible for recovering these instruments, including restoring them to playing condition so they could be shared with audiences.
For more information, full schedules and more, visit violinsofhopecharlotte.com.