Kristallnacht Observance - During Friday night services

Alterman and the Shoah: Poetry in Real Time - Dr. Rachel Korazim

Writing from Tel Aviv, far from the horrors unfolding in Europe, Nathan Alterman responded to the Holocaust almost as soon as news of the atrocities reached Palestine. His poems, among the earliest Hebrew poetic responses to the catastrophe, capture history as it was happening, before its full dimensions were known. From the persecution of Jewish children in 1938 to reports of mass murder, liberation, and the struggles of survivors, we will explore how Alterman transformed breaking news into powerful poetry, bearing witness to events he never saw, yet understood with remarkable moral clarity.

In this session, Dr. Rachel Korazim, a leading Jewish educator and internationally renowned teacher of Israeli literature, will bring Alterman’s poetry to life through The Mirror of the Times, a new bilingual anthology spearheaded by Rachel in partnership with the Department of Jewish Peoplehood in the Office of the Vice Chair of the World Zionist Organization, Dr. Yizhar Hess. Many of the poems will be available in English for the first time.

Through selected poems, Rachel will explore how poetry can bear witness to historical events as they unfold, preserve the voices and experiences of those affected, and confront the moral challenges of a world in crisis.

Learn more about this remarkable anthology and order your copy at www.alterman-poetry.com

Zoom

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Meeting ID: 924 8548 9997
Call-in Number: 646 876 9923
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