Patriotism, Combat, and Jewish Identity: The Experience of Jewish Soldiers in the Two World Wars - Online Symposium
Live on Zoom
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Wednesday, July 6, 2022, 15:00-20:00 (Israel Time)
Live on Zoom
15:00 - 15:20 Opening Session
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Roni Stauber, Director of the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center, Tel Aviv University
Simha Goldin, Department of Jewish History, Tel Aviv University
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15:20 - 16:50 First Session
Understanding War Experiences Through the Soldiers’ Lens (1914-1918)
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Chair: Galit Haddad
Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau
Three French Social Scientists in 1914-1918: Marc Bloch, Marcel Mauss and Robert Hertz
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Michael Neiberg
The American Jewish Experience
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16:50 - 17:00 Break
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17:00 - 18:30 Second Session
War Experiences and Jewish Identity (1939-1945)
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Chair: Derek J. Penslar
Galit Haddad
The French-Jewish POW Experience under German Captivity (1940-1945)
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Françoise (Simcha) Ouzan
Homesickness and Belonging: Jewish GIs during World War II
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18:30 - 20:00 Third Session
Testimonies and Literature: Expressions of Jewishness (1939-1945)
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Chair: Françoise (Simcha) Ouzan
David Geffen
Bundles of Letters from American Servicemen in the European Theatre
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Francine Kaufmann
Testimony on Some French Jewish Soldiers during the Second World War
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This event has been organized as part of the Center’s ongoing research project “Jewish Soldiers in World War IIâ€, which has been made possible by generous support from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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