Patriotism, Combat, and Jewish Identity: The Experience of Jewish Soldiers in the Two World Wars - Online Symposium

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022, 15:00-20:00 (Israel Time)

Live on Zoom

15:00 - 15:20 Opening Session

Roni Stauber, Director of the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center, Tel Aviv University

Simha Goldin, Department of Jewish History, Tel Aviv University

15:20 - 16:50 First Session
Understanding War Experiences Through the Soldiers’ Lens (1914-1918)

Chair: Galit Haddad

Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau
Three French Social Scientists in 1914-1918: Marc Bloch, Marcel Mauss and Robert Hertz

Michael Neiberg
The American Jewish Experience

16:50 - 17:00 Break

17:00 - 18:30 Second Session
War Experiences and Jewish Identity (1939-1945)

Chair: Derek J. Penslar

Galit Haddad
The French-Jewish POW Experience under German Captivity (1940-1945)

Françoise (Simcha) Ouzan
Homesickness and Belonging: Jewish GIs during World War II

18:30 - 20:00 Third Session
Testimonies and Literature: Expressions of Jewishness (1939-1945)

Chair: Françoise (Simcha) Ouzan

David Geffen
Bundles of Letters from American Servicemen in the European Theatre

Francine Kaufmann
Testimony on Some French Jewish Soldiers during the Second World War

This event has been organized as part of the Center’s ongoing research project “Jewish Soldiers in World War II”, which has been made possible by generous support from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

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