[Mendele] Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements--Simon Dubnow Conference at YIVO, Oct.22, Oct 24

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October 14, 2010

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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:32:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: YIVO Events <yivoevents at yivo.cjh.org>
Subject: Simon Dubnow Conference on the 150th Anniversary of his Birth
Simon Dubnow Conference on the 150th Anniversary of his Birth and Book 
Party


SUNDAY 24 OCTOBER 2010 | 10AM

   MAX WEINREICH CENTER CONFERENCE co-sponsored with HUNTER COLLEGE and THE 
POSEN FOUNDATION

On the 150th anniversary of the birth of the renowned historian Simon 
Dubnow, YIVO will conduct a day-long conference on Dubnow's life and 
career. Panels with leading academics and historians include "Dubnow on 
the East European Jewish Past," "Dubnovism in the 20th Century" and
"Dubnow  and Jewish Ideologies of His Time." The presenters are Elissa 
Bemporad, David Fishman, Brian Horowitz, Gershon Hundert, Jack Jacobs, 
Cecile Kuznitz, Ben Nathans, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, and Brian Smollett. 
The keynote address will be delivered by distinguished historian, Prof. 
Robert Seltzer, Hunter College.

Admission: $20 general, $15 YIVO members

FRIDAY 22 OCTOBER SEPTEMBER 2010 | 12PM

BOOK PARTY

In his new book, Lenin's Jewish Question, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern 
examines Lenin's controversial background, in particular the 
now-documented fact that Lenin had a maternal Jewish great-grandfather 
named Moshko Blank. Professor Petrovsky-Shtern will discuss his 
discoveries about Moshko Blank, Blank's conversion to Christianity, and 
related questions, such as why Soviet communists sought to suppress any 
discussion of Lenin's Jewishness, why Russian racists attempted to portray 
Lenin as a Jew, and why Lenin approached the Jewish question as he did.

Admission: Free
RSVP:  www.yivo.org/reservations
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