[Mendele] Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements--New book by Ellen Cassedy features Vilnius Yiddish Institute

[Victor Bers]

Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements

February 16, 2012

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Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:11:28 -0500 
From: Ellen Cassedy <ellen at ellencassedy.com>
Subject: New book features Vilnius Yiddish Institute

I'm pleased to announce the publication of my new book, "We Are Here: 
Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust" (University of Nebraska Press), 
which begins with my enrollment at the Vilnius Yiddish Institute, evokes 
the world of the yidishkayt in the one-time Jerusalem of Lithuania (land 
of my forebears), and then expands into an examination of how people in 
Lithuania today are engaging with their 20th-century past.


Many scenes involve studying Yiddish with wonderful teachers, my love of 
Yiddish, and reflections on Yiddish literature.



Michael Steinlauf, author of Bondage to the Dead: Poland and the Memory of 
the Holocaust, says: "Pioneering...will reach out to all those who care 
about not replaying in this new century the disasters of the century that 
has just ended."



For more information, please visit www.ellencassedy.com.



--

Ellen Cassedy

ellen at ellencassedy.com

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