David Shneer
David Shneer is associate professor of history and director of Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He writes and teaches about modern Jewish history and culture, and his books include Queer Jews, New Jews, and Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture. He is currently writing a book on Soviet Jewish photographers, who photographed the Holocaust. He was the education director of Congregation Sha'ar Zahav in San Francisco.
Between Genealogy and History
Family Stories from the Former Soviet Union
Sam Jonas, Bluma Palvanova, self, David Shneer
- Sunday 9:15 PM–10:30 PM Monarch Lobby Classroom
Jews usually think of Russia and the Soviet Union as a mythic place of violence and destruction. What happens when we look for details about our own families’ histories in these places? In this panel, we will hear two very personal stories from two individuals who searched for the details and the truth about their families’ Jewish past in the former Soviet Union. One presenter is a longtime Denver resident who heard stories of Russia from his grandmother that inspired a quest that took him halfway around the world. The other is a recent immigrant from Uzbekistan, whose family has its own story of fortitude in the face of tragedy. This session is in English with Russian translation available.
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