How to commemorate the place and preserve Jewish law?
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The webinars will focus on the relationship between commemorating and creating places of memory and the regulations contained in Jewish law. Knowledge of guidelines arising from Jewish religious provisions regarding burial places is essential for honoring the deceased while still insufficiently known. Is it permissible to set up a toppled tombstone, pull weeds in the cemetery, or move human remains? What are the differences between war graves and traditional ones? How to mark burial places?
Aleksander Schwarz - a longtime expert of the Rabbinical Commission for Jewish Cemeteries in Poland, specializing in Jewish law regarding cemeteries and burials, president of the Forgotten Foundation. He reconstructs the historical boundaries of cemeteries and their burial zones, conducts searches for unmarked Jewish graves from the Holocaust era based on non-invasive research methods compliant with Halacha.
21.03.202318.30
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Memory
Halakha
Care
The meeting will focus on the relationship between commemorating and creating places of memory and the regulations contained in Jewish law. Knowledge of guidelines arising from Jewish religious provisions regarding burial places is essential for honoring the deceased while still insufficiently known. Is it permissible to set up a toppled tombstone, pull weeds in the cemetery, or move human remains? What are the differences between war graves and traditional ones? How to mark burial places? Aleksander Schwarz will answer these and other questions from participants.
He graduated in Theater Studies from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. His areas of interest include the relationships between theater, performative arts, and memory studies theories. He is also interested in researching the form of green memorials and the principles of Happy Cities. He examines historical connections related to the processing of difficult legacies of historical sites close to the Jewish community. He is a fan of multidirectional memory by Michael Rothberg and agonistic memory derived from the political and sociological assumptions of Chantal Mouffe. He collaborates with the Center for Memory Cultures Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
8.01.2024
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Memory
Nature
Jewish Law
Green Commemorations are an extremely important issue in the commemoration process. It's a new form of constituting memory artifacts in accordance with ecological standards, acts of solidarity, and environmental care. In the case of memorials focused on places related to Jewish heritage, another significant aspect is the role associated with the particular sensitivity to adhering to specific provisions of Jewish law - Halakha. During the meeting, both theoretical issues and practical forms of commemoration focused on the site of the former KL Plaszow camp in Krakow will be discussed.
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