JGSGB Dutch & Sephardi SIG - 20 Feb 2022 2pm – with Ruth Ellen Gruber – “Vincent Van Gogh and an Amsterdam Jewish cemetery (or two, or three....)”

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is from the JGSGB Dutch & Sephardi Special Interest Group (D&S SIG) by Zoom.

• Date: Sunday 20 February 2022
• Time 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 07:00 Salt Lake City
• Title: “Vincent Van Gogh and an Amsterdam Jewish cemetery (or two, or three....)”
• Speaker: Ruth Ellen Gruber
• Description: Ruth Ellen Gruber follows the footsteps of the great Dutch painter to an abandoned Jewish cemetery in Amsterdam, plus two other Jewish cemeteries, including the famous Portuguese Jewish Cemetery in Ouderkerk. Ruth is an award-winning writer, the author of "Jewish Heritage Travel" and coordinator of the Jewish Heritage Europe website.

 

About Ruth Ellen Gruber
Ruth Ellen Gruber has written on Jewish heritage, revival and tourism for more than three decades. Currently she coordinates the website www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu, a project of the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe. With her 2002 book Virtually Jewish: Reinventing Jewish Culture in Europe, she coined the term “Virtually Jewish” to describe the way the so-called “Jewish space” in Europe is often filled by non-Jews. Among her other books are National Geographic Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern Europe, first published in 1992; Letters from Europe (and Elsewhere), and Upon the Doorposts of Thy House: Jewish Life in East-Central Europe, Yesterday and Today. A former correspondent for UPI in Poland, ex-Yugoslavia, and elsewhere in communist Europe, she has contributed to other books as well as to scholarly journals and popular publications. Her awards and honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship and Poland’s Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit. She was the Distinguished Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies at the College of Charleston (South Carolina) in 2015 and has a long-term project exploring the European fascination with the American Wild West, its mythology and its music.

After the talk, there will be an opportunity for Q&A on the talk.

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If you have problems joining please email chairman@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts.

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Leigh Dworkin is inviting you to register for a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: JGSGB D&S SIG with Ruth Ellen Gruber – “Vincent Van Gogh and an Amsterdam Jewish cemetery (or two, or three....)”

When: Feb 20, 2022 02:00 PM London

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Keep well!

Leigh Dworkin

Chairman, JGSGB