JGSGB-Notices Mailing List: Program Sun Dec 11, 2011, at 3:00: "Drafted into the Tsar's Army"

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This is the notice of our next program. Please note that this is our Annual Lecture in conjunction with Hebrew College. It will take place at Hebrew College at 3:00 pm. Space is limited and reservations are required to ensure admission.

For more details, visit our website at www.jgsgb.org.

Drafted into the Tsar’s Army:
Russian Expectations, Jewish Experiences

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern

Sunday, December 11, 2011
3:00 PM
  Hebrew College, Newton, MA

Many of us have family stories about ancestors who emigrated to escape conscription into the Russian army. Why did Tsar Nicholas I target the Jews for military service? What was the fate of conscripted Jewish men and boys? Why did the Russians consider this policy to be “good for the Jews”? Learn about the broader European context and the legal, military, social, religious, and cultural dimensions of this policy.

Our speaker, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, is the Crown Family Professor of Jewish Studies at Northwestern University in Illinois and an authority on the history of Russian Jews. His books include Jews in the Russian Army, 1827–1917: Drafted Into Modernity. He holds a Ph.D. from Brandeis University (2001), a Ph.D. from Moscow University (1988), and a Masters from Kiev University.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Reservations are required as seating is limited. Register at www.hebrewcollege.edu/events. For more information, contact Steffi Bobbin at sbobbin [at] hebrewcollege.edu or 617-559-8640.

Upcoming Programs

    Sunday, January 22, 1:30 PM (Temple Emanuel)

Rochelle Ruthchild
"Jews and Revolution in Russia and the Soviet Union"

plus a 'spotlight' talk by Muriel Gillick
"Taking Family History Public: The Research Behind Her Published Family Story"

    Sunday, February 26, 1:30 PM (Temple Emanuel)

Alan Shuchat
"Internal Jewish Migration to Agricultural Colonies in the Russian Empire"

plus a 'spotlight' talk by Paul Adams
"Preserving Oral History Recordings and Audio Files"

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