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Ellen Cassedy
Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel, Newton
Jews in “the land of the Litvaks” lived alongside their non-Jewish neighbors for nearly seven centuries before the Holocaust. Ellen Cassedy, author of the award-winning We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust (University of Nebraska Press, 2012), will explore the rich cultural history of Lithuanian Jews, including the social structure of a multi-cultural world, the daily lives of women and men in villages, towns, and cities, and the dreams, aspirations, and challenges faced by our ancestors.
Ellen Cassedy has traveled and studied in Lithuania, the home of her Jewish ancestors. She was a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News and a speechwriter in the Clinton Administration. Her work has been published in Polin, Shofar, Ha’aretz, Hadassah, The Jewish Forward, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and other publications. Her book, We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust, was praised by the Jewish Book Council as “brilliantly balanced, totally engaging, and constantly penetrating.” She lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
561 Ward Street
Newton Centre, MA
3:00 pm – meet with:
Litvak/Baltic SIG
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