Leading Jewish scholars from Israel and North America will discuss Daring to Resist: Jewish Defiance in the Holocaust, the Museum's groundbreaking exhibit which shatters the myth that Jews went passively to their deaths during the Holocaust.
Speakers will consider the context in which Jews found themselves struggling against the overwhelming strength and ruthlessness of their enemy.
The panel will expand the definition of defianceto include the range of activities that Jews engaged in, and will explore underlying aspects of Jewish identity that left Jews both prepared and unprepared to confront the atrocities that they faced. This fascinating symposium, entitled Jewish Resistance Reconsidered, will take place at the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust on Sunday, October 28 from 1p.m. to 5p.m.
The panel will include the following scholars: Yehuda Bauer, professor emeritus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Judy Baumel Schwartz, associate professor, BarIlan University, Israel; David Engel, professor, New York University; Israel Gutman, professor emeritus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Yitzchak Mais,exhibition curator; and Robert Shapiro, assistant professor, Brookl ynCollege, CUNY. -- www.mjhnyc.org
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