Podcasts religion Tel Aviv Review The History, Memory And Myth Of The Kishinev Pogrom

The History, Memory And Myth Of The Kishinev Pogrom

Published: July 20, 2020, 5 a.m.

The Kishinev Pogrom of 1903 was among the seminal events of modern Jewish history. The violence was memorialized in ways that shaped Jewish identity, from the early Zionist national narrative to Jewish American social activism. Prof. Steven Zipperstein examines the history, memory and myth of the violence in\xa0Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History.

This episode is made possible by the Israel office of\xa0Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, which promotes peace, freedom, and justice through political education.

This season is made possible by\xa0The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.