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Yulia Ruditskaya's "The Waltz" Wins Award at ASIFA-East

The Fortunoff Archive is pleased to announce that “The Waltz,” a short film created by 2022 Laurel Vlock fellow Yulia Ruditskaya, placed third in the Independent Films category at ASIFA-East’s 52nd Annual Animation Awards Ceremony. ASIFA is French for the Association Internationale du Film d’Animation. ASIFA-East is the New York chapter, promoting all things animation. Debuting in 1969, the ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival is one of the longest running festivals of its kind. Each year, entries are submitted and judged during special jury screenings. “The Waltz” is based on the poem by A. Lutzky, pen name of the Yiddish poet Aaron Zucker (1894-1957), set to music by D. Zisl Slepovitch and performed by Sasha Lurje and the Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble as part of the Songs from Testimonies project. Lutzky was born in Ukraine and immigrated to New York in the 1910s. In the poem, Lutzky raises themes of lost youth, lost hopes, lost lives, nostalgia for his homeland, and the fragility of life. Employing metaphorical language, the poet expresses themes of death and sorrow. The poem was sung in the Lodz Ghetto during the Second World War and was recounted in the testimony of Jean B. (HVT-701) at the Fortunoff […]

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Vlock Fellow Yulia Ruditskaya premiers The Waltz, a film based on Fortunoff testimonies at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival

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Online Symposium: Fortunoff Video Archive Annual Research Symposium, 2022

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On the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Vladimir Putin's Abuse of Language

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Summer Virtual Institute for Teachers: Holocaust Testimony and Historical Comparisons

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Call For Papers: Recording Romani Voices, Documenting Romani Lives Workshop (June 13-14, 2022)

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In Memoriam: Helene Fortunoff (1933-2021)

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Call For Papers: The Future of Holocaust Testimonies 6 Conference: The Past, Present, and Future of Holocaust Testimonies

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Call For Proposals: Bridging Divides: Rupture and Continuity in Polish Jewish History

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Testimony Indexing Completed

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Fortunoff Archive and Vienna Wiesenthal Institute to Encourage Use of the Collection in Europe

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REMINDER: Summer Virtual Institute for Teachers: Holocaust Testimony and Historical Comparisons

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YIVO/Carnegie Hall Hosts Online Performance of Volume 2 of Songs from Testimonies

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Fortunoff Archive Publishes Annotated Critical Editions of Testimonies

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Event: Racism, Fascism, and the Jim Crow Military, As Seen Through the Testimony of Leon Bass

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Online Concert of Cry, My Heart, Cry: Songs from Testimonies on YouTube

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Online Concert: Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble & Sasha Lurje Perform Songs From Testimonies, Volume 2

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TJHTalks - Jewish Encounters in the Coffeehouse

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Webinar: Those Who Were There: Using Podcasts and Survivor Testimony in Your Classroom

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Call For Applications: Hartman Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2021-2023

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Rescheduled: Presentation by Fortunoff/VWI Fellow Julie Dawson

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Fortunoff Archive Premieres Songs From Testimonies Web Series

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Premiere of The Last Time I Saw Them, the Fortunoff Archive’s New Family Separation Mini-Documentary

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Online Event: Release of Journal of Holocaust Research Issue in Honor of Lawrence Langer's Work

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Presentation by Fortunoff/VWI Fellow Julie Dawson

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Rosenberg Senior Scholar Anna Machcewicz Publishes New Book

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Season Two of Those Who Were There Launches

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Julie Dawson Chosen as Fortunoff/VWI Fellow 2020-2021

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A Message from Faculty Advisor Timothy Snyder

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New Publication by Former Hartman Fellow Sarah Garibova

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In Memoriam: Helene Rosenberg (1923-2020)

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May 5, 2020 - Online Symposium: 3rd Annual Geoffrey H. Hartman Symposium

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Online Performances of Songs from Testimonies

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Welcome Anna and Pawel Machcewicz

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Frank Clifford Jr. (1956-2019)

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Welcome Nikolaus Hagen, Fortunoff/VWI Research Fellow 2019-2020

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Allison Somogyi chosen as Fortunoff/USC Postdoctoral Fellow

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Fortunoff Welcomes New Institutions to its Access Site Program

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Gil Rubin chosen as Geoffrey H. Hartman Fellow 2019-2020

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Fortunoff Fellows Present Research

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2019 Event Series

Primo Levi’s Homecoming, 1945-46: The Need to Bear Witness

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Fortunoff Releases Beta Version of Aviary

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Fortunoff Archive's 2019 Event Series: Forty Years of Video Testimony

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New Fortunoff Video Archive Access System: Introducing Aviary

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Fortunoff Archive Presents Music from Testimony

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Jiří Kocián to present his work at Malach Center for Visual History

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Joanne W. Rudof honored at Lessons and Legacies XV

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Screening of Serena Dykman's film Nana at Sterling Memorial Library

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Fortunoff Video Archive opens collection to Yale Campus

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Ion Popa chosen as Fortunoff/VWI joint fellow

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Sari J. Siegel begins as Hartman Fellow 2018-2019

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Fortunoff Video Archive and Vienna Wiesenthal Institute announce joint fellowship

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Dr. Dori Laub, co-founder of the Fortunoff Archive, dies at 81

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2019 Event Series

Introducing Aviary: The Fortunoff Archive's New Access System

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