Lost Heritage?
We are holding a meeting, film screening and discussion within the framework of the European Heritage Days, whose motto this year is “Lost Heritage”. The European Heritage Days is the largest social and educational project in Europe and the most important celebration of the Old Continent's cultural monuments.
The main objective of the European Heritage Days is to promote regional cultural heritage and to celebrate the common roots of European culture. Activities under the project are addressed to a wide and diverse audience, which gives them a universal dimension.
4.00 p.m. “Lost Heritage? Young Israelis on their Journey to Poland” – a meeting
We are holding a meeting with students from Israel – participants of the “Polish-Israeli Youth Exchange” project. The meeting will include a discussion about journeys to Poland and their meaning to young Israelis – do they travel for sentimental reasons, to satisfy curiosity, to confront stereotypes, or to recover their lost heritage?
The meeting will be led by Joanna Król, a participant of the “Polish-Israeli Youth Exchange” in 2007, author of documentaries and reports on the history of Polish Jews and co-author of the exhibition “They Risked Their Lives – Poles Who Saved Jews during the Holocaust”. Her tasks at the POLIN Museum include managing oral history projects.
More about the project: “Polish-Israeli Youth Exchange”.
The event will be held in English with translations into Polish.
6.00 p.m. Screening of “Everything is illuminated” (USA, 2005, dir. Liev Schreiber, 106 min.) and discussion
Based on the novel “Everything Is Illuminated” by Jonathan Safran Foer, the film tells the story of a young American with Jewish roots travelling to Ukraine. The protagonist sets out to discover parts of his family history, but his confrontation with contemporary Ukraine turns out to be another important part of his journey.
The screening will be followed by a discussion about travelling in search of one's identity and lost roots. The discussion will be attended by:
Tanya Solodar – Born in Russia and raised in Israel, she has lived in Poland since 2009.
Matan Shefi – raised in Jerusalem, he lives in Warsaw and works at the Genealogy Department of the Jewish Historical Institute.
The film will be screened in English with Polish subtitles. The discussion will be translated into Polish.
Admission and participation in the events is free of charge.
The Multicultural Warsaw activity series is part of the Jewish Heritage project, the Faces of Diversity component.Supported by Norway grants and EEA grants offered by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
www.eeagrants.org, www.norwaygrants.org
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The full programme for the European Heritage Days is available at: http://edd.nid.pl/
