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Date(s) - 03/28/2019
1:00 pm
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Jewish Museum of Maryland
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| German? Czech? Jewish. Join Marsha Rozenblit as she explores the fraught concepts of nationalism, language, and identity faced by the Jews of Bohemia and Moravia.The Jews of this region historically spoke German, but the rise of Czech nationalism created pressure on the Jewish community to align themselves with the newly forming “nation.” While some Jews did begin to speak primarily Czech, many retained German as their primary language, not out of a sense of belonging to the German people, but for its history as (in their experience) a “Jewish” language. The clashes between German and Czech identity, and the potential for antisemitic violence in response to Jewish choices, created a challenging existence for the Jewish citizens of Bohemian lands. | |
| Date: 04/28/2019 | |
| Time: 1:00 pm | |
| Cost: $10 | |
| Event Link: http://jewishmuseummd.org/single/between-germans-and-czechs/ |
