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They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust 
   
Start Date/Time: Saturday, September 11, 2010 9:00 AM 
End Date/Time: Saturday, September 11, 2010 11:30 PM
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They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust

On exhibit at the Yiddish Book Center April 18 - September 26, 2010.

This traveling exhibition was organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, and was curated by scholar and folklorist Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett.

A remarkable record of Jewish life in a Polish town before World War II as seen through the eyes of Mayer Kirshenblatt, who was born in 1916, left Poland for Canada in 1934, and began painting at age 73.

The National Yiddish Book Center
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

Telephone: 413-256-4900

yiddish@bikher.org

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Created by  Julie Weisman  on  7/13/2010

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