Professor Samuel Kassow
The Rudashevski Diary: A Voice from the Vilna Ghetto: In Conversation with David Herman
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Summary
Join Professor Samuel D. Kassow and David Herman as they discuss the diary of Yitskhok Rudashevski (1927–1943). Rudashevski entered the Vilna Ghetto of Lithuania when he was only 13 years old. Before his murder by the Nazis two years later, he produced a diary chronicling his hope, his despair, and his experience of daily ghetto life.
In partnership with the Jewish Literary Foundation
Professor Samuel Kassow
Samuel Kassow is the Charles H. Northam Professor of History at Trinity College. His books include Who Will Write Our History?, which received the Orbis Prize of the AAASS and was a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award.
David Herman
David Herman is a freelance writer based in London. Over the past 20 years he has written almost a thousand articles, essays, and reviews on Jewish history and literature for publications including the Jewish Chronicle, the Jewish Quarterly, Jewish Renaissance, the Guardian, the New Statesman, and Prospect. He has taught courses on Jewish culture for the London Jewish Cultural Centre and JW3. He is a regular contributor to Jewish Book Week, the Association of Jewish Refugees, and the Insiders/Outsiders Festival on the contribution of Jewish refugees to British culture.