The Campaign to delete the Holocaust from European history and the entangled backdrop: Prosecution of Survivors, the Prague Declaration, ‘Double Genocide’, the New Cold War and the New Antisemitism.

Paper at the

Baltic Forum / Baltijas Forums

Outcomes of World War II: Victims, Righteous, Liberators and Executioners

held at the Reval Hotel Latvia, Riga

Monday 1 March 2010 at 7:40 PM

The Life and Poetry of Abraham Sutzkever (1913-2010)

interview with Ed Horwich

on BBC Radio Manchester 95.1 FM

Jewish Citizen program

March—June 2010

Courses offered:

Intermediate Yiddish (VYI)

Ashkenazic Civilization (VYI)

Introduction to the Old Testament (VYI)

Sheine Sideraite Yiddish Reading Circle (JCL)

February 2010

Monday 15 February 2010 at 7:30 PM

Report on the Campaign against Holocaust Survivors

live interview with Ed Horwich

on BBC Radio Manchester 95.1 FM

Jewish Citizen program

Friday 12 February 2010

Citations from interview with Mark Ames appear in

The Nation

JANUARY 2010

Sunday 31 January 2010 at 7 PM GMT

Radio interview broadcast (in Yiddish)

on the program

Naye Khvalyes (Warsaw)

interviewed by

Katka Mazurczak

Tuesday 12 January 2010 at 2 PM

Meetings at Westminster, London

with members of the Commons and Lords concerning the

Prague Declaration (2008)

and the Stockholm Program (2010-2114)

Friday 1 January 2010

Publication of the new edition of

Lithuanian Jewish Culture

(400 pp folio)

Published by Baltos Lankos (Vilnius)

in cooperation with

Central European University Press

ordering the book

information on content

DECEMBER 2009

Wednesday 16 December 2009 at 5 PM

Holocaust Obfuscation and a

Uniquely East European Antisemitism

Presentation (by invitation of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

at the panel

‘Nationalist Trends in Central and Eastern Europe:
New Challenges Facing the Jewish Communities’

held at the Knesset, Jerusalem as part of the

Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism

Session chaired by Andrew Baker and Mark Levin

Reports in the Jerusalem Post (17 Dec) and Haaretz (25 Dec); image

Tuesday 15 December 2009 at 1 PM

Sheine Sideraite Yiddish Reading Circle (JCL)

Monday 14 December 2009 at 5 PM

Ashkenazic Civilization class (VYI)

Wednesday 9 December 2009 at 5 PM

Old Testament Introduction class (VYI)

Tuesday 8 December 2009 at 1 PM

Sheine Sideraite Yiddish Reading Circle (JCL)

Monday 7 December 2009 at 5 PM

Ashkenazic Civilization class (VYI)

Thursday 3 December 2009 at 6:30 PM

The Kaminski Rumpus in the UK and its Echoes:

The Prague Declaration and a new Far Right that Masquerades as the Center

Open University Lecture (in English)

at the Jewish Theater, Grzybowski Square 12/16, Warsaw

translation into Polish by Anna Szapert

under the auspices of the Shalom Foundation

Wednesday 2 December 2009 at 5 PM

Old Testament Introduction class (VYI)

Tuesday 1 December 2009 at 1 PM

Sheine Sideraite Yiddish Reading Circle (JCL)

NOVEMBER 2009

Monday 30 November 2009 at 5 PM

Ashkenazic Civilization class (VYI)

Sunday 29 November 2009 at 2 PM

Past, Present and Future of Yiddish

Lecture and discussion (in Yiddish):

at the Uilenburger Synagogue, Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat, Amsterdam

under the auspices of Stichting Jiddisj

translation into Dutch by Justus van de Kamp

interview in NRC Handelsblad by Hilde Pach (3 Dec 2009)

Friday 27 November 2009

Launch of the column in Yiddish

on aspects of the Yiddish language

Kapítalakh yídish

(‘Chapters in Yiddish’)

in the

Algemeyner Zhurnal (New York)

First five columns: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

more details at Recent Publications

Thursday 26 November 2009 at 1 PM

Introduction, translation and commentary for a

Vilna Ghetto Walk led by Fania Yocheles Brantsovsky,

Librarian of the Vilnius Yiddish Institute

FOR AMBASSADORS AND CHARGÉS D’AFFAIRES OF THE EMBASSIES OF

Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia

report on Holocaust in the Baltics (entry for 26 November 2009)

Wednesday 25 November 2009 at 5 PM

Old Testament Introduction class (VYI)

Tuesday 24 November 2009 at 1 PM

Sheine Sideraite Yiddish Reading Circle (JCL)

Monday 23 November 2009 at 5 PM

Ashkenazic Civilization class (VYI)

Wednesday 18 November 2009 at 5 PM

Old Testament Introduction class (VYI)

Tuesday 17 November 2009 at 1 PM

Sheine Sideraite Yiddish Reading Circle (JCL)

Monday 16 November 2009 at 5 PM

Ashkenazic Civilization class (VYI)

Sunday 15 November 2009 at 4 PM

Associated partner [not in attendance] in the

Reception for the Survivor Mitzvah Project

At 705 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills, California

Wednesday 11 November 2009 at 5 PM

Old Testament Introduction class (VYI)

Tuesday 10 November 2009 at 3 PM

When Jewish Vilne (Vilnius)

was the Lone Opponent of

Hundreds of Towns in Jewish Poland and Ukraine

Lecture (in English) at the Polish-Lithuanian Academy

Institute of International Relations and Political Science

Vokiečių 10, Vilnius

Tuesday 10 November 2009 at 1 PM

Sheine Sideraite Yiddish Reading Circle (JCL)

Monday 9 November 2009 at 5 PM

Ashkenazic Civilization class (VYI)

Wednesday 4 November 2009 at 5 PM

Old Testament Introduction class (VYI)

Tuesday 3 November 2009 at 1 PM

Sheine Sideraite Yiddish Reading Circle (JCL)

Monday 2 November 2009 at 5 PM

Ashkenazic Civilization class (VYI)

OCTOBER 2009

Wednesday 28 October 2009 at 5 PM

Old Testament Introduction class (VYI)

Tuesday 27 October 2009 at 1 PM

Sheine Sideraite Yiddish Reading Circle (JCL)

Monday 26 October 2009 at 5 PM

Ashkenazic Civilization class (VYI)

Wednesday 21 October 2009 at 5 PM

Old Testament Introduction class (VYI)

Tuesday 20 October 2009 at 1 PM

Sheine Sideraite Yiddish Reading Circle (JCL)

Monday 19 October 2009 at 5 PM

Ashkenazic Civilization class (VYI)

Thursday 15 October 2009 at 11:30 AM

interview by [actor-comedian / former Oxford student]

David Schneider

on his

My Yiddisher Mother Tongue

a BBC London Radio 4 program

Wednesday 14 October 2009 at 5 PM

Old Testament Introduction class (VYI)

Monday 12 October 2009 at 5 PM

Ashkenazic Civilization class (VYI)

Discussion Session

with a delegation from the

Network for Studies of National Socialism and the Holocaust

comprising

Jens-Christian Hansen, Niels Bjørk Pedersen, Prof. Ninon Schloss,

Prof. Therkel Stræde

(Dept of History & Civilization, University of Southern Denmark)

Coordinated by Regina Kopilevich

Wednesday 7 October 2009 at 5 PM

Old Testament Introduction class (VYI)

Monday 5 October 2009 at 5 PM

Ashkenazic Civilization class (VYI)

SEPTEMBER 2009

Monday 15 September 2009 at 6 PM

Represented the Vilnius Yiddish Institute at the

Celebration of the Life of Sidney Corob

At the Royal College of Physicians, London

AUGUST 2009

Monday 24 August 2009 at 12 midday

participation in a reception at the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

in honor of publication of

Raimondas Paknys, Isaac Zibuts et al,

The Sounds of Silence. Traces of Jewish Life in Lithuania

[cf below 12 May 2009]

Saturday 22 August 2009 at 8:30 PM

Welcoming reception hosted at residence

in honor of

Professor Sara Ginaite (University of Toronto)

attended by representatives of the United States and other embassies &

a representative of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Thursday 20 August 2009 at 7 PM

Unofficial Summer Program Lecture (in English):

How do we Work for the Future of Yiddish?

(residence of Larry Mandel)

Wednesday 19 August 2009 at 6 PM

Unofficial Summer Program Lecture (in Yiddish):

The Holocaust Obfuscation Movement in Europe

(residence of Dovid Katz; organized by Professor Abraham Lichtenbaum and Adalbert Wagner)

Monday 17 August 2009 at 6 PM

Unofficial Summer Program Lecture (in English):

The Project to Delete the Holocaust

from European History

(residence of Daniel Nemenyi and Martina Ravagnan)

Friday 14 August 2009 8:30 PM

Radio interview broadcast

‘Wie der Antisemitismus in Vilnius neue Blüten treibt’

on the program

Schabat Schalom

on the

Das Magazin aus jüdischen Leben

interviewed by

Anat Kalman

Monday 10 August 2009 at 6 PM

Unofficial Summer Program Lecture (in English):

Exposing the Holocaust Obfuscation Movement

(residence of Dovid Katz; organized by Dr Shimon Samuels, Dr Ilya Levin and Adalbert Wagner)

Sunday 9 August 2009 at 8:15 PM

Radio interview broadcast (in Yiddish and Ashkenazic Hebrew)

on the program

Naye Khvalyes (Warsaw)

interviewed by

Katka Mazurczak

July 2009

19 — 31 July 2009

Founding Director and Lead Instructor:

The Jewish Lithuania Program

a self-contained two-week program within the 2009

Summer Literary Seminar in Vilnius, Lithuania

sessions held at JCL

under the auspices of SLS directed by Prof. Mikhail Iossel

6 — 12 July 2009

Series of Advanced Yiddish workshops (in Yiddish)

and four lectures (in English)

at the

Seventh Annual Summer Language Seminar in Śródborów, Poland:

I The Past, Present and Future of Yiddish

II Holocaust Obfuscation from the Baltics to Brussels

III The Litvaks and Litvish

IV Expeditions to the Last Prewar Yiddish Speakers

under the auspices of the Shalom Foundation

Thursday 2 July 2009 at 8 PM

Farewell reception hosted

in honor of the Ambassador of Austria in Lithuania

HE Andrea Wicke and Mr Wenzi Wicke-Dermendjiev

Courses Feb—June 2009

Ashkenazic Civilization (VYI)

Introduction to the Old Testament (VYI)

Sheine Sideraite Yiddish Reading Circle (JCL)

June 2009

Tuesday 23 June 2009 at 10 AM

The Baltic Project to Delete the Holocaust from European History. Observations from Lithuania

Lecture and power point presentation (in English) at the

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 13 Tel Hai Street, Jerusalem

Chaired by Manfred Gerstenfeld and Efraim Zuroff

Twelfth lecture of the Eighth Herbert Berman Memorial Series

Synopsis at the JCPA site

Friday 19 June 2009 at 12 midday

Rachel Margolis and the Defense of History

Lecture (in Yiddish)

and presentation of a certificate of recognition from the British House of Lords issued by Lord Janner of Braunstone

at Leivick House, Rechov Dov Hoz 30, Tel Aviv

at the event to honor

Dr Rachel Margolis

under the auspices of the

Association of Yiddish Writers and Journalists in Israel

Chaired by Daniel Galay

Reports at the Leivick House website; at holocaustinthebaltics.com

Friday 12 June 2009 at 5 PM

Convener and Moderator of the Seminar Series

at the Jewish Community of Lithuania, Pylimo 4, Vilnius

Who are the Karaites REALLY?

by Professor Stefan Schreiner

(Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany)

Tuesday 9 June 2009 at 5 PM

Convener and Moderator of the Seminar Series

at the Jewish Community of Lithuania, Pylimo 4, Vilnius

Isaiah Berlin: Baltic Jew?

by Professor Evan Zimroth

(Associate Director, Center for Jewish Studies, Queens College, CCNY)

attended by HE Chen Ivri Apter, Ambassador of Israel to Latvia and Lithuania and HE Darius Degutis, Ambassador of Lithuania to Israel

May 2009

Friday 22 May 2009 at 5 PM

Convener and Moderator of the Seminar Series

at the Jewish Community of Lithuania, Pylimo 4, Vilnius

What is Modern Jewish Philosophy?

by Professor Richard Cohen

(Director, Institute of Jewish Thought and Heritage, SUNY Buffalo)

Friday 15 May 2009 at 8 PM

Reception hosted at Vilnius residence in honor of the

European Parliament candidacy of

Professor Leonidas Donskis

Professor of Political Science & Philosophy, and

Director of the Political Science and Diplomacy School

at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas

Tuesday 12 May 2009 at 6 PM

Address at the book launch of

The Sounds of Silence. Traces of Jewish Life in Lithuania

at the Rotušė (Vilnius Old Town Hall, Didžioji 31)

Translation of Rotušė speech into Lithuanian by Birutė Ušinskaitė

Event addressed also by HE Ambassador Simon Butt (UK), Pranas Morkus, Raimondas Paknys, Professor Irena Veisaitė, Isaac Zibuts

April 2009

Tuesday 21 April 2009 at 12 midday

Participation in the Lithuania bookstand presentation at

The London Book Fair

Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London

joint appearance with

Daiva Parulskiene, Lithuanian cultural attaché in London

Monday 20 April 2009 at 6:45 PM

New Incarnations of Three Old Demons:

Holocaust Denial, Antisemitism and the ‘New Cold War’

Lecture and power point presentation (in English)

in the Gustave Tuck Theatre, University College London

Reception at 6:15 PM in the UCL Terrace Restaurant,

Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

in the lecture series of the Institute of Jewish Studies, UCL

Chaired by Professor Ada Rapoport-Albert

report at the VYI site

Saturday 4 April 2009 at 8 PM

Reception hosted at Vilnius residence

in honor of the visit to Lithuania of

Sir Martin Gilbert and Mrs Esther Gilbert

February 2009

Monday 2 February 2009

Publication of

Seven Kingdoms of the Litvaks

by the

International Cultural Program Center

at the

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania

in cooperation with the

Vilnius Yiddish Institute

December 2008

5, 6 and 7 December 2008

Scholar in Residence at Temple Beth Tikvah
4550 Jog Road, Greenacres, Florida

Presentations on:

The Elderly Jewish Survivors of Eastern Europe

What Yiddish means for our Generation

Antisemitism and a New Holocaust Denial in Eastern Europe

Chaired by Rabbi Howard M. Shub

Coordinated by Sara Klompus

Report by Shani McManus in the Jewish Journal (16 Dec 2008)

November 2008

Wednesday 26 November 2008 at 12 midday

Crossroads: Antisemitism, Holocaust Obfuscation and Restitution Issues

Lunch time talk at the offices of the

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in New York City

Chaired by Herbert Block

Tuesday 25 November 2008 at 12 midday

Holocaust Denial and the ‘New Cold War’

Lecture and power point presentation at Rutgers University

cosponsored by the Department of History and the Bildner Center

at Van Dyck 301, 16 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, New Jersey

notice at the Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences site

Chaired by Professor Steven Lawson

Monday 24 November 2008 at 7:30 PM

The New Face of Holocaust Denial

Lecture and power point presentation (in English)

at the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences

Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures

at Penn Hillel, Steinhardt Hall, 215 South 39th Street, Philadelphia

Synopsis at the Germanic Languages and Jewish Studies sites

Chaired by Dr Kathryn Hellerstein

Coordinated by Professor Joe Turow

Friday 21 November 2008 at 11 AM

The Holocaust Obfuscation movement in Eastern Europe

Lecture and power point presentation (in English)

at Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana

Chaired by Professor Jeffrey Veidlinger

Thursday 20 November 2008 at 8 PM

The Future of Yiddish

Lecture with brief video presentation (in English)

at Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana

Chaired by Professor Dov-Ber Kerler and Professor Jeffrey Veidlinger

Monday 10 November 2008 at 8 PM

The New Antisemitism in Eastern Europe

Lecture and power point presentation (in English)

at the Kristallnacht Commemoration

at Bangor University, North Wales, UK

Chaired by Dr Deirdre Burke

October 2008

Wednesday 1 October 2008

Publication of

Windows to a Lost Jewish Past:

Vilna Book Stamps

published by

Versus Aureus (Vilnius)

information on the book