Dovid
Katz’s Events
CONTACT: dovidkatz7@yahoo.com
NOTES:
VYI = Vilnius Yiddish Institute, Daukanto Courtyard, Vilnius
University, Universiteto 7, Vilnius
JCL = Jewish Community of Lithuania, Pylimo 4, Vilnius
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April 2010
Monday 19 April 2010 at 11 AM
Work in
Progress on a New Yiddish Language Atlas: LITVISH
(in Yiddish with translation into Dutch by Professor Justus van de Kamp)
at the April 19th Yiddish Language Session
under the auspices of the
Mercator
European Research Centre on Multilingualism & Language Learning
on the occasion of the annual
Yiddish Festival in Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, Netherlands
chaired by
Professor Cor van der Meer &
Professor Reinier Salverda
March 2010
Monday 15 March 2010
Holocaust
Obfuscation and the new Antisemitism
Paper at the Round Table on
‘The Holocaust: Victims, Rescuers,
Liberators and Executioners’
held in Riga, Latvia
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
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
Friday 12 February 2010
Citations from interview with Mark
Ames appear in
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
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
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 Bjřrk Pedersen, Prof. Ninon Schloss,
Prof. Therkel Strćde
(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:
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
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
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
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
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)
