Pesach Evening
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- Title (English):
- Pesach Evening
- Title (Yiddish Romanized):
- Peysekh Ovnt
- Title (Yiddish):
- פּסח אָוונט
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Culture Front
Education
Poland
Warsaw Ghetto - Creator:
- Goldberg, Itshe (Itche)
- Creator:
- גאלדבערג, י
- Recipient:
- Lodge Culture Directors
- Organization:
- Jewish-American Section, I.W.O.
- Date:
- 1944-03-20
- Coordinates:
- 40.73591,-73.99406
- Latitude:
- 40.73591
- Longitude:
- -73.99406
- Location:
- New York, New York, United States
- ID Number:
- 5276b47f25_02
- File Name:
- 5276b47f25_02.pdf
- Address (creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Transcription:
- Speakers Guides. Holidays Passover Eve
- Work Type:
- booklets
historical figures
songs (document genre)
authors
historical figures
communism
ghettos
Jewish holidays
commemorations (events)
songs (document genre)
short stories
antisemitism
Passover - Subject:
- Religion- Holidays
Wartime Jewish Unity
Soviet Union
Poland
Americanization
Youth
Jewish Lodges
World War II Homefront
Shule
Culture Front- Music
Drama
Literature
Performance
Antisemitism
Nazism and Fascism
Education
Culture- Publishing
World War II- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Literary Work
Partisans
Holidays
Jewish Left
Intelligentsia
Communism- Commemoration - Description:
- Yiddish Speakers Guides (booklets) with songs, plays, activities, Pesach is Spring 1944. Translated Summary: The Warsaw Ghetto, 1943 is mentioned explicitly on page 9 as an answer to the third of the four questions. Unusually, the speaker's guide includes a formal survey, so branches can report back on what was useful, what was omitted, and what was added. Several elements of a seder are brought into the evening- the set table, the inclusion of children, four questions and answers, but the emphasis is on the concept of freedom with the ritual religious elements de-emphasized or absent. The "four questions" are reframed as questions about the history of Passover and the Haggadah, its relevance in recent times and today. Readings from Kalman Marmor, L. Shapiro, Y. L. Perets, Sholem Aleichem, Avrom Reyzen. Connects Pesach [Peysekh] historically to antisemitic blood libels. Notes: Itche Goldberg is listed as an author, though authorship is assumed to be corporate, because his name is on the sheet with instructions for the use of the speaker's guide and the request for feedback. Speakers Guide, Pesach Ovent, Pesach Eve, 1944 Spring, uses Yiddish-American Section IWO name since the JPFO name was officially adopted, July 1944.
- Notes:
- Materials reflect the war and attitudes toward religion and culture for Passover (Pesach). Good graphics for music.
The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. - Cite As:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
- Box:
- 47
- Folder:
- 25
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu