Petersburg Judaica Ctr Folklore

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Ethnography and Folklore at the Petersburg Judaica Center of the European University in St. Petersburg, Russia

Two world-renowned scholars from Cleveland’s sister city of St. Petersburg, Russia join our community for a special lecture series, March 9-15, 2015. Alexander Ivanov and Valery Dymshits are both ethnographers at the Petersburg Judaica Center, a research center of the European University of St. Petersburg, Russia. Their visit is in coordination with the exhibition of photos featured in, “The Way We Looked: Photographs of Shtetl Life,” which are now on display in the Roe Green Gallery at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

Ivanov and Dymshits’ visit to Cleveland is made possible by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University’s Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program. They will speak on a variety of topics, including:

(in Russian only) In this panel discussion, visiting scholars Alexander Ivanov and Valery Dymshits will share information about the activities of the Petersburg Judaica Center of the European University of St. Petersburg.


Free and open to the public