Presented by Remember the Women Institute and The Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
The Remember the Women Institute and The Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research, Bar-Ilan University, Israel presented an International Conference in Israel
Depicting Violated Jewish Women During the Holocaust
In Memory of Nava Semel
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Beck Hall, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Conference Coordinators: Prof. Judy Baumel-Schwartz, Dr. Batya Brutin, Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel
With the cooperation of: Bar-Ilan University’s Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Center for the Study of Women in Judaism, Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry Department of Jewish Art, Sal Van Gelder Center for the Study of Holocaust Teaching
PROGRAM:
Opening Session. Chair: Dr. Batya Brutin, Remember the Women Institute and Bar-Ilan University
Greetings: Prof. Kimmy Caplan, Chair, the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, Bar-Ilan University; Prof. Ilya Rodov, Chair, Jewish Art Department, Bar-Ilan University; Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, Director, Remember the Women Institute, New York, NY; Prof. Judy Baumel-Schwartz, Director, the Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research, Bar-Ilan University.
First Session: Violated Jewish Women during the Holocaust Chair: Prof. Ilya Rodov, Chair, Jewish Art Department, Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, Remember the Women Institute: “Violated Women during the Holocaust: An Overview”
Dr. Sonja Hedgepeth, Middle Tennessee State University: “Nava Semel as a Retrospective Voice of Jewish Women in the Holocaust”
Dr. Batya Brutin, Remember the Women Institute and Bar-Ilan University: “Violated Jewish Women during the Holocaust in the Visual Arts”
Second Session: “Representations of Violated Women during the Holocaust by Second Generation Israeli Female Artists: An Intergenerational Memory,” Round Table Discussion (in Hebrew). Moderator: Dr. Batya Brutin, Remember the Women Institute and Bar-Ilan University. Participants: Dr. Ayana Friedman and Dvora Weg Zelichov.
Third Session: “Violated Women during the Holocaust in Various Art Forms”
Chair: Prof. Yael Shemesh, Director, The Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Institute for the Study of Women in Judaism, Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Liat Steir-Livny, Sapir Academic College, “The Misrepresentation of Women Holocaust Survivors in Israeli Fiction Films”
Ronnie Sarnat, Filmmaker, Excerpts from her documentary, Screaming Silence
Dr. Mor Presiado, Bar-Ilan University, “Violence against Women during the Holocaust: A Multi-Generational Look at Art”
Rebecca Pristoop, Curator and Director of Art Connects New York, “Art Depicting Violated Women in Other Genocides”
Fourth Session: In Memory of Nava Semel
Chair: Prof. Zehavit Gross, Director, the Sal Van Gelder Center for the Study of Holocaust Teaching, Bar-Ilan University
Greetings by the Honorable Colette Avital, Director, Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel.
Presentation of the Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research “Jewish Women’s Holocaust Voices Award” to Noam Semel in memory of Nava Semel. Response by Noam Semel
Musical/dramatic presentation in memory of Nava Semel by Ola Shor Selektar
Panel Discussion: “Remembering Nava Semel” introduced by Dr. Batya Brutin.
Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel: “Nava Semel’s Connection to Remember the Women Institute”
Dr. Sonja Hedgepeth: “My Encounters with Nava Semel and Her Work”
Prof. Judy Baumel-Schwartz: “Nava Semel, My Friend: Shared Memories of an Uncommon Past”
A virtual exhibition of related art was part of the conference, shown in the gallery located at the entrance to the Jewish Studies Building (410).