A Russian Jewish Chassidic Journey
Yitzi Loewenthal, Copenhagen / Denmark
Language: English
Session: A journey into Russian Jewish Chassidic history. Touching on 4 periods in Jewish Chassidic Russian history: Czarist times, communist times, the holocaust and Putin’s modern Russia. The talk is based on my journey last summer and with the aid of pictures and videos I will retell the story of this fascinating trip.
Bio:
Born and bred in England, lived in the USA for a while, and since 96 has lived in Denmark. Founded and runs ChabaDanmark together with his wife Rochel. Among some of the programs ChabaDanmark runs is the Jewish Learning Institute, an adult institute for higher learning.