Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett is Chief Curator of the Core Exhibition for POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. She was born in Canada during the Second World War to Jewish immigrants from Poland.
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
By Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
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Forverts in English No, British fish and chips is not a Jewish invention
Jews fleeing the Inquisition allegedly introduced the fried fish used in this iconic dish
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Forverts in English Incredible exhibit highlights Jewish medical students in 16th century Italy
The exhibit in Padua includes a Yiddish translation of a treatise on human anatomy and illustrated diplomas.
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Community Why Poland’s Holocaust Bill Will Backfire
Efforts to protect the good name of Poland by criminalizing speech are backfiring. Rather than leading to more accurate statements about responsibility for the Holocaust, the draft amendment is having the opposite effect. The very statements that the bill is intended to ban and punish are being stated and restated across the globe in ever…
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