Creating Holocaust Memory: Reworking Trauma for Future Generations(Routledge Studies in Modern History)

Creating "Holocaust memory" has been an evolving, ongoing process. This volume surveys developments in a number of major disciplines and social sectors, followed by case studies that each express the ongoing dynamics of Holocaust memory and commemoration in a particular field. Encompassing numerous fields and taking place in dozens of countries worldwide for close to eight decades, Holocaust remembrance and commemoration has taken on diverse forms and includes abundant content. However, keeping memory alive is dependent upon its remaining relevant to each generation. The "Creating Holocaust Memory" initiative that also gives this book its title is devoted to creating a new language of Holocaust memory for each generation that will make it relevant to them. The second half of the book describes a number of projects connected to the initiative, explaining the dynamics of keeping Holocaust memory alive for a new generation. The volume is intended toward both academic and general audiences interested in Holocaust memory, remembrance, and commemoration. It can also be used as a textbook for courses that pertain to the Holocaust and its aftermath, Holocaust commemoration, and the Holocaust as reflected in the humanities, social sciences, the arts, media, and technology. .

Table of Contents:
Part 1: The Evolution of Holocaust Remembrance and Commemoration Introduction: What is Holocaust Memory? Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz 1. The Changing Face of Holocaust Commemoration in American Modern Orthodox Synagogues Jacob J. Schacter 2. Monuments of the Spirit: Creating Haredi Holocaust Remembrance Michal Shaul 3. Holocaust Museums: Memory and Mission, Contemporary Challenges Michael Berenbaum 4. Memorialization of the Holocaust in Visual Art: Eight Decades of Representation and Reflection Batya Brutin 5. The Process of Creating Holocaust Remembrance by Musical Expression Rachel Kollender 6. Creating Holocaust Remembrance Through Education Mali Eisenberg and Yael Richler Friedman 7. Creating Holocaust Memory as an Intergenerational Hybrid Literature Phyllis Lassner 8. Visual Mediations of Memory in Holocaust Graphic Novels Victoria Aarons 9. New Media Memory: The Evolution of Holocaust Remembrance Across Media Platforms Motti Neiger 10. How Should We Remember?: Cinema, Representation of the Holocaust, and Holocaust Survivors Liat Steir-Livny 11. The Therapeutic Power of Holocaust Memories: Providing Psychosocial Support to Survivors and Their Descendants Amit Shrira 12. Holocaust Remembrance and Commemoration among the Jews of the Sephardic Diaspora and Islamic Countries (1948–2024) Yosef Charvit Part 2: The Creating Memory Initiative 13. Introduction: What is Creating Memory? Martin Herskovitz 14. Second Generation and Poetry: Creating Memory Martin Herskovitz 15. The Holocaust Comes to Life: Creative Writing as a Path to Holocaust Memory in Sadnaot Habayit Yotam Tolub, Ilana Zaidman, and Reut Ekshtein Blum 16. Mashiv HaRuach: Jewish-Israeli Poetry Eliaz Cohen 17. Midreshet Be'er Tamar Biton 18. Lifnei V'lifnim – the "Inner Sanctum": Center for Creation, Training and Development for Educators Yishai Zinger 19. The Tarbut Movement and Creating Memory (Tnuat Tarbut) Ofir Ben Ari 20. In David Grossman’s “Land of There”: Creating Memory through Art, Puppetry, and Second-Generation Narratives (Emunah Efrata Academic College of Arts and Design) Zehavit Stern and Ora Zimmerman 21. An Artist Meets Testimony (Beit Theresienstadt) Tami Kinberg 22. Innovative Educational Programs Using Creative Arts in the Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum Elad Arnon 23: Creators of Memory Journey – A Reflection and Purpose (Ein Hanatziv Seminary) Ya'ara Wiedman Samuel

About the Author :
Martin Herskovitz is the son of a Holocaust survivor, a poet who manages a philanthropic fund and a Spiegel Fellow at the Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research. He developed the "Creating Memory" initiative and funds innovative approaches in poetry, art, and performances to ensure the continuation of Holocaust Remembrance. Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz is the Director of the Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research and Professor in the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. She has written and edited numerous books and articles about the Holocaust and its aftermath.