The Odyssey of An Apple Thief

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In his autobiography The Odyssey of An Apple Thief, Moishe Rozenbaumas takes us through his fascinating life, starting with his boyhood in pre-war Lithuania, with a focus on the most impoverished part of the Jewish population, rarely accounted for in the books written by survivors after the war. Join us for an event celebrating the release of a new English translation of this book translated by Jonathan Layton and edited by Isabelle Rozenbaumas. Scholars Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Sam Kassow will join Rozenbaumas in a conversation about this new publication. The evening will also feature readings from the book by Yuri Vedenyapin and musical performances by violinist and singer Eléonore Biezunski, Yuri Venedyapin (guitar, vocals), and Ilan Moss (accordion) including songs in Yiddish, Russian, and French.

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Travel accommodations and performance fees for this event were generously underwritten in memory of Max Meyerowitz.

About the Speaker

Isabelle Rozenbaumas is a filmmaker, translator, and independent researcher. Her translations include Max Weinreich: Hitler's Professors: The Part of Scholarship in Germany's Crimes against the Jewish People. Rozenbaumas was the recipient of a 2013–2014 Baltic Jewish Studies Fellowship from YIVO’s Max Weinreich Center.