Professor of Jewish Studies at @UofT, specialist in Russian/Soviet/post-Soviet Jewish history, culture, oral history, and diaspora. Views are my own.
Joined November 2009
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It is live! @AliceZawadzki, @imichaelrossi and I went to Central Asia to retrace where @YiddishGlory songs originated and @BBCRadio3 and @BBCWorld and @bbcworldservice did a story about it, and now the world can hear. I need a moment.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4nd…
THank you, @NoahHirshRechter for this wonderful story about @YiddishGlory : The Silenced Songs of World War II album (2026) forward.com/culture/818248/y…
Super excited that @BBCWorld ran a story about my new forthcoming @YiddishGlory album, featuring a song written by an eyewitness of a massacre of Jews in Zhabokrych in 1941.
bbc.com/audio/play/w172zw8k5… (starts at 18:08) thank you @SSHRC_CRSH for supporting this research!
Thank you @TheCJN for this beautiful story by Jonathan Rothman about our visit to Brazil and Argentina...
thecjn.ca/arts-culture/canad… @danrosenbergnet @YiddishGlory
Come and spend a semester at UofT!
ATCJS at UofT is currently searching for an artist-in-residence for the academic year 2025-2026. Scan the QR code for detailed application information , or please visit our website: jewishstudies.utoronto.ca/ab…
Talked to @CP24 about the survey reporting a large number of Canadian young people saying "Holocaust is exaggerated"... Takeaway: we need more education in History.
steps from my kid's school. Are these children committing Genocide and hiding behind antisemitism and Holocaust? Really?
Seen outside my children’s school today in #Toronto. @MayorOliviaChow, @fordnation, and @JustinTrudeau what actions are you going to take against the tide of Jew hatred in our country? The time for action was yesterday! @TPSOperations
Very excited about this next week. When do I get to see my colleagues all wearing their hats and gowns discussing such important issues? @CJSUofT @UofTGerman @UofTReligion @uoftphilosophy @uoftmedicine
Now that we made it to @TheCJN, there is no turning back for @ronleviutoronto and myself! antisemitism, here we come! thecjn.ca/news/uoft-antisemi…
Spoke to @CTVNews about Holocaust Memorial Day...
youtube.com/watch?v=9_Bk7wu2…
Well, it was really something, full house at @CanadasNAC presenting @YiddishGlory with @AliceZawadzki, Psoy Korolenko and @jeremyledbetter still thinking about emotional roller coaster of the performance… as usual, no proper photo…
To mark Holocaust Remembrance Week, Grammy-nominated ensemble @YiddishGlory plays at the @CanadasNAC today. The group performs resurrected songs created by Holocaust victims and survivors in Ukraine and Moldova that were thought lost to history.
apt613.ca/holocaust-remembra…
Music, Diaspora and Violence is one of my favourite classes to teach at @UofT. Very excited that @UofTArtSci newsletter published this great piece about it by Cynthia Macdonald, and thank you for @UofT_CDTS students for saying such nice things too!!
@CJSUofT, @UofTGerman
In wartime, music can be two different things: a weapon, or an important source of comfort and healing. Wars, Diaspora & Music is a course that explores how music plays a key role during war and other forms of violent conflict and displacement.
Read more: bit.ly/3GviJ19
ALT An illustration of musical notes.
My @TEDx talk is live!! Look at @AliceZawadzki , @bruno_heinen and me delivering our @TEDxKazimierz presentation called Yiddish Music of Holocaust Refugees... including a couple of world premiers!
youtube.com/watch?v=fVqqFNbf…
Shared some thoughts on on antisemitism on campus... cp24.com/news/unprecedented-…
Almost ready for the talk @TEDxKazimierz with @AliceZawadzki on @YiddishGlory! My amazing @UofT_CDTS, @CJSUofT and @UofTGerman students and colleagues helped with the title: Who Will Sing How We Lived and Died? Yiddish music of Holocaust Refugees ted.com/tedx/events/52106
Anna Shternshis retweeted
Our heartfelt thanks to the musicianship of @AliceZawadzki & @MishaMAmusic @bruno_heinen for Yiddish Glory & musicianship of @zislepovitch @SashaLurje, Craig, Joshua & Dmitry for Songs from Testimonies last night. Thanks to @hgrp_org @ShirliGilbert, @shternsh &tagged partners
