The painted ceiling of the Chodorow synagogue (17th c., reconstruction of Bet ha-Tefutzot).The Temple of Lwow. Postcard, early 20th c.Maurycy Gottlieb. Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, 1878



Jewish Galicia & Bukovina Organization

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Session 2a

Warsaw

Regional and Local History:

A Comparative Discussion

Chair: Israel Bartal, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
• Anthony Polonsky, Brandeis University: The History of Galician Jews in the General Polish Context
• Moti Zalkin, Ben Gurion University of the Negev: East European (Jewry)? What do they have in common?
• Sam Kassow, Trinity College Regional Aspects of Polish Jewish History: The Case of Vilna and Galicia