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Creating through textiles has long had a role in the lives of Jewish women: They crafted ritual objects such as kippot, or skullcaps, and challah covers for the Shabbat table, and everyday items such as tablecloths, napkins and clothing.
Many objects were lost during the Holocaust, as were the people who created them. Incredibly, though, some women continued to create. A discussion about how textile arts became a form of resistance, remembrance and cultural preservation during and after the Holocaust takes place Wednesday evening at the Montreal Holocaust Museum.
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“I think this is going to be a special event that touches on women’s unique experiences during the Holocaust that are often overlooked,” said Kat Romanow, the museum’s programming and human rights co-ordinator.
“We hear a lot about resistance through fighting, but here’s a different example of it.”
The event is being held in partnership with Tablet, an online magazine focused on Jewish news and culture, and will be at the museum, 5151 Côte-St-Catherine Rd., starting at 7 p.m.
Speakers are writer and knitter Tanya Singer, general manager of Tablet’s podcast division, Podcast Studios, and Bernice Steinhardt, co-founder of Art and Remembrance, a Holocaust education initiative based on the story of her mother, Holocaust survivor Esther Nisenthal Krinitz.
Moderator is Natalie Nudell, historian and fashion and textile curator and adjunct assistant professor in the History of Art Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Textile objects from the Montreal Holocaust Museum’s collection will be displayed.
Tickets are $5 ($6.67 with Eventbrite fee) and can be reserved here.
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