"The Tree of Life: An Epic about Life in the Lodz Ghetto" with Goldie Morgentaler

Posted On: May 2, 2016

Sponsored by Laurayne Ratner

**Please note that the day of this event has been changed**

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Geisel Library, Seuss Room

3:00 – 5:00 pm
Film screening of Chava Rosenfarb: That Bubble of Being

5:00 – 7:00 pm
Discussion with Goldie Morgentaler

Goldie Morgentaler, a professor of English literature at the University of Lethbridge, discusses the work and life of her mother, Chava Rosenfarb, one of the greatest Yiddish writers of the mid-20th century. Born in Lodz, Poland in 1923, Chava began writing poetry in the ghetto. After barely surviving internments in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, she was homeless and stateless for several years before immigrating to Canada, where she married the abortion rights activist and physician Heniek (Henry) Morgentaler. The talk is preceded by a free screening of the film Chava Rosenfarb: That Bubble of Being (2015, Yiddish with English subtitles).
The Holocaust Living History Workshop is an outreach and education program supported by the UC San Diego Library and the Jewish Studies program. For more information please contact the project manager Susanne Hillman at hlhw@ucsd.edu or 858-534-7661.