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Recognition in Academia
For 18 months since the Aharon Pick memoir was published, I’ve wondered whether it would ever attract any interest from scholars and researchers of the Holocaust. Finally, there has been some: Two journals featured warm reviews of the book, from two very different points of view. One appeared in the “Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism”, and… Read more
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Lithuania slideshow
On Aug 22, 2023 we flew to Dublin, spending three days there before flying on to Vilnius. Over the following 10 days we x-crossed Lithuania, stopping at Kėdainiai, Palanga and Šiauliai before returning to Vilnius Sept. 3 and flying home Sept. 5. A brief highlight slideshow: Read more
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More book promotion
We seem to have had some success getting coverage from local TV and print news outlets. Here’s a front-page story in the Charlottesville Daily Progress. And here’s a short piece from Philadelphia’s Jewish Exponent. Local TV news outlets also produced short spots: Here’s one from Philadelphia’s 6ABC and a second from Charlottesville’s NBC29. Read more
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Another book report
UPenn wrote about my journey through its Masters of Liberal Arts program, and how it intersected with the translation of Dr. Aharon Pick’s book. https://omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/translating-Holocaust-memoir Read more
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Sholem Aleichem’s yortzayt
We’re reaching the yortzayt of Sholem Aleichem (May 13, 1916); and I thought I’d show how translation became a sort of legacy in my family. Below is a letter my grandfather received and passed down. I have the original. Geneve, (Suisse) Rue Dancet, 1 1 July, 1907 Dear Friend Cassel, If the mountain doesn’t come… Read more
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Aharon Pick’s memoir has been translated
The project that began in 2020 to translate the Holocaust memoir written by my grandfather’s childhood friend, Aharon Pick, has come to fruition. Indiana University Press published the English version, using Pick’s original title, “Notes from the Valley of Slaughter.” It is available from the publisher or via Amazon. Here is the publisher’s website with… Read more
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