Memories of the Shtetl How do we honor such

How do we honor such memories while keeping them from consuming us

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Rothbort’s paintings have become lauded as a cultural resource depicting life in a predominantly Jewish village

Caplan’s explication is innovative and insightful

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Memories of the Shtetl How do we honor suchFormat: DVD Director: Harriet Rita Semegram In the late 1930s, Samuel Rothbort (1882 1971) began creating memory paintings of his native Walkovisk, a small village in Czarist Russia. Eventually numbering over five hundred, Rothborts paintings have become lauded as a cultural resource depicting life in a predominantly Jewish village, commonly known as a shtetl. Their nostalgic sense of wonder and joyous colors have challenged many observers notions of