- Author:
Bartosz Pietrzyk
- E-mail:
bartosz.pietrzyk@gmail.com
- Institution:
Maria Skłodowska–Curie University in Lublin (Poland)
- Year of publication:
2017
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
256-268
- DOI Address:
http://dx.doi.org/10.15804/ppsy2017116
- PDF:
ppsy/46-1/ppsy2017116
Midrash, a Polish social and cultural profile magazine (published since April 1997), is a monthly journal that is a representative of the so-called ‘minor press’. The magazine is connected with the Midrash Library publishing house. Its founder was Konstanty Gebert and the current editor is Piotr Paziński. The articles of Midrash magazine give answers to such questions as: How are women described and treated in modern patriarchal Judaism culture? In what context is it possible to talk about issues connected with women and Zionism. Midrash magazine also deals with a positive interpretation and presentation of women via the multitude of interviews and articles concerning strong, talented, and determined women. Despite their hard lives these women were and are able to create successful careers and wonderful families. Their voices are an important element in discussions that refer to culture, faith, and historical heritage. The image of the woman as presented by Midrash will be confronted with the cultural recognition of the woman in the Jewish community. This article will use quantitative analysis (the linguistic method and literature studies) with help from the qualitative case study research method.
- Author:
Ewa Banasiewicz-Ossowska
- Institution:
Uniwersytet Wrocławski
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3514-7438
- Year of publication:
2020
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
169-181
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/em.2020.01.10
- PDF:
em/12/em1210.pdf
Artykuł prezentuje wstępne wnioski z badań terenowych przeprowadzonych na terenie Wrocławia na przełomie czerwca i lipca 2019 r., dotyczących postrzegania Żydów wrocławskich przez młodych mieszkańców miasta. Badania miały na celu zweryfikować stan wiedzy na temat historii Żydów we Wrocławiu, ich współczesnej działalności społecznej, kulturalnej i religijnej oraz samej kultury żydowskiej. Ważnym ich aspektem było sprawdzenie, w jaki sposób społeczność ta funkcjonuje w świadomości młodych mieszkańców miasta, jakie jest oddziaływanie stereotypów na jej postrzeganie oraz jakie są źródła wiedzy na jej temat. Istotne było także określenie, które miejsca w przestrzeni identyfikowane są jako żydowskie oraz dowiedzenie się, czy młodzi mieszkańcy Wrocławia uczestniczą w wydarzeniach organizowanych przez społeczność żydowską, jak je oceniają i czy uważają je za potrzebne.
- Author:
Halina Rusek
- Institution:
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1073-3892
- Year of publication:
2022
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
50-63
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/em.2022.01.03
- PDF:
em/16/em1603.pdf
Heritage and memory. An essay on the absent culture of Polish Jews
The main research problem of the study is the question whether a culture that is already absent from the social space of a local community is the community’s cultural heritage. Has such a culture been remembered by the inhabitants of a small town and how does it fit into the context of regional education? The axis of the article is the Jewish culture that was present until World War II in two shtetls – “Jewish towns” – in the Świętokrzyskie region: in Włoszczowa and Chmielnik. These are two opposite examples of building a town’s cultural and social identity in the context of the almost complete absence of the Jewish culture and, in the second case, its extensive revitalization. The presented sociological and anthropological research shows that this context is socially and politically conditioned, and (above all) that in order to recall an absent culture from the controversial past, the emergence of social leaders, called leaders of cultural heritage, is desirable. They are organizationally able to initiate activities supported by a sound ideological basis.