Symposium recognizes Polonsky's publication

by Robyn Spector and Tess Raser | 09/20/2011

The University held a symposium on Monday to mark the publication of Prof. Antony Polonsky's (NEJS) magnum opus, which is said to be the most important work of an author; a three-volume compilation of Jewish life in Poland and Russia from 1350 to 2008. The event, which was sponsored by the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies departments, the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry and the National Center for Jewish Film, included a scholarly panel, remarks from University President Frederick Lawrence and a keynote presentation by author and journalist Ruth Franklin. Joanna B.