JHSD wishes our members, contributors and friends a Happy Hanukkah and festive holiday season!
We hope you’ll join us!
Happy Hanukkah!
Shanghai Sonatas – Demarcation and Cooperation: Jewish Cantors in Shanghai Exile
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 6:00 P.M.
In this presentation, Dr. Fetthauer will focus on the unique situation encountered by Jewish cantors exiled in Shanghai as clergymen and musicians alike. The lecture will focus on the role of the cantors in building a new community life and how they organized themselves in their professional organization, the Association of Jewish Precentors, which functioned in part as a professional cooperative. The focus thus is on strategies of demarcation rather than on adaptation to the conditions, which can also be seen in the musical repertoires of the cantors in synagogue and concert.
Dr. Sophie Fetthauer is a scholar of musicology from the University of Hamburg, Germany, who has researched and authored numerous publications on music and musical life in the Third Reich with a special focus on Jewish musicians in exile in Shanghai during World War II.
As part of the University of Delaware’s Shanghai Sonatas Educational Residency, Dr. Fetthauer will share her research through a series of multimedia presentations in November 2022 that will highlight various aspects of life in the Shanghai Jewish Ghetto through the lens of music. The lectures, which will be supplemented by illustrations and musical examples, will each last 60 minutes, plus 30 minutes of discussion. Topics will include options of integration for popular musicians in Shanghai Exile; the Jewish refugees’ relationship to “Chinese Music;” and Jewish Cantors in Shanghai.
JHSD Awarded Delaware Humanities American Rescue Plan Grant
We are pleased to announce that JHSD received an American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act RECOVER Grant. Funding was provided from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and Delaware Humanities as part of the 2021 ARP Act. The grants were made available to organizations committed to the humanities that have faced financial hardship due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
We will use the funds for operating and administrative costs—to recover from the pandemic-imposed hardships and to be better prepared in the future. This is our second grant from Delaware Humanities; JHSD received much needed CARES Act funding to allow us to bring the humanities to the community in 2020 and 2021 despite pandemic restrictions.
We plan to continue providing remote access to the archives via our website (https://jhsdelaware.org) and by phone (302-655-6232). We also look forward to welcoming researchers to our facilities by appointment.
We are delighted with the increased use of our digital collections and the interest expressed within the state, across the US, and from abroad.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
NEH was created in 1965 as an independent federal agency. NEH supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation.
Visit www.neh.gov.
ABOUT THE DELAWARE HUMANITIES
Delaware Humanities is Delaware’s independent, non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Founded in 1973, Delaware Humanities strengthens our communities by encouraging all Delawareans to be inspired, informed, and engaged through exploring the diversity of the human experience.
Visit https://dehumanities.org.
#GIVING TUESDAY
- GivingTuesday is a global day of generosity that will take place on November 30, 2021.
- GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of radical generosity to transform communities and the world.
- GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. This idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
- GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together to thank, help, give, show kindness, and share what they have with those in need.
- People can show their generosity in a variety of ways during GivingTuesday—whether it’s helping a neighbor, advocating for an issue, sharing a skill, or giving to causes—everyone has something to give and every act of generosity counts.
- When so much attention is given to what divides us, generosity brings people together across races, faiths, and political views.
- Grassroots generosity and community action are powerful forces for good, especially in turbulent times.
- GivingTuesday emphasizes opportunities to give back to communities and causes in safe ways that allow for social connection and kindness even while still practicing physical distancing.
- Even in times of economic uncertainty, we each have a deep reserve of generosity, which we can deploy in myriad ways to make a difference—your time, your kindness, your skills, your voice are all things you can give in addition to charitable donations.
