Memories of the Shtetl Praise for 100 Objects

Praise for 100 Objects

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

Why do random Jewish holidays keep springing up unexpectedly

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

“Non omnis moriar…” (“Not all of me shall die”)

Memories of the Shtetl Praise for 100 ObjectsFormat: 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