Conference Papers

2012 Conference

"Identity and Stereotypes: Jews and Poles" / "Tożsamość i Stereotypy: Żydzi i Polacy"


(TRANSLATIONS INTO ENGLISH BY ANDREW RAJCHER)

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Mizgalski, Jerzy & Soja, Małgorzata: Foreward


Asulin, Samanatha Rolat (USA): My Identity


Rolat, Geoffrey (USA): My Identity


Asulin, Henry (USA): The Identity of a Grandchild of the Holocaust


Section I: MUTUAL PERCEPTIONS OF STEREOTYPES IN GENERATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS


Regiewicz, Adam: The “Jew” Game: Shaping the Medieval Image of a Heretic


Łącka-Małecka, Małgorzata: Jews in the Annals of Jan Długosz – an Eternal, Living Stereotype


Zwolska-Płusa,Katarzyna: Two Faces of Jewish Mothers in the Prose of Irit Amiel and Halina Birenbaum


Sielski, Jerzy: Stereotypes of Jews in Poland in the Context of Political Antisemitism


Mizgalski, Jerzy & Mizgalska, Magdalena: The Position of the Chief Rabbi of Częstochowa in the Defence of Jewish Religious Identity – Based on N. Asz’s Book In Defence of Ritual Slaughter


Szczypka, Andrzej: Jews, in the Częstochowa Region, in the First Years Following World War II


Dziwoki, Julia: Jewish Birth Records in the Collections of the National Archives in Częstochowa


Section II: RESPECT FOR OTHERS/FOREIGNERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS AFTER THE HOLOCAUST


Świtała, Ireneusz Marian: The Old Doctor, Father to the Children of Others – Understanding the Phenomenon of the Janusz Korczak Figure


Stefaniak, Ryszard: Child Rights – an Anachronism or Necessary in Contemporary Education


Widawska, Edyta: Cross-Cultural Education in Relation to National Minorities, Using the Jewish Minority as an Example


Wieczorek, Zbigniew: Communication Without Violence as a Practical Method of Reducing Stereotypes and Prejudice


Urbanowicz, Beata: Amongst One’s Own – Jewish Issues in the Pages of Polish History Textbooks from 1915-2003


Kuś, Małgorzata: Language as an Element of National Identity – of Collective Memory


Szymański, Kazimierz Cezary: Young Poles’ Perceptions of Jews, Using as an Example, Young Częstochowa High School Graduates


Section III: TRACING MULTICULTURAL CZĘSTOCHOWA


Sętkowski, Juliusz: From the History of the Jewish Gymnastics-Sports Association of Częstochowa (1915-1933)


Wojtysiak, Anna: From the Cultural and Artistic Life of Jews in Częstochowa (1918-1939)


Paszkowski, Wiesław: From the Częstochowa Jewish Cemetery – Genealogical and Historical Sketches


Częstochowa Motor Vehicle Engineering & Construction School Complex – Polish-Jewish Relations Activities


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