Preparing to the expedition to Buczacz

The town of Buczacz – Agnon’s native town - was known for many generations as an important Jewish intellectual center, combined rabbinic knowledge, Hasidism and Jewish Enlightenment. This year, which was declared by the Israel Ministry of Education as a year of Agnon, group of volunteers (students, researchers and archivists) are preparing to document the old Jewish cemetery in Buczacz.

Expedition to Vyzhnytsa

Vyzhnytsa (Vizhnitz) hold a unique position in the history of Eastern European Jewry: at the end of the nineteenth century, Jews made up more than 90% of the population of this small town, which was also a prominent center of Hasidism. In the course of the expedition the historical part of the cemetery – about 2,200 tombstones - was fully documented.

“Galician Youth” Course

The course starts
26.11.16
Target auditory
Young haredi yeshiva students
Lecturer
Refael Krauzer
The goal of the course
Understanding the historical contexts of the halakhic authorities of the 16th-17th centuries and introduction to the broader, multifaceted Jewish literature in 16th-17th century Galicia
Duration
16 meetings