Ela Bauer

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Ph.D.; Jewish History, GraduatemSchool of Art and Science, New York
University, (NYU)
Professional Interests: intellectual and cultural history of Polish Jewry in the 19th and 20th centuries, history of Jewish Press and Modern Jewish history.

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Michlala College, Jerusalem

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Columbia University

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University of Salzburg

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Princeton University

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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בלבוב‬ ‫היהודית‬ ‫האינטליגנציה‬ ‫של‬ ‫המשכילית‬ ‫המורשת‬ ‫התשע-עשרה‬ ‫המאה‬ ‫בשלהי

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"The Jewish Intelligentsia of Lwów and the Maskilic Legacy of the Late-Nineteenth-Century,

Nathan Shifriss Shmuel Finer , Hanan Gagni (eds), Revealers of Secrets The Haskalah in Galicia: History, Literature, Philosophy, and Memory Jerusalem Magness , 2022

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Polin 35 , 2023

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The Ideological Roots of the Polish Jewish Intelligentsia

Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 24, 2012

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‘Constructing the shrine of our people’s history’

Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 29, Dec 29, 2016

Integracja czy separacja? : nowa tendencja w żydowsko-polskiej prasie w ostatnich dekadach XIX wieku

Integracja czy separacja? Nowa tendencja w żydowsko-polskiej prasie W OSTATNICH DEKADACH XIX WIEK... more Integracja czy separacja? Nowa tendencja w żydowsko-polskiej prasie W OSTATNICH DEKADACH XIX WIEKU Pierwsza monografia poświęcona historii prasy żydowskiej wydawanej w Warszawie przez okres ponad stu lat w językach hebrajskim, polskim i jidysz-praca Mariana Fuksa Prasa żydowska w Warszawie 1823-1939ukazała się w roku 19791. Recenzu jąc ją wkrótce po opublikowaniu2, Chone Shmeruk zastanawiał się nad środowiskami czytelników trójjęzycznej żydowskiej prasy w Polsce. Sądził, iż grono ludzi mogących czytać pisma w trzech językachhebrajskim, polskim i jidyszstanowiła prawdo podobnie niewielka grupa żydowskiej inteligencji. Był zdania, że istniało ponadto relatywnie większe grono osób czytających w dwóch językach w jednej z możliwych kombinacji: po hebrajsku i w jidysz, po hebrajsku i polsku albo też po polsku i w ji dysz. Shmeruk oceniał, że wydawcy żydowskiej prasy nie liczyli się jednak z małą grupą czytającą w trzech językach. Postulował też, by zbadać bardziej szczegółowo różnorodne zagadnienia związane ze środowiskiem czytelników rozmaitych perio dyków żydowskich wydawanych w różnych językach3. Większość cytowanych tu przeze mnie uwag Shmeruka odnosiła się do wieku XX, w szczególności zaś do żydowsko-polskich środowisk okresu międzywojennego. Ponadto w ciągu ponad trzydziestu lat, jakie upłynęły od opublikowania monografii Fuksa, powstały nowe prace na temat prasy żydowsko-polskiej. Pogłębiły one na szą znajomość jej jako prasy trójjęzycznej, odzwierciedlającej wielojęzyczność życia kulturalnego Żydów polskich w XIX i XX wieku. Jednakże i te nowe badania nie brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk

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Dialogue or Monologue?

Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 22

Constructing the shrine ofour people's history': Hatsefirah and the Historiography of Polish Jewry

Hatsefirah was the first daily Hebrew newspaper to be published in the Kingdom of Poland and it o... more Hatsefirah was the first daily Hebrew newspaper to be published in the Kingdom of Poland and it outlasted all other Hebrew newspapers in eastern Europe: its first issue came out in February , its last in May  (with breaks between July  and ,  and , and  and ).1 The significant contribution of Hatsefirah to the development of Jewish public discourse in eastern Europe and scientific writing in Hebrew has already received scholarly attention.2 Yet its impact in other fields has been neglected. This chapter will focus on Hatsefirah’s attitude and contribution to the historiography of Polish Jewry. In the prospectus announcing the publication of the newspaper in early January , Hayim Zelig Slonimski (–), its founder and first editor, described the principal areas on which the paper would focus:

Commemoration and Jewish National Identity: Lviv in the Last Decades of the Nineteenth Century

Journal of Jewish Identities, 2021

“We CallHim Mister (Pan) Editor”: Nahum Sokolow and Modern Hebrew Literature

We Call Him Mister (Pan) Editor , 2015

This paper presents the tasks and aims that Nahum Sokolow believed Hebrew literature should have ... more This paper presents the tasks and aims that Nahum Sokolow believed Hebrew literature should have in Jewish life and in the Jewish national movement. Before his offi cial joining the Zionist movement, Sokolow believed that the contribution of Hebrew literature to the formation of Jewish nationalism was more signifi cant than the return of the Jews to their historical territory. This position did not change signifi cantly after his joining the Zionist movement in 1897. In addition the paper evaluates Sokolow&#39;s signifi cant input to the development of the Jewish literary center in Warsaw and a new Hebrew literary style.

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“Polishing” the Jewish Masses: Personal Hygiene, Public Health, and Jews in Fin de Siècle Warsaw

Jewish History, 2021

This article examines the efforts of Jewish physicians and social activists to improve the hygien... more This article examines the efforts of Jewish physicians and social activists to improve the hygiene habits of Warsaw&#39;s Jewish residents. Warsaw was the third largest city of the Russian Empire, a significant Polish national site, and home to the largest Jewish community in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century. Efforts to improve the hygiene of the city&#39;s residents were undertaken by Jewish and non-Jewish physicians, social activists, and journalists-but not by the local authorities. Jewish physicians and social activists who were involved in these activities acknowledged that the attempts to improve the hygiene habits of the Jewish masses needed to take the traditional Jewish way of life into account. In addition, they had to operate separately among the city&#39;s Jewish and non-Jewish residents because of the tensions that existed between Poles and Jews. Nevertheless, the methods used by Jewish and Polish physicians and social activists were similar. In Polish society, the goal of improving the residents&#39; personal hygiene was among the tasks that members of the local intelligentsia took upon themselves. It was also considered a Polish national project. The question of whether the Jewish residents of the city should be included or excluded from this project gained a good deal of public attention among both Poles and Jews in the 1890s.

St. Petersburg 1905: The Impressions of a Polish-Jewish Journalist

Studia Judaica, 2017

, a renowned journalist, editor, Zionist and public figure who lived and was active in Warsaw, st... more , a renowned journalist, editor, Zionist and public figure who lived and was active in Warsaw, stayed in St. Petersburg. During that time he wrote almost every day in his diary about the political meetings he attended and the existence of the city during those crucial moments. Most of the diary is written in Polish, and some parts are written in Hebrew and Yiddish. His notes indicate that he was fully aware of being a witness to significant historical events and saw them as an opportunity to gain some advantages for the Jewish residents of the Russian Empire and for himself. As a result we can learn about the daily life of the city and get a sense of how the political life was conducted in the shadow of the revolution. Although Sokolow was fully aware of the significance of the 1905 events for the entire Russian Empire, he was not aware of the transition that was taking place in the Jewish public sphere. He believed that the old political methods were still relevant and did not realize that a new era in the Jewish political life in the Russian Empire had begun. Sokolow's diary provides an opportunity to learn of the events that took place in St. Petersburg from the perspective of a journalist and political activist who knew the city quite well, but nevertheless remained an outsider.

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The Jews and the silver screen: Poland at the end of the 1920s

Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 2016

ABSTRACT Although the second half of the 1930s (1935–1939) is known as the “Golden Age” of Yiddis... more ABSTRACT Although the second half of the 1930s (1935–1939) is known as the “Golden Age” of Yiddish cinema, these years could not have been such a high point had Jewish audiences not already obtained solid movie viewing habits throughout the 1920s. This paper presents some of the dilemmas that arose as a result of the encounter of Jewish society, including the traditional sector, with the silver screen during a time of transition the end of the 1920s, when the era of silent movies was ending and movies with sound began to dominate the art form. In these earlier years the popularity of cinema among the Jewish population in Poland was used in their struggle as a national minority. Jewish affection for the cinema integrated into their demands that the majority take their Jewish cultural needs into consideration. In addition, the discussion about the art of films in various Yiddish periodicals integrated the ongoing discussion about the relationship between high and popular culture that had begun earlier.

Sokolow, Nahum (1859x61–1936), journalist and Zionist leader

Between Poles and Jews : the Development of Nahum Sokolow’s Political Thought", Ela Bauer, Jerusalem 2005 : [recenzja] / Konrad Zieliński

Kwartalnik Historyczny, 2006

"Polishing" the Jewish Masses: Personal Hygiene, Public Health, and Jews in Fin de Siècle Warsaw

Jewish History , 2021

This article examines the efforts of Jewish physicians and social activists to improve the hygien... more This article examines the efforts of Jewish physicians and social activists to improve the hygiene habits of Warsaw's Jewish residents. Warsaw was the third largest city of the Russian Empire, a significant Polish national site, and home to the largest Jewish community in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century. Efforts to improve the hygiene of the city's residents were undertaken by Jewish and non-Jewish physicians, social activists, and journalists-but not by the local authorities. Jewish physicians and social activists who were involved in these activities acknowledged that the attempts to improve the hygiene habits of the Jewish masses needed to take the traditional Jewish way of life into account. In addition, they had to operate separately among the city's Jewish and non-Jewish residents because of the tensions that existed between Poles and Jews. Nevertheless, the methods used by Jewish and Polish physicians and social activists were similar. In Polish society, the goal of improving the residents' personal hygiene was among the tasks that members of the local intelligentsia took upon themselves. It was also considered a Polish national project. The question of whether the Jewish residents of the city should be included or excluded from this project gained a good deal of public attention among both Poles and Jews in the 1890s.

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'Commemoration and Jewish National Identity: Lwów in the Last Decades of the Nineteenth Century'

Journal of Jewish Identities , 2021

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3 In Warsaw and Beyond: The Contribution of Hayim Zelig Slonimski to Jewish Modernization

Warsaw. The Jewish Metropolis, 2015

Between Poles and Jews: The Development of Nahum Sokolow's Political Thought

Slavic Review, 2007

Izraelczycy spoglądają na Polaków przez obiektyw kamery filmowej

Narracje o Zagładzie

There is already wide range of studies that aim at understanding the different ways in which the ... more There is already wide range of studies that aim at understanding the different ways in which the Holocaust is presenting in Israeli cinema. Although these studies present wide spectrum of themes, processes and points of view regarding this issue, this rich corpus of research does not include references to the various ways in which Polish-Jewish relations are portrayed in Israeli films. This article is interesting to open scholarly discussion on the ways in which Jewish-Polish relations are presenting in in several documentary and fictional Israeli films: Aba'le Bo La-lonapark (Daddy Come to the Amusement Park), directed by Nitza Gonen in 1995; Spring 1941, directed by Uri Barbash in 2007; Pizza b'Auschwitz (Pizza in Auschwitz) by Mosh Zimmermanh in 2008; Ema shel Valentina (Valentina's Mother), directed by Arik Lubzki and Matti Hararri in 2009; and Hakatayim (Past Life) directed by Avi Nesher in 2016. A discussing on the perception of Polish Jewish relations at this co...

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בלבוב‬ ‫היהודית‬ ‫האינטליגנציה‬ ‫של‬ ‫המשכילית‬ ‫המורשת‬ ‫התשע-עשרה‬ ‫המאה‬ ‫בשלהי

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"The Jewish Intelligentsia of Lwów and the Maskilic Legacy of the Late-Nineteenth-Century,

Nathan Shifriss Shmuel Finer , Hanan Gagni (eds), Revealers of Secrets The Haskalah in Galicia: History, Literature, Philosophy, and Memory Jerusalem Magness , 2022

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Polin35 140 157BauerOffP

Polin 35 , 2023

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The Ideological Roots of the Polish Jewish Intelligentsia

Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 24, 2012

This material is copyright-protected and may not be be reproduced in any form without the express... more

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‘Constructing the shrine of our people’s history’

Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 29, Dec 29, 2016

Integracja czy separacja? : nowa tendencja w żydowsko-polskiej prasie w ostatnich dekadach XIX wieku

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Dialogue or Monologue?

Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 22

Constructing the shrine ofour people's history': Hatsefirah and the Historiography of Polish Jewry

Commemoration and Jewish National Identity: Lviv in the Last Decades of the Nineteenth Century

Journal of Jewish Identities, 2021

“We CallHim Mister (Pan) Editor”: Nahum Sokolow and Modern Hebrew Literature

We Call Him Mister (Pan) Editor , 2015

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“Polishing” the Jewish Masses: Personal Hygiene, Public Health, and Jews in Fin de Siècle Warsaw

Jewish History, 2021

St. Petersburg 1905: The Impressions of a Polish-Jewish Journalist

Studia Judaica, 2017

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The Jews and the silver screen: Poland at the end of the 1920s

Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 2016

Sokolow, Nahum (1859x61–1936), journalist and Zionist leader

Between Poles and Jews : the Development of Nahum Sokolow’s Political Thought", Ela Bauer, Jerusalem 2005 : [recenzja] / Konrad Zieliński

Kwartalnik Historyczny, 2006

"Polishing" the Jewish Masses: Personal Hygiene, Public Health, and Jews in Fin de Siècle Warsaw

Jewish History , 2021

This article examines the efforts of Jewish physicians and social activists to improve the hygien... more This article examines the efforts of Jewish physicians and social activists to improve the hygiene habits of Warsaw's Jewish residents. Warsaw was the third largest city of the Russian Empire, a significant Polish national site, and home to the largest Jewish community in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century. Efforts to improve the hygiene of the city's residents were undertaken by Jewish and non-Jewish physicians, social activists, and journalists-but not by the local authorities. Jewish physicians and social activists who were involved in these activities acknowledged that the attempts to improve the hygiene habits of the Jewish masses needed to take the traditional Jewish way of life into account. In addition, they had to operate separately among the city's Jewish and non-Jewish residents because of the tensions that existed between Poles and Jews. Nevertheless, the methods used by Jewish and Polish physicians and social activists were similar. In Polish society, the goal of improving the residents' personal hygiene was among the tasks that members of the local intelligentsia took upon themselves. It was also considered a Polish national project. The question of whether the Jewish residents of the city should be included or excluded from this project gained a good deal of public attention among both Poles and Jews in the 1890s.

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'Commemoration and Jewish National Identity: Lwów in the Last Decades of the Nineteenth Century'

Journal of Jewish Identities , 2021

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3 In Warsaw and Beyond: The Contribution of Hayim Zelig Slonimski to Jewish Modernization

Warsaw. The Jewish Metropolis, 2015