Lecturers
STUDENT'S RESEARCH
The project of Natalya Zolotar
Ruth Schloss
Drawing lines between German heritage and Israeli cultural sphere
A case study Natalya Zolotar
The artist Ruth Schloss was born in Nuremberg, Germany and immigrated to Israel in 1937. Immigration from Germany in the 1930s brought with it a new cultural nuance to Palestine-Israel. The “Yekkes” (The German immigrants’ nickname) retained aspects of their former life and their German cultural identity. My research will explore: What are the affinities, the relations, and the influences of Cultural German Heritage on Schloss’s art? How much “Germany and Stuttgart” are in “Israel and Tel-Aviv”, and what can we learn about wandering of the cultural German ideas and heritage and their translation into Israeli cultural sphere?
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PHOTOS: The painter and illustrator Ruth Schloss (© All rights reserved to Shalom Bar Tal); Woman Cooking, 1950-1960 (?), Ink on paper, Private collection (© Estate of the artist); Self Portrait, 1990,Acrylic on canvas(© Estate of the artist)
STUDENT'S RESEARCH
The project of Natalya Zolotar
Ruth Schloss
Drawing lines between German heritage and Israeli cultural sphere
A case study Natalya Zolotar
The artist Ruth Schloss was born in Nuremberg, Germany and immigrated to Israel in 1937. Immigration from Germany in the 1930s brought with it a new cultural nuance to Palestine-Israel. The “Yekkes” (The German immigrants’ nickname) retained aspects of their former life and their German cultural identity. My research will explore: What are the affinities, the relations, and the influences of Cultural German Heritage on Schloss’s art? How much “Germany and Stuttgart” are in “Israel and Tel-Aviv”, and what can we learn about wandering of the cultural German ideas and heritage and their translation into Israeli cultural sphere?
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PHOTOS: The painter and illustrator Ruth Schloss (© All rights reserved to Shalom Bar Tal); Woman Cooking, 1950-1960 (?), Ink on paper, Private collection (© Estate of the artist); Self Portrait, 1990,Acrylic on canvas(© Estate of the artist)
STUDENT'S RESEARCH
The project of Natalya Zolotar
Ruth Schloss
Drawing lines between German heritage and Israeli cultural sphere
A case study Natalya Zolotar
The artist Ruth Schloss was born in Nuremberg, Germany and immigrated to Israel in 1937. Immigration from Germany in the 1930s brought with it a new cultural nuance to Palestine-Israel. The “Yekkes” (The German immigrants’ nickname) retained aspects of their former life and their German cultural identity. My research will explore: What are the affinities, the relations, and the influences of Cultural German Heritage on Schloss’s art? How much “Germany and Stuttgart” are in “Israel and Tel-Aviv”, and what can we learn about wandering of the cultural German ideas and heritage and their translation into Israeli cultural sphere?
Read more
PHOTOS: The painter and illustrator Ruth Schloss (© All rights reserved to Shalom Bar Tal); Woman Cooking, 1950-1960 (?), Ink on paper, Private collection (© Estate of the artist); Self Portrait, 1990,Acrylic on canvas(© Estate of the artist)
WORKSHOP IN GERMANY
Institute of Cultural Management, Ludwigsburg University of Education, April 23, 2020
Actually, the student laboratory should have started with a personal encounter. But, then, everything turned out differently: due to the Corona pandemic, the encounter had to take place virtually instead. Dr. Chava Brownfield- Stein presented Israel’s multicultural society, which many of her students took as a starting point for their case studies. Almost all of them can provide evidence of an immigration history that goes back to their most recent family roots. So the question arose: How is this heritage compatible with the collective identity of Israel?
Numerous Heritage Centers in Israel maintain these narratives from the diaspora. But why—as one of the Israeli students asks in his case study—is this cultural heritage important when entry into the homeland of Israel represents the completion of Jewish identity? German students had to think about their ideas at the end of this meeting as well. Are they compatible with the Israeli approach of shared heritage? How can the tandems work together now? First attempts to answer these and other questions will be explored during the summer semester.
PHOTOS: Digital journey to Germany: Dr. Chava Brownfield-Stein on ZOOM (Screenshots)
Faculty of Art - Hamidrasha, Beit Berl College, February 24, 2020
What role does cultural heritage play today for the individual and for the collective identity of a group, a region, or even a nation? Which narratives are created and officially used in times of globalization and migration? These questions were the focus of the kick-off meeting in Israel.
The aim was to introduce Israeli students to the concept of the project. Dr. Dalya Markovich, lecturer at Beit Berl College, gave some input on this topic with her presentation on identity in global and migrant societies, noting that Jewish-Israeli society also represents such an immigration society.
Following lively discussions among the participants, Dr. Dätsch introduced a second, European approach and the corresponding (political) framework of the concept. Based on theories of collective memory, European states are trying to look at their historiography in a more dialogical way and to write a common history of Europe. In view of the worldwide migration movements, the concept of Cultural Heritage is, thirdly, also understood as a cultural human right: It is no longer exclusively linked to one’s origin, but can also imply a freely chosen heritage.
PHOTOS: Impressions from the kick-off workshop: Dr. Christiane Dätsch, Dr. Dalya Markovich, Dr. Chava Brownfield-Stein (from left to right) and students (© Chava Brownfield-Stein, Sapir Barel).