I've listened to all the lectures now. They are very powerful. It occurs to me that Timothy's understanding of nations is a little like romantic love which begins by chance and in retrospect can seem destined and inevitable. Nations seem to occur out of complex and unpredictable circumstances but seem in retrospect to seem inevitable? I was also thinking of the Buddha's comment about karma. If you want to know who you've been, consider who you have become. If you want to know who you'll be, consider what you will do. The past is what it is but the future is open to human agency. In that way you are always free.
My grandparents on my mother’s side -- Ukrainian Jews from around Odessa came to the United States in 1901. One step ahead of the pogroms. My grandfather and great grandfather WALKED from Odessa to Constantinople. Today’s freedom loving Ukrainians are not the same as the Ukrainians of 120 years ago.
I am following this fantastic lecture series a bit late, and have been able to find most of the readings, but have been stumped by this one, for lecture 8: Judith Kalik, "Jews, Orthodox, and Uniates in the Ruthenian Lands," in Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern and Antony Polonsky, eds., Polin, vol. 26, 2014, 131-146.
The other article for this class, by Shapira, is on Academia, so I assumed that I would find Judith Kalik's article there as well, but no luck. Have spent too long searching --- if anyone knows how to get it online and can post a link it would be great - thanks.
I've listened to all the lectures now. They are very powerful. It occurs to me that Timothy's understanding of nations is a little like romantic love which begins by chance and in retrospect can seem destined and inevitable. Nations seem to occur out of complex and unpredictable circumstances but seem in retrospect to seem inevitable? I was also thinking of the Buddha's comment about karma. If you want to know who you've been, consider who you have become. If you want to know who you'll be, consider what you will do. The past is what it is but the future is open to human agency. In that way you are always free.
My grandparents on my mother’s side -- Ukrainian Jews from around Odessa came to the United States in 1901. One step ahead of the pogroms. My grandfather and great grandfather WALKED from Odessa to Constantinople. Today’s freedom loving Ukrainians are not the same as the Ukrainians of 120 years ago.
Update on Kalik. I found Volume 26 of POLIN on Amazon. There are 4 articles from it in the course ans several of the others looked interesting.
I am following this fantastic lecture series a bit late, and have been able to find most of the readings, but have been stumped by this one, for lecture 8: Judith Kalik, "Jews, Orthodox, and Uniates in the Ruthenian Lands," in Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern and Antony Polonsky, eds., Polin, vol. 26, 2014, 131-146.
The other article for this class, by Shapira, is on Academia, so I assumed that I would find Judith Kalik's article there as well, but no luck. Have spent too long searching --- if anyone knows how to get it online and can post a link it would be great - thanks.