Avrom Sutzkever: Poet and Partisan, with Jeffry Mallow

Avrom Sutzkever was one of the greatest figures in the pantheon of Yiddish poets. He was also a member of the Vilna partisans who were Jewish resistance fighters against the Nazis. He was not only a Yiddish writer, but the rescuer of writings of others from the Nazis. He was a witness at the Nuremberg trials. This talk will be a combination of history, as well as poetic readings in Yiddish, with English translation.

The event is free; donations welcome. Registration required to receive Zoom Link.

Jeffry V. Mallow is Professor Emeritus of Physics, Loyola University Chicago. He is a member of the Forward Association, publisher of The Forward and Der Forverts and honorary chair of the Chicago YIVO Society. A graduate of the Workers Circle Yiddish schools, he was Director of Jewish Culture at its Camp Kinder Ring. Among his publications are the Jewish humor book Our Pal God and a collection of his political essays, Zionist Diarist.