Maria Mădălina Irimia
Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza Iasi, Istorie, Department Member
- Istorie, Jewish Studies, Jewish History, Cultural Heritage, Hebrew Language, Archaeology, and 19 moreGender Studies, Kafka, Education, Social Sciences, Anthropology, International Relations, Christianity and Judaism, History, Philosophy, Roman Archaeology, Nationalism, Citizenship, Immigration Status & Nationality, Eastern European Studies, Romanian History, Modern Jewish History, Antisemitism, Eastern European and Russian Jewish History, and Romanian Studiesedit
- Phd in Historyedit
Studiul urmărește să reconstituie, într-o perspectivă revăzută, narațiunea emigrării evreilor cu nava „Struma”, oferind răspunsuri pentru întrebările esențiale: cum a fost procurată „Struma” și în ce condiții s-a organizat transportul... more
Studiul urmărește să reconstituie, într-o perspectivă revăzută, narațiunea emigrării evreilor cu nava „Struma”, oferind răspunsuri pentru întrebările esențiale: cum a fost procurată „Struma” și în ce condiții s-a organizat transportul emigranților evrei. Studiul evidențiază localitățile de proveniență ale unor pasageri, conturând micro-biografii ale victimelor, printre care se aflau Isac Tercatin și Tuli Elicovici, supraviețuitori al pogromului de la Iași. Studiul mai evocă cazul supraviețuitoarei Medeea Salomovici, precum și cazurile speciale ale profesorului Samuel Aroni și Mattei Dogan, celebrul sociolog român din Franța, care ar fi putut fi a 770-a victimă a „Strumei”.
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The study „A Short Biography of a Forgotten Intellectual - Moses Schwarzfeld” is an insight into Jewish intellectual history that focuses on the biography of Moses Schwarzfeld, who testified, in his writings, the modernization of Jewish... more
The study „A Short Biography of a Forgotten Intellectual - Moses Schwarzfeld” is an insight
into Jewish intellectual history that focuses on the biography of Moses Schwarzfeld, who testified, in his
writings, the modernization of Jewish life in Romania. He was the longest-running Jewish journalist of the
time, as an editor of the Egalitatea Jewish newspaper for 50 years. He was also one of the spiritual leaders
of the Jews in their struggle for emancipation and cultural progress. His work, scattered in periodicals along
decades, is little known, but extremely valuable, nevertheless. By connecting his articles as if they were the
pieces of a puzzle, we discover a mature, knowledgeable thinker who was capable of an objective analysis,
in the spirit of democratic moderation. Schwarzfeld published his memoirs in the form of a series, thus
providing us with a view to a discreet biography, dedicated to the cause of Jewish emancipation, through
efforts and modesty. Schwarzfeld’s writings are a true chronicle of Jewish life after 1866. The encounter with
his biography and writings is an encounter with a whole age of which we know very little, today.
into Jewish intellectual history that focuses on the biography of Moses Schwarzfeld, who testified, in his
writings, the modernization of Jewish life in Romania. He was the longest-running Jewish journalist of the
time, as an editor of the Egalitatea Jewish newspaper for 50 years. He was also one of the spiritual leaders
of the Jews in their struggle for emancipation and cultural progress. His work, scattered in periodicals along
decades, is little known, but extremely valuable, nevertheless. By connecting his articles as if they were the
pieces of a puzzle, we discover a mature, knowledgeable thinker who was capable of an objective analysis,
in the spirit of democratic moderation. Schwarzfeld published his memoirs in the form of a series, thus
providing us with a view to a discreet biography, dedicated to the cause of Jewish emancipation, through
efforts and modesty. Schwarzfeld’s writings are a true chronicle of Jewish life after 1866. The encounter with
his biography and writings is an encounter with a whole age of which we know very little, today.
Research Interests:
This study approaches a little known episode in the history of Iași: the pogrom of May 16, 1899. At the end of the 19th century, Iași was a center of the anti-Semitic movement in the Old Kingdom. Anti-Semites complained that Jews had... more
This study approaches a little known episode in the history of Iași: the pogrom of May 16, 1899. At the end of the 19th century, Iași was a center of the anti-Semitic movement in the Old Kingdom. Anti-Semites complained that Jews had become more numerous and more influential than Christians in the local economy. The 1899 pogrom was preceded by other Judeophobic turbulences in several cities, Bucharest included. This article points out the viral character of the idea that violence was an instrument to „solve” – or to speed-up the solution to – the Jewish question. International events, such as the Dreyfus Affair or Russian pogroms, also played a role in the dynamic of events. The perpetrators of the 1899 Iași pogrom were involved in previous incidents and tried to unite in a national or regional anti-Semitic movement. The Iași pogrom was the peak of violence and resulted in numerous injured people and widespread devastation. The atmosphere changed forever in Iași and Jewish-Christian cohabitation became extremely difficult afterwards. Because of this pogrom and other similar incidents, thousands of Jews left the country – they are known as „fussgeyers”. A conclusion of the study is that the anti-Semitic discourse and the appeal to violence had a local tradition, this feature being under-researched, in spite of the fact that it proved influential to the 20th Century history of Iași, which was devastated by another pogrom, in 1941.