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Holocaust Theatre On Line Collection
E-culture and heritage a project of All About Jewish Theatre,
Presentation at the Digital Heritage Conference in Jerusalem15-17 November, 2011 Mark Ejlenberg, Chairman, All About Jewish Theatre
Holocaust Theatre On Line Collection
E-culture and heritage a project of All About Jewish Theatre,
Presentation at the Digital Heritage Conference in Jerusalem15-17 November, 2011 Mark Ejlenberg, Chairman, All About Jewish Theatre
o Outline of the project
o Why we choose Holocaust Theatre as our focus
o The concept of “Kitchen feeding Many Restaurants”
o Europeana Judaica ,listed objectives and comparison
o The power of distribution/ channel network
o Jewish E-culture - From data to knowledge
o Call for pilot
o Last but not least- Funding.
Summary
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All About Jewish Theatre:
o Part of the International Institute For Jewish and Israeli Culture
o Initiated and developed by Moti Sandak in 2002
o Jewish culture accessible on line
o the world’s only global on line network dedicated to
Jewish theatre and performing arts
o Google’s first reference for the search term “Jewish
theatre” out of 4.200.000 search results
o 20 prominent editorial board members
o 18 correspondents world wide.
About Us 1/2
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o Online Knowledge Bank: more than 10.000 original
entries on: plays, books ,films,, academic articles web
links etc
o Our Target Audience :
o B2B or P2P: such as theatre directors, playwrights,
museum professionals, scholars , Jewish communities
worldwide,
o P2C: any person with an interest to Jewish theatre
and performing arts.
About Us 2/2
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1. The Pioneers: such as Ezekiel, Yehuda Sommo, Fernando
de Rojas
2. Purimshpiel, Badchanim and Klezmorim
3. Goldfaden and the flourishing Yiddish theatre in Europe
4. From the Shtetl to Broadway
5. Sparks of Jewish theatre in Arab countries
6. Israeli/ Hebrew theatre
7. Biblical theatre and music
8. Habimah Theatre
9. Ladino theatre
10.The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection
(HTC)
Collection list: All About Jewish Theatre
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Despite unspeakably difficult circumstances, Jewish actors, singers, musicians, dancers,
filmmakers and others artists regularly performed in the Nazi’s ghettos and
concentration camps.
Their remarkable creative output was a triumph of the human spirit
over barbarism.
Creativity can not be destroyed
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Who will “Carry the Word”?
oGeneration of Survivors will retire and their spirit needs to be perpetuated.
oPerforming Arts of the Shoa has the caliber to take over.
oShoa Education and Remembrance o a new era, o a new level o a global audience
o a focused approach to engage the Next Generation.
o The On- Line Generation of linked data
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1. On Line Knowledge Bank/ Virtual Museum
o a uniquely accessible teaching tool that will educate a new generation about a little-known aspect of the Holocaust.
o from one location,abundant material related to the Holocaust Theatre.
o a tool for the conservation of performance arts before, during and after the Holocaust.
o 28 major themes, according to 5 time zones
The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection (HTC)
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5 Quick overview of HTC 5 time zones
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From data to .............
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5 knowledge
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Example of combining data into a collection for education
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Film: Paradise
Art: Film & Reality
History: Textual
Producer: Kurt Gerron
The collection of individual items forms an educational package.
2. Education & Remembrance, Next Generation
o educational vehicle for conveying the memory to future generations through the eyes of the Art and related curriculum from young age and up.
o Perpetuates the spirit of the Survivors when they retire.
o Engages the Next Generation by bringing the Creative Past to the Present by stimulating new projects on historic material, personal experiences and professional support.
o Essence is a focussed approach
The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection (HTC)
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3. Academic basis- Trusted & edited content
o Supervised by a prominent Academic Board, chaired by Prof. Gad Keynar, Chair Theatre Department Tel Aviv University.
o Participates and initiates
o Stimulates research and exchange for scholars
o Is easily accessible and usable in class, lectures etc.
The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection (HTC)
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4. Focus on distribution
orecognized by Unesco- International Theatre Institute and new Holocaust Branch of Unesco
o Access to 200 countries
oPending Cooperation with International Holocaust Taskforce.
o 945 institutions that deal with Holocaust Memory and Education
oSeminars with:o Yad Vashem and similar institutions in the US
oThis all leads to a global distribution to a targeted audience
The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection (HTC)
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6. Global Target Audience
o addressing a global audience that share a common interest.
o By creatingo Social Community channels and o Internet enabled solutions to share
performances and lectures etc. o Educational curriculum.
The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection (HTC)
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7. Kitchen that feeds many restaurants.
The Kitchen of the various projects have outstanding ingredients:
o digitised and aggregated Jewish Content
o knowledge management tools
o Support for the use of the digitised content
Menuo Globally there are many restaurants that like to
serve personalised menus on ready ingredients to their target clientele.
o Economies of scaleo Reusability
Customersoa global audience that share a common interest.
The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection (HTC)
The Focus of Europeana Judaica
o Documentation of Jewish expression in Europe
o Digitisation and aggregation -DATA
o Deployment of knowledge management tools
o Support for the use of the digitised content
Difference ?
o The Focus of HTC:o Distributiono Focussed Target Audienceso From Data to Knowledgeo Educational Themes/Collections
What is the link between EJ & HTC ?
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8. joint Jewish cultural digital space.
oThe HTC project will open a global joint Jewish cultural digital space on a thematic basis
oIt bring e-culture, in themes, closer to the end user.
o All About Jewish Theatreo All About Jewish Arto All About Jewish Musico All About Jewish Literature o and so on.
Opportunity
oTo share the global distribution channels with Europeana Judaica and thematically aggregate content and distribute globally
Jewish E-Culture
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Content aggregation & Distribution partners
oAkademie der Kuenste Berlin oThe personal library of Volker Kuhn, BerlinoYad VashemoThe Terezin Museum.PragueoThe Center for Research on Dutch Jewry, Hebrew University Jerusalem oHolocaust Museum Washington DCoBeit Theresienstadt oMusee de la Shoa ParisoMuseum of Tolerance LAoYivo institute NYoThe Ghetto Fighters Museum – Beit Lochamay HagetaotoTheatre department Tel Aviv University
Partners
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The Jewish Agency
Rothschild Foundation Europe
Foundation for Jewish Culture, New York
European Association for Jewish Culture, London
Association for Jewish Theatre (AJT)
The Claims Conference
Ministry for Culture and Sport, Ministry of Justice
Legacy Fund, The Ministry for Education
Anne Frank Foundation
International Holocaust Taskforce
United States Holocaust Museum, Musee de la Shoa
Paris,Jewish Historical Museum Amsterdam
Pending: Hashava Foundation, Maror Israel
Yiddishpiel - Yiddish Theatre,Tel Aviv
Supporters and Collaboration (i.a.)
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Institutional Partners
Patronage of
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Key quotes
From the Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance
The extraordinary courage and resilience of Jewish artists in the face of insufferable conditions during the Shoah is, indeed, a stellar example of the triumph of the human spirit. It is certainly a vitally important story that must continue to be told.”
From the Anne Frank Foundation:
The members of the Board are very impressed with The Holocaust Theatre Online Collection and expressed their interest in the project. The Board would like to know whether and it what manner our foundation could possibly lend support to this important project.
From the Head of Education of Musee de la Shoa Paris
I will do my part all I can to promote the success and development of this project which seems really useful. So I hope to participate in future development.www.jewish-theatre.com
Launching
o70 years after the decision to implement the Final Solution. o19 January 2012
oYou cannot destroy Cultureoat the House of the Wannsee Conference in Berlin
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Call for pilot project:Jewish cultural digital space
o the emergence of the new structured Web, o the Linked Open Data Webo Europeana- (Judaica)o Eclapo Israel National Library project
o Now need to bring efficiently e-culture closer to the end user.
CALL :to join the HTC initiative to do a flagship pilot:
o Focus on joint distribution channelso Develop common target audienceo Develop common themes.o Focused approach
o Deliverable: the framework or real implementation and global use. www.jewish-theatre.com
Call for further Funding
All About Jewish Theatre is looking to obtain further funding.
Further enquiries:
All About Jewish Theatre Mark EjlenbergDirector Strategic Development and FundingP.O.Box 11818; 61116 Tel Aviv, IsraelPhone: +972 52 3444745, in case of no phone availability please E-mail : [email protected]: www.jewish-theatre.com
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