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Digital Stumbling Blocks: Instagram and Holocaust Memory

05/06/2019rdeblinger

I was invited to share some thoughts for this Alma Magazine piece by Emily Burack about Eva.Stories, an Instagram account sharing produced stories based off the life of a real girl named Eva Heyman. The project tried to imagine what the Holocaust would… Continue Reading →

Holocaust Studies

Staying Engaged & Finding Focus

07/13/2018rdeblinger

There is so much news it’s hard to focus. And, it’s hard to maintain focus. But, let’s be honest, this is just part of the strategy: distraction and disinformation. Part of my #30daysofaction is a resistance to the chaos of… Continue Reading →

Activism, Holocaust Studies, Immigration

Magnes Pop Up Exhibition: Holocaust Memory, Walls, and Ephemerality

03/15/2017rdeblinger

Thank you to the Magnes Museum for inviting me to speak at one of their weekly Pop Up Exhibitions. It was an honor to think about the ephemerality of Holocaust memory and the need to balance memory with activism. The… Continue Reading →

Holocaust Studies, Memory, Uncategorized Public Presentation

Come for the JDC Archives Blog, stay for Eddie Cantor on Sound Cloud

09/29/2016rdeblinger
Eddie Cantor SOS Script, JDC Archives

I’m honored to be featured on the JDC Archives Blog today. I have explored the depths of their collection for many years and am thrilled that they invested so heavily in digitizing the whole of their archival materials. It’s a… Continue Reading →

Digital Archives, Digital Humanities, Holocaust Studies, Jewish History, UCSC Digital Jewish Studies, Jewish Organizations, Refugees, Technology

I remember with disorientation and confusion

01/27/2016rdeblinger

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day – commemorated on January 27th in honor of the Russian Liberation of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945. Museums and organizations around the world honor this day of memory with speeches by dignitaries and survivors,… Continue Reading →

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Special Issue of Holocaust and Genocide Studies: Focus on Refugees

12/23/2015rdeblinger
Refugees at the Fort Ontario Refugee Camp, Oswego, New York, August 1944

Looking for more historical precedents to contextualize the current refugee crisis? Check out the special issue of Holocaust and Genocide Studies on refugees – made available free from Oxford University Press. These essays help “narrow the gap between historical facts and rhetoric”… Continue Reading →

Holocaust Studies, Immigration HolocaustMemory, Refugees

Digital Humanities & Jewish Studies

05/23/2015rdeblinger

I’m thrilled that Memories/Motifs has been featured in the AJS News: Digital Humanities Issue. It’s an honor for the project to be listed as a Resource for Jewish Studies and I hope that scholars explore the site, offer comments, criticism,… Continue Reading →

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Yom Hashoah & the Need for Remembrance

04/16/2015rdeblinger

Seventy years after the Allies liberated the camps, we still read about the Holocaust and the other Nazi crimes in part because we are afraid…: We fear that we will start to think of monstrous actions as just the way… Continue Reading →

Holocaust Studies, Memory HolocaustHistory, HolocaustMemory, Memories/Motifs, YomHashoah

The fear and freedom of asking anything

03/24/2015rdeblinger

Last week, Holocaust survivor Ben Lesser, Founder of the Zachor Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, participated in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything). The fact of a Holocaust survivor opening him- or herself up to anything on the internet is a scary… Continue Reading →

Holocaust Studies, Memory, Social Media Memories/Motifs, Reddit, Technology, Testimony, Witnessing

Holocaust History & LEGOs: Learning Achieved (from Memories/Motifs)

01/18/2015rdeblinger

In response to a school assignment to illustrate events of the Holocaust, John Denno, a 16-year-old student in Liverpool, UK, built a timeline of key historical events out of LEGOs. The association of LEGOs as toy meant for play seems… Continue Reading →

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