Out of the Classroom and Onto the Field: Jews & Soccer
Tuesday, October 27 @ 7 PM
Catacombs Bar
(below Hotel Boulderado)
2115 13th Street
Boulder, CO 80302
Co-sponsored by Soul Food and the Program in Jewish Studies at CU-Boulder
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Free and open to the public
"The imagined community of millions seems more real as a team of eleven named people." – Eric Hobsbawm
At the dawn of the twentieth century, Jewish life in Europe underwent a major revolution. As Jews flocked to the cities and encountered modern life head-on, Jewish men and women found their everyday lives completely transformed. With their traditional, provincial lives left behind int eh shtetl, Jews invented new traditions to replace the old – traditions to accompany their new status as urban cosmopolitans. For the many whose lives were once centered around religious institutions and whose days were spent in the village study house, a new home was to found on the soccer fields of Europe. Join Robert Adler Peckerar, assistant professor of Jewish Literature and Culture at CU-Boulder, for an interactive evening that examines the phenomenon of Jewish soccer in central and eastern Europe at the start of the last century – its controversies, politics, and importance in understanding the birth of a radically new Jewish culture.
**Events require an RSVP as seating is limited due to fire code restrictions. Attending an event without an RSVP may require waiting until all those who have RSVP'd are seated or being turned away if the room has reached capacity. **