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  Communal Care for the Jewish Deceased in the Polish Lands\, 1918-1945
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DESCRIPTION:Emerging Scholars talk with Alison Curry\, UNC Department of Hi
 story\n\n \n\nIn early twentieth-century Poland\, care for the Jewish dead
  was a central part of Jewish communal life. Though the hevrah kadisha\, o
 r burial society\, traditionally handled all aspects of the burial and fun
 eral\, reports of corruption in these organizations during the interwar pe
 riod led to the establishment of a new form of burial organization\, inten
 t on providing free\, respectable care for the deceased. This presentation
  will explore how corruption forever altered burial practices in Polish Je
 wish communities\, resulting the creation of an entirely new Jewish funera
 ry industry by the time of the Second World War.\n\n \n\nRegistration requ
 ired: https://jewishstudies.unc.edu
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SUMMARY:From Burial Society to Funeral Home: Rupture and Continuity in Comm
 unal Care for the Jewish Deceased in the Polish Lands\, 1918-1945
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