The Kielce Pogrom 1946: Blood Libel in the Shadow of the Holocaust
GGS 11/08/19
The radical thought of Rabbi Kalonymous Kalmish Shapiro הי"ד
LSJS January – February 2010
From the LSJS website:
You will study select writings of Rabbi Kalonymous Kalmish Shapira, the Piaseczno Rebbe. He was a radical educational theorist, teacher of meditation and a profound student of the psychological horrors of the Holocaust, in which he perished. This course will examine his educational methodology, his programme for building an inspired religious community, and his Holocaust diary, discovered in the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto.
Course materials
Session 1: Introduction and Chovat HaTalmidim - radical educational theory (1)
Session 2: Chovat HaTalmidim - radical educational theory (2)
Session 3: Meditation, music and self-mastery
Session 4: Beney Machshavah Tovah - the elite society
Session 5: Aish Kodesh - Torah from the Holocaust (1)
Session 6: Aish Kodesh - Torah from the Holocaust (2) and thoughts on Purim
Piaseczno on Purim: simchah at the gates of destruction
JLE 23/02/10