event of interest for Slavists in San Francisco

[Julie Draskoczy]

Greetings!

Please see below for information on an event of interest for Slavists in the Bay Area.

With best wishes,

Julie Draskoczy, PhD

The Black Russian
A presentation by Vladimir Alexandrov
Thursday, October 17,
2013 at 7:00 pm
 
Frederick Bruce Thomas born in the American south in 1872 to
former slaves, went to Russia in 1899, renamed himself Fyodor Fyodorovich
Tomas, and became a Russian citizen and successful theater and restaurant
owner. In 1915, a time when anti-Semitic violence had reached its peak, Thomas’
Aquarium theatre took the politically and financially risky step of staging Potash
and Perlmutter, a humorous and sympathetic play about American Jews that
went on to have a long and successful run. In Russia, Thomas, unlike the Jews,
did not belong to a persecuted minority and his behavior suggests that he was
poignantly aware of this difference. Although widely known during his lifetime,
Frederick Bruce Thomas had been virtually forgotten, until the publication of
Vladimir Alexandrov’s new book, The Black Russian.
 
Vladimir Alexandrovgrew up in New York in a Russian emigre family. He has a Ph.D. in
comparative literature from Princeton, taught in the Slavic Department at
Harvard, and has been teaching Russian literature and culture at Yale
University since 1986.
 
Co-presented by
Kritzer/Ross Emigre Program at the JCCSF
 in conjunctionwith
New Life newspaper and Lehrhaus Judaica
 
 
The Jewish Community
Libraryis
located at 1835 Ellis Street; between Scott and Pierce on the campus of the
Jewish Community High School. There is free
garage parking at the entrance on Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy. The
building is wheelchair accessible.  For more information contact Allison
at (415) 567-3327, ext 703 or ajgreen at Jewishlearningworks.org or visit the website: www.jewishcommunitylibrary.org



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