Holocaust Theatre On Line Collection E-culture and heritage a project of All About Jewish Theatre, Presentation at the Digital Heritage Conference in Jerusalem November, 2011 Mark Ejlenberg, Chairman, All About Jewish Theatre Holocaust Theatre On Line Collection E-culture and heritage a project of All About Jewish Theatre, Presentation at the Digital Heritage Conference in Jerusalem November, 2011 Mark Ejlenberg, Chairman, All About Jewish Theatre

o Outline of the project o Why we choose Holocaust Theatre as our focus o The concept of “Kitchen feeding Many Restaurants” o Europeana Judaica,listed objectives and comparison o The power of distribution/ channel network o Jewish E-culture - From data to knowledge o Call for pilot o Last but not least- Funding. Summary

All About Jewish Theatre: o Part of the International Institute For Jewish and Israeli Culture o Initiated and developed by Moti Sandak in 2002 o Jewish culture accessible on line o the world’s only global on line network dedicated to Jewish theatre and performing arts o Google’s first reference for the search term “Jewish theatre” out of search results o 20 prominent editorial board members o 18 correspondents world wide. About Us 1/2

o Online Knowledge Bank: more than original entries on: plays, books,films,, academic articles web links etc o Our Target Audience : o B2B or P2P: such as theatre directors, playwrights, museum professionals, scholars, Jewish communities worldwide, o P2C: any person with an interest to Jewish theatre and performing arts. About Us 2/2

1.The Pioneers: such as Ezekiel, Yehuda Sommo, Fernando de Rojas 2.Purimshpiel, Badchanim and Klezmorim 3.Goldfaden and the flourishing Yiddish theatre in Europe 4.From the Shtetl to Broadway 5.Sparks of Jewish theatre in Arab countries 6.Israeli/ Hebrew theatre 7.Biblical theatre and music 8.Habimah Theatre 9.Ladino theatre 10.The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection (HTC) Collection list: All About Jewish Theatre

Despite unspeakably difficult circumstances, Jewish actors, singers, musicians, dancers, filmmakers and others artists regularly performed in the Nazi’s ghettos and concentration camps. Their remarkable creative output was a triumph of the human spirit over barbarism. Creativity can not be destroyed

How to engage the Next Generation ? Who will “Carry the Word”? o Generation of Survivors will retire and their spirit needs to be perpetuated. o Performing Arts of the Shoa has the caliber to take over. o Shoa Education and Remembrance o a new era, o a new level o a global audience o a focused approach to engage the Next Generation. o The On- Line Generation of linked data

1. On Line Knowledge Bank/ Virtual Museum o a uniquely accessible teaching tool that will educate a new generation about a little-known aspect of the Holocaust. o from one location,abundant material related to the Holocaust Theatre. o a tool for the conservation of performance arts before, during and after the Holocaust. o 28 major themes, according to 5 time zones The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection (HTC)

5 Quick overview of HTC 5 time zones

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5 knowledge

Example of combining data into a collection for education Film: Paradise Art: Film & Reality History: Textual Producer: Kurt Gerron The collection of individual items forms an educational package.

2. Education & Remembrance, Next Generation o educational vehicle for conveying the memory to future generations through the eyes of the Art and related curriculum from young age and up. o Perpetuates the spirit of the Survivors when they retire. o Engages the Next Generation by bringing the Creative Past to the Present by stimulating new projects on historic material, personal experiences and professional support. o Essence is a focussed approach The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection (HTC)

3. Academic basis- Trusted & edited content o Supervised by a prominent Academic Board, chaired by Prof. Gad Keynar, Chair Theatre Department Tel Aviv University. o Participates and initiates o Stimulates research and exchange for scholars o Is easily accessible and usable in class, lectures etc. The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection (HTC)

4. Focus on distribution o recognized by Unesco- International Theatre Institute and new Holocaust Branch of Unesco o Access to 200 countries o Pending Cooperation with International Holocaust Taskforce. o 945 institutions that deal with Holocaust Memory and Education o Seminars with: o Yad Vashem and similar institutions in the US o This all leads to a global distribution to a targeted audience The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection (HTC)

6. Global Target Audience o addressing a global audience that share a common interest. o By creating o Social Community channels and o Internet enabled solutions to share performances and lectures etc. o Educational curriculum. The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection (HTC)

7. Kitchen that feeds many restaurants. The Kitchen of the various projects have outstanding ingredients: o digitised and aggregated Jewish Content o knowledge management tools o Support for the use of the digitised content Menu o Globally there are many restaurants that like to serve personalised menus on ready ingredients to their target clientele. o Economies of scale o Reusability Customers o a global audience that share a common interest. The Holocaust Theatre On line Collection (HTC)

The Focus of Europeana Judaica o Documentation of Jewish expression in Europe o Digitisation and aggregation -DATA o Deployment of knowledge management tools o Support for the use of the digitised content  Difference ? o The Focus of HTC: o Distribution o Focussed Target Audiences o From Data to Knowledge o Educational Themes/Collections What is the link between EJ & HTC ?

8. joint Jewish cultural digital space. o The HTC project will open a global joint Jewish cultural digital space on a thematic basis o It bring e-culture, in themes, closer to the end user. o All About Jewish Theatre o All About Jewish Art o All About Jewish Music o All About Jewish Literature o and so on. Opportunity o To share the global distribution channels with Europeana Judaica and thematically aggregate content and distribute globally Jewish E-Culture

Content aggregation & Distribution partners o Akademie der Kuenste Berlin o The personal library of Volker Kuhn, Berlin o Yad Vashem o The Terezin Museum.Prague o The Center for Research on Dutch Jewry, Hebrew University Jerusalem o Holocaust Museum Washington DC o Beit Theresienstadt o Musee de la Shoa Paris o Museum of Tolerance LA o Yivo institute NY o The Ghetto Fighters Museum – Beit Lochamay Hagetaot o Theatre department Tel Aviv University Partners

 The Jewish Agency  Rothschild Foundation Europe  Foundation for Jewish Culture, New York  European Association for Jewish Culture, London  Association for Jewish Theatre (AJT)  The Claims Conference  Ministry for Culture and Sport, Ministry of Justice Legacy Fund, The Ministry for Education  Anne Frank Foundation  International Holocaust Taskforce  United States Holocaust Museum, Musee de la Shoa Paris,Jewish Historical Museum Amsterdam  Pending: Hashava Foundation, Maror Israel  Yiddishpiel - Yiddish Theatre,Tel Aviv Supporters and Collaboration (i.a.)

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Key quotes From the Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance The extraordinary courage and resilience of Jewish artists in the face of insufferable conditions during the Shoah is, indeed, a stellar example of the triumph of the human spirit. It is certainly a vitally important story that must continue to be told.” From the Anne Frank Foundation: The members of the Board are very impressed with The Holocaust Theatre Online Collection and expressed their interest in the project. The Board would like to know whether and it what manner our foundation could possibly lend support to this important project. From the Head of Education of Musee de la Shoa Paris I will do my part all I can to promote the success and development of this project which seems really useful. So I hope to participate in future development.

Launching o 70 years after the decision to implement the Final Solution. o 19 January 2012 o You cannot destroy Culture o at the House of the Wannsee Conference in Berlin

Call for pilot project:Jewish cultural digital space o the emergence of the new structured Web, o the Linked Open Data Web o Europeana- (Judaica) o Eclap o Israel National Library project o Now need to bring efficiently e-culture closer to the end user. CALL : to join the HTC initiative to do a flagship pilot: o Focus on joint distribution channels o Develop common target audience o Develop common themes. o Focused approach o Deliverable: the framework or real implementation and global use.

Call for further Funding All About Jewish Theatre is looking to obtain further funding. Further enquiries: All About Jewish Theatre Mark Ejlenberg Director Strategic Development and Funding P.O.Box 11818; Tel Aviv, Israel Phone: , in case of no phone availability please Website:

Thank you & questions welcome