"Knocking on Heaven's Door - Judaism and Christianity in Polish translations of songs by Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan".

On 2/12/2022 the last meeting of the year was held at the City Library, dedicated to the Christian and Jewish contexts in the works of two great bards of Jewish origin, fascinated by the figure of Jesus and Christianity: Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. Its full title is: "Knocking at Heaven's Door - Judaism and Christianity in Polish translations of songs by Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan." We were introduced to the subject by Jakub Antosz-Rekucki, a researcher and translator of their works, a doctoral student at the Doctoral School of Humanities at Jagiellonian University. We heard an interesting, truly university-level lecture on the intricacies of translation, with numerous biblical references, interspersed with performances of the mellifluous poetry of the aforementioned authors, in Jakub's own translations. At the end, everyone sang "Hallelujah" together and treated themselves to sweets prepared for the evening. We briefly summarized the entire educational project "A Tale of Pre-War, Bicultural Mszana Dolna," which concluded this meeting, presented our plans for the coming year, and appealed for help in important undertakings: the erection of a plaque at the Lord's grave with the names of the Victims inscribed on it, restoration work at the cemetery, and a campaign to help Grodek Jagiellonski in Ukraine. We remind you that you can support us by donating to our account: https://www.sztetlmszanadolna.com/pl/zostan-darczynca.html - when donating to help Ukraine, please indicate this purpose. We are also collecting in-kind donations at ZSTI in Mszana Dolna until the end of the week. We thank you beautifully for the donations, especially recently to Messrs: Magdalena Kaminska and Serbenska. We also bow to Ms. Agnieszka Orzeł, Director, for her repeated hospitality, and to Ms. Anna Pękala, Mayor, for her patronage and continuous support of us. We invite you to visit our charity auctions page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/535081074263984 They will help us fund the commemoration of the Victims. We would like to remind you that we are also waiting for your suggestions for the theme of future meetings :) And Cuba's lecture and concert, as well as all other meetings, can be viewed on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZcnDUjMlNg - by the way, we invite you to subscribe to the Shtetl Mszana Dolna channel!

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