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Alison B. Curry

@abcurry.bsky.social

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Historian | Public History Postdoctoral Fellow at USHMM | Jewish cemeteries; Holocaust Studies; Polish Jewish History | alisonbcurry.net All views are my own.

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Alison B. Curry @abcurry.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Husband went to the Giant near us because we realized we are out of Hanukkah candles. He asked some employees to point him to where he could find Hanukkah candles - this where they brought him 🤦‍♀️😭😂

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Alison B. Curry @abcurry.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Yesterday, I successfully defended my dissertation. It’s been a wild six years here at UNC, and while pursuing a PhD can be incredibly stressful and frustrating, I do not take for granted the ability to pursue my passion in this way.

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Alison B. Curry @abcurry.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

From an ad in Gazeta Żydowska for Motl Pinkiert’s funeral business in the Warsaw ghetto. The Pinkiert name would become synonymous with death in the ghetto, particularly as Pinkiert cashed in on high death rates. I’ll be sharing more on this in my Zoom talk, one week from today.

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Alison B. Curry @abcurry.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

There’s something special about the last candle to go out on the last night of Hanukkah.

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Alison B. Curry @abcurry.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Night 2. The Noah’s Ark menorah was my grandmother’s. I don’t normally light that one as it’s not really my style but as she died earlier this year, my mother and I decided to each light one of her menorahs, as well as our own, in her memory this Hanukkah.

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Alison B. Curry @abcurry.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

א פרייליכן חנוכה!

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Alison B. Curry @abcurry.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

When you’re doing a bit of work on the day that Hanukkah begins and stumble across something very timely… “Hanukkah Celebration at Community Shelter” in Głos Gminy Żydowskiej, Dec 1937 🗃️

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Alison B. Curry @abcurry.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

An early morning virtual @jewishstudies.bsky.social panel with @wtworek.bsky.social and Olga Petrova on Eastern European Jewish politics and spaces during the interwar period. Special thanks to @oskarcz.bsky.social who agreed to chair the panel at the last minute!

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Alison B. Curry @abcurry.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Working on a review of this recently-translated memoir. Certainly recommend for anyone interested in prewar Jewish life in Warsaw, with particular attention towards the Yiddish press. Kutsher’s fast-paced, humor-filled writing makes for a very dramatic and engaging read.

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Alison B. Curry @abcurry.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Presented part of the final chapter of my dissertation yesterday on Jewish survival and resistance through the cemetery at the ASEEES 2024 Conference. It was great to be on a panel with an amazing colleague, Alma, and to have such meaningful Q+A and discussion after. @aseees.bsky.social

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Alison B. Curry @abcurry.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

At @aseees.bsky.social Convention 2024. Looking forward to what I’m sure will be a fascinating week. I’m helping out at registration, so come say hi!

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