FollowingFania

A documentary film in progress about the life, impact, and legacy of Jewish partisan/WWII resistance fighter Fania Jocheles Brantsovsky

[FollowingFania @FollowingFania]

Our @yiddishista was excited to see this atypical representation of a female-presenting filmmaker visiting a friend at the Pixar recently—connected to our Fania’s story because people don’t think of women when they think of Jewish partisan fighters. Happy #femalefilmmakerfriday

[FollowingFania @FollowingFania]

Film @WhoWillRemain about another former Jewish partisan #Sutzkever directed by two members of our team (Emily Felder @SubatomicEmily & Christa P Whitney @yiddishista ) will be screened at @ofjcc in Palo Alto, CA April 18! Click through to see @WallAlix’s piece in @jewishsf 👏👏

[FollowingFania @FollowingFania]

Following #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay , we're revisiting a story of Fania told abt how she & her school friends organized to support their teachers in the #Vilnaghetto. She underscored the importance of knowing such stories of moral resistance.

Source: @YiddishStories

[shulman @shvlman]

Jakob Szer watercolor painting of the Ramailes Yeshiva Courtyard in Vilna, made in 1931
https://t.co/G5ShF0PGQ7

[FollowingFania @FollowingFania]

We're looking forward to this lecture to learn more about everyday details of lives of #jewishpartisans

[The YIVO Institute @yivoinstitute]

Justina Smalkyté examines the social differentiation in the partisan camps based on possession of certain scarce objects such as boots, better food rations, and arms.

[The YIVO Institute @yivoinstitute]

Dovid Katz provides a thorough overview of the Yiddish language through linguistical, sociological, and historical lenses.

[The YIVO Institute @yivoinstitute]

Join us in commemorating 700 years of the founding of Vilnius, featuring a presentation by Laimonas Briedis, and a discussion moderated by Jonathan Brent with Briedis, Laima Laučkaitė, Irena Grudzińska Gross, and David Roskies.

[FollowingFania @FollowingFania]

@KimMoldofsky Yes! https://t.co/HY6tS7Tevx

[FollowingFania @FollowingFania]

Exciting news!! The Following Fania Team is thrilled to announce that the innovative Jewish non-profit, @reboot , is our fiscal sponsor! This is huge because it means we can now accept tax-deductible donations! (Yes, we need all these exclamation points‼️)
#FemaleFilmmakerFriday

[FollowingFania @FollowingFania]

Thank you for supporting the ongoing work of our all-women team to bring to light the story of 100-year-old Fania Jocheles Brantsovsky — the anti-fascist resistance fighter, librarian, and tour guide. #gratitute #Feminismnotfascism #FightAntisemitism #HolocaustHistory

[FollowingFania @FollowingFania]

If you'd like to make a tax deductible donation by the end of the year, please:
☑️visit https://t.co/PCSP71nFkI and
☑️ indicate your donation is in honor of “Following Fania.”

Your support will help us get to the next phase of production in 2023!

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

“This history is not over,” Jonathan Brent, executive director of the Jewish cultural institute, YIVO, says. https://t.co/DOnuGgalDn

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

“One of the worst slaughters during the Holocaust. Some 90% to 95% of the Jewish population of Lithuania was murdered brutally, cruelly, sadistically,” YIVO’s Jonathan Brent tells @jon_wertheim. https://t.co/g72u234ir3

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

“These treasures that connected you today with a past of 700 years ago gave you a sense of your own history and the value of it and the importance of it. And the Soviets wanted desperately to destroy that and make you a Soviet citizen,” Jonathan Brent says https://t.co/5bx265ApN6

[FollowingFania @FollowingFania]

It’s website launch day! 🥳

Learn more about our story, explore photos from the field, meet the team, and support our ongoing work:

https://t.co/HY6tS7Tevx

#FemaleFilmmakerFriday #FilmmakerFriday #WomenMakeMovies #Herstory #HolocaustEducationWeek #inspiration #documentary