{"id":1275,"date":"2020-11-19T21:38:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T20:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2023-04-15T12:25:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T10:25:42","slug":"adventures-in-the-real-imaginary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/19\/adventures-in-the-real-imaginary\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in the Real Imaginary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I gave an illustrated lecture &#8212; via Zoom &#8212; on Nov. 12 as part of a program organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow. It was called <strong>Beyond Virtually Jewish: Adventures in Europe&#8217;s Real Imaginary Spaces.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In it I looked back over my experience in Poland, dating back to 1980, when I was a correspondent for UPI covering Solidarnosc and Martial Law (including when I was jailed and expelled from the country because of my coverage) and discussed how throughout my career I have dealt with dreams and aspirations &#8212; of freedom, of Jewishness, of the wild west. What I&#8217;ve called the &#8220;Real Imaginary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In this talk, I discuss both my exploration of Jewish heritage and the &#8220;virtually Jewish&#8221; as well as my adventures in the Imaginary Wild West.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HwjK-R9BzQo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>&#8220;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"like_button\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fruthellengruber.com%2Fblog%2F2020%2F11%2F19%2Fadventures-in-the-real-imaginary%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=21&amp;locale=en_US&amp;width=90\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:96px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><div class=\"twitter_button\"><iframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets\/tweet_button.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fruthellengruber.com%2Fblog%2F2020%2F11%2F19%2Fadventures-in-the-real-imaginary%2F&#038;counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fruthellengruber.com%2Fblog%2F2020%2F11%2F19%2Fadventures-in-the-real-imaginary%2F&#038;count=horizontal&#038;text=Adventures%20in%20the%20Real%20Imaginary%3A\" style=\"width:101px; height:20px;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><div class=\"reddit_button\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/static\/button\/button1.html?width=120&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fruthellengruber.com%2Fblog%2F2020%2F11%2F19%2Fadventures-in-the-real-imaginary%2F&amp;title=Adventures%20in%20the%20Real%20Imaginary\" height=\"22\" width=\"120\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><div class=\"linkedin_button\"><script type=\"in\/share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/19\/adventures-in-the-real-imaginary\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pocket\"><div class=\"pocket_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/save\" class=\"pocket-btn\" data-lang=\"en\" data-save-url=\"https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/19\/adventures-in-the-real-imaginary\/\" data-pocket-count=\"horizontal\" >Pocket<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/19\/adventures-in-the-real-imaginary\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fruthellengruber.com%2Fblog%2F2020%2F11%2F19%2Fadventures-in-the-real-imaginary%2F&#038;description=Adventures%20in%20the%20Real%20Imaginary\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\" ><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fruthellengruber.com%2Fblog%2F2020%2F11%2F19%2Fadventures-in-the-real-imaginary%2F&name=Adventures%20in%20the%20Real%20Imaginary\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\" style=\"display:inline-block; text-indent:-9999px; overflow:hidden; width:62px; height:20px; background:url('\/\/platform.tumblr.com\/v1\/share_2.png') top left no-repeat transparent;\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I gave an illustrated lecture &#8212; via Zoom &#8212; on Nov. 12 as part of a program organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow. 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