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Tanya Singer, a media executive veteran, who has a passion for knitting, teaching, and social justice, joined me live in The Locher Room on February 8, 2020 to discuss Knitting Hope.

The Little Red Dress of Hope knitted in the Shanghai Ghetto during WWII, this toddler’s little red dress is sharing lessons of history and hope in a new passion project Tanya designed to bring inspiration and strength through the stories of people who were sustained or even saved by hand knit items.

The dress is one of many items knitting teacher Tanya Singer identified through a years-long research project, the culmination of which is “Knitting Hope” – a project which shares the ways in which knitting helped women to resist, remember and renew their lives after the war. “Knitting Hope” ensures that the important role of knitting in Jewish material culture is recognized for the significant impact it has had on the maker and wearer alike. Tanya's story about The Little Red Dress makes its debut on Modern Daily Living on February 8, in recognition of the 78th anniversary (February 1943) of the Japanese seizing control of the Shanghai Ghetto.

Tanya and I will discuss her research project, what she learned about Judy Fleischer Kolb who saved her little red dress until 2009 until the opening of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, how knitting helped women to resist, remember and renew their lives after the war and so much more.
Tanya Singer, a media executive veteran, who has a passion for knitting, teaching, and social justice, joined me live in The Locher Room on February 8, 2020 to discuss Knitting Hope. The Little Red Dress of Hope knitted in the Shanghai Ghetto during WWII, this toddler’s little red dress is sharing lessons of history and hope in a new passion project Tanya designed to bring inspiration and strength through the stories of people who were sustained or even saved by hand knit items. The dress is one of many items knitting teacher Tanya Singer identified through a years-long research project, the culmination of which is “Knitting Hope” – a project which shares the ways in which knitting helped women to resist, remember and renew their lives after the war. “Knitting Hope” ensures that the important role of knitting in Jewish material culture is recognized for the significant impact it has had on the maker and wearer alike. Tanya's story about The Little Red Dress makes its debut on Modern Daily Living on February 8, in recognition of the 78th anniversary (February 1943) of the Japanese seizing control of the Shanghai Ghetto. Tanya and I will discuss her research project, what she learned about Judy Fleischer Kolb who saved her little red dress until 2009 until the opening of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, how knitting helped women to resist, remember and renew their lives after the war and so much more. read more read less

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