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History Under Attack: Holocaust to 10/7 Film Screening & Scholar-Led Discussion

Tomorrow, 6:00 pm

$18

Beth Menachem Chabad

Sunday, May 4 6:00pm - 8:00pm

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Requires registration $18.00

Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony

May 5, 7:00 pm

J. Henry Higgins Middle School, Peabody

Sixteen Miles Out Unsplash Candles Candlelit Vigil

Free

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Monday, May 5 7:00pm - 8:30pm

J. Henry Higgins Middle School85 Perkins StreetPeabody, MA 01960

Requires registration Free

Legacy of Light Event

May 6, 7:00 pm

Temple Emanuel, Newton

Magda Bader Martha Stewart Harvard Institute of Politics

Free

Lappin Foundation

Tuesday, May 6 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Temple Emanuel385 Ward StNewton, MA 02459

Requires registration Free

Dr. Ruth Westheimer (Courtesy Amazon Publishing)

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Opening Night: “Ask Dr. Ruth” Film Screening

May 6, 7:00 pm

Cinema Salem, Salem

$20

Jewish Community Center of the North Shore

Tuesday, May 6 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Cinema Salem1 E India Square MallSalem, MA 01970

Requires registration $20.00

Taiwan: Virtual Jewish Community Tour

May 7, 7:00 pm

Free

Walnut Street Synagogue

Wednesday, May 7 7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Requires registration Free

“Avenue of the Giants” Film Screening

May 10, 1:00 pm

Cinema Salem, Salem

$15

Jewish Community Center of the North Shore

Saturday, May 10 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Cinema Salem1 E India Square MallSalem, MA 01970

Requires registration $15.00

“Here Lived” Film Screening

May 12, 1:00 pm

Cinema Salem, Salem

Gunter Demnig Stolpersteine Stumbling Stone

$15

Jewish Community Center of the North Shore

Monday, May 12 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Cinema Salem1 E India Square MallSalem, MA 01970

Requires registration $15.00

Revisiting (the History of) Jewish Chelsea

May 13, 7:00 pm

Free

Walnut Street Synagogue

Tuesday, May 13 7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Requires registration Free

What Is Zionism? Herzl, Ahad Ha’am and the Jewish Question

Up Next: May 14, 11:30 am

JCC Greater Boston, Newton

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$200

JCC Greater Boston

Wednesday, May 14 11:30am - 12:00pm

JCC Greater Boston333 Nahanton StNewton, MA 02459

Requires registration $200.00

HBI Conversations Series Featuring Noa Shashar

May 14, 12:30 pm

Free

Hadassah Brandeis Institute

Wednesday, May 14 12:30pm - 1:30pm

See event description for location

Requires registration Free

Celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month at The Cabot

May 20, 7:00 pm

The Cabot, Beverly

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Free

Lappin Foundation

Tuesday, May 20 7:00pm - 9:00pm

The Cabot286 Cabot StBeverly, MA 01915

Requires registration Free

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4/28/2025 Top Pick

Uncovering a Lost Chapter of Holocaust History in Serbia

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

Hanno Lans Joods Historisch Museum Prikkeldraadversperring op de Bushuissluis over de Kloveniersburgwal. Op de achtergrond de Nieuwe Hoogstraat.

4/17/2025 Top Pick

“Hiding in Holland” Tells a Holocaust Story in Two Voices

Scholar Shulamit Reinharz and her father, Max Rothschild, share a haunting, dual memoir of love, survival and defiance in Nazi-occupied Holland.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

3/31/2025 Top Pick

Every May Is Jewish American Heritage Month

View, share and celebrate.

By Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

3/31/2025 Top Pick

Jewish Heritage Night at Fenway: Baseball, Community and Pride

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

3/21/2025 Top Pick

The 19th Annual Israel Arbeiter Holocaust Essay Contest

Students are invited to explore relevant Holocaust themes through writing. Open to students in grades 6-12.

By Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston

2/18/2025 Top Pick

Honor Iconic Jewish Women at the Vilna Shul

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

1/27/2025 Top Pick

Auschwitz Survivor 80 Years Later on Holocaust Remembrance Day

WBZ-TV’s Paula Ebben spoke with two Holocaust survivors in Massachusetts ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday.

By Paula EbbenFor WBZ News

1/24/2025 Top Pick

Hidden Holocaust History Discovered in Brandeis Library Books

As the final generation of Holocaust survivors passes on, the books will remain as ‘material survivors, as witnesses.’

By A.Z. MadonnaFor The Boston Globe

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