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2025 Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center Benefit Dinner

Jun 5, 6:00 pm

The Lenox Hotel, Boston

Jewish Quarter Boston W. A. Rogers, William Allen Rogers, Harper & Brothers, Library of Congress

$180

Jewish Heritage Center

Thursday, June 5 6:00pm - 9:00pm

The Lenox Hotel61 Exeter Street at Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116

Requires registration $180.00

Shared Legacies: American Lessons of Black/Jewish Cooperation

Jun 8, 1:00 pm

Williams Jr High School, Chelsea

Black and white hands clasped, with blurred office blinds as backdrop.This is an African gesture of greeting and friendship but it will double for arm-wrestling, symbolizing competition or rivalry. Camera: Canon 5D.More in this series:

Free

Walnut Street Synagogue

Sunday, June 8 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Williams Jr High School180 Walnut StChelsea, MA 02150

Requires registration Free

Daniel Libeskind "Why the Jews?" Menemsha Films

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“Why the Jews?” Film Screening and Discussion

Jun 9, 7:00 pm

Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, Marblehead

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Jewish Community Center of the North Shore

Monday, June 9 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Jewish Community Center of the North Shore4 Community RoadMarblehead, MA 01945

Requires registration Free

Indonesia: Virtual Jewish Community Tour

Jun 11, 7:00 pm

Eugenia Clara Unsplash, Prambanan Temple, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Free

Walnut Street Synagogue

Wednesday, June 11 7:00pm - 8:00pm

See event description for location

Requires registration Free

China: Virtual Jewish Community Tour

Jul 9, 7:00 pm

Robs Unsplash, ZhangJiaJie National Park, China

Free

Walnut Street Synagogue

Wednesday, July 9 7:00pm - 8:00pm

See event description for location

Requires registration Free

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Arlekin Players Theatre Our Class Pavel Antonov/

5/23/2025 Top Pick

Friendship, Betrayal and Survival: “Our Class” Confronts the Cost of Hate

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

5/22/2025 Top Pick

Visually Harnessing Trauma

Sandra Mayo’s art uses beauty to gently reveal deep trauma, turning memory into a powerful, shared experience.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture

(Courtesy photo: Temple Emanu-El in Haverhill)

5/13/2025 Top Pick

Haverhill’s Temple Emanu-El: A Farewell to 88 Years of History

Houses of worship come and go, but Jewish communities like the one in my hometown don’t die. Instead, remaining Jews find new communal homes.

By Larry TyeFor The Boston Globe

5/6/2025 Top Pick

Inside Arlekin Players’ “Our Class”

A powerful journey to Poland shaped Arlekin Players’ acclaimed “Our Class”—a haunting, unforgettable exploration of memory, history, and resilience.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture

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

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