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The star of David and candle stands on the table on a black background in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and genocide.

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Community Holocaust Commemoration

5/5/2024, 10:30 am

Free

“Finding Home” (Hungary, 1945)

5/2/2024, 7:00 pm

Temple Beth Zion, Brookline

Free

The Zionist Idea With Rabbi David Starr

Up Next: 4/25/2024, 7:30 pm

Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Brookline, Brookline

Theodor Herzl in Basel, Switzerland, at the First Zionist Congress (Courtesy photo: Central Zionist Archive/Simon Wiesenthal Center)

$25

Jerusalem – Nachlaot: 1875-1920

4/17/2024, 7:00 pm

Free

Traveling Through Time

4/14/2024, 3:00 pm

Free

Welcoming the Stranger: The Vilna and Immigration, Then and Now

4/14/2024, 2:00 pm

The Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, Boston

Free

Becoming American Jews: Evidence in Art & Architecture

4/10/2024, 7:00 pm

"Iznik tiles, Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.Related images;"

Free

Democracy and Its Alternatives: Panel Discussions

4/8/2024, 8:45 am

Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library, Brandeis University, Waltham

Free

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Hidden Child of the Holocaust

4/7/2024, 5:00 pm

Rockport Music-Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport

$10

Religion, Democracy and Peacebuilding: Reflections From the Field

4/7/2024, 4:00 pm

Brandeis University, Waltham

Free

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3/23/2022 Top Pick

A New Book Examines the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

March 25 marks the 111th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which killed 146 immigrant garment workers in just 18 minutes.

By Susie DavidsonFor Jewish Telegraphic Agency

3/21/2022 Top Pick

Grassroots Groups Help Rescue Holocaust Survivors in Ukraine

Since the shelling began to intensify in Kyiv and Kharkiv, Julia Entin has been working feverishly to evacuate Holocaust survivors in Ukraine.

By Deepa BharathFor The Boston Globe

15 MAR, 2022: BROOKLYN, NEW YORK: Noma (C) prepares for her bat mitzvah, reading the Torah in her bedroom with her grandfather, Rabbi David Klein, and her Aunt Shira. CREDIT: SARAH BLESENER FOR NPR

3/18/2022 Top Pick

The Bat Mitzvah Marks More Than a Coming-of-Age for Jewish Girls

It can be surprising to realize how recent the history of the bat mitzvah really is.

By Deena PrichepFor NPR News

3/15/2022 Top Pick

The Bat Mitzvah Turns 100

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

Ukrainian children covered themselves by blankets have a meal after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine, at the border crossing in Palanca, Moldova, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

3/11/2022 Top Pick

In Ukraine, “Never Again” Is Now

I could never have imagined that Russian soldiers would one day kill Ukrainian civilians near the graves of Holocaust victims.

By Samantha JosephFor WBUR Cognoscenti

3/8/2022 Top Pick

Jason Slavick Brings Holocaust Letters to Life on Stage

The theater company founder and artistic director’s new project is a dramatization of his late mother-in-law’s memoir, “Letters From Prague.”

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

Close up unrecognizable person looking photo album pointing to one photo

3/8/2022 Top Pick

Archiving New England Holocaust History

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will host a virtual event to encourage New Englanders to find and donate their pieces of history.

By Anthony Brooks & Amanda BelandFor WBUR

As number of Holocaust survivors dwindles, families are asked to preserve their stories

3/7/2022 Top Pick

Families Asked To Preserve Holocaust Survivor Stories

By Brian MacQuarrieFor The Boston Globe

3/7/2022 Top Pick

Putin’s Attack on Memory at Babyn Yar

The Russian missile strike by the site of the Babyn Yar massacre in Kyiv summons a much larger history of forgetting.

By Jeremy EichlerFor The Boston Globe

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