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An Evening With Holocaust Survivor Endre (Andy) Sarkany

4/4/2024, 6:30 pm

Salem State University, Salem

Endre Sarkany, Andy Sarkany

Free

The Evolving Relationship Between American Jews and Israel

Up Next: 4/3/2024, 6:30 pm

Congregation Beth El, Sudbury

(Photo: P_Wei/iStock)

Free

Rape and Reproduction in the Holocaust

4/3/2024, 5:30 pm

Alumni Center at Columbus Place, Boston

Zoe Waxman, Professor of Holocaust Studies, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford

Free

“The Confidante”: Virtual Author Talk by Christopher Gorham

4/2/2024, 7:00 pm

Christopher C. Gorham

Free

America & Zion: The Jews of the United States & Israel

Up Next: 1/8/2024, 7:30 pm

384 Harvard St, Brookline

(Photo: tzahiV/iStock)

$25

Jewish Languages: Commonality and Diversity

4/1/2024, 6:00 pm

(Photo: tzahiV/iStock)

Free

Reading and Discussion of New Powerful Picture Book

3/31/2024, 11:00 am

Sinai Brookline, Brookline

Stars.Cover (2)

Free

Philip N. Backstrom Jr. Survivor Lecture With Eva Paddock

3/27/2024, 12:00 pm

Northeastern University Renaissance Park, Boston

Eva Paddock, Holocaust, Kindertransport

Free

The Essex Piano Trio: Silent Voices Remembered

3/25/2024, 7:30 pm

Recital Hall, Salem

The Essex Piano Trio

$10

Joop’s Story: A Veiled Resistance

3/25/2024, 6:00 pm

Cabral Center, Boston

Andie Weiner

Free

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Antisemitism: A Conversation

3/25/2024, 4:15 pm

Clark University, Worcester

Susannah Heschel Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth Collegew

Free

Flower of Vlora: Growing up Jewish in Communist Albania

3/24/2024, 12:00 pm

St. George Albanian Orthodox Cathedral, Boston

Mosaic, Mural, National History Museum of Albania, Tirana

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A Holocaust Remembrance by a Mensch Named Christmas

2/18/2022 Top Pick

Holocaust Remembered by a Mensch Named Christmas

At a time when many people are worried about rising antisemitism, a non-Jewish Massachusetts businessman proposed a Holocaust remembrance observance.

By Melody Howard Ritt

The McCoy family observing Shabbat (Photo: Jayne Guberman/Flickr)

2/14/2022 Top Pick

Jews of Color and the Changing Demographics of Jews

How we missed Whoopi Goldberg’s teachable moment.

What Whoopi Goldberg misunderstood about racism and the Holocaust

2/8/2022 Top Pick

What Whoopi Goldberg Misunderstood

Jews are in the “other” category in America, every bit as marginalized because of their religion as I am at times because of my skin color.

By Colette A.M. PhillipsFor The Boston Globe

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2/8/2022 Top Pick

Local Artist Leslie Starobin Explores Jewish Exile and Immigration

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

Hillary Chute

2/7/2022 Top Pick

The “Maus” Ban and Its Impact

By Rich TenorioFor JewishBoston

People march in solidarity from Foley Square over the Brooklyn Bridge, concluding their rally against anti-Semitism at Cadman Plaza, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

2/7/2022 Top Pick

U.S. Jews Talk Identity, Holocaust After Goldberg’s Remarks

The uproar over Whoopi Goldberg’s remarks about the Holocaust has catalyzed somber reflections by many American Jews.

By Luis Andres Henao, Peter Smith and David CraryFor The Boston Globe

Whoopi Goldberg on The View

2/7/2022 Top Pick

It’s Not Just the Holocaust That Whoopi Goldberg Got Wrong

The cure for her ignorance is education, not a dose of cancel culture.

By Jeff JacobyFor The Boston Globe

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1/27/2022 Top Pick

My Journey Through Holocaust Education

A teen perspective on why we must continue to educate our communities near and far about the Holocaust.

By Teddy FriedmanFor Jewish Teen Initiative

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