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Jewish Resistance and the Musicians of Terezin

1/29/2024, 7:00 pm

Boston University Hillel, Boston

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Never Again in five languages on the Unknown Prisoner memorial at the former Nazi German Dachau concentration camp, Munich, Germany

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

1/28/2024, 3:00 pm

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

$18

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A Community Reading of “Night”

1/28/2024, 1:00 pm

Free

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Addressing Antisemitism: Contemporary Challenges

1/28/2024, 10:00 am

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration

1/25/2024, 7:30 pm

Free

James Bernauer, S.J.: “Auschwitz and Absolution: The Case of the Commandant and the Confessor”

1/25/2024, 5:00 pm

245 Beacon St, Newton

Rudolf Höss Höß Hoeß Hoess Auschwitz Commandant Concentration Camp Poland Holocaust

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Understanding Antisemitism: Definitions: Antisemitism, Anti-Israel Expression & Anti-Zionism

1/23/2024, 9:30 am

Temple Beth Elohim, Wellesley

Israel flags with a star of David over cloudy sky background on sunset. Patriotic concept about Israel with national state symbols. Banner with place for text.

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Understanding Antisemitism: Histories and Contexts

1/22/2024, 9:30 am

Temple Beth Elohim, Wellesley

Free

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Staged Reading of “The Glass Room” by Ryan Craig

1/21/2024, 4:00 pm

Temple Israel, Boston

Free

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11/4/2021 Top Pick

Israel Arbeiter, a Forceful Driver of Holocaust Memory in Boston, Dies at 96

Israel “Izzy” Arbeiter, a Holocaust survivor who became an indefatigable leader for other survivors, died Friday.

By Penny SchwartzFor Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Izzy Arbeiter shows his prisoner number (Photo: Dan Seligson)

11/1/2021 Top Pick

Israel Arbeiter, 96, Holocaust Survivor, Dies

By Bryan MarquardFor The Boston Globe

Rose Schneiderman (Photo: Jewish Women’s Archive, via NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission)

11/1/2021 Top Pick

Shifting the Narrative of Jewish History

The Jewish Women’s Archive marks its 25th anniversary with a new encyclopedia offering “radical access” to a wide range of women’s experiences.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor Tablet Magazine

10/27/2021 Top Pick

Visiting NEHM With Teen Who Graffitied a Swastika

Maybe new ways to engage with Holocaust memorials will prevent people from perpetrating a hate incident altogether.

By Naomi GreenfieldFor Kveller

10/25/2021 Top Pick

Mass. Senate Passes Genocide Education Bill

By State House News ServiceFor 7News Boston

10/19/2021 Top Pick

Newton Holocaust Survivor Honored for Educating Young People

Izzy Arbeiter of Newton was given the Stephan Ross Excellence in Holocaust Education Award by the New England Friends of March of the Living.

By Will KatcherFor MassLive

Preparing Finest Homemade Chocolate with Nuts

10/14/2021 Top Pick

Jews and Chocolate: A Sweet—and Savory—Story

By Rich TenorioFor JewishBoston

10/6/2021 Top Pick

Saving a Nazi Concentration Camp From Being Forgotten

By Lawrence GoodmanFor Brandeis University

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