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Hate Ends Now Tour: Swampscott High School

Up Next: 5/15/2023, 9:20 am

Swampscott High School, Swampscott

Free

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“Jewish Matchmaking” Talkback With Star Aleeza Ben Shalom

5/16/2023, 7:45 pm

$12

The History of Antisemitism: The Prisoner and the Writer

5/16/2023, 7:00 pm

Zola faces the mob, oil on canvas by Henry de Groux, 1898

$10

JCCNS Presents “Lost Transport”

5/16/2023, 1:00 pm

Cinema Salem, Salem

$15

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William Shemin and the Medal of Honor

5/16/2023, 1:00 pm

$12

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“1341 Frames of Love and War” Film Screening

5/14/2023, 4:00 pm

Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline

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$14

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Hate Ends Now Tour: Brookline High School

Up Next: 5/10/2023, 9:20 am

Brookline High School, Brookline

Free

“Shttl” Film Screening

5/10/2023, 7:15 pm

Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline

$14

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“Hollywood & WWII” Film Screening

5/10/2023, 4:30 pm

Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline

$14

“June Zero” Film Screening

5/9/2023, 7:00 pm

Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline

$14

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1/26/2021 Top Pick

The Politics of an Auschwitz Survivor’s Son

I am a libertarian-leaning conservative because the horrors of the Holocaust were engineered by government.

By The Boston Globe

1/25/2021 Top Pick

The Neshoma Project Highlights Poles Invested in Jewish Memory

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

Presidential Inauguration. Flag waves at Washington Mall near the capital.

1/19/2021 Top Pick

What’s It Like to Be a History Teacher While Living It?

The Rashi School’s Zach Albert shares how he’s talking to kids as they live through history.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

1/19/2021 Top Pick

Meet New Tenement Museum President Annie Polland

Historian Annie Polland on becoming president of New York City’s Lower East Side museum during a pandemic.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

1/11/2021 Top Pick

MFA Adds Torah Shield to Its Judaica Collection

The Torah shield was acquired by the MFA for $1,351,000, the leading sale from an auction that earned $5 million.

By Jewish Journal

(Photo: National Archives and Records Administration/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)

12/23/2020 Top Pick

Why I’m a Holocaust Minor and Why You Should Be Too

Everybody should take a Holocaust course at some point in their college career, or even after.

By Megan Klein

12/14/2020 Top Pick

And Then: Grace Paley’s “The Loudest Voice”

This is the season to read the inimitable Grace Paley and her short story of melting pot assimilation.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

Graphic representation of the DNA sequence

12/14/2020 Top Pick

Adventures in Genealogy and DNA Testing

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

12/14/2020 Top Pick

Song of Joy Celebrates Concentration Camp Survivor’s 90th Birthday

The “Toast to Life” video features photos of Holocaust survivors and their families in honor of survivor Michael Gruenbaum.

By JewishBoston

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