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JCCNS Presents “June Zero”

5/7/2023, 12:00 pm

Cinema Salem, Salem

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$15

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Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars With Joshua Nelson, Prince of Kosher Gospel

5/4/2023, 6:00 pm

Free

Exploring Untold Stories of the Holocaust

Up Next: 4/13/2023, 10:15 am

Temple Sinai, Brookline

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Free

HerTorah: Female Spiritual Leaders of the Holocaust

5/2/2023, 8:15 pm

Free

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Hate Ends Now Tour: Newton City Hall (War Memorial)

Up Next: 4/28/2023, 8:00 am

Newton City Hall, Newton

Free

Israeli Dinner and Film: “Orchestra of Exiles”

4/29/2023, 6:00 pm

Congregation Beth El, Sudbury

$18

Overlook the Ignorance: Jewish Americans, Antisemitism and the Second World War

4/25/2023, 5:00 pm

Free

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Yom HaShoah Film Screening: “Farewell Mr. Haffmann”

4/24/2023, 7:30 pm

The Majestic 7, Arsenal Yards, Watertown

$12

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“Vishniac” Film Screening

4/23/2023, 1:00 pm

West Newton Cinema, West Newton

Gitta Sereny’s “In Quest of Conscience”

4/20/2023, 7:00 pm

Gann Academy, Waltham

Free

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Museum Nights on Beacon Hill: Boston Athenaeum

4/20/2023, 6:00 pm

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

The Boston Athenaeum (JR 365 Photo/Madeline Bilis)

$25

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11/16/2020 Top Pick

Yom Kippur War Drama “Valley of Tears” Off to Promising Start

By Reuben BaronFor JewishBoston

Guy Pearce as Han Van Meegeren in TriStar Pictures' THE LAST VERMEER.

11/15/2020 Top Pick

“The Last Vermeer” Won’t Bring Anyone Back to Theaters

By Reuben BaronFor JewishBoston

11/2/2020 Top Pick

A “Bintel Brief”: Inspiration for Jewish Advice Columnists

JArts presents a stage reading of letters culled from the Yiddish Forward’s erstwhile popular advice column, “A Bintel Brief.”

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

10/30/2020 Top Pick

“Etched in Glass: The Legacy of Steve Ross” Premieres on GBH-TV

The film about Steve Ross, a Boston Holocaust survivor, and his 67-year search for the U.S. soldier who rescued him, will premiere Nov. 12.

By JewishBoston

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10/26/2020 Top Pick

The Yiddish Book Center Celebrates 40th Anniversary

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

Wellesley Magazine, Fall 2020, Professor Josh Lambert, Septemebr 24, 2020.

10/26/2020 Top Pick

Josh Lambert Joins Wellesley as Director of Jewish Studies

Josh Lambert joins as associate professor of Jewish studies and English and director of the Jewish Studies Program.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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10/19/2020 Top Pick

“The Trial of the Chicago 7” Parallels Our Political Reality

By Miriam AnzovinFor JewishBoston

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