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International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration

1/22/2023, 11:30 am

Boston University Questrom School of Business, Boston

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Shabbat & Discussion of “The U.S. and the Holocaust”

1/20/2023, 7:00 pm

Congregation B'Nai Torah, Sudbury

Photo shows immigrant family looking at Statue of Liberty from Ellis Island.c1930

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Chulent and Hamin: The Stew With a Thousand Flavors

1/18/2023, 7:00 pm

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Emma Polyakov, “The Nun in the Synagogue: Judeocentric Catholicism in Israel”

1/11/2023, 12:00 pm

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Supermensch! Jewish Heritage and the Comic Industry

1/10/2023, 8:00 pm

Young Israel of Brookline, Brookline

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Sandell Morse: “The Spiral Shell”

1/8/2023, 9:00 am

Temple Emanu-El, Haverhill

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Voices of the Past… Lessons for the Future

12/20/2022, 7:00 pm

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My Mother’s Story: Paintings by Claudia Cameron

12/19/2022, 12:00 pm

Falmouth Jewish Congregation, East Falmouth

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The Miracle of Light: Readings and Music Performances

12/17/2022, 7:00 pm

Temple Beth Zion, Brookline

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3/18/2020 Top Pick

HBO’s ‘The Plot Against America’ Is Timely and Sharp

Based on the 2004 novel by the late Philip Roth, it’s an alternate history in which FDR loses the 1940 presidential election to Charles Lindbergh.

By The Boston Globe

3/10/2020 Top Pick

For the Love of Yiddish

As I delve deeper into my Jewish heritage, the language of my family comes to life.

By Corinne EngberFor JewishBoston

Steve Ross speaks with Boston high school students in the documentary “Etched in Glass: The Legacy of Steve Ross” (Courtesy photo)

2/27/2020 Top Pick

CJP and JCRC Mourn Passing of Stephan Ross

His legacy will live on through the New England Holocaust Memorial and through the lives of all he touched.

By Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

Mr. Ross embraced former Boston mayor Raymond Flynn during a rededication ceremony of the New England Holocaust Memorial in 2017. NICHOLAS PFOSI FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

2/25/2020 Top Pick

Stephan Ross, Founder of the New England Holocaust Memorial, Dies

By The Boston Globe

The Aalst Carnival in Belgium in February 2018 (Photo: iStock/Imladris01)

2/24/2020 Top Pick

When Tradition Is Harmful

The annual Aalst Carnival in Belgium showcases the very worst of alleged satire.

By Corinne EngberFor JewishBoston

2/24/2020 Top Pick

Historian Kirsten Fermaglich Explores Changed Jewish Names

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

Sherley, left (in gray sweater), at the New England Holocaust Memorial (Courtesy photo)

2/24/2020 Top Pick

What the Next Generation Can Learn From Survivors

In general, young people should seek to learn from those who have gone before them more often.

By Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston

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