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“The Return from the Other Planet” Film Screening

Mar 31, 7:00 pm

West Newton Cinema, West Newton

$18

“You Nazty Spy!” Film Screening

Mar 30, 2:00 pm

Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline

The Three Stooges, You Natzy Spy!, Columbia Pictures)

$17

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“Address Unknown” Film Screening

Mar 30, 2:00 pm

Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline

$17

“The Incorruptibles” With Author Dan Slater

Mar 30, 10:30 am

Kerem Shalom, Concord

Free

Lior Raz, Rotem Sela, Soda, Erez Tadmor, Boaz Yehonatan Yaacov

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“Soda” Film Screening

Mar 24, 6:30 pm

Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline

$17

“Plunderer: The Life & Times of a Nazi Art Thief” Film Screening

Mar 23, 11:30 am

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston

Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief

$14

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“Bombshell”: Film Screening & Conversation About the Woman Who Paved the Way for Bluetooth

Mar 20, 6:30 pm

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

$25

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Moshe Einhorn iStock, Display calling for the return of Gaza hostages in the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem

9/9/2024 Top Pick

The Essential Guide to October 7th and Its Aftermath

By Gil TroyFor The Jewish People Policy Institute

9/9/2024 Top Pick

Antisemitism’s Long Roots Offer Lesson for Today

I went to see the “Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.” exhibit at the Castle at Park Plaza before it leaves on Sept. 15.

By Ed GaskinFor Boston Herald

skynesher iStock, classroom teacher school education students campus

9/3/2024 Top Pick

Confronting Antisemitism in Our Schools: An Action Plan for Public School Administrators

By implementing these recommendations, public schools can take significant steps toward countering antisemitism.

By AJC

New England Holocaust Memorial, David Greenfield

8/27/2024 Top Pick

Boston Police Seek Man in Relation to Vandalism at Holocaust Memorial

Police are looking for a suspect who defaced the memorial with graffiti in late August.

By Marc Fortier and Kirsten GlavinFor NBC10 Boston

Eli Portman with his record-breaking watercolor at the "Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away" exhibit

8/1/2024 Top Pick

Boston Artist Sets Record for ‘Largest Watercolor Painting’

A new world record was set this week at the world-renowned traveling exhibition, “Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.”

By Seth JacobsonFor The Patriot Ledger

7/28/2024 Top Pick

Podcast: “Antisemitism, U.S.A.”

This 10-part podcast series is hosted by Washington University professor Mark Oppenheimer.

By R2 Studios

7/1/2024 Top Pick

Anti-Israel Summer “Schools” Emerge Nationwide

The ADL voices concern over anti-Israel summer “schools” currently running from June to August.

By Center on ExtremismFor Anti-Defamation League

5/31/2024 Top Pick

Six Boston-Area Students Pen Winning Holocaust Essays

An annual Massachusetts essay contest to commemorate the Holocaust produced winning entries that drew on local students’ experiences.

By Susie DavidsonFor The Bay State Banner

Jonah Hauer-King, Anna Prochniak, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Martin Mlaka, Peacock

5/13/2024 Top Pick

TV’s Holocaust Dramas Are Part Remembrance, Part Warning

They’re built to shock and morally sicken the viewer, to draw out for us exactly how brutal, inhumane, and blindly obedient human beings can be at their worst.

By Matthew GilbertFor The Boston Globe

REFERRAL ONLY Forward Wojciech Grabowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

5/6/2024 Top Pick

How Jewish World Marking Yom HaShoah After Deadliest Day

For Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust memorial and museum, the theme of this year’s Yom HaShoah commemoration has taken on a new meaning.

By Jacob GurvisFor The Forward

5/3/2024 Top Pick

Seeing “Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.” With Kids

Some tips from my recent experience.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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