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Puerto Rico: Virtual Jewish Community Tour

Feb 19, 7:00 pm

Free

Howard University, Glen Echo Park carousel, Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round

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Film Screening: “Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round”

Feb 13, 6:30 pm

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

$25

Art Exhibit Talk: “Looming in the Shadows of Lodz”

Feb 13, 4:30 pm

Stephen Robert '62 Hall, Providence

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Free

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Antisemitism: Then and Now

Feb 13, 4:30 pm

Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, Brookline

Free

“I Am Free … But Who Is Left?” Film Screening

Feb 11, 7:00 pm

Cinema Salem, Salem

Free

Charles Gallagher (Courtesy photo: Boston College)

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Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration

Jan 26, 5:00 pm

Boston University Hillel, Boston

Free

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Remember This” Film Screening

Jan 26, 4:00 pm

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

$25

Staged Reading of “Memoriam” by Noga Flaishon

Jan 26, 1:00 pm

Temple Israel, Boston

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2/23/2024 Top Pick

Superintendents Confront Claims DEI Programs Antisemitic

School superintendents in multiple cities and towns in Greater Boston are facing these claims in the current atmosphere.

By Phillip MartinFor GBH News

This statue of George Washington stands regally in the Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located at the Arlington Street gate which faces Commonwealth Avenue, and was sculpted by Thomas Ball in 1869.

2/20/2024 Top Pick

Presidents’ Day Reminds Us of Our Nation’s Values

A Jew, George Washington proclaimed, would be able to ‘sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree … none to make him afraid.’

By Leonard SaxeFor The Boston Globe

2/8/2024 Top Pick

A Brief Polling History On Antisemitism

Polls asking Americans about antisemitism date back to 1937. Recent surveys indicate a rise in antisemitism, including after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.

By Karlyn BowmanFor Forbes

Jon Bernthal and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in a scene from 'Origin.' (Array Filmworks/Neon via JTA)

1/26/2024 Top Pick

How ‘Origin’ Connects the Holocaust, Slavery and Caste

Based on Isabel Wilkerson’s bestseller, this new movie shows how the fates of Jews and Black people are connected.

By Andrew LapinFor The Times of Israel

1/26/2024 Top Pick

“We Need To Remember and Fight Together.”

By Rabbi Marc BakerFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

1/26/2024 Top Pick

We Never Left Egypt

Only in this world would 6 million Jews get sent to their deaths in the Holocaust, and 80 years later 25% of young people claim that it didn’t happen.

By Dan Brosgol

1/25/2024 Top Pick

State House Observes Holocaust Remembrance Day

This year’s commemoration theme is “Recognizing the Extraordinary Courage of Victims and Survivors of the Holocaust.” It comes at a time of rising antisemitism across the globe.

By Maddie KhawFor The Boston Globe

1/25/2024 Top Pick

What International Holocaust Remembrance Day Means in 2024

By Rich TenorioFor FaceJewishHate.org

1/9/2024 Top Pick

The Boston Holocaust Museum Will Make Sure We Never Forget

By Jeff SaperstoneFor NBC10 Boston

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