Archive: March 2022

Lucy Adlington’s “The Dressmakers of Auschwitz”

Posted on March 2, 2022

Wednesday, March 2, 2022 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – A virtual event on Zoom Presented by the Departments of History, Political Science, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Judaic Studies The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive powerfully chronicles the stories of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes in an […]

A Conversation with Gwen Strauss, Moderated by Pat Kazakoff

Posted on March 13, 2022

Sunday, March 13, 2022 @ 1:00 pm – Gwen Strauss is an award-winning children’s author and poet whose poems, short stories and essays have appeared in numerous journals including Catapult, The New Republic, London Sunday Times and New England Review among others. The Nine follows the true story of her great aunt Helene Podiasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters […]

Voices of Hope Proudly Presents: I AM HERE

Posted on April 5, 2022

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – STREAMING: April 6, 7:00 – April 9, 9:00 pm Sponsored by the families of Peter Fishman & Alan Lazowski Click here to register.

Yom HaShoah Commemoration

Posted on April 24, 2022

Sunday, April 24, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – Honoring the memory of the Martyred Six Million Reading of the names of our community’s family who perished and departed survivors – 6:00 pm Ruth “Tutti” Fishman, Peter Fishman & Garrett Fishman, A Conversation Between Generations To register for the candle procession of survivors and their families, or for more information, call 860-470-5591 or 560-231-6315.

Community-wide Reading of the Names

Posted on April 25, 2022

Monday, April 25, 2022 @ 8:00 am – 8:00 pm –

A Conversation with Anna Salton Eisen

Posted on May 16, 2022

Monday, May 16, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – Anna Salton Eisen was an adult when she finally broke her parents’ silence about their Holocaust experiences. Pillar of Salt: A Daughter’s Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust recounts her initially secret effort to uncover the truth about her father’s past. This memoir completes the story told in The 23rd Psalm: A Holocaust Memoir, […]

A Conversation with Sam Apple

Posted on June 13, 2022

Monday, June 13, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – In Ravenous, Sam Apple reclaims Otto Warburg as a morally compromised genius who pursued cancer single-mindedly even as Europe disintegrated around him. While the vast majority of Jewish scientists fled Germany in the anxious years leading up to World War II, Warburg remained in Berlin, working under the watchful eye of the dictatorship. As the […]

Descendants of the Shoah Conference

Posted on September 11, 2022

Sunday, September 11, 2022 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – The Descendants of the Shoah Conference is an opportunity to raise consciousness about Holocaust history, personal experiences and the continuity of remembrance. Through insightful dialogue, conversation and discussion, we will connect with our past by honoring and acknowledging those who perished, while providing support to inspire descendants and the broader community to never forget.  The […]

The Rescuers- School Viewing

Posted on September 22, 2022

Thursday, September 22, 2022 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – The Rescuers, from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Michael King and Producer, Joyce D. Mandell, uncovers the largely unknown stories of 13 heroic and courageous diplomats who, at tremendous personal cost, saved tens of thousands of Jews during World War II. The film follows Stephanie Nyombayire, a young Rwandan anti-genocide activist who lost 100 members of her […]

The Rescuers-Community Viewing

Posted on September 22, 2022

Thursday, September 22, 2022 @ 6:45 pm – 10:00 pm –   The Rescuers, from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Michael King and Producer, Joyce D. Mandell, uncovers the largely unknown stories of 13 heroic and courageous diplomats who, at tremendous personal cost, saved tens of thousands of Jews during World War II. The film follows Stephanie Nyombayire, a young Rwandan anti-genocide activist who lost 100 members of […]