From Berlin to Pittsburgh: One Family’s Story November 9, 2017 – Reception - 6 p.m.; Multimedia presentation – 7 p.m. Senator John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman Street; Strip District Event is free with registration: https://jfedpgh.org/kristallnacht From Berlin to Pittsburgh: One Family’s Story chronicles how Eric Moses a German-Jewish immigrant came to Pittsburgh, and what […]
From: title: Kristallnacht Remembrance: The Art and Resiliency of the Human Spirit description: On this night, Duquesne University and CWB come together to support a multimedia performance exploring the powerful response of artists and musicians to oppression, featuring The Jüdische Kulturbund Project. The Jüdische Kulturbund Project explores heroic stands for artistic freedom and response to […]
From: <barb@chabadsh.com> title: Behind Enemy Lines description: Spend an unforgettable evening with Martha Cohn as she tells her story of being a spy in Nazi Germany. Marthe was born in France, in 1920. As the Nazi occupation escalated, her sister was sent to Auschwitz while her family fled to the south of France. At the […]
title: IMAGES: Remembrances of the Holocaust - THE EVA SCHLOSS STORY description: The tri-state professional tour of the inspirational story of Anne Frank step-sister and Holocaust survivor, Eva Schloss. A one-woman tour-de-force stage performance featuring historical and original video to help tell Eva's amazing story. The Youngstown Vindicator called it, "Gripping --- captures the hope […]
Classrooms Without Borders will present an adaptation of a short story, “Ten Matchboxes” by Janusz Korczak at 4:30 p.m. at Temple David. The play tells of a teacher who sparks his poor students’ imaginations by giving them a simple gift: an empty matchbox. Learning that one can derive joy from the simplest objects, each of […]
Classrooms Without Borders will present an adaptation of a short story, "Ten Matchboxes" by Janusz Korczak at 7 p.m. at Rodef Shalom Congregation. The play tells of a teacher who sparks his poor students' imaginations by giving them a simple gift: an empty matchbox. Learning that one can derive joy from the simplest objects, each […]
Photo provided by Classrooms Without Borderstitle: NANA Screening followed by Q&A with Director Serena Dykman description: Serena Dykman retraces her grandmother's Auschwitz survival story, and investigates how her life-long fight against intolerance can continue to be taught to new generations, against the backdrop of current events. Maryla Michalowski-Dyamant, born in Poland, survived Ravensbruck, Malchow, and […]
Photo provided by Classrooms Without Borders title: NANA Screening followed by Q&A with Director Serena Dykman description: Serena Dykman retraces her grandmother's Auschwitz survival story, and investigates how her life-long fight against intolerance can continue to be taught to new generations, against the backdrop of current events. Maryla Michalowski-Dyamant, born in Poland, survived Ravensbruck, Malchow, […]