Upcoming Events

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  Virtual · Mar 30, 2023 2 pm EST

  The Jews of Summer

  Join us as we speak to Sandra Fox, author of the new book "The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America," which describes the effect this cultural milieu had on the young Americans who spent their summers there.

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  Museum of Jewish Heritage | NYC · Apr 2, 2023

  Behind the Curtain: Actors from “The Diary of Anne Frank,” 70 Years Later

  What was it like to be among the first to tell the story of "The Diary of Anne Frank?" Eva Rubinstein and Steve Press, who played Margot Frank and Peter Van Daan in the original Broadway production, and Pauline Hahn, who played Anne Frank on a 1958 American tour, will talk about how the play changed their lives. Their conversation, moderated by Adam Langer, will mark the first time these artists have appeared onstage together in nearly 70 years.

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  YIVO and Online · Apr 27, 2023

  Unearthed at YIVO

  Drawing on archives across four continents, including extensively from YIVO, and guided by the shocking truth recorded in the pages of the forbidden book, Meryl Frank's Unearthed traces her search for her cousin Franya. Meryl’s discoveries reveal a lost world destroyed by hatred, illuminating the cultural haven of Vilna and its resistance during World War II. Join YIVO for a discussion with Meryl Frank about this new book led by Opinion Editor of the Forward, Laura E. Adkins.

Past Events

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  Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center  · Mar 23, 2023

  From a Chicago Novel to Podcast: Adam Langer Takes You Behind the Scenes of “Playing Anne Frank”

  Chris Jones, editorial page editor and chief theater critic of the Chicago Tribune will chat with Adam Langer, creator of The Forward’s "Playing Anne Frank" podcast, about the history of the play, which inspired both the podcast and his novel "Cyclorama", which was named one of the best novels of 2022 by the Chicago Tribune. Join us at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie, Illinois, for this dynamic conversation about an artistic piece of work which transformed Holocaust education and perception.

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  Virtual · Mar 13, 2023 4:30 pm EST

  How “The Diary of Anne Frank” Became One of the First — and Most Lasting — Forms of Holocaust Education

  When "The Diary of Anne Frank" toured the U.S. in the 1950s and later was adapted into an Oscar-winning film, it became one of the earliest forms of Holocaust education in America. Join us virtually as "Playing Anne Frank" creator and host Adam Langer and Dr. Shana Stein of Kean University’s Holocaust Resource Center discuss how the play and the film changed how Americans understood the Jewish experience. 

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  The Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103 · Mar 12, 2023

  SPONSORED: Reboot Ideas Presents: The Art of Visual Activism – A Career Through a Jewish Lens

  Join Reboot and The Contemporary Jewish Museum for a Reboot Ideas conversation with photographer Gillian Laub and curator Maya Benton. Set against the backdrop of Laub’s powerful Family Matters exhibit, the two will explore what it means to be an artist in this moment of increasingly polarizing politics and rising antisemitism.

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  University Place Hotel and Conference Center, 310 SW Lincoln St, Portland, OR 97201 · Feb 16, 2023 7:30 pm PST

  THE ANNUAL GUS AND LIBBY SOLOMON MEMORIAL LECTURE – 2023

  Join Rob Eshman, in person at University Place Hotel and Conference Center, on the Portland State University campus in Portland, Oregon, Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

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  Online · Jan 23, 2023 7 pm EST

  The State of Choice

  50 years after the historic Roe v. Wade decision, advocates are still fighting for choice and access to reproductive health care.

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  Virtual · Dec 21, 2022 12:30 pm EST

  Interviewing the Interviewers

  Join Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan CEO Rabbi Joanna Samuels as she interviews Forward Editor-in-Chief Jodi Rudoren about antisemitism and journalism today.

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  Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan · Dec 16, 2022 7 pm EST

  SHABBAT SHABBANG: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A BAD JEW?

  Many Jews use the term "Bad Jew" as a weapon against other members of the community or even against themselves. In Bad Jews, author Emily Tamkin argues that perhaps there is no answer to this timeless question, that throughout American history, Jewish identities have transformed in a variety of ways.

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