December 2018
January 2019
Pioneers to Present: Jews of Richmond & CoCo Exhibit – Opening Reception
Opening reception with local dignitaries and staff of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Find out more »A Day of Learning: What was the Holocaust?
International Holocaust Remembrance Day with Rabbi Dean of Temple Beth Hillel and Sam Genirberg, Richmond resident, Holocaust survivor, and author of Among the Enemy: Hiding in Plain Sight in Nazi Germany.
Find out more »February 2019
Remembering the Old Days
Memorial Concert for Ben Rust with Rebecca Rust and Frederick Edelmann
Find out more »Bubbies Read
Grandmas do a Jewish themed storytime.
Find out more »Intergenerational Trauma Lecture
As part of our public programs for Pioneers to Present: Jews of Richmond and Contra Costa County, Elizabeth Rosner, author of Survivor's Cafe, will lecture on Intergenerational Trauma. To be followed by audience Q&A and signing. ELIZABETH ROSNER is the author of three novels and a poetry collection. The Speed of Light was translated into nine languages and won several awards in the US and in Europe, including being shortlisted for the prestigious Prix Femina. Blue Nude was named among…
Find out more »March 2019
Jewish Geneaology
Finding your Jewish Roots with Stephen Harris.
Find out more »April 2019
An Unlikely Romance
Julie Freestone and Rudi Raab talk about their novel. "How likely is it that the daughter of Jewish immigrants would cast her lot with the son of a high-ranking Nazi? However improbable, reporter Sarah Stern and German-born, Berkeley, California cop Karl Schmidt fall in love and embark on an all-consuming quest, probing his tangled past and the family’s sinister secrets. Stumbling Stone chronicles their journey across two continents and the discovery of horrifying surprises they never could have imagined. Julie Freestone and Rudi…
Find out more »From the Old Country to the Bay Area
Fred Rosenbaum talks about this book, Taking Risks, the story of Joseph Pell who fought the Nazis and founded Moo's Ice Cream in Richmond.
Find out more »May 2019
Jewish Arts in Richmond
Richard Schwartz is the author of The Man Who Lit Lady Liberty: The Extraordinary Rise and Fall of Actor M.B. Curtis.
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