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Sunday, May 17, 2015
Do you have books on Jewish history, religion or culture that you’d like to donate? A newly-restored Jewish cultural center in the Azores has asked for our help in obtaining books. Please bring your books to our program at Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel on Sunday, May 17 from noon to 4 pm. Persons wishing to donate books who can’t get to the program this Sunday should contact Candice to make other arrangements.
A synagogue building in the Azores, founded in 1836 by Sephardic merchants from Morocco, has been restored and recently rededicated. Although there is no longer a Jewish community in the city of Ponta Delgada, there are plans to use the synagogue building for a cultural learning center including a museum and library. Dr. Jose Mello, the on-site historian, requests donations of books on Jewish religion, culture and history. You are encouraged to write your name inside your donated books.
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Jewish Life in Lithuania Before the War
Ellen Cassedy
Sunday, May 17, 2015 1:30 pm
.at Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel, Newton
Jews in “the land of the Litvaks” lived alongside their non-Jewish
neighbors for nearly seven centuries before the Holocaust. Ellen
Cassedy, author of the award-winning We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust
(University of Nebraska Press, 2012), will explore the rich cultural history of Lithuanian Jews, including the social structure of a multi-cultural world, the daily lives of women and men in villages, towns, and cities, and the dreams, aspirations, and challenges faced by our ancestors. More info
561 Ward Street
Newton Centre, MA
Litvak/Baltic SIG
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