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Candle & Chronicle April 2026
In recent months, I have had the opportunity to sit with survivors as they hear their stories told back to them. It is a remarkable moment in which we see a quiet yet profound shift. What has been lived by one person is now being held, carefully and responsibly, by another. [Redirects to Mailchimp]
The Heart of the Story
Every story about the Holocaust has a survivor at its heart. That sounds ridiculous on the surface, but it’s true. And it’s why I can tell (and hear) these stories repeatedly despite the emotional reaction each one brings. Allow me to explain. Many of the stories we...
L’Dor v’Dor
Zachor – Remember. This word appears almost 200 times in the Torah. Over and over again, we are commanded to remember. We are commanded to remember that which makes us holy (the Sabbath). We are commanded to remember that which makes us who we are (the Torah). And we...
Candle & Chronicle April 2026
In recent months, I have had the opportunity to sit with survivors as they hear their stories told back to them. It is a remarkable moment in which we see a quiet yet profound shift. What has been lived by one person is now being held, carefully and responsibly, by another. [Redirects to Mailchimp]
The Heart of the Story
Every story about the Holocaust has a survivor at its heart. That sounds ridiculous on the surface, but it’s true. And it’s why I can tell (and hear) these stories repeatedly despite the emotional reaction each one brings. Allow me to explain. Many of the stories we...
L’Dor v’Dor
Zachor – Remember. This word appears almost 200 times in the Torah. Over and over again, we are commanded to remember. We are commanded to remember that which makes us holy (the Sabbath). We are commanded to remember that which makes us who we are (the Torah). And we...
Candle & Chronicle April 2026
In recent months, I have had the opportunity to sit with survivors as they hear their stories told back to them. It is a remarkable moment in which we see a quiet yet profound shift. What has been lived by one person is now being held, carefully and responsibly, by another. [Redirects to Mailchimp]
The Heart of the Story
Every story about the Holocaust has a survivor at its heart. That sounds ridiculous on the surface, but it’s true. And it’s why I can tell (and hear) these stories repeatedly despite the emotional reaction each one brings. Allow me to explain. Many of the stories we...
2025 Annual Report
Teach the Shoah’s 2025 Annual Report offers a snapshot of the stories, storytellers, and spaces through which Holocaust memory is carried forward as living memory in new communities and new generations.
Candle & Chronicle March 2026 Dispatch
There are times when the work is visible—when a teller stands before an audience and a story is carried aloud. And there are times when the work happens more quietly. February held both. We gathered for an Echoes of the Past program, Saving Our Souls, examining acts...
Learning to Tell by Listening
When I was very young, I learned that if I sat quietly, I could listen undisturbed to my mother and aunts telling stories from their childhoods. As I heard names I recognized and places I had seen, I sat fascinated at the revelations. People I knew as sweet old ladies...
L’Dor v’Dor
Zachor – Remember. This word appears almost 200 times in the Torah. Over and over again, we are commanded to remember. We are commanded to remember that which makes us holy (the Sabbath). We are commanded to remember that which makes us who we are (the Torah). And we...
2025 Annual Report
Teach the Shoah’s 2025 Annual Report offers a snapshot of the stories, storytellers, and spaces through which Holocaust memory is carried forward as living memory in new communities and new generations.
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