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Candle & Chronicle July 2026

Deborah Fripp — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:57:48 +0000

Some histories are difficult not only because of what happened, but because of what they ask us to confront about human beings. This summer, our second Echoes of the Past series examines the Holocaust by Bullets. [Redirects to MailChimp]

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Candle & Chronicle June 2026

Deborah Fripp — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:45:34 +0000

One of the challenges of a distributed community is that it can be difficult to see the whole picture. As we find ourselves in the middle of the year, it's worth stepping back and looking at what they add up to. [Redirects to MailChimp]

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Candle & Chronicle May 2026

Deborah Fripp — Wed, 20 May 2026 00:16:17 +0000

April was a full month for Teach the Shoah. Across Yom HaShoah programs and community gatherings, our storytellers carried survivor stories into classrooms, synagogues, community centers, and homes. May has been quieter, but the work has not stopped. [Redirects to MailChimp]

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Candle & Chronicle April 2026

Deborah Fripp — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:31:37 +0000

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]

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2025 Annual Report

Deborah Fripp — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:02:39 +0000

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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Candle & Chronicle March 2026 Dispatch

Deborah Fripp — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:04:46 +0000

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 of uprising through the perspective of rescuers, where resistance took the form of sheltering, hiding, and choosing to act. Through an Exploring Their Stories workshop, we began a new introduction to Holocaust storytelling class, inviting a new group into the careful work of listening that precedes telling.

At the same time, we are preparing a third Los Angeles cohort of Lesaper: From Survivor Memory to Living Teller. A new group of students will soon enter into this work—joining a growing community committed to telling these stories.

We are also beginning to shape an upcoming fundraiser—an in-person event in Los Angeles that we intend to livestream so that our broader community can join us in supporting this work. We’ll share more details soon.

Alongside this, we continue the longer work: building partnerships, refining what we teach, and asking how this work can endure.

Not every month is defined by the stage. But each month is part of what makes those moments possible.

In the coming weeks, we will share more about this work in our annual report.

With gratitude for being part of this work,
Deborah

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Candle & Chronicle Newsletter February 2026

Deborah Fripp — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:46:05 +0000

When storyteller Cathy Polakoff shared the story of Olympic swimmer Eva Szekely with a high school class recently, a student commented that she had always known the Holocaust was “a bad thing,” but only when she heard it through a storyteller’s voice did she truly feel its enormity. [Redirects to Mailchimp]

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Candle and Chronicle Newsletter January 2026

Deborah Fripp — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:00:47 +0000

“That was the most powerful Holocaust program I’ve ever attended.” A gentleman who attended one of our in-person programs in December sent this comment to Tanya, who organized the program. You can’t ask for better feedback than that. [Redirects to Mailchimp]

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Candle and Chronicle Newsletter December 2025

Deborah Fripp — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:00:53 +0000

Happy Hannukah! A year ago, we added Jenna Price to our team to run our Storyteller Bureau. Jenna helps the storytellers find venues to tell their stories to the community. In the last year, she more than doubled the number of programs we offered. [Redirects to Mailchimp]

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Candle and Chronicle Newsletter November 2025

Deborah Fripp — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:18:09 +0000

It’s not often that a Holocaust exhibit changes the way I think about Holocaust education, but the new traveling Auschwitz exhibit made me realize that we have been missing something important. In this bizarre time of Nazi appreciation, we need to be talking about the perpetrators. [Redirects to Mailchimp]

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