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1 week ago | 
winchesternews.org | Susie Davidson
On April 27, McCall Middle School seventh grader Jacob Brenner was recognized among the six winners of the 19th Annual Israel Arbeiter Holocaust Essay Contest, a competition that is part of the annual Boston’s Community Commemoration of Yom HaShoah. The six students from Greater Boston, who received framed certificates onstage from Arbeiter’s son Jack at the downtown State Room event, will also travel to Washington this spring on an educational trip to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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2 weeks ago | 
lexobserver.org | Susie Davidson
On April 27, Ashley Tsymbal, an eighth grader at Lexington Montessori School, was recognized as one of six winners of the 19th Annual Israel Arbeiter Holocaust Essay Contest, a competition that is part of the annual Boston’s Community Commemoration of Yom HaShoah.
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4 weeks ago | 
jewishjournal.org | Susie Davidson
Each year, the thoughts and writing of young Bostonians are an integral part of Boston’s community commemoration of Yom HaShoah, and on April 27, six winners of the 19th Annual Israel Arbeiter Holocaust Essay Contest received framed certificates onstage at the State Room in Boston.
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1 month ago | 
jewishjournal.org | Susie Davidson
For those who like to rock ’n’ roll all night and perhaps party every day, in the immortal words of Gene Simmons (née Chaim Witz), there’s no need to change your pattern this Pesach. Simon Element, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, has just released “The Rock ’n’ Roll Haggadah.” It hit the shelves March 4, just in time for that singular yearly gathering where most everyone gets along, and should make that innate harmony even more melodious.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
brookline.news | Susie Davidson
What to expect at “An Evening With John Waters?” A better question might be what not to expect. It won’t be mundane or formulaic, and certainly nothing approaching conventional, as anyone who has seen his movies can attest. On Nov. 21, the Coolidge Corner Theatre recognized Waters’ inimitable place in film, photography, literature and art by presenting him with the 20th annual Coolidge Award.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
baystatebanner.com | Susie Davidson
On June 30, Adam Nimoy spoke in Boston at The West End Museum as part of a book tour for his new memoir “The Most Human: Reconciling With My Father, Leonard Nimoy” (Chicago Review Press, June 4, 2024). It was the younger Nimoy’s second visit in a decade to the museum, which opened in 2004 and has just undergone a major restoration following a January 2022 flood, caused by a burst pipe on the fourth floor of the West End Place mixed-income complex above.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
jewishjournal.org | Susie Davidson
Several local students were honored on May 5 at the State Room high above Boston for their winning essays in the 18th Annual Israel Arbeiter Holocaust Essay Contest. The contest is sponsored by the family of Holocaust survivor Israel Arbeiter of Newton, who died in 2021 at age 96, and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Boston.
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May 29, 2024 | 
baystatebanner.com | Susie Davidson
An annual Massachusetts essay contest to commemorate the Holocaust produced winning entries that drew on local students’ experiences with alienation and bias in a society still grappling with racism and antisemitism while also noting the importance of preserving family stories of struggle. The competition, sponsored by the family of the late Holocaust survivor Israel Arbeiter and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Boston, featured entries from a number of students of color.
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Apr 28, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Susie Davidson
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Apr 28, 2024 | 
cambridgeday.com | Susie Davidson
The Medical Civil Rights Act that could be heard Tuesday by the state Legislature has heavy-duty support: Selwyn Jones, the uncle of George Floyd, and Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner. The act, approved last year in Connecticut but so far by no other state, would legally guarantee the right to medical care for people confronted by law enforcement in the street or while imprisoned.
