BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published August 10, 2016
Deanna Jent, artistic director of Mustard Seed Theatre, first read Diane Samuels’ play “Kindertransport” many years ago, and it stayed with her. “It’s a story about mothers and daughters, and I am both, so it appealed to me,” Jent said. “When...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published June 1, 2016
Hedy Epstein’s passion for the causes in which she believed was forged in the agony of the Holocaust, from which she escaped at the age of 14 via the Kindertransport. Ms. Epstein died Thursday, May 26, at the age of 91. She was at her Central West...
By Larry Levin, Publisher/CEO
• Published June 6, 2012
“Nicky’s Family” is really at least four movies all rolled into one. Or rather, three stories, with one told twice. The award-winning film, by Mateij Minac and Patrik Pass, tells the remarkable tale of Sir Nicholas Winton’s heroic efforts to get...
On April 12, 1951, the Israeli Knesset designated the 27th day of Nissan as Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day. Typically, it is observed after Passover in a citywide service whereby survivors share their memories. Yahrzeit candles are lit, Kaddish...
