A difficult but very important listen: my brilliant cousin @NahanniRous on the silence around and scepticism about Hamas' rape of Israeli women https://t.co/abJAMDZUKC
*Content warning for graphic descriptions of sexual violence.*
In our new podcast episode, JWA discusses the sexual violence of October 7, the effort to collect evidence, and the international response—or lack thereof.
Listen here: https://t.co/x7eUYJKUtu
@ncjw@PHRIsrael
In “Chapter 1: Childhood Memories” Holocaust survivors from Vilna recall life before 1939 when the Jewish community was thriving. But antisemitism was on the rise, foreshadowing darker times.
🔊 https://t.co/3ARqb1U9k9
This season is produced in partnership w/ @yivoinstitute
They are given minutes to pack. A suitcase, a sheet-wrapped bundle, whatever they can carry. Thousands of Vilna’s Jews are marched at gunpoint to the newly enclosed Jewish ghettos.
🔊 https://t.co/LjNhM0d6hA
This season is produced in partnership w/ @yivoinstitute.
Life in the Jewish ghetto demands vigilance and adaptation. Food is smuggled at risk of execution. And while young people start to organize a resistance, cultural and sporting events are a needed diversion.
🔊 https://t.co/b521XvSoAQ
Produced in partnership w/ @yivoinstitute
By my brilliant cousin Ned Lazarus, who has a lot more experience in Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilding than most people sounding off on here https://t.co/IERLPEsKpx
Join co-producers Nahanni Rous and Eric Marcus, host Eleanor Reissa, and historical consultant Samuel Kassow as they delve into the the story of the Jewish community of Vilna.
Vivian Silver from Kibbutz Be'eri is still unaccounted for. I interviewed her for Can We Talk in 2017. In this episode we play part of that interview and talk to her friend Ariella Giniger, one of the last people to be in touch with Vivian.
https://t.co/B9ME5RDqGw
From one of the last friends to be in touch with Vivian Silver: "Her house is completely burnt down. Really to the level of ashes... She's not there. And I find it ridiculous to say, but we hope she's in Gaza. Because then she's alive."
https://t.co/x9v2QMXhGL
If you've never listened to my other podcast ("Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust"), have a listen to this episode, then the next two, which have already been released. I guarantee that these are people and stories you'll never forget.
@Jbloeffler@fvaht@yivoinstitute Featuring the voices of 14 Holocaust survivors from Vilna and excerpts from the diary of Herman Kruk, Vilna ghetto librarian and activist.
.@fvaht and @yivoinstitute are proud to announce the release of “Remembering Vilna: The Jerusalem of Lithuania,” an audio documentary following the story of one city’s Jewish community and its destruction during the Holocaust. #FVAHT#YIVO
More: https://t.co/otaJ1p3t25
Just back from Vilnius where we were hosted by the National Library of Lithuania for a launch event for “Remembering Vilna” that included my colleagues @NahanniRous and Eleanor Reissa. Couldn’t have been welcomed more warmly!
In 2017 @jodikantor & Megan Twohey broke the story of Harvey Weinstein’s abuse, leading to his conviction and prompting a social reckoning. In our new podcast episode, we talk to Kantor about Weinstein playing the “Jew-to-Jew” card & what she learned: https://t.co/prT7r6nAOm