Breman Jewish Heritage Museum Lectures

Atlanta, GA

Hiding in the Spotlight
Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson
November 1, 2009
01:05:47
Writer Greg Dawson, joined by his mother, Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson, discuss her Holocaust survival, as portrayed in the new book, Hiding in the Spotlight: A Musical Prodigy's Story of Survival, 1941 - 1946.
Invisible Sisters: Jews in the 1960s American South
Jessica Handler
September 13, 2009
00:43:13
Local Atlanta writer Jessica Handler shares cultural nuances about her life story, Invisible Sisters, in this talk with many who share her faith.
Memoirs of a First Generation American
Aaron Cohn
August 23, 2009
01:06:08
Atlanta's Juvenile Court Judge Aaron Cohn, accompanied by his daughter, Gail, discusses his book, Memoirs of a First Generation American. The son of Jewish immigrants who fled the Russian pogroms in 1906, Cohn came of age in a Jewish neighborhood in Columbus, GA.
Jessica Handler: Invisible Sisters
Jessica Handler
April 30, 2009
00:38:07
Jessica Handler shares her deep, personal family story, as portrayed in her memoir, Invisible Sisters. The book tells about the immense emotional toll that two daughters' illnesses take on a family living in Atlanta.
Rob Kutner: Comedy Inside The Daily Show
Rob Kutner
July 13, 2008
00:55:53
Rob Kutner, Emmy-award-winning writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, unveils Apocalyse How, his latest entry into survival literature. Kutner, called the Martha Stewart of Armageddon, covers all aspects of turning the end of times into the best of times.
And the Dead Shall Rise
Steve Oney
February 17, 2008
00:40:26
Steve Oney talks about the conspiracy of silence that surrounded the Leo Frank lynching. Oney is author of And The Dead Shall Rise, the definitive book on the Leo Frank case.
Eye of the Needle: Holocaust Remembrance
Bernice Steinhardt
February 25, 2007
01:00:18
Holocaust survivor Esther Nisenthal Krinitz's two daughters discuss their efforts to get their mother's story out into the world.
Someone Must Survive to Tell the World
Tosia Schneider
December 2, 2007
01:02:04
Tosia Schneider discusses her book, Someone Must Survive to Tell the World, in which she describes life in Poland under Nazi occupation.
Jews of the Confederacy
Lunelle Siegel
March 18, 2007
01:16:28
Lunelle Siegel, of Temple Terrace, Florida, talks about notable Jewish Confederates, and about the process of uncovering relatives involved in the Civil War. Siegel notes that tens of thousands of Southern Jews served in the Confederacy.
And the Dead Shall Rise
Steve Oney
February 17, 2008
00:40:26
Steve Oney talks about the conspiracy of silence that surrounded the Leo Frank lynching. Oney is author of And The Dead Shall Rise, the definitive book on the Leo Frank case.
Hiding in the Spotlight
Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson
November 1, 2009
01:05:47
Writer Greg Dawson, joined by his mother, Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson, discuss her Holocaust survival, as portrayed in the new book, Hiding in the Spotlight: A Musical Prodigy's Story of Survival, 1941 - 1946.
Invisible Sisters: Jews in the 1960s American South
Jessica Handler
September 13, 2009
00:43:13
Local Atlanta writer Jessica Handler shares cultural nuances about her life story, Invisible Sisters, in this talk with many who share her faith.

The Breman Jewish Heritage Museum explores universal themes of human dignity and respect for others through the lens of the Jewish experience. Through its archives, exhibitions, educational resources and public programs, the museum preserves, documents, and interprets Jewish life in Georgia and the Holocaust. The museum houses galleries on the Holocaust and the history of Jews in Atlanta, revolving special exhibitions, archival holdings from throughout the state of Georgia, a library of educational resources, and the Lillian and A.J. Weinberg Center for Holocaust Education.
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