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Oral History Symposium – Spring 2026 Friday, May 15, 2026. 10-3:30 p.m. Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 01262 How can we build community in our oral history and storytelling projects?  Whether you are new to oral history or have worked on projects before,  join us for a day of conversation, […]

April 25, 1945, is celebrated as the day of liberation in Italy.  It is still a day of celebration.  Here, in interviews and a podcast series, Milan based Contemporary Jewish Documentation Center ( CDEC) honors the memory of the Jewish Italians active in the Resistance.   Home page

Day of Memory 2026 opinion   This link brings you to a Berkshire Eagle op-ed, January 27, 2026, International Holocaust Day of Memory. https://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/columnists/judith-monachina-on-international-holocaust-remembrance-day-heed-a-warning-etched-in-stone-indifference/article_3ad4c16d-a0a4-4cea-8f21-c7a042d19279.html    

The book is now at the U.S.  Holocaust Memorial Museum, in the archives for research and in the bookstore.    

Eleanor Foa is a remarkable writer.  I am honored and very moved by the beautiful review she wrote for Days of Memory, for the Jewish Book Council. https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/days-of-memory-listening-to-jewish-italians-who-lived-through-fascism-and-the-holocaust Non­fic­tion Days of Mem­o­ry: Lis­ten­ing to Jew­ish Ital­ians Who Lived Through Fas­cism and the Holocaust Judith Monachi­na Review By Eleanor Foa – […]

Highlight on a Fulbright This issue’s highlighted Fulbrighter is Judith Monachina, Director of the Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center at Berkshire Community College Judith’s passion and dedication first brought her to Italy in 2000, where she traveled regularly to conduct interviews while working full-time in the US. Judith applied for […]

  The incredibly welcoming community of Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, Maryland, made me remember why I wanted to finish Days of Memory. I am reluctant to give a history lesson in these situations, but the Italian story is relatively unknown to Americans, even those who read about and know […]

Robbins: A journalist’s quest to document evil & courage The eruption and metastasis of anti-Semitism emanating from both far Left and far Right has prompted some to point to the poor and worsening state of Americans’ knowledge about the 20th century’s genocide against the Jews. The ignorance, particularly woeful among […]

Days of Memory is officially published. Here, it is featured in the Berkshire Community College temporary library.  Soon, the library will move back to its beautiful building. For now, librarians are doing an amazing job with a temporary space. And Barbara Krasner edits two blogs, The Whole Magillah and Writing […]

I cannot imagine a better place to introduce a book, to celebrate friends and family—and your favorite bookstore— than The Bookstore in Lenox, Massachusetts. And that is what we did, on Sunday, June 2.  Thank you Matt Tannenbaum! The official publication date is June 30, 2024, but in the meantime, […]