Monday, April 26

In May 1940, the Nazis invaded Belgium and Paulette Szafran, age 12, and her family fled Brussels and the Nazi threat. Paulette’s wartime diary was the impetus for her daughter, Edith, to document her mother’s early experience. She drew on historical footage and her mother’s vividly-written diary to produce a short but compelling video of Paulette’s experience as a refugee, who with her family joined thousands on the roads of northern France, desperately trying to reach Calais, which was still free. “Return to Calais,” an award-winning documentary, conveys a message of courage in the face of evil and the power of hope. 

Edith (Didi) Goldenhar is a writer and editor and for 18 years was an active member of our shul. Please join Lunch and Learn as we welcome Didi home, watch the video she produced, and share this inspiring mother-daughter story. 

This  Lunch and Learn session is the last in a trio of programs for Holocaust Remembrance Month.  

Thursday, May 6

Rabbi Gadi returns to Lunch and Learn.