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The 19th Annual Richard J. Yashek Memorial Lecture
Thursday, March 27 at 7:00 pm
At Albright College
The 2025 Richard J. Yashek Memorial Lecture will take place on Thursday, March 27, 7pm, at the Freedman Gallery at Albright College. The lecture is free and open to the public. This year’s speaker is Boaz Dvir, the founding director of Penn State’s Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative and the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Initiative. His lecture, titled 80 Years Later: Fulfilling Holocaust Education’s Great Promise, examines how Holocaust education can uproot antisemitism and other forms of hate. We thank the Yashek family and Vic and Dena Hammel for their support and commitment to this annual lecture.
Literatour is a community-wide celebration in its sixth year with 11 exceptional events featuring authors, celebrities, and cultural influencers throughout Berks County from September 2024 to May 2025.
Literatour is being presented by Jewish Federation of Reading in partnership with Exeter Community Library.
Jewish Federation of Reading is happy to be an affiliate of the Weitzman Museum Store, part of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History Museum in Philadelphia. Enjoy tax-free Judaica purchases while supporting two Jewish institutions with every purchase! (double mitzvah!) By shopping through the link below, our Federation will receive 10% back on your purchase.
Join your JCC today!
Noontime Knowledge
"Connecting to Israel through Nature with Rachel Canara"
Tuesday, March 25 at 12:00 pm
All are welcome!
To RSVP call 610-921-0624 or info@jfreading.org
RSVP to 610-921-0624 or info@jfreading.org
Noontime Knowledge
"100 Years: A Cornerstone of our Community presented by Dr. Ivan Bulb"
co-curator of the exhibit
Wednesday, April 9 at 12:30 pm
at Reading Public Museum
All are welcome!
To RSVP call 610-921-0624 or info@jfreading.org
Families with children ages 0 to 8 are invited to come play, read, and nosh together. Bring your old PJ library books to trade with friends for new-to-you books!
RSVP to info@jfreading.org.
TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND, 2025
12:00 PM AT THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF READING/BERKS
ARTHUR J. MAGIDA
AUTHOR OF:
TWO WHEELS TO FREEDOM
Free Toddler Social Time
Wednesdays 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Toddler 0-2 years & Parent/ Adult Caregiver/Babysitter
The Lakin Holocaust Library & Resource Center is proud to celebrate its 30th anniversary this year! $30 for 30 campaign
Your gift of $30 will allow us to transcribe more than two dozen video testimonies of local Holocaust survivors held at the Lakin HRC. These transcriptions will allow students at Albright College and researchers around the world to better search and
analyze these important first- person accounts of survival during the Holocaust. This vital addition will ensure that the
survivors' legacies live on and stories are heard.
