The conference opens on Thursday, April 15 with a 5 p.m. reception at the Pucker Gallery at 171 Newbury St., site of an exhibition of works by Israeli artist Samuel Bak, whose painting evoke the tragedy of the Shoah, or Holocaust, which he survived. The conference will conclude with a Yom Hashoah commemoration featuring music and Jewish and Christian liturgical elements. Historian Judith Schulmann will offer an accompanying presentation. Anna Elisabeth Rosmus, whose childhood experiences inspired the film, will offer remarks. Both films will be screened at 7 p.m. in McGuinn Auditorium.
Admission is free.
Sponsors include the Jesuit Institute, Boston College Jesuit Community, Boston College Hillel, Israeli Consulate, Facing History and Ourselves, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the City of Newton Cultural Office.