BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//JCCNS, Jewish Community Center of the North Shore - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:JCCNS, Jewish Community Center of the North Shore X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://jccns.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for JCCNS, Jewish Community Center of the North Shore REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250715T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250715T200000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250610T180329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250703T155836Z UID:10001513-1752606000-1752609600@jccns.org SUMMARY:Postponed: The JCCNS Seacoast Singers Concert - Decades of Love Songs DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/the-jccns-seacoast-singers-concert-decades-of-love-songs/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Seacoast-Singers-Concert-Summer-2025-Eblast.png ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Wood":MAILTO:swood@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T113000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250613T152914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250711T162640Z UID:10001514-1752402600-1752406200@jccns.org SUMMARY:Schmooze and News DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/schmooze-and-news-27/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 CATEGORIES:Home-Register ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Schmooze-and-News-square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Wood":MAILTO:swood@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T095000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241021T165013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164701Z UID:10001005-1752393600-1752400200@jccns.org SUMMARY:Israeli Folk Dancing DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/israeli-folk-dancing-13/2025-07-13/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Israeli-Folk-Dancing-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T180000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250610T175257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250701T165517Z UID:10001506-1752253200-1752256800@jccns.org SUMMARY:Shabbat by the Outdoor Pool DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/shabbat-by-the-outdoor-pool-4/ LOCATION:JCCNS Outdoor Pool\, 4 Community Road\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 CATEGORIES:Family Events,Home-Register ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Shabbat-by-the-Outdoor-Pool-Eblast.png ORGANIZER;CN="Family Connector":MAILTO:FamilyConnector@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250710T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250710T210000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241018T174651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164654Z UID:10000608-1752175800-1752181200@jccns.org SUMMARY:Israeli Folk Dancing DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/israeli-folk-dancing-11/2025-07-10/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Israeli-Folk-Dancing-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250706T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250706T095000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241021T165013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164701Z UID:10001004-1751788800-1751795400@jccns.org SUMMARY:Israeli Folk Dancing DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/israeli-folk-dancing-13/2025-07-06/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Israeli-Folk-Dancing-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250703T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250703T210000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241018T174651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164654Z UID:10000607-1751571000-1751576400@jccns.org SUMMARY:Israeli Folk Dancing DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/israeli-folk-dancing-11/2025-07-03/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Israeli-Folk-Dancing-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T190000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241018T180055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164601Z UID:10000856-1751482800-1751482800@jccns.org SUMMARY:Knitting Knights DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/knitting-knights-3/2025-07-02/ LOCATION:JCCNS Women’s Health Center\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Knitting-Knights-square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Pat Hawkins":MAILTO:mphawkins@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T123000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20240820T185354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250305T183334Z UID:10000512-1751454000-1751459400@jccns.org SUMMARY:Senior Jazz and Lunch Hour DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/senior-jazz-and-lunch-hour-6/2025-07-02/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Senior-Jazz-Hour-and-Lunch-square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Sara Ewing":MAILTO:sewing@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250701T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250701T140000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250331T182033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T181104Z UID:10001475-1751374800-1751378400@jccns.org SUMMARY:The JCCNS Seacoast Singers DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/the-jccns-seacoast-singers-6/2025-07-01/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 CATEGORIES:Home-Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Seacoast-Singers-Winter-2025-Web-img.png ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Wood":MAILTO:swood@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T095000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241021T165013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164701Z UID:10001003-1751184000-1751190600@jccns.org SUMMARY:Israeli Folk Dancing DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/israeli-folk-dancing-13/2025-06-29/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Israeli-Folk-Dancing-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T210000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241018T174651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164654Z UID:10000606-1750966200-1750971600@jccns.org SUMMARY:Israeli Folk Dancing DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/israeli-folk-dancing-11/2025-06-26/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Israeli-Folk-Dancing-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T140000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250331T182033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T181104Z UID:10001474-1750770000-1750773600@jccns.org SUMMARY:The JCCNS Seacoast Singers DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/the-jccns-seacoast-singers-6/2025-06-24/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 CATEGORIES:Home-Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Seacoast-Singers-Winter-2025-Web-img.png ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Wood":MAILTO:swood@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250623T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250623T190000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250409T153000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250716T011345Z UID:10001478-1750680000-1750705200@jccns.org SUMMARY:13th Annual JCCNS Golf Outing DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/13th-annual-jccns-golf-outing/ LOCATION:Tedesco Country Club\, 154 Tedesco Street\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945\, United States CATEGORIES:Home-Register ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Golf-Eblast-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T113000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250521T110036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T132246Z UID:10001492-1750586400-1750591800@jccns.org SUMMARY:113th JCCNS Annual Meeting DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/113th-jccns-annual-meeting/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 CATEGORIES:Home-Register ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Annual-Meeting-2025-Eblast-web-square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Melissa Stern":MAILTO:mstern@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T095000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241021T165013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164701Z UID:10001002-1750579200-1750585800@jccns.org SUMMARY:Israeli Folk Dancing DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/israeli-folk-dancing-13/2025-06-22/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Israeli-Folk-Dancing-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250619T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250619T210000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241018T174651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164654Z UID:10000605-1750361400-1750366800@jccns.org SUMMARY:Israeli Folk Dancing DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/israeli-folk-dancing-11/2025-06-19/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Israeli-Folk-Dancing-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T190000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241018T175943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T165037Z UID:10000915-1750273200-1750273200@jccns.org SUMMARY:Knitting Knights DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/knitting-knights-2/2025-06-18/ LOCATION:JCCNS Women’s Health Center\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Knitting-Knights-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T140000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250331T182033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T181104Z UID:10001472-1750165200-1750168800@jccns.org SUMMARY:The JCCNS Seacoast Singers DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/the-jccns-seacoast-singers-6/2025-06-17/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 CATEGORIES:Home-Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Seacoast-Singers-Winter-2025-Web-img.png ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Wood":MAILTO:swood@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T140000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250415T133044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T133044Z UID:10001480-1750078800-1750082400@jccns.org SUMMARY:JCCNS Women's Book Club DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/jccns-womens-book-club-31/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Womens-Book-Club-on-Zoom-square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Sara Ewing":MAILTO:sewing@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250615T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250615T095000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241021T165013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164701Z UID:10001001-1749974400-1749981000@jccns.org SUMMARY:Israeli Folk Dancing DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/israeli-folk-dancing-13/2025-06-15/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Israeli-Folk-Dancing-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T140000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250529T150903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250613T160923Z UID:10001497-1749888000-1749909600@jccns.org SUMMARY:Sea Serpents Rubber Duck Race DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/sea-serpent-rubber-duck-race-3/ LOCATION:JCCNS Indoor Pool\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945\, United States CATEGORIES:Aquatics Events,Family Events,Home-Register ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Sea-Serpents-Duck-Race-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T210000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241018T174651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164654Z UID:10000604-1749756600-1749762000@jccns.org SUMMARY:Israeli Folk Dancing DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/israeli-folk-dancing-11/2025-06-12/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Israeli-Folk-Dancing-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T140000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250331T182033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T181104Z UID:10001471-1749560400-1749564000@jccns.org SUMMARY:The JCCNS Seacoast Singers DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/the-jccns-seacoast-singers-6/2025-06-10/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 CATEGORIES:Home-Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Seacoast-Singers-Winter-2025-Web-img.png ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Wood":MAILTO:swood@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T203000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250513T163019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T133744Z UID:10001493-1749495600-1749501000@jccns.org SUMMARY:Why the Jews? Film screening and discussion DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/why-the-jews/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 CATEGORIES:Home-Register ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Why-the-Jews-film-screening-2025-Eblast-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Wood":MAILTO:swood@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T113000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250519T184753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T184753Z UID:10001495-1749378600-1749382200@jccns.org SUMMARY:Schmooze and News DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/schmooze-and-news-26/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Schmooze-and-News-square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Sara Ewing":MAILTO:sewing@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T095000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241021T165013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164701Z UID:10001000-1749369600-1749376200@jccns.org SUMMARY:Israeli Folk Dancing DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/israeli-folk-dancing-13/2025-06-08/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Israeli-Folk-Dancing-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T210000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241018T174651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164654Z UID:10000603-1749151800-1749157200@jccns.org SUMMARY:Israeli Folk Dancing DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/israeli-folk-dancing-11/2025-06-05/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Israeli-Folk-Dancing-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T203000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20250416T173544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250416T173544Z UID:10001483-1749063600-1749069000@jccns.org SUMMARY:Lessons from the Battlefield DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/lessons-from-the-battlefield/ LOCATION:JCCNS\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945 CATEGORIES:Home-Register ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lessons-from-the-Battlefield-2025-Eblast.png ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Wood":MAILTO:swood@jccns.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T190000 DTSTAMP:20260411T184013 CREATED:20241018T180055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T164601Z UID:10000855-1749063600-1749063600@jccns.org SUMMARY:Knitting Knights DESCRIPTION:at the Higgins Middle School\, 85 Perkins Street\,  Peabody\, MA Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) for its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers\, the Salem State University Community Chorus\, and a conversation with Karen Kirsten\, an Australian-American author and Holocaust educator. She is the author of Irena’s Gift\, a 2025 National Jewish Book Award finalist and winner of two Zibby Awards. This ceremony is supported by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required: We encourage you to attend in person. Please email chgs@salemstate.edu if you have any questions. Karen Kirsten grew up among refugees who didn’t talk about the past. Determined to understand the generational trauma that cloaked her family in silence\, and to help heal her mother’s pain\, Karen meticulously reconstructed an extraordinary saga. After several research trips to Poland\, Karen reunited her mother with the heroes who had hidden her as a child and then facilitated awarding them Righteous Among the Nations medals.Please register below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP (in-person)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom link URL:https://jccns.org/event/knitting-knights-3/2025-06-04/ LOCATION:JCCNS Women’s Health Center\, 4 Community Rd.\, Marblehead\, MA\, 01945\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Knitting-Knights-square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Pat Hawkins":MAILTO:mphawkins@jccns.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR