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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, […]

I wrote the essay in Lucy MacGillis’s catalogue Paintings From Italy, 2003-2022, produced by the Hoadley Gallery, where Lucy shows her work each summer. Lucy at Dottie’s in Pittsfield. Lucy MacGillis The artist’s house is situated on a long hill near an impossibly steep country road in Umbria. Through her […]

Milan Central Station Shoah Memorial hosts tours to inaugurate new space On June 15, 2022, visitors were given tours of the Shoah Memorial at the Central Station in Milan. I had been following its story, from a couple of angles, for years. In 2007, I worked at the Center for […]

Judith Monachina I was lucky to be interviewed by new podcast hosts of Main Street Moxie. Judith Monachina

Berkshire Eagle Recalling, and healing from, the memories of war By Judith Monachina, Eagle Correspondent Photo:  Son-in-law Jeff Gerth and daughter Kim Resnik pose with Dave and Liz Resnik on the rooftop terrace of a friend’s home in Rome, during the family’s trip in 2000. The family visited the sites […]