Etty: An Inspiring One-Woman Show with Susan Stein
WHEN: Thursday, November 2, at 7 p.m.
WHERE: RVCC’s Nash Theatre, 118 Lamington Road in Branchburg, NJ.
ADMISSION: free of charge and open to the public. Registration is required.
To register for the in-person event, contact Michelle Edgar, Program Specialist, Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, at michelle.edgar@raritanval.edu.
For further information, visit www.raritanval.edu.
The Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley
Community College in Branchburg will present in-person and online programs in
November commemorating Kristallnacht.
Kristallnacht,
also known as Night of the Broken Glass, is the name given to the violent attacks against the businesses, places
of worship, and homes of Jews throughout Germany and in the annexed countries,
including Austria and Sudetenland, on November 9 and 10, 1938. The violence was
implemented by the Nazi leaders.
The community-wide Kristallnacht commemoration
will begin with a performance of Etty: An
Inspiring One-Woman Show with Susan Stein.
Etty Hillesum is a young Jewish Dutch woman writing diaries
in Amsterdam during the Second World War. In these diaries, and later, in her
letters from the Westerbork concentration camp, Etty bears witness to what it
means to be human and commits herself to a radical choice: not to hate, even as
she witnesses the horrors unfolding around her. She wrestles to write about the
life she is living — her loves, her work, her humor, her spirituality, and her
transformation.
This one-woman play, performed by actress/playwright Susan Stein and told in Etty’s own words, lets the audience share in her personal growth, just as the world around her is coming undone. The second act asks the audience to join the conversation with Susan Stein, fostering dialogue focusing on human rights, resistance, and personal responsibility.
Etty: An Inspiring One-Woman Show with Susan Stein will be repeated during a one-hour, online program on Friday, November 3, at 10 a.m. To register for the virtual event, visit https://raritanval-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F-NQR9Q-QGuSni1Ov4NO5Q
The Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies also will present A Young Boy, A Dark Time, Commemorating Kristallnacht with Holocaust Survivor Mark Schonwetter, Wednesday, November 8, at 10 a.m. During the virtual event, Mark Schonwetter will offer a first-person account of his harrowing story of survival during the Holocaust. The program will include a remembrance of the violence against Jews in Germany and other places in Europe that occurred on November 9 and 10, 1938. As a child born in Poland in 1933, Schonwetter, his sister, and their mother survived in the ghetto, living in hiding, and they managed to make a beautiful life for themselves after the war.
To register for the virtual event with survivor Mark Schonwetter, visit https://raritanval-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ejRXuAWHSHywEFd4OSjtPA
The Kristallnacht programs are being co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of West-Central New Jersey, with support from the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education and the JCC Holocaust Memorial and Education Center. For additional information, contact Michelle Edgar, 908-526-1200, ext. 8735, or email michelle.edgar@raritanval.edu.