For Yom HaShoah, the Elie Wiesel Center invites you to this musical commemoration on April 13.
This seventy-five minute program, Remembrance and Creativity, commemorates the artistic spirit of three extraordinary composers — Gideon Klein, Sigmund Schul and Hans Krása — who perished in the Holocaust. Through music, prayer, visual art, and reflection, the program will explore the enduring power of creativity as a force of hope, resistance, and transformation.
Directed by Mark Ludwig of the Terezín Music Foundation, the evening will feature the Terezín Music Foundation Ensemble and artist Jim Schantz.
This event will take place at Boston University Hillel (213 Bay State Road) at 6:00pm EST. Register here.
On April 14, BU Hillel and the Elie Wiesel Center will hold a reading of the names on Marsh Plaza from 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Please sign up for a 10-minute shift during which you will have the honor of reading the names of some of the victims of the Holocaust. You can sign up here. People of all faiths and backgrounds are welcome to register.
Jim Schantz received his Master’s Degree in Painting at University of California, Davis and his Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at Syracuse University. He also studied at The Hornsey School of Art, London and at the Skowhegan School in Maine. His works are in numerous public collections, including: The Berkshire Museum, Boston Children’s Hospital, The Center for Spiritual Life at Emerson College; Lowe Art Museum, Syracuse University; The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA; Nelson Museum, U.C. Davis; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; Skidmore College; Simon’s Rock of Bard College, and University of Massachusetts. Jim has had several solo exhibitions at Pucker Gallery in Boston. His work has also been featured in exhibitions at the Berkshire Museum, The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, The Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, The Albany Institute of Art and the Brooklyn Museum. He currently resides in Glendale, MA