In The News
- “Lappin Foundation’s new video reveals swastika as a symbol of hate,” MassNonprofit News, August 20, 2023
- “Local teens forge bond with Jewish community during Youth to Israel tour,” Jewish Journal, July 27, 2023
- “Casual Antisemitism Worries Area Experts,” CJP Antisemitism Initiative
- “New Teen Antisemitism Task Force Co-Chairs Announced,” JewishBoston, May 19, 2023
- “Y2I: Teen Israel Adventure of a Lifetime,” JewishBoston, May 17, 2023
- “DA, sheriff, 16 local police chiefs tour US Holocaust museum,” Jewish Journal, May 3, 2023
- “Holocaust remembrance,” The Salem News, April 28, 2023
- “Police chiefs complete Holocaust symposium,” The Salem News, April 21, 2023
- “Law Enforcement Visits Washington Holocaust Museum,” JewishBoston, April 20, 2023
- “Police chiefs complete Holocaust symposium,” Gloucester Daily Times, April 2o, 2023
- “Turning horror into hope: Holocaust survivor recounts past to help the present,” The Salem News, January 30, 2023
- “‘Humanity lost its way’: A Holocaust memoir brought to life in animation,” Jewish Journal, January 6, 2023
- “History comes alive for Wynn students,” Tewksbury Town Crier, October 30, 2022
- “Learning How To Respond to Misconceptions About Zionism, Israel and Jews,” JewishBoston, October 19, 2022
- “‘This is my community’: North Shore residents reclaim Danvers bridge tarnished by hate speech,” The Boston Globe
- “North Shore Communities Rally Against Antisemitism,” JewishBoston, October 3, 2022
- “Teens return from Y2I trip with fierce allegiance to Israel,” Jewish Journal, August 4, 2022
- “Topsfield’s Troop 81 celebrates 4 new Eagle Scouts,” The Salem News, July 16, 2022
- “Letter: Teen Antisemitism Task Force evolves,” Jewish Journal, June 23, 2022
- “After two-year lapse, teens will head to Israel for Y2I Adventure,” Jewish Journal, June 9, 2022
- “Holocaust Symposium for Teens Awarded $100,000 Cummings Grant,” JewishBoston, May 25, 2022
- “Over 160 state municipal leaders join fight against antisemitism at Lappin forum,” Jewish Journal, April 7, 2022
- “As Jewish leaders in Massachusetts seek support in combatting antisemitism, a Holocaust memorial museum is planned for Boston,” MassLive, April 1, 2022
- “Arlington among 108 communities represented at antisemitism summit,” Your Arlington, March 31, 2022
- “2 Marblehead High School seniors speak out against antisemitism at statewide summit,” Marblehead Reporter, March 30, 2022
- “Local officials challenged to take ‘two steps’ against antisemitism,” The Salem News, March 29, 2022
*Picked up by Yahoo News March 30 - “Holocaust museum to open along Boston’s Freedom Trail: ‘A game changer in Holocaust education‘,” Boston Herald, March 28, 2022
- ‘Disgusting’: Students, officials outraged by swastika graffiti at Middleboro school, WHDH, March 28, 2022
- “‘We have to be proactive’: Municipal leaders attending summit to combat rising antisemitism, commemorate Holocaust in Massachusetts,” MassLive, March 27, 2022
*Summary included in POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook March 28 - “How Holocaust education can change communities,” eJewish Philanthropy, March 24, 2022
- Two Steps Summit Preview, WBUR, March 26 and March 28, 2022
- “Summit to call for ‘Two Steps Forward’ against antisemitism,” The Salem News, March 23, 2022
*Picked up by Newburyport Daily News March 24, 2022 - “Peabody’s Bettencourt shines light on antisemitism,” Daily Item, March 21, 2022
- “Sharon activist to speak at antisemitism forum,” Journal Sun, March 15, 2022.
- “Holocaust Symposium prompts Danvers students and adults to become “Upstanders”” Jewish Journal, March 3, 2022
- “Another swastika found in Danvers School,” Boston Herald, February 13, 2022
- “Lappin Foundation holds virtual Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration,” Jewish Journal, February 7, 2022
- “New effort to educate Massachusetts students about the Holocaust,” WCVB, January 27, 2022
*Shared on The Chestnut Post January 27, 2022 - Deborah Coltin On Importance Of Holocaust Education, WBZ-TV, January 27, 2022
- Deborah Coltin on Antisemitism and the Lessons of the Holocaust, WBUR, January 27, 2022
- “Holocaust Remembrance Day Today,” Salem News, January 27, 2022
- “Danvers Holocaust Symposium asks ‘What does the Holocaust have to do with me?’” Jewish Journal, January 20, 2022
- “Local Holocaust survivor to share his story in Zoom webinar,” Brookline Tab, January 20, 2022
- “Life lessons of the Holocaust passed on to Duxbury teens,” Jewish Journal, August 26, 2021
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