<http://pantheon.yale.edu/~asb37/shoah2002.jpg>.
Yom
HaShoah Poster Combines Area Commemorations,
Photos,
Survivor Quotes and Faneuil Service Information
By
Susie Davidson
Advocate
Correspondent
BOSTON
- Yom HaShoah falls on April 7, and thanks to the efforts of Mara Tencer and
Alex Budnitz, 10,000 area households will receive a provocative guide to this
year’s commemorations.
Tencer,
the Holocaust Programming Coordinator for the Jewish Community Relations
Council, and photographer and Yale MFA student Budnitz have compiled a calendar
of listings, survivors’ quotes, a photo and description of the New
England Holocaust Memorial, a prayer in Hebrew and English for the victims and an
announcement of this year’s Faneuil Hall service onto a folded 17x22
poster.
Tencer
is also responsible for all educational programming for the New England
Holocaust Memorial.
“The
idea for the poster started as a way for JCRC to aggregate as many of the Yom HaShoah
commemorations into one place as possible,” says Tencer. “We were
interested to know what was going on in local synagogues throughout Boston,
what college campuses were planning and also to learn the ways that communities
outside Boston, Newton and Brookline (like MetroWest, South Shore, Worcester
and North Shore) are remembering the Holocaust.”
Tencer
works with Rabbi William G. Hamilton of Congregation Kehillath Israel, the
JCRC’s Holocaust Commemoration Chair, in planning the annual Holocaust Commemoration
Service for Yom HaShoah. “We were really interested,” she explains,
“in exploring ways to expand JCRC's Holocaust programming outside of the
service, and to reach a wider audience.”
Budnitz,
a Nashua native, used a vintage camera for the poster’s photos, and
incorporated diverse shading techniques to convey the depth of emotion of the
images. The two met as undergraduates at Emory University, where he was the
founding editor of the literary magazine The Fever.
In
light of enhanced media notice of the Holocaust, Tencer wished to undertake an
artistic mode of expression for this project. “I was personally
interested in the project,” she says, “as a way of exploring art as
commemoration. In a way, the project displays two forms of remembrance: art in
and of itself, and the events that it features, which are also commemorations.
“I
think this year, more than others, has been full of Holocaust-related movies,
TV shows, etc. Public awareness is quite high. It was obvious to me that the
maxim, ‘Never Forget’ had been taken quite seriously.”
She
felt that including various forms of remembrance into the poster would serve to
reflect varied response and reaction in the community at large.
“I
wanted to show that the Boston community has indeed, not forgotten. Just from
the sheer numbers and diversity of the programming that is featured in the
calendar, one can see that our community is acutely aware of the need to
perpetuate the history of the Holocaust and has chosen to do so in so many
incredibly creative, thoughtful and provoking ways.”
“Our
goal was to publicize events,” she says, “but also to create a work
of art that in itself commemorates the Holocaust. I think we have accomplished
our aim.”
For
further information, contact Mara Tencer, JCRC Holocaust Programming
Coordinator, at 617-457-8672, or at mtencer@jcrcboston.org.
This
year’s Community-Wide Holocaust Commemoration Service for Yom HaShoah
will take place on Sunday, April 7, at 1:00 p.m. in the Great Hall of Faneuil
Hall. It will be officiated by Rabbi Hamilton, with a keynote address given by
Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Institute. Music
will be provided by Makhela, the South Area Solomon Schechter Day School Middle
Schoool Choir. The event will be followed by a solemn procession to the New
England Holocaust Memorial for recitation of the Mourner’s Kaddish in
memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
I would
love to see this on the arts page with a photo, if at all possible. I have been
working with a local Jewish artist to design a poster for Yom HaShoah. JCRC
will be publishing this poster and distributing it to over 10,000 households
throughout Boston. It relies on spectacular images of the New England Holocaust
Memorial and features many of the events that are taking place in and around
Boston for Yom HaShoah. The artist is young and from New England. The poster is
17x22 and really quite amazing. The feedback has been great. Our goal was to
publicize events, but also to create a work of art that in itself commemorates
the Holocaust. I think we have accomplished our goal.
Please
let me know if you have any interest. I would be happy to help you by providing
quotes, or even helping to write the story myself. To see a preview of the
poster, just open the attached PDF. <<shoahV5.pdf>
Looking
forward to hearing from you!
Best,
Mara
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Mara Tencer Catholic-Jewish Relations/Holocaust Programming Coordinator JCRC of
Greater Boston 126 High Street Boston, MA 02110-2700
phone: 617.457.8672 fax: 617.988.6255
Subject: RE:
Article Idea from JCRC Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:47:42
-0500 From: "Mara
Tencer" <mtencer@jcrcboston.org| Block
Address To: Susie@SusieD.com
Add Addresses
No
problem. It's April 7, 2002 at 1 p.m. at Faneuil Hall.
---
Mara Tencer <mtencer@jcrcboston.orgwrote: Hi Susie:
Try
clicking on this link for a preview of the poster <http://pantheon.yale.edu/~asb37/shoah2002.jpg>.
Thank
you again for taking an interest in this story.
Best,
Mara Tencer
-----Original Message----- From: Susie Davidson Sent: Friday, February 22,
2002 3:34 PM To: Mara
Tencer Subject: RE:
Article Idea from JCRC
Wow
that was fast! Thanks! And let me know more info, so I can put the piece
together. Our articles are not long, 500-600 words is the most they usually are
- and I would have to write it but thanks for the offer! Susie
ara
Tencer <mtencer@jcrcboston.orgwrote: Hi Susie: Since it's a large (17x22) art poster,
just the text alone probably wouldn't help, but I'll get the designer to put it
online so you can just click on a link. Thanks for your effort. I look forward
to working with you. Best, Mara
-----Original Message----- From: Susie Davidson Sent: Friday, February 22,
2002 3:31 PM To: Mara
Tencer Subject: Re:
Article Idea from JCRC
Hi
Mara, I'd be happy to do it as it's worthy, but I couldn't open the attachment.
Would you be so kind as to send the text of the poster, as it also was 2000
mb's which took up my entire inbox? Thanks so much and talk soon! Susie
--- Mara Tencer <mtencer@jcrcboston.orgwrote:
Hi Susie:
Judy
Lehrer gave me your name and email and suggested that I drop you a line with a
story idea.
large
(17x22) art poster