The Holocaust in Serbia with Julie Brill and Amy E. Schwartz

Thursday, April 24 at 1:30pm, ET / 10:30am, PT

While Julie Brill, author of Hidden in Plain Sight: A Family Memoir and the Untold Story of the Holocaust in Serbia, was unaware about what life was like for Jews in Serbia during the Holocaust, she knew the Nazis had murdered her grandfather in Yugoslavia. Join Brill and Moment Opinion & Books Editor Amy E. Schwartz for a conversation about her father’s experience as a child during the Holocaust, his family’s secrets, how he survived and the generational trauma passed down to her as a child of a survivor. In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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A Wide-Open Conversation with David Amram, Musical Genius and Renaissance Man

Thursday, April 29 at 1:30pm, ET / 10:30am, PT

Composer David Amram has been playing music professionally for 74 years and the 94 year old has no plans of slowing down. Amram shares stories about his childhood on a farm in rural Pennsylvania, his time in the 7th Army Symphony while stationed in Germany, his friendships and musical collaborations with greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Jack Kerouac, and Langston Hughes, the connections between jazz and Judaism, and his upcoming Bar Mitzvah. In conversation with jazz musician Joe Alterman, executive director of Neranenah.

This program is part of The Pulse: Moments That Matter, a series of frank conversations on culturally relevant topics with musicians, comedians and other entertainment industry professionals to illuminate how being Jewish has shaped their experiences, both personally and professionally. Sponsored by MomentLive! and Neranenah.

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