By Reporter staff

The Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton will hold a Yom Hashoah program on Tuesday, April 22, at 6:30 pm, at Temple Concord, 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton. The evening will open with a short commemorative service led by local rabbis. Then Dr. Eileen Angelini, Ph.D., a Holocaust scholar and educator, will offer a talk called “Simple Acts of Human Kindness.” During her presentation, Angelini will provide an overview of the position that France had during World War II and screen sections of the documentary “La France divisée/France Divided” that highlight simple acts of human kindness by non-Jews that resulted in some Jews surviving the Holocaust. 
Registration for the program is encouraged, but not required, and can be made at www.jfgb.org or by contacting the Federation office at director@jfgb.org or 607-724-2332. For more information about the program, contact the Federation. The event is co-sponsored by Beth David Synagogue, Temple Israel and Temple Concord.
“La France divisée/France Divided” explores the events of World War II in France via oral testimony of survivors, hidden children, Righteous Gentiles and members of the French Resistance. The interdisciplinary film was co-produced, written and directed with Barbara P. Barnett, and was supported by a Title VI Grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Angelini has spent years working and lecturing on the causes and events of the Holocaust, particularly as it relates to the occupation of France during World War II. She has made presentations at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, and also served as a faculty fellow for the Holocaust Museum Houston’s Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers. In the spring of 2024, Angelini received a Reading and Discussion Program Grant from Humanities New York to facilitate sessions at the Jewish Federation of Central New York, Syracuse, on the topic “The Righteous Among the Nations: Understanding Rescue During the Holocaust.”
“Join us for what is certain to be a fascinating look at how simple acts of human kindness can save people’s lives,” said Shelley Hubal, Federation executive director. “I feel it’s important for the community to gather to recognize the significance of Yom Hashoah and I am grateful that the Federation can offer this type of moving and educational program.”