Samara Hutman
Marie Kaufman: In Memory’s Garden, a Life of Beauty and Truth, Deeply Lived
Marie Kaufman, who as an unborn child survived trauma in her mother’s womb; who as a very small child survived the ravages of the...
In Her Name: Lidia Budgor z”l
Lidia Gryngras Budgor z”l, devoted mother and grandmother, activist, balabusta, friend, Jewish communitarian, mensch, pillar & steward of Holocaust memory, died on the 8th...
The Renewal and Remembrance of Spring
Because of Addison’s act of remembrance, Ella’s family members were given holy space.
The Imprints We Leave Behind: Honoring the Father I Never Met
My father died on Feb. 11, 1962, and I was born nine months later.
Bracing for the Week of Death
I tell you this
to break your heart;
by which I mean only
that it break open and never close again
to the rest of the world.
– From...
Women’s March D.C.: Here for one another
Sunday I boarded a plane back to LA after walking with my daughter Rebecca, 22, at the Women’s March in Washington, D.C.
In this week of Thanksgiving
Today I write to reflect on my joint announcement with LAMOTH that I am leaving the Museum and returning to Remember Us where I...
People of the Story… or the Study?
Tonight is mid-stream Chanukah and Thanksgiving is behind us. In the end, I'm not sure the confluence of the two birthed any physical or...
Carrying The Torch | Guest Blog Post by Ashley Gleitman Waterman
“Man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he...
The Power of We
The world needs to RSVP the power of one—plus one. Even Sir Richard Branson has acknowledged that the success of his Virgin brand comes...
Yahrtzeits and Yom HaShoah
My father Sam’s Yahrtzeit falls between January 27th, the International Holocaust Memorial Day adopted by The United Nations in 2005, and Yom HaShoah, the...
About
Samara Hutman is Executive Director of Remember Us: The Holocaust Bnai Mitzvah and Righteous Conversations Projects. Her work in Holocaust remembrance and education began...