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I have appeared on the podcasts and radio broadcasts that appear below to discuss Painful Joy, the Holocaust, what hate can do and the lasting effects of trauma on victims and succeeding generations. Other programs listed here have been recorded but have not yet aired. [Note: For Story-Power Part 1, please ignore copy on page about subscribing.]
Painful Joy Has Been Featured in the Media
In Print/On the Web
Mornings on Main - Dan Manley - WMST- Mount Sterling, KY - 6/6/23 - Click Below for Hour-Long Broadcast Interview on D-Day Commemoration and Painful Joy. If player doesn't start easily, click on box with arrow at top right corner.
Painful Joy Presentation - Port Washington (NY) Public Library - 4/29/22
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Book Talk Presentations/Videos
Book Talk at Scarsdale (NY) Public Library - 5/15/22
Larchmont (NY) Public Library - 11/6/22
Teaneck (NJ) Public Library - 11/4/22
Fair Lawn (NJ) Public Library - 5/21/23
Cobblefield Book Club, White Plains, NY - 7/27/23
On November 14, 2023, I was invited to talk about Painful Joy at the University of South Alabama by the Gulf Coast Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education and the University. Since my parents spent their last years being cared for my sister Rachel in Mobile, Alabama, this was an especially important, and indeed, emotional journey back in time in so many ways. The full presentation is recorded here and takes about 1.5 hours. Please be patient with the speed of the video loading. If necessary, click the arrow at the top writer corner of the picture and you can see and download the video in a new window.
Wellington College Shanghai - Zoom with History Faculty and Students - 6/2/22
Mid-Westchester JCC, Scarsdale, NY - 1/26/24
I was here at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Bookstore in Washington, DC, Signing Books, and Sharing My Holocaust Family Memoir with Several Hundred Visitors
May 24-25, 2024
I Was Invited Back a Second Year on Memorial Day Weekend and Once More Was Able to Share and Learn with Several Hundred Visitors
May 23-24, 2025
Painful Joy Book Signings
Book Talk at Kittatinny Regional High School, Newton, NJ - January 13, 2025
HHREC (Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center – White Plains, NY) MemoryKeeper Story Hour: Max Friedman (Zoom) December 11, 2024
Painful Joy: A Holocaust Family Memoir and A Journey of Discovery
Author Perspectives Program of Echoes and Reflections Project
Webinar sponsored and organized by the Echoes and Reflections project, developed and supported by the Anti-Defamation League, the USC-Shoah Foundation and Yad Vashem.
December 12, 2024
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It was a great honor and pleasure to be invited a third time by the Museum, signing books on May 24 and May 25, 2026.
Learning In Retirement (LIRIC) is a program for adult learners sponsored by Iona University, New Rochelle, NY. I shared the story of Painful Joy, with a group of members of this learning community on April 7, 2025.
May 24-25, 2026
On June 29, 2025, I had the honor and pleasure of speaking at an event at Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia honoring Amsterdam Publishers founder and editor-in-chief Liesbeth Heenk, by recognizing her extraordinary work preserving Holocaust memory, combating antisemitism and Holocaust denial. For my remarks, which focus on discovering Liesbeth and how I came to finally tell my Holocaust family story through Painful Joy, which she published on Yom HaShoah, April 28, 2022, please watch the first ten minutes of this clip, introduced by Liesbeth.Write your text here...
