This year in observance of Yom HaShoah Jack Montgomery, a Freeport based photographer will speak about his recent book, From the Holocaust to Maine, Testimonies of the Survivors.

About the book, Jack writes: “This book has its origins more than 30 years ago, when I began photographing Maine’s Holocaust survivors…I began photographing seriously when I turned 40. After a few years learning the basics, I conceived my first project — photographing the faces of the people who had endured and survived the horrors of the Shoah. I listened carefully as we made the portraits together and heard their stories of rich lives before Hitler took power, the horrible experiences during the ensuing years, and then the remaking of their lives in Maine.”

In addition to Jack’s talk, we will have a brief service of remembrance for those murdered in the Holocaust.

Synagogue

Led by Rabbi Vinikoor