NJTF Remembrance Readings Second Decade

Join National Jewish Theater Foundation Remembrance Readings a global theater-based Holocaust remembrance and education initiative guided by leaders from the Association of Holocaust Organizations and Theatre Communications Group. A meaningful and accessible form of Holocaust commemoration that delivers high impact with minimal production requirements while connecting participants to an international remembrance network.

What It Is

Public readings of Holocaust plays, scenes, monologues, and survivor testimonies selected from the NJTF Holocaust Theater Catalog, honoring victims and survivors while confronting antisemitism, bigotry, and Holocaust denial.

When

Readings are year round and commonly held on:

International Holocaust Remembrance Day – Jan 27 2026
Yom HaShoah – Apr 13–14 2026
Kristallnacht – Nov 9–10 2026
Other dates are welcome

Who Can Participate

University theater departments and related academic programs (including Judaic Studies, history, and allied fields), along with faculty and students
Schools, libraries, community centers, and places of worship
Civic, cultural, and educational leaders, as well as professional, amateur, and student actors

How It Works

Choose material from the NJTF Catalog
Present a concert or staged reading
Minimal rehearsal or production required
Post-reading discussion or Q&A encouraged

Register Now to receive official NJTF Remembrance Readings recognition and support in materials, and guidance in program and materials.

Click Here to Participate Our Past Participants Remembrance Readings Press

Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 02:00 PM

Temple Bat Yam of East Fort Lauderdale Sisterhood in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Temple Bat Yam of East Fort Lauderdale Sisterhood

Mere Waters by Jillian Blevins followed by panel discussion
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 07:00 PM

Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan in New York, NY

Remember the Women Institute-Women, Theater, and the Holocaust

Remember the Women Institute partner for our Women, Theater, and the Holocaust

Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan (Amsterdam Avenue and West 76th Street)

7:00 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Jennifer Apple and David Schechter will be part of the program, doing a reading from the wonderful Hannah Senesh play that Folksbiene brought to off-Broadway. And Dr. Meghan Brodie’s theater students will be presenting excerpts from Goldie Morgentaler’s new book Letters from the Afterlife, correspondence between her mother Chava Rosenfarb and her childhood friend living in Sweden. The other two 15-minute readings are premieres of short plays, Pour Out Your Blessings by Jessica Feder-Birnbaum and a yet unnamed play by Cynthia Cooper about an artist survivor in Mexico. The readings are followed by a Q & A with directors and/or playwrights, and then a reception.

Host your own reading

Recent Readings

Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Alper JCC MIami Bldg 3 in Miami, FL

ALPER JCC EVENT IN MIAMI

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY PLAY READING 1/27/26-Please join Dr. Karen Berman for a Lunch and Learn Event at the Alper JCC in Miami:

Dr. Karen Berman, co-author of Stories of the Holocaust , presented a guest lecture for 80 undergraduate education majors at Georgia College & State University about the history of antisemitism. Karen discussed what it was like for her growing up Jewish in classrooms where she was in the minority.Book contributor Arnold Mittelman, who founded and is President of the National Jewish Theatre Foundations (NJTF), sponsors the Holocaust Remembrance Day play readings. Karen mentored and oversaw the production of the play Rosa & Leo at Georgia College & State University. During the talkback, Karen mentioned numerous lessons from our books. Here is a photo of the two student actors in Rosa & Leo.

Please find a flyer attached for an upcoming Lunch and Learn Event at the Alper JCC in Miami. Contributing author Ruth Gordon has worked diligently to arrange this performative book signing and panel discussion. Dr. Gail Humphries co-author of Stories of the Holocaust, will moderate the panel with Ruth and contributing authors Mindy Weisel and Carolyn Dorfman on the panel. For more information please see Karen's Substack: Holocaust Remembrance Day Play Reading 1/27/26

"For the past three years I have been mentoring student directors and moderating a talkback after the annual Holocaust Remembrance play at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Georgia, where I was the Chair of Theatre and Dance. These plays promote education and healing."

Dr. Karen Berman
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 06:00 PM

Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla, CA

Lawrence Family-JCC Jewish Federation of San Diego

Remembrance Readings are JCompany’s annual script-in-hand performances that honor memory, resilience, and hope through powerful storytelling. Drawn from the National Jewish Theater Foundation’s Holocaust Theater Initiative, these readings allow youth performers and audience members to explore history, empathy, and moral courage while sharing untold stories that continue to shape our understanding of humanity.
Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 07:30 PM

Campus Blackbox Theatre in Milledgeville, GA

Georgia College & State University

Georgia College & State University's Department of Theatre and Dance

Play selection tbd, student directed stage reading followed by a panel discussion