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Myrick Cohen

The VHM is heartbroken to learn of the passing of Myrick Cohen. Rick, along with his beloved wife, Babs, was a volunteer at the museum

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Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff tours Auschwitz on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Emhoff is the first Jewish spouse of an American president or vice president. By Molly Nagle and Sarah Kolinovsky January 27, 2023, 2:52 PM   Second Gentleman

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Marcus Weinstein, VHM Board of Trustees Chairman, Awarded UR’s Paragon Medal

January 23, 2023 | The Paragon Medal, the University of Richmond’s highest honor, has been awarded to Marcus Weinstein, Virginia Holocaust Museum’s Board of Trustees

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‘Pictures of Resistance’ Reviewed in RTD

January 9, 2023 | Check out Alexa Welch Edlund’s review of Pictures of Resistance in the Richmond Times Dispatch. To view, click the button below:

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Commission Releases Report On Combating Antisemitism

December 6, 2022 | The Commission to Combat Antisemitism, created by Governor Glenn Youngkin on his first day in office to reaffirm Virginia’s commitment to

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Press: How antisemitic rhetoric is impacting Jewish communities, and what to do about it

NPR | November 6, 2022 | by Rachel Treisman, Associate Editor/Social Media & Digital Writer, Morning Edition The rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West,

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Press: There’s Just Us featured in Richmond Magazine

Richmond MagazineSept. 8, 2022 When Longwood University communications studies professor Alec Hosterman began to photograph the first day of the Unite the Right rally in

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Press: Laurie Simpson Crouch Joins VHM

Richmond Times DispatchAugust  15, 2022 Laurie Simpson Crouch has joined the Virginia Holocaust Museum as Marketing Director. She will be responsible for coordinating marketing, advertising

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