May 5th- Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day Guest speaker Jeanne Bonner

May 5th – Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day. Guest speaker Jeanne Bonner 

Jeanne will share with us her current work of translating the short stories of 92-year-old Holocaust survivor Edith Bruck, one of the last voices of the Holocaust.
Reminding us that we hold both a responsibility and privilege to live lives in pursuit of justice for all.
Jeanne Bonner is an award-winning writer, editor, translator, and journalist based in CT. She is a devotee of translating overlooked Italian women writers. She is the 2018 winner of the Pen Grant for English translation of Italian literature. Her essays have been published by the New York Times, CNN, Boston Globe and Catapult. Jeanne will share with us her current work of translating the short stories of 92-year-old Holocaust survivor Edith Bruck, one of the last voices of the Holocaust.