#jewish-heritage

#jewish-heritage

Every week, the Teitel family balanced their Jewish faith and community ties with their grocery store's operations, serving Italian neighbors and maintaining cultural traditions intertwined with survival.

"I think I was the only child who didn't cry. I was probably quite numb," Roemer explained to Vulture's Bilge Ebiri in an interview earlier this year.

During the Nazi Occupation, Lelouch and his mother found refuge in movie theatres, where she would hide him from the Gestapo while looking for new places to stay.

"Beth El is a place where people came to hear the most accomplished and inspiring cantors for over a hundred years," said Hankus Netsky, a professor at the New England Conservatory.

Inside Der Nister Downtown Jewish Center, co-founder Zach Golden stood at a podium, reading a poem in Yiddish, illustrating the language's cultural significance and revival.