Thursday, October 13, 2022 - 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
205, Hamilton Smith Hall
is an award-winning author, educator and documentary storyteller. In 2019, Rachael released her first podcast — We Share The Same Sky. It was the first-ever narrative podcast based on a Holocaust survivor’s testimony and tells the story of her decadelong journey to retrace her grandmother’s war story. Her critically-acclaimed debut memoir, also titled We Share The Same Sky, was released in August 2021.
After the sudden loss of her young husband in 2016, Rachael began Welcome to Widowhood, an ongoing portrait series that tells the stories of women under 40 who have lost their partners. She continues to tell her own grief story on Instagram with #nowawidowstillawife and photographs individuals navigating life in the wake of tragic change.
Rachael’s work has been published and featured by NPR, PRI’s The World, GBH, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and various other publications.
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