Radio Personality to Speak at TI's Holocaust Remembrance Program

Renowned radio personality Martin Goldsmith will be the guest speaker at Congregation Tikvat Israel's annual Yom Hashoa Commemoration at 8 p.m. on Monday, April 20.

Goldsmith, author of The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany, will talk about his amazing family at the program, which is free and open to the public.

Hailed by The Washington Post, his book tells the riveting story of the Jewish Kulturbund, an all-Jewish performing arts ensemble maintained by the Nazis between 1933 and 1941, an ensemble that included Goldsmith's parents.

In addition, there will be a short remembrance ceremony that will involve members of the Silver Spring Presbyterian Church and Congregation Shaare Tefilah. The church and Tikvat Israel have a longstanding custom of staging a joint Yom Hashoa event, which alternates each year between the two sites.

Goldsmith served as the host of "Performance Today", National Public Radio's daily classical music program. During his tenure as host, "Performance Today" won the coveted Peabody Award for broadcasting. He currently works as program director of XM Classics for Sirius/XM Satellite Radio based in Washington, D.C.

Further details: Cantor Rochelle Helzner, 301-762-7338