The book recounts the “terrifying” time in which Fisch grew up, as Poland was caught between Nazis in Germany and state-sponsored violence from the Soviet Union.
Arts & Culture
Huge ‘World Mandala’ on display at Everson Museum, anchoring Common Ground exhibit
Common Ground is on display at the Everson through April 3.
Syracuse Kwanzaa celebrators hold up Nguzo Saba, or Seven Principles (Photo of the Week)
The “Nguzo Saba,” or Seven Principles, were the center the Southwest Community Center’s Kwanzaa celebration.
People, performances, photos: Looking back at 2022 in Central New York
Read some of our best journalism from 2022 on the arts and culture beat.
Syracuse’s annual Christmas bureau event distributes food, toys to 10,000 families
Volunteers distributed toys, books and food to income-eligible families during Salvation Army’s Christmas Bureau Distribution Day earlier this week.
Unchained ‘GIFT gang’ ensures Syracuse children with parents behind bars get Christmas presents
Unchained, a local Syracuse-based nonprofit ushers in the holiday season with its fifth annual Giving to Incarcerated Families Together (G.I.F.T) Gang Wrapping party days before Christmas.
Everson Museum hosts menorah, dreidel making workshop to celebrate Hanukkah
The workshop was featured during the museum’s “Festival of Trees and Light,” which runs through Dec. 17.
Syracuse food pantry, volunteers distribute 100s of boxes to New American families
Tai Shaw, who runs a food pantry from the back of his business CNY Uniforms Plus in Syracuse, oversaw the distribution of hundreds of boxes of food this weekend, mostly to New American families.
CNY Arts’ holiday ballet returns to Syracuse this weekend
CNY Arts’ performs its original holiday production, Dasher’s Magical Gift in Syracuse, this weekend.
United Way of Central New York delivers 1,000 care packages
United Way of Central New York is completing its 2022 CNY Care Package Project this week with the delivery of more than 1,000 boxes.




