by George J Elbaum

My very first talk was on Yom Hashoah ten years ago, April 10, 2010, organized by MIT Hillel at the Boston Holocaust Memorial.  It was a painful experience, but immediately afterwards I was encouraged by the audience to “Keep doing this!”, and today, 10 years later, this is my 260^th talk.  It was organized by Seattle’s Holocaust Center for Humanity as part of its Yom Hashoah commemoration.  Of necessity it, was presented online via video Zoom because of the currently ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  On the other hand, being online made it much easier to attend than a physical event, and the Zoom tally showed an audience of 500+.