Events List
Below is list of upcoming events for your site.
List of Events
-
Sunday, November 28, 2021
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
-
Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
-
Location:
Webinar
-
Description:
This program is about the exile of Italian Jews to America. Fleeing Mussolini’s racial laws, roughly two thousand Italian Jews landed in America in the 1930s and 40s. They didn’t fit in with either the Italian-American community or the Jewish-American community, yet many Italian Jewish refugees became leaders in their professions and productive contributors to American life.
Registration for this program will open at a later date. Click here.
Meet the PanelDr. Natalia Indrimi is an expert on Italy during the Holocaust. She is the director of the Centro Primo Levi in New York and previously was director of programs at the Center for Jewish History.
She has coordinated research projects and conferences on many aspects
of Fascism and the persecution of the Jews in Italy presented by
institutions including New York University, Columbia University, the New
School, CUNY, the United Nations, the Library of Congress, the Italian
Cultural Institute, and the New York Public Library.
Gianna Pontecorboli was born in Camogli (Genoa) and graduated in Economics at the
University of Genoa in 1968. She then embarked on a career in journalism
in Milan, working for Editoriale Domus and Rizzoli. After moving to New
York in 1979 she became a US and UN correspondent for various Italian
newspapers and director of Radio 105 in New York. She is now a
correspondent for the Swiss paper Il Corriere del Ticino and Lettera22 of Italy. Her book America Nuova Terra Promessa was published in Italian by Brioschi Editore in 2013 and then in English with the title Americordo by CPL Editions in 2016.
Massimo Calabresi is Time magazine’s
Washington Bureau Chief. He leads a team of editors and writers
responsible for news, features and investigations on American politics
and policy. Calabresi joined Time’s DC bureau in 1999 and has
covered the CIA, the State Department, the Justice Department, the
Treasury Department, Congress and the White House. He was the magazine’s
senior investigative correspondent from 2013-17. He covered the wars in
Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo as Time’s Central Europe bureau
chief from 1995-99 and the collapse of the Soviet Union and its
aftermath as a freelancer in Moscow from 1991-93.
Annalisa Capristo writes
about the effects of the anti-Semitic Fascist laws on Italian academia
and Italian culture, the reactions of Jewish and non-Jewish
intellectuals (Italian and foreign) to the persecution, and the
the flight of Jewish scholars from Italy. She holds a postgraduate
degree from the Vatican School of Library Sciences. Her books include L’espulsione degli ebrei dalle accademie italiane, Il registro; La
cacciata degli ebrei dallo Stato italiano nei protocolli della Corte
dei Conti, 1938–43 and Il razzismo del duce: Mussolini dal ministero
dell’Interno alla Repubblica sociale italiana. She co-edited Let Our Music be Played: Italian Jewish Musicians and Composers under Fascism.
-
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
-
Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
-
Location:
Zoom
-
Description:
A number of Americans — Quakers, Unitarians, secular people, Jews — traveled to points around the globe to offer relief, and to rescue victims of Nazi Germany. Exploring the derring-do and the daily grind of these intrepid souls, Debórah Dwork opens a window on the role of the unpredictable and the irrational.
Debórah Dwork is renowned for her scholarship on Holocaust history and a leading authority in this field. Her award-winning books include Children With A Star; Flight from the Reich; Auschwitz; and Holocaust. In 2020, Dwork received the International Network of Genocide Scholars Lifetime Achievement Award.
PD hours and Co-Curricular credits will be provided.
Register here.
-
Thursday, December 2, 2021
at 11:00am -
12:30pm
-
Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
-
Location:
Microsoft Teams
-
Description:
The virtual panel discussion Ethics, Justice and the Holocaust will consider the issue of medical ethics during, and in response to, the Holocaust. The panelists will discuss educational initiatives that draw on the history of the Holocaust to develop ethical leadership in the contemporary context.
The event marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Doctors Trial (9 December 1946) and the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December).
Dr. Patricia Heberer Rice (Moderator), Senior Historian, Division of the Senior Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Herwig Czech, Professor of History of Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Department of Ethics, Collections and History of Medicine
Stacy Gallin, Founder and Director, Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust
Avi Omer, Founder, Social Excellence Forum
Stephen D. Smith, Finci-Viterbi Endowed Executive Director, USC Shoah Foundation
Hedy S. Wald, Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Register here.
-
Sunday, December 5, 2021
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
-
Calendar:
Workshops
-
Location:
Zoom
-
Description:
This presentation will explore the defining motivations and motifs that fuel the phenomenon of antisemitism. It will focus in particular on (1) antisemitism’s claim to the word of Truth, (2) variations on the theme of blood libel and bloodshed, and (3) antisemitism’s stake in purification and redemption.
Register here.
David Patterson
holds the Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair in Holocaust Studies
at the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at
Dallas, and is a Senior Research Fellow for the Institute for the Study
of Global Antisemitsm and Policy (ISGAP). He is a former commissioner of the
former Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission and a member of the Executive
Board of the Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the
Churches. He has lectured at universities on six continents and
throughout the United States. A winner of the National Jewish Book
Award, the Koret Jewish Book Award, and the Holocaust Scholars’
Conference Eternal Flame Award, he has published 40 books and more than
240 articles, essays, and book chapters on antisemitism, the Holocaust,
and Jewish studies. His most recent books are "Judaism, Antisemitism,
Holocaust: Making the Connections" (Cambridge, forthcoming), "Shoah and
Torah" (Routledge, forthcoming), "Portraits: Elie Wiesel’s Hasidic
Legacy" (SUNY, 2021), "The Holocaust and the Non-Representable" (SUNY,
2018), and "Anti-Semitism and Its Metaphysical Origins" (Cambridge,
2015).
-
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
at 4:30pm -
6:30pm
-
Calendar:
Workshops
-
Location:
N/A
-
Description:
Are you a K-12 educator looking for guidance on how to incorporate Holocaust curriculum into your classroom? If so, please join the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio for a special teacher workshop to help prepare you for Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week 2022.
For Educators Grades K-4
In preparation for Texas Holocaust Memorial Education Week (January 24-28, 2022), learn how to utilize picture books and other literature to build foundations for future learning about the Holocaust and connect with character education TEKS. The focus will be on "grab and go" lesson plans. All educators who complete the 2-hour workshop will receive 2 State of Texas CPE hours.
For Educators Grades 5-12
In preparation for Texas Holocaust Memorial Education Week (January 24-28, 2022), join a panel of local educators to learn best practices, tools, and resources for incorporating the Holocaust curriculum into your upper elementary, middle, or high school classroom. All educators who complete the 2-hour workshop will receive 2 State of Texas CPE hours.
Register here.
-
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
-
Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
-
Location:
Zoom
-
Description:
In 1951, the Civil Rights Congress mobilized its members to bring forth a petition to the newly created United Nations, listing the decades of crimes committed against the American Black community. The movement, We Charge Genocide, was meant to draw attention and end the policies that had disenfranchised Black America. Instead, it was ignored.
This Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota panel will shed light on the efforts to use international law to challenge systemic racism, why it failed, and how groups are carrying the torch of the movement that was launched 70 years ago this month.
Register here.
Presented by the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies. Paid for in part with funds from the Wexler Fund for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
-
Friday, December 10, 2021
at 10:00am -
5:00pm
-
Calendar:
Exhibits
-
Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
-
Description:
On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year, Holocaust Museum Houston will celebrate Human Rights Day with free general admission.
Thanks to the generosity of Perry Homes Foundation, admission includes access to HMH’s Holocaust, Human Rights, Diaries and Samuel Bak galleries along with entry to the featured exhibitions, Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare and Speaking Up! Confronting Hate Speech.
Schedule of Events
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Museum Educator Q&A
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Bilingual Story Time
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Curator Talk
11:30 a.m. – Noon Arts and Crafts
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Holocaust Survivor Talk
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Bilingual Story Time
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Special Matinee Film Screening: “Trumbo”
Please note: Face masks are required for all guests ages 2 and up. Complimentary masks are available at the Security desk
Reserve tickets here.
All Holocaust Museum Houston programs and education initiatives are dependent upon philanthropic support. Please consider making a gift today to ensure the Museum can continue offering quality educational experiences.
-
Monday, December 13, 2021
at 4:30pm -
6:00pm
-
Calendar:
Workshops
-
Location:
Zoom
-
Description:
Join the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission for the first of two webinars aimed at helping educators understand what resources are available for Holocaust Remembrance Week.
This first webinar will focus on the available resources from the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC), Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio (HMMSA), and the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum (DHHRM) that can be
used during the 3rd Annual Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week (January
24-28, 2022).
This webinar will be an information session with brief presentations from:
J.E. Wolfson, PhD, Director of Education, Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory CommissionJessica Hanshaw, Program and Collections Specialist, Holocaust Memorial Museum of San AntonioCharlotte Decoster, PhD, Ackerman Family Director of Education, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
All Texas educators are welcome to attend, however content will be
mainly directed at educators of grades 6-12. Each presenter will
describe their available classroom resources. Panelists will be
available to answer your questions regarding Holocaust Remembrance Week
during a Q&A.
Register here.PLEASE USE YOUR SCHOOL/DISTRICT E-MAIL ADDRESS WHEN REGISTERING FOR THIS WEBINAR.
-
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
at 4:30pm -
6:00pm
-
Calendar:
Workshops
-
Location:
Zoom
-
Description:
Join the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory
Commission for the second of two webinars aimed at helping educators
understand what resources are available for Holocaust Remembrance Week.
This second webinar will focus on the available resources from the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC), the El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center (EPHM), and Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) that can be
used during the 3rd Annual Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week (January
24-28, 2022).
This webinar will be an information session with brief presentations from:
J.E. Wolfson, PhD, Director of Education, Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory CommissionJamie Flores, Executive Director, El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study CenterWendy Warren, MEd, Director of Education, Holocaust Museum Houston
All Texas educators are welcome to attend, however content will be
mainly directed at educators of grades 6-12. Each presenter will
describe their available classroom resources. Panelists will be
available to answer your questions regarding Holocaust Remembrance Week
during a Q&A.
Register here.PLEASE USE YOUR SCHOOL/DISTRICT E-MAIL ADDRESS WHEN REGISTERING FOR THIS WEBINAR.
-
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
at 10:30am -
11:30am
-
Calendar:
Workshops
-
Location:
Zoom
-
Description:
Join the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education for their December Lunch & Learn featuring Tali Nates, founder and Executive Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC). Tali will discuss her personal journey and the unique case of Holocaust and genocide memory in South Africa, the interwoven legacies of colonialism and Apartheid, and the decade-long journey to create this unique museum.
Register here.
Suggested $10 donation with admission. Free to Chhange members, Brookdale Faculty, Staff & Students.
Tali Nates is the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and chair of the South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation. She is a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust education, genocide prevention, reconciliation and human rights. She has published articles and contributed chapters to many books, among them God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors (2015), Remembering The Holocaust in Educational Settings (2018) and Conceptualizing Mass Violence, Representations, Recollections, and Reinterpretations (2021). In 2010, Tali was chosen as one of the top 100 newsworthy and noteworthy women in South Africa, by the Mail & Guardian. Born to a family of Holocaust survivors, her father and uncle were saved by Oskar Schindler. The rest of the family was murdered.
-
Friday, December 24, 2021
(all day)
-
Calendar:
General
-
Location:
N/A
-
Description:
The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office
will be closed.
-
Saturday, December 25, 2021
(all day)
-
Calendar:
General
-
Location:
N/A
-
Description:
Merry Christmas!
Mini Calendar
|
←
|
November 2021
|
→
|
| S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
·
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
6
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
21
|
22
|
|
24
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
29
|
|
·
|
·
|
·
|
·
|
Calendars
Events by Month
