Events List
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List of Events
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
at 9:00am -
10:00am
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Recent surveys have shown that historical knowledge of the Holocaust is in decline, while related dis- and misinformation is on the rise. Simultaneously, research suggests a connection between students’ positive attitudes towards human rights and activism and their exposure to Holocaust education. Marking the anniversary of the November 1938 Pogrom, UNESCO and the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme will organize an online discussion to examine the implications of recent surveys about Holocaust education and possible responses to the challenges and opportunities they raise.
Speakers:
Debórah Dwork, Founding Director, The Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center – CUNY, United States
Stuart Foster, Executive Director of the Center for Holocaust Education, University College London, United Kingdom
Elke Gryglewski, Head of the Educational Department, Memorial and Educational Site House of the Wannsee Conference, Germany
Yael Siman, Associate Professor at the Department of Social and Political Science, Iberoamericana University, Mexico City, Mexico
Gretchen Skidmore, Director, Education Initiatives, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, United States
The event will be introduced by Maher Nasser, Director of the Outreach Division of the UN Department of Global Communications and Cecilia Barbieri, Chief of the Section of Global Citizenship and Peace Education at UNESCO. It will include a presentation by Tracey Petersen, Manager, Education Outreach Section, The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, UN Department of Global Communications and will be moderated by Karel Fracapane, Programme Specialist, Section for Global Citizenship and Peace Education, UNESCO. Register here.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
at 9:30am -
10:30am
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Workshops
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Webinar
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Description:
Join Echoes & Reflections for this special program with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, a network of historic sites, museums, and memory initiatives that connects past struggles to today’s movements for human rights, educators will learn how to use the lessons of history as a vehicle for change and help students to mobilize memory into action.
How can history be a vehicle for change and inspiration for students? How can educators provoke and promote action? In this special program with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, a network of historic sites, museums, and memory initiatives that connects past struggles to today’s movements for human rights, facilitators will engage in dialogue and provide empathy building skills to mobilize memory into action for students.
Echoes & Reflections delivers value to both experienced Holocaust educators and for teachers new to Holocaust education..
Register here.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
at 10:00am -
11:00am
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
This is the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University's final F'20 colloquium with a particularly distinguished scholar, Professor Atina Grossmann, whose work has repeatedly reshaped the field.
Like all of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies' colloquia, this event is based on (1) pre-circulated texts that everyone is asked to read prior to the meeting. Their guest will (2) give a introduction to the work, also situating it in the broader literature and highlighting some of the key insights. They will then (3) jump right into the discussions and address all of the questions that participants may have. Towards the end of the colloquium, they will (4) shift focus and give participants an opportunity to benefit from our guest's expertise by encouraging everyone to ask questions about their own research and work.
Register here.
Organized by Appalachian State University's Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies, the programs are co-sponsored by ASU Departments of History, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Literatures, Languages and Cultures, the German Program, and the Peace and Genocide Education Club.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
at 4:00pm -
5:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
Teaching about the Holocaust is a useful pathway to commemorate and educate about past genocides and events occurring in the world today such as human rights violations. During this webinar, led by a facilitator from the USC Shoah Foundation, participants will explore the Echoes & Reflections Teaching about Genocide resource, and gain tools for teaching about genocide using testimony and other primary source materials.
Echoes & Reflections delivers value to both experienced Holocaust educators and for teachers new to Holocaust education.
Register here.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
As a community dedicated to the welfare of all of its citizens, the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College remembers the events of November 9, 1938, also known as the Night of Broken Glass.
Stephan Lewy was born in Berlin and escaped to France in 1940.
Eventually, he made his way to the United States and became one of
“Ritchie Boys” (ex-pat Germans who became part of Army Intelligence) in
Patton’s Army. In November 1938, Stephan survived Kristallnacht. Stephan has been a long-time partner in the work of the Cohen Center. The Stephan Lewy Fund honors Stephan’s legacy and witness and provides support for presentations at the annual Kristallnacht Commemoration.
This online event is free and open to the public.
Register here.
The Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies advances the public liberal arts mission of Keene State College through Holocaust and genocide education, inspiring students and other citizens to take responsibility for promoting human dignity and civic responsibility while confronting the escalating violence that leads to atrocity and genocide.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Commemorations
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join Dr. Peter Hayes for the 12th Frederick M. Schweitzer Lecture, November 1938 as a Turning Point?. Dr. Hayes’ talk will focus on the November 1938 incident known as Kristallnacht, when Nazis in Germany set fire to synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools, and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. In the aftermath of Kristallnacht, also called the “Night of Broken Glass,” approximately 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps. There will be a short performance by the West Point Jewish Chapel Choir before the lecture.
Peter Hayes, Ph.D.Dr. Hayes is a Professor of History and German and Theodore Zev Weiss Holocaust Educational Foundation Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University, where he taught from 1980 to 2016. He specializes in the histories of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust and, in particular, in the conduct of the nation’s largest corporations during the Third Reich. Dr. Hayes is the author or editor of 13 books and a multiple prize-winning teacher, he served as chair of the Academic Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from 2014 to 2019.
This year’s Kristallnacht commemoration is co-sponsored by the Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College; the Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College; and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at West Point Academy.
Register here.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The conversation will take place on the online platform Zoom. A link to join will be sent to registered guests via email one hour before the start of the program.
Join Dr. Charlotte Decoster, Director of Education at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, for
a discussion on the development of modern human rights in the immediate
aftermath of the Holocaust and World War II. This talk will highlight
key figures, such as Eleanor Roosevelt, who answered the call for
universal human rights in the late 1940s, as well as groundbreaking
documents like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Then, learn
more about the impact of this change in human rights history from the
1950s to today.
The History Highlights series features Holocaust and human rights
topics presented by Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum historians and educators. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. This program is recommended for high school students and adults.
About Dr. Charlotte DecosterDr. Charlotte Decoster is the Director of Education for the Dallas
Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. An experienced educator, she has
researched, taught, and written on Holocaust history. She holds a PhD in
History from the University of North Texas. She regularly speaks on the
Holocaust, children and child rescue during the Holocaust, and in Nazi
Germany. She has travelled throughout the U.S. to give talks on Anne
Frank and child rescue during the Holocaust.
Register here.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
(all day)
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
N/A
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Description:
The THGAAC office will be closed.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
at 1:00pm -
2:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Zoom Conversations hosted by the Martin-Springer Institute of
Northern Arizona University will feature four speakers over the course
of October - December focusing on the theme "Representing Past Evils and
Trauma: Four Perspectives on Holocaust Museums".
Representing the Holocaust in Post-Apartheid South Africa, JohannesburgTali NatesFounder and Director of Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Center
Events are free and open to the public. Preregistration is required and access here.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
In 2018, Yoni discovered testimony his grandfather, Zygmunt (Ziggy) Litwok, a Holocaust survivor, had provided to the Shoah Foundation. Ziggy described that after the Nazis invaded his hometown of Dziedzice, Poland, the Jews were notified that the synagogue would be destroyed. Late that night, they snuck into the synagogue, took the Torah scrolls to the local Jewish cemetery, and hid them.
Ziggy wanted to go back and recover the hidden Torah scrolls. However, he did not have the opportunity prior to his sudden passing in 2002. After hearing this story, Yoni embarked on a journey to see if he could trace his Papa’s roots and find the hidden Torah. Through a series of improbable events and remarkable people, Yoni found himself in Poland, learning more about his family than he could have ever imagined.
Join Yoni Litwok as he takes you on "The Quest for a Hidden Torah" -- a story of incredible perseverance and revelation.
Yoni Litwok
Yoni was born in Israel and raised in Marlboro, New Jersey. He graduated
from Brandeis University as an Economics major, and after a brief Wall
Street career, switched paths and attended Rutgers New Jersey Medical
School. Yoni is currently completing his Cardiology Fellowship at
Northwell Health in Long Island, New York.
Register here.
3GNY Stories Live: WEDU Wednesdays take place every other Wednesday at 8:00 pm ET. In this virtual series, grandchildren of Holocaust survivors share their family stories with us. You'll also learn more about their educational initiative, WEDU, which trains 3Gs to learn and share their family stories in school classrooms. View past WEDU Wednesday speaker presentations on their YouTube channel.
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
at 9:30am -
10:45am
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Calendar:
Exhibits
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College and explore the hiding place of Anne Frank and her family in virtual reality.
This guided tour will provide an extraordinary view into the Secret Annex where Anne Frank and the seven other people hid during World War II. During this program, you will also have the opportunity to hear testimony from two Holocaust survivors, Maud Dahme, a hidden child in the Netherlands during the Holocaust, and Tova Friedman a child survivor of Auschwitz.
Register here.
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College and Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center present the second event in the 2020-21 Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC)/National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Colloquium.
The development of the German concentration camp system reveals how ruling parties engineer mass detention of civilians without trial. While the horrors of Nazi extermination camps remain unique in history, the first several years of German concentration camps parallel how governments in other places and times have adopted mass detention for similar political purposes. What gives rise to camps, why has their use expanded exponentially in the last decade, and what strategies have been successful in opposing them?
Andrea Pitzer is the author of "One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps," among other books. Andrea’s writing has appeared many places in print and online, from The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, The Daily Beast, Vox, and Slate to GQ and Lapham’s Quarterly.
Register here.
Presented in partnership with the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center.
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
This program is being delivered in collaboration with the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education at Chapman University. This program will highlight key Echoes & Reflections resources and content to support the 22nd Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest theme, Sharing Strength: Sustaining Humanity. How do we create impactful and thoughtful learning of the Holocaust with students? Through our signature professional development program, participants explore and gain access to a range of classroom content and consider instructional enhancements to support students' study and reflection of the history of the Holocaust and its ongoing meaning in the world today. Educators enhance their own knowledge about the Holocaust, including the history of antisemitism, and build confidence and capacity to teach this complex subject.
Echoes & Reflections delivers value to both experienced Holocaust educators and for teachers new to Holocaust education.
Register here.
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
Join Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel (ASBI) Chicago and
The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP)
for a discussion with ISGAP Senior Research Fellow and ASBI Member Dr.
Ellen Cannon and ISGAP Executive Director, Dr. Charles Asher Small.
DR. ELLEN CANNON has
been a Professor of Political Science and Jewish Studies at Northeastern
Illinois University since 1978. She received a Ph.D. from the
University of Massachusetts and a B.A. SUNY at Stony Brook. She is a
graduate of the 2019 ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute. Recent
Publications include, “Contemporary Jewish Politics and Historiography:
The Case of the BDS Movement,” in Dean Phillip Bell (ed.) THE ROUTLEDGE
COMPANION TO JEWISH History and Historiography, (2019); “The BDS and
Anti-BDS Movements: Propaganda War vs. Interest Group Articulation,”
JEWISH POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW (Fall, 2019); more than 400 news
articles on terrorism and catastrophic disasters. PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS: Faculty of the Wexner Heritage Program; The Academic
Engagement Network (AEN); Board Member of the American Jewish Committee;
Vice President of the American Jewish Congress Midwest Region,
1985-2005; Faculty Advisory Board of the Midwest Israeli Consulate;
Academic Advisory Board of the Jewish Legal Program at DePaul
University; The Jewish Advisory Board of the Jewish Federation of
Chicago; the Board of the Chicago Jewish Day School. Lectures and
Speaking Engagement Topics include American Jewish Politics, US-Israel
Foreign Relations, the Ideologies of the Far Right and the Far Left, the
Threat of the BDS Movement Nationally and Internationally.
Her topic and area of concentration as
an IGAP Senior Research Fellow will be: “Combating Antisemitic Domestic
Terrorism: Federal, State, and local responses and challenges.”
DR. CHARLES ASHER SMALL is
the Founder and Executive Director of ISGAP, and a Research Scholar at
St. Antony’s College, Oxford University. Dr. Small is a prominent
scholar and public speaker, specializing in the fields of contemporary
antisemitism, including the delegitimization of Israel and notions of
Jewish Peoplehood, social and cultural theory, globalization and
national identity, social movements, Political Islam, and racism(s) –
including antisemitism(s).
Charles convened groundbreaking
academic seminar series in the emerging field of contemporary
antisemitism studies at Columbia University, Fordham University, Harvard
University, McGill University, National University of Kyiv Mohyla
Academy, Kyiv, Sapienza University, Rome, the Sorbonne and the CNRS,
Paris, Stanford University, University of Miami, Yale University, as
well as an academic training program for professors at Hertford College,
St. John’s College, and St. Antony’s College, Oxford.
Charles is the author of books and
articles including the six Volume “Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of
Modernity” (Brill and ISGAP); “The Yale Papers: Antisemitism in
Comparative Perspective”, ISGAP (2015); “Antisemitism in Comparative
Perspective: Volume Two”, ISGAP (2016); “The ISGAP Papers: Antisemitism
in Comparative Perspective: Volume Three”, ISGAP (2018) and “Social
Theory – a Historical Analysis of Canadian Socio-cultural Policies Race
and the Other”, Eleven International Publishers (2013); Charles is
committed to creating scholarly programming and research on contemporary
antisemitism at top tier universities internationally, and establishing
contemporary antisemitism studies as a recognized academic discipline.
Register here.
ISGAP is committed to fighting antisemitism on the battlefield of ideas. ISGAP is dedicated to scholarly research into the origins, processes, and manifestations of global antisemitism and of other forms of prejudice, including various forms of racism, as they relate to policy in an age of globalization. On the basis of this examination of antisemitism and policy, ISGAP disseminates analytical and scholarly materials to help combat hatred and promote understanding.
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
at 7:30pm -
8:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
https://www.bethyeshurun.org/barg-sanctuary
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Description:
At age 38, Jennifer Teege
happened to pluck a library book from the shelf and discovered a
horrifying fact: her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi
commandant depicted in Schindler's List. Reviled as the "butcher of
Płaszów," Goeth was executed in 1946. The more Teege learned about him,
the more certain she became: if her grandfather had met her - a black
woman - he would have killed her.
Join Congregation Beth Yeshurun & Holocaust Museum Houston for two events, open to the community, as they meet Jennifer Teege and explore her work:
Thursday, November 12th at 7:30pm:
Former Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Committee commissioner Rabbi Brian Strauss will discuss with Jennifer Teege her discovery, her
search for her family, and her recovery. Congregation Beth Yeshurun will broadcast their
conversation to their Beth Yeshurun website and to their YouTube Channel.
Monday, November 23rd at 12:00pm:
Once you've read the book, join them for a book club discussion as they
discuss her story in the context of their theme for the year: overcoming
challenges. If you are interested in participating in this discussion, please register here to get the Zoom link in your confirmation email.
Please watch this short book trailer to learn more about her story.
This event is being co-sponsored by Holocaust Museum Houston.
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