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List of Events

New Year's Day (Office Closed)   View Event

  • Friday, January 1, 2021 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  N/A
  • Description:  The THGAAC office will be closed.

A Survivor's Liberation Experience   View Event

  • Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  Echoes & Reflections invites teachers and their students to participate and hear from Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, author of Four Perfect Pebbles, a Scholastic Book recommended for grades 6-12. While Europe and the US celebrated the end of WWII, those who survived the Holocaust had the difficult and painful task of picking up the pieces and rebuilding after liberation. During this webinar, participants will hear a first-hand account of liberation and begin to understand how survivors contemplated life after the Holocaust. Please direct your students to register using the Student Registration Form. Teachers and all other non-students may register with the link below. Register here. Echoes & Reflections delivers value to both experienced Holocaust educators and for teachers new to Holocaust education.

2021 Friends of THGAAC Student Contests in Poetry & Visual Arts Open   View Event

  • Wednesday, January 6, 2021 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Grants & Contests
  • Location:  N/A
  • Description:  This year's theme is Sites of Memory. Each submission must be accompanied by the electronic application, parent/guardian permission form, and honesty clause form. All entries are due by 4:00 PM CDT on Friday, April 30, 2021. Learn more about the annual contests here. The contest results will be announced in the spring. Each middle school winner will receive a monetary award of $250, and each high school winner will receive a monetary award of $500, generously funded by the Friends of Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Committee. Contact Cheyanne Perkins with any questions via e-mail or 512.463.5674.

HMMSA Elementary Holocaust Education Workshop   View Event

  • Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio (HMMSA) invites educators to join them for one of three virtual teacher workshops on Zoom to prepare for Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week. All educators who complete a workshop will receive two State of Texas CPE hours and a professional development package including Our Voices, Our Lives, a book for the classroom about local survivors. This workshop will provide a basic Holocaust history for elementary age students with a focus on tolerance, empathy, & pedagogy for grades K-5. HMMSA will provide lessons & ideas for Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week. Cost is $20 per registrant. Register here.

HMMSA Secondary Holocaust Education Workshop   View Event

  • Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio (HMMSA) invites educators to join them for one of three virtual teacher workshops on Zoom to prepare for Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week. All educators who complete a workshop will receive two State of Texas CPE hours and a professional development package including Our Voices, Our Lives, a book for the classroom about local survivors. This two-hour workshop will provide a basic Holocaust history for secondary age students with a focus on tolerance, empathy, & pedagogy for grades 6-12. Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio will provide lessons and ideas for Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week. Cost is $20 per registrant. Register here.

DocsTeach in the Classroom: International Holocaust Remembrance Day   View Event

  • Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  Join the National Archives and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for a webinar on American responses to the refugee crisis and to the Holocaust in the 1930s and 1940s. In preparation for International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), this webinar will include a presentation on the history of Holocaust refugees and American policy; a demonstration using DocsTeach.org to locate primary sources and explore teaching activities; and an examination of three case studies drawing on records from the National Archives and the Americans and the Holocaust exhibit at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This professional development webinar, which will cover the same material on two different dates and times, will be particularly valuable to teachers of English and Language Arts and Social Studies. Register here. Please note that registration will close the day before the webinar.

Planning for 2021 Holocaust Remembrance Week   View Event

  • Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 4:00pm - 5:10pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Committee, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, and Holocaust Museum Houston for a panel discussion about the available resources at each institution that can be used during the 2nd Annual Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week (January 25-29, 2021). This webinar will be an information session with brief presentations from: J.E. Wolfson, PhD, Director of Education, Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory CommitteeCharlotte Decoster, PhD, Ackerman Family Director of Education, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights MuseumJulie Tzucker, MEd, Director of Jewish Engagement and Learning, Holocaust Memorial Museum of San AntonioWendy 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. Space is limited. View the webinar here. Register here.

THGAAC Non-Profit Grant Winter 2020 Cycle Closes   View Event

  • Monday, January 11, 2021 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Grants & Contests
  • Location:  N/A
  • Description:  N/A

2021 Dr. Steinberger Outstanding Educator Award of $1,000 Opens   View Event

  • Monday, January 11, 2021 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Grants & Contests
  • Location:  N/A
  • Description:  The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Committee (THGAAC) is firmly committed to supporting efforts to teach the next generation about the Holocaust and/or genocides in the Ottoman Empire, Cambodia, Rwanda, the Balkans, Sudan (Darfur), and the Middle East (Iraq and Syria). In 2021, the THGAAC will present a monetary award of $1,000 to one educator who demonstrates a record of excellence in engaging any of the aforementioned subjects with Texas students (grades 6-12). Librarians, curriculum specialists, and classroom teachers in any discipline are eligible to apply. The deadline for submission is 4:00 P.M. C.D.T. Friday, April 30, 2021; the award winner will be notified in the spring. Download our flyer for a quick reference to all the details. Learn more about the contest here. Dr. Steinberger is a Holocaust survivor and served as a founding member of the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Committee. She retired from the University of Texas Medical School in 2001, but has continued to demonstrate a commitment to education in Texas.

Antisemitism in the Arab World: Roots, Reasons and Prospects for a Solution   View Event

  • Monday, January 11, 2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) for a groundbreaking seminar series entirely in Arabic (with simultaneous English interpretation). SpeakerAhdeya Al-Sayed, Chair, Board of Directors, Bahraini Journalists Association ConvenerDr. Ramy Aziz, Research Fellow on the Middle East and Arab Affairs, ISGAP Register here.

Isolation and Social Death in Nazi Germany   View Event

  • Monday, January 11, 2021 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  Join the San Antonio Public Library and the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio for the 9th Annual Holocaust Learn & Remember. This year's series will run from January 4-31, 2021 and will feature an online exhibit, online programs, take and make kits, a Holocaust Remembrance Walk and more. This year's theme is Discrimination and Isolation During the Holocaust. Jews in Germany experienced extreme isolation under the Third Reich, to the extent that historians have labeled it as social death. Learn about the isolation experienced by Jews from Texas A&M San Antonio Professor of History & THGAAC Commissioner Dr. Edward B. Westermann. Register here. Click here to see a full schedule of events for this year's Holocaust Learn & Remember.

Isolation and Social Death in Nazi Germany   View Event

  • Monday, January 11, 2021 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  Join the San Antonio Public Library and the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio for the 9th Annual Holocaust Learn & Remember. This year's series will run from January 4-31, 2021 and will feature an online exhibit, online programs, take and make kits, a Holocaust Remembrance Walk and more. This year's theme is Discrimination and Isolation During the Holocaust. Jews in Germany experienced extreme isolation under the Third Reich, to the extent that historians have labeled it as social death. Learn about the isolation experienced by Jews from Texas A&M San Antonio Professor of History & THGAAC Commissioner Dr. Edward B. Westermann. Register here. Click here to see a full schedule of events for this year's Holocaust Learn & Remember.

Movie Monday Film Discussion: The Pianist   View Event

  • Monday, January 11, 2021 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  On Monday, January 11 at 7:00 PM CST, the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum will be discussing The Pianist. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson, the museum’s Chief Education, Programs, and Exhibitions Officer, and Dr. Galit Gertsenzon, pianist, music historian, and educator at Ball State University. It is advised that you view the film prior to attending the discussion. Register here.

Critical Contemporary Antisemitism Studies: A Framework for Analysis   View Event

  • Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 8:30am - 9:30am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) for its Research Fellows Seminar Series on Fighting Antisemitism on the Battefield of Ideas. SpeakerDr. Charles Asher Small, Executive Director, ISGAP; Research Scholar, St. Antony's College, Oxford Register here.

Lost Narratives: The Holocaust, Antisemitism and Ethno-Religious Violence in the Ex-Yugoslavia   View Event

  • Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) for a groundbreaking seminar series entirely in Spanish (with simultaneous English interpretation). SpeakerDr. Matthew Hone, Professor, Stockton University ConvenerDr. Pedro González, Visiting Professor, University of Texas at Dallas; Research Fellow, ISGAP Register here.