Events List
Below is list of upcoming events for your site.
List of Events
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Friday, February 12, 2021
at 8:30am -
9:00am
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Facebook Live
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Description:
Sam and Regina Spiegel found love in the most unlikely of places—at a
forced labor camp in German-occupied Poland. For Gad Beck and Manfred
Lewin, their affection put the young Jewish men at a greater risk, so
they kept their forbidden relationship a secret. Even in the darkest
hours of the Holocaust, love gave many a reason to hope for a better
future, the will to survive, and inspiration to rebuild after the war.
Join United States Holocaust Memorial Museum historians on Facebook Live to learn how love became an act of resistance for people persecuted by the Nazi regime.
SpeakerDr. Lindsay MacNeill, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
ModeratorDr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Watch live at facebook.com/holocaustmuseum.
You do not need a Facebook account to view our program. After the live
broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on USHMM's Facebook page.
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Sunday, February 14, 2021
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Marriages of survivors were often based on things other than romantic love, and modeling of the expression of sexuality and intimacy in couples was not often part of family life. However, these are important factors that support our sense of vitality and more positive subjective perceptions of aging. It is important to identify factors that might help improve such perceptions, as they in turn are related to the quality of one’s adaptation to various stressors as we age.
NEXT GENERATIONS is excited to present our upcoming showcase of events – all on the digital Zoom platform.
All programs are being offered at no cost to you. However, you must register individually for each program. Space is limited, so please RSVP soon.
Register here.
For more information contact: Jenni Frumer via e-mail or by phone.
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Monday, February 15, 2021
(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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Monday, February 15, 2021
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Holocaust
Museum Houston, Houston Coalition Against Hate, Congregation Beth
Israel, and the Anti-Defamation League will collaborate on a panel
discussion on peacebuilding and combating hate and extremism.
PanelistsCarl Josehart is
an accomplished healthcare executive with over 30 years of experience.
He currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Jewish Family
Service Houston and as the Board Chair for Holocaust Museum Houston.
Past experience includes 11 years as CEO of TIRR Memorial Hermann,
leadership experience in acute care, ambulatory care and earlier in his
career as a clinical social worker. Carl’s
career has been distinguished by a commitment to social justice and
serving underserved or historically disadvantaged populations including
individuals impacted by poverty, racial, ethnic or religious
discrimination and promoting equality for the LGBTQ+ community.
Marjorie Joseph currently serves as the Executive Director for Houston Coalition Against Hate (HCAH). HCAH is a network of community-based organizations, institutions, and leaders who come together to reduce hate and encourage belonging. The Coalition is committed to addressing all incidents of hate, bias, violence, and discrimination, on the basis of a person or group’s religion, race/ethnicity, gender, gender identity/expression, abilities, age, sexual orientation, national origin, creed, immigration status, or genetic information. HCAH does this through education, research, relationship building, and prevention initiatives, as well as partnering with organizations to host events that celebrate diversity and make Houston strong.
Rabbi David Lyon
was ordained in 1990, at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion (HUC-JIR), in Cincinnati and has served as Senior Rabbi of
Congregation Beth Israel, in Houston, since 2004. Rabbi
Lyon is a Vice-President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis
(CCAR). In Houston, Rabbi Lyon is a board member of the United Way of
Greater Houston; board member of Interfaith Ministries; a member of
ADL’s Coalition for Mutual Respect; and a member of the advisory board
of Holocaust Museum Houston. He is honored to be on of Houston’s Three
Amigos with Rev. Bill Lawson and Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza.
Dena Marks
is the Senior Associate Director of the Anti-Defamation League’s
Southwest Regional Office. Her main responsibility at ADL is publicity,
but she also serves as a liaison with law enforcement, facilitates
various training sessions, coordinates regional fact finding, handles
some discrimination complaints and staffs ADL’s International Affairs
Committee and Committee on Law Enforcement, Extremism and Antisemitism.
Before joining ADL in April of 1999, she spent 21 years in television
news.
Register 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.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party could never have committed the vast scale of destruction and murder alone. In every European country that they occupied, the Nazis found willing collaborators to persecute and murder the local Jewish population. Who were these people and what were their motives for participating in one of the greatest mass atrocities of all time? During this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Dr. Efraim Zuroff, accomplished author and chief Nazi-hunter of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, will explore this subject.
Register here.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
at 5:30pm -
6:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Ferris State University invites you to join internationally renowned academics Rochelle Saidel and Sonja Hedgepeth for a webinar focused on sexual violence against women in the Holocaust.
Zoom Seminar LinkMeeting ID: 995 1182 4481Passcode: x8ZYWq
Please join Ferris State University. If you have any questions, please reach out to Kathryn Woods, Director of the Shoah Project at Ferris State University vie e-mail. Anyone with a disability who needs special accommodations to attend this program must contact 231-591-2760, 72 hours in advance. Ferris State University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. For information on the University’s non-discrimination policy, visit www.ferris.edu/non-discrimination
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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
at 10:30am -
11:30am
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education (Chhange) February Virtual Lunch & Learn Program will examine the legacy of colonialism in Rwanda and features Chhange Executive Director, Dr. Sara E. Brown.
The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda was rooted in specific historical events within and beyond the borders of the country. Prior to colonial rule, an established Rwandan kingdom contributed to a group identity based upon shared culture, language, and leadership. This talk will address the impact of colonial rule on the systems of power and influence in Rwanda and its ripple effects leading up to genocide.
Dr. Sara E. Brown has worked and conducted research in Rwanda since 2004. Her book, Gender and Genocide in Rwanda, was recently made Open Access by Routledge Publishing & Knowledge Unlatched.
Join Chhange and Dr. Brown for an important discussion about the effects of colonial rule and the lead up to genocide.
Register here.
Suggested donation of $10 for Non-Members | Click here to become a member.Your donation supports our continued efforts to connect our communities with experts and activists in the fields of Holocaust, Human Rights, and Genocide Studies.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
at 6:30pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh for a special virtual event! A two-part conversation on combating antisemitism, racial justice and moving forward in unity with NFL offensive lineman Zach Banner, MLB first baseman Josh Bell and WNBA champion Alysha Clark.
In the summer of 2020, Zach Banner, offensive tackle for the
Pittsburgh Steelers, made headlines with a viral Twitter video, where he
called for a stop to the antisemitic rhetoric and unity between
minority groups - namely the Black and Jewish communities. Since then,
Zach has formed numerous relationships within the Pittsburgh nonprofit
community, building bridges to strengthen understanding and partnership
as he found himself in a newfound role as activist.
The
history of athlete activism is rich with leaders championing human
rights, equality, racial justice and more while competing at the highest
possible level in their respective sports. Athletes across sport have
courageously fought against the status quo, often risking their careers,
endorsements and more to fight for what is right.
In
recent years athletes have spoken out most notably against police
brutality, pay inequality, racism, and antisemitism; and championed
voting rights, LGBTQA+ rights, and criminal justice among other
important causes. This event seeks to highlight the important work of
these activists and those working within local communities to champion
change.
The 90-minute program will be structured into two
parts. The first will center on the Pittsburgh community, with guests
Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue, and Jasiri X,
hip hop artist and co-founder of activist group 1Hood. The conversation
will focus on the current national and local crisis of antisemitism and
white supremacy, ongoing unified efforts in Pittsburgh to combat hate
and important tools, resources and next steps to engage more citizens in
this movement.
The second half of the event will feature
Zach alongside special guests, Washington Nationals first baseman Josh
Bell and Washington Mystics forward Alysha Clark. Together, they will
discuss the power of athlete activism, their role and responsibility in
engaging in these movements and their priorities in this work as team
leaders, national figures and community members.
The program will be moderated by Dr. Lauren Apter Bairnsfather, Director of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh.
Learn more and register here.
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Thursday, February 18, 2021
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
IWitness has created a new series of 10-minute, daily testimony-based lessons for students that support social-emotional learning and can extend student learning with Echoes & Reflections. Using testimony clips on the themes of identity, gratitude, and resilience, this webinar will model the activities that are now available for classroom use.
Register here.
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Thursday, February 18, 2021
at 4:00pm -
5:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth with Magda Teter, Professor of History and Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies at Fordham University
In 2018, the shooter at a synagogue near San Diego, referred to Simon of Trent, a child whose death in 1475 led to one of the most notorious anti-Jewish trials, to justify his desire to kill. In 2020, Italian Archbishop Ambrogio Spreafico had to issue a statement condemning a vitriolic antisemitic painting depicting the killing of Simon of Trent. While charges that Jews poisoned wells and desecrated the communion host waned over the years, the blood libel survived. Following the paper trail across Europe, from England to Italy to Poland, from the twelfth to the twentieth century, Magda Teter shows how the blood libel became rooted in European imagination and why this myth persists today.
Register here.
Presented by the Center for Jewish Studies and co-sponsored by the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Department of History, Center for Austrian Studies, Medieval Studies, & Jewish Community Relations Council: Minnesota & the Dakotas.
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Thursday, February 18, 2021
at 7:00pm -
8:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join
the University of Denver, the Holocaust Museum Houston, and the Program
in Jewish Studies at Rice University for an enlightening talk featuring
Dr. Elizabeth Campbell, associate professor of history at the
University of Denver and director of the Center for Art Collection
Ethics. The discussion will highlight her work and why the legacy of
Nazi art looting still impacts the art world today.
As
the Nazis devised and implemented the Final Solution, they also
expropriated a wide range of assets from Jews across Europe -- real
estate, investments and mobile assets. This massive theft included
several hundred thousand works of art, the result of confiscation and
forced sales within the Third Reich and in occupied territories. The
aftermath of Nazi art plunder continues to present legal and ethical
challenges in the art world, as the heirs of Jewish victims seek
restitution of looted paintings and other objects now held by museums,
galleries or private collectors.
Join
Holocaust Museum Houston as they investigate the connections between Nazi art plunder and the
Holocaust, and why this history of expropriation still matters today.
Dr.
Elizabeth Campbell is an Associate Professor of History at the
University of Denver and Director of the Center for Art Collection
Ethics. She is the author of Defending National Treasures: French Art
and Heritage under Vichy (Stanford University Press, 2011). With support
from the National Endowment for the Humanities, her forthcoming book
(Oxford University Press) examines the recovery of Nazi-looted art,
comparing restitution practices in France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
In all three cases, postwar governments held unclaimed works for display
in state-run museums, extending the dispossession of Jewish owners
wrought by the Nazis and their collaborators.
Admission is free and open to the public. Guests will receive a private Zoom link so advance registration is required.
Register here.
This
lecture is the first in a series. Details of a panel discussion on
March 9 on “Legal and Ethical Challenges in Art Collection Stewardship”
to follow.
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.
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Friday, February 19, 2021
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Blaffer Art Museum and Holocaust Museum Houston present the second of a two-part
dialogue with Simon Fujiwara, Alexandra Zapruder, and Mary Lee Webeck in
conjunction with the exhibition, Simon Fujiwara: Hope House—on view at the Blaffer through March 14, 2021.
Part 1: Friday, January 15, 12:00pm—1:00pm
Part 2: Friday, February 19, 12:00pm—1:00pm
This event is FREE and open to the public. Please register for Zoom meeting information or stream live on YouTube.
Artist Simon Fujiwara continues an artistic investigation into the
cultural legacy and expanding array of representations of Anne Frank: a
young Jewish girl who was persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime,
and who became famous posthumously as a published author for the diary
she wrote whilst in hiding during World War II. In the process, he has
uncovered numerous movies, plays, products, reconstructions of the
house, controversies and messages of hope that have collectively formed a
sprawling industry around a young girl – all of which aided her
ascension into a global icon.
Please join our panelists as they
discuss the practice and pitfalls of popularizing history for a younger
generation, and what is gained and altered in the translation. Looking
across the Hope House exhibition at the Blaffer Art Museum, the place of Anne Frank at the Holocaust Museum of Houston, and the 2002 book Salvaged Pages: Young Writers Diaries of the Holocaust,
they will discuss how the Anne Frank story has been re-formatted over
the decades, and how the new questions circulate within history and the
museum setting.
Dr. Mary Lee Webeck serves as the Holocaust and
Genocide Education Endowed Chair at The Boniuk Center for the Future of
Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Studies at the Holocaust Museum
Houston (HMH). Previously, Dr. Webeck was the Director of Education at
HMH, beginning her work at the Museum in 2006. Prior to joining the
Museum, she served on the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin
and now helps facilitate a Title 6 grant project teaching and
researching about genocide in the Middle East. Dr. Webeck is civically
engaged as a board member of several local and national institutions,
advocating for educational innovation and civic and law-focused
education.
Alexandra Zapruder curated the permanent exhibition And Still I Write: Young Diarists on War and Genocide that opened at the Holocaust Museum Houston in 2019. She wrote the acclaimed 2002 book, Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust,
which was published by Yale University Press and won the National
Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category. Zapruder also wrote and
co-produced I’m Still Here, a documentary film for young
audiences based on her book, which aired on MTV in May 2005 and was
nominated for two Emmy awards. She serves as the Education Director of
The Defiant Requiem Foundation in Washington, D.C. and also sits on the
Board of Directors for the Educators’ Institute for Human Rights, a
nonprofit that develops partnerships with teachers in post-conflict
countries to provide training in best practices on human rights,
genocide prevention, and Holocaust education.
Simon Fujiwara
is a British-Japanese artist who regularly investigates themes of
popular desire such as tourist attractions, famous icons, celebrities,
“edutainment,” and mass media. Hope House is an ongoing
exhibition built upon years of study into the legacy of Anne Frank. Her
ascension from a regular girl to a renowned historical figure provides a
case study, lens, and continuum for Fujiwara to present objects and
artworks that sample from, and survey today’s socio-political
media-scape.
Learn more about Simon Fujiwara: Hope House.
Learn more about Holocaust Museum Houston.
This public program is supported by Scott & Judy Nyquist.
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.
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Monday, February 22, 2021
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
How did the Nazis reinforce their antisemitic ideology and escalate hate? Join this Echoes & Reflections webinar to explore our updated Nazi Germany Unit, which includes an expanded lesson on the Kristallnacht Pogrom, and help students develop an understanding and draw conclusions about the rise of Nazi Germany.
What factors can lead to the breakdown of democracy in a society? How did the Nazis reinforce their antisemitic ideology and escalate hate? How was the Kristallnacht Pogrom a culmination of antisemitic Nazi policy and a turning point in the antisemitic campaign against the Jewish people? Using these “essential questions” in the new Nazi Germany Unit, coupled with testimony clips and primary sources, students will develop an understanding and draw conclusions about the rise of Nazi Germany and the Kristallnacht Pogrom. During this webinar, Deputy Project Director and co-developer of our revised lessons, Melissa Mott, will demonstrate how this critical Unit was strengthened and enhanced to support classroom instruction.
Register here.
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Monday, February 22, 2021
at 3:30pm -
4:30pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Participants will work with Holocaust theatre historian and educator, Dr. Samantha Mitschke, to look at four different stage adaptations of The Diary of Anne Frank.
Attendees will examine contemporary approaches to the Diary that encourage students to think about Anne and her story in new ways.
Register here.
Professional development and co-curricular credits will be provided.
For more information, please contact:Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director, Holocaust Resource Centeragoldber@kean.edu | 908.737.4633
Kean University1000 Morris AvenueUnion, NJ 07083www.kean.edu
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
at 1:00pm -
2:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
This presentation will focus on the differences among the generations and what is known at this point from research about the grandchildren of survivors. It will explore what Survivor families want our children and grandchildren to know and maintain; what would we like them to be able to leave behind as they move into their future.
NEXT GENERATIONS is excited to present our upcoming showcase of events – all on the digital Zoom platform.
All programs are being offered at no cost to you. However, you must register individually for each program. Space is limited, so please RSVP soon.
Register here.
For more information contact: Jenni Frumer via e-mail or by phone.
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