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Thursday, July 1, 2021
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Women were often at the very heart of resistance, whether spiritual, cultural or armed. In this webinar, Echoes & Reflections will focus on the role of women, especially the part they played in armed resistance. It is a story of incredible bravery exhibited by a group of Jewish girls and women. This story largely remained unknown as it was often overshadowed by other accounts of armed resistance in the ghettos of Europe, but it is now coming to light in the new bestseller, The Light of Days. Sheryl Ochayon, Project Director of Echoes & Reflections at Yad Vashem, will tell these women’s stories.
Register here.
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Thursday, July 1, 2021
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
In the third session of this series, the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum will expand our geographic
scope and look at antisemitism on a global scale, with a particular
focus on antisemitism in Europe. In the past two decades, there has been
a distinct increase in antisemitic rhetoric from governments and
political parties, in the destruction of Jewish cemeteries, and in
violent antisemitic attacks. Who is participating in the rise of global
antisemitism, what accounts for it, and what can we expect to see in the
future?
About the PanelistsDr. Günther Jikeli, a historian and sociologist with
a particular interest in the study of antisemitism, holds the Erna B.
Rosenfeld Professorship at the Institute for the Study of Contemporary
Antisemitism/Borns Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University. He is
an associate professor at Germanic Studies and Jewish Studies. He is the
recipient of the Raoul Wallenberg Prize in Human Rights and Holocaust
Studies (2013). Jikeli’s academic work was recognized in 2019 by The
Algemeiner as one of “The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish
Life.”
Dr. Sharon Nazarian is Senior Vice President of
International Affairs for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). She heads
ADL’s work fighting antisemitism and racial hatred globally, including
overseeing ADL’s Israel office. Prior to ADL, Sharon was active in three
worlds: academia, philanthropy and foreign policy. She is the President
of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation, with a regional office in
Israel named the Ima Foundation. She is also the founder of the Y&S
Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at the University of California Los
Angeles (UCLA) and Chair of its Advisory Board. Sharon taught as an
adjunct professor at UCLA in the Department of Political Science and is a
member of the Council of Foreign Relations. She studied at the
University of Southern California (USC), double majoring in Journalism
and International Relations, and received her Masters and Ph.D. in
Political Science from USC.
Dr. Robert Williams is Deputy Director for
International Affairs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
sits on the steering committee of the Global Task Force on Holocaust
Distortion, and served for four years as chair of the Committee on
Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial at the International Holocaust
Remembrance Alliance. He regularly advises international organizations
on antisemitism and Holocaust issues and is currently overseeing a major
international initiative that assesses the impact of Holocaust and
genocide denial laws. His research specialties include German history,
US and Russian foreign policy, and contemporary antisemitism. Outside of
work, he is co-editing a volume for Routledge on the history of
antisemitism and a separate monograph on the impact and forms of
contemporary political antisemitism.
About the ModeratorDr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson is the Chief Education, Programs, and Exhibitions Officer for the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. An experienced educator, she has researched, taught and written on Jewish culture and history. She holds a PhD in modern European and Jewish history, an MA in modern British and Jewish history, and an MA in Political Science with a concentration in Civil/Military Relations. At the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, she is responsible for all content-related matters. She regularly speaks on the Holocaust, topics in Jewish history and culture, and the history covered in the Museum’s core and special exhibitions.
Register here. 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.
About the Series
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a four-part
series on antisemitism. Through these public programs, they aim to foster
an increased understanding of the origins and history of antisemitism,
to discuss the recent increase in antisemitism globally and in the
United States, and to identify concrete steps that can be taken to
confront and disrupt antisemitism. For these sessions, they will convene a
diverse group of experts to share their knowledge, experiences, and
ideas.
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Sunday, July 4, 2021
(all day)
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General
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N/A
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Monday, July 5, 2021
(all day)
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Workshops
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Webinar
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Description:
Holocaust education is a complex topic to approach, but when taught correctly, can make a positive difference in young people’s lives.
Echoes & Reflections' July Three-Part Online Course, Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students, will help you prepare to effectively and responsibly teach the lessons of this history and support students in taking action to improve their communities.
Three interactive learning modules released over three weeks. Registration closes at 9am Eastern Time on Wednesday of the first week of the course, or when the course reaches capacity. Module I: First Week of the Course Module II: Second Week of the Course Module III: Third Week of the Course Optional Final Project due the Fourth Week of the CourseThis program introduces learners to:
Classroom-ready comprehensive print and online resourcesSound pedagogy for teaching about the HolocaustInstructional pathways to help students learn about the complex history of the HolocaustBackground information on the history of antisemitismStrategies to incorporate a range of primary sources, including visual history testimony, to classroom instruction
All the Details:
Program includes three interactive modules released over three weeksApproximately 6 hours to complete in total – at no costProceed at your own pace each week, be supported by an instructor, and enjoy interaction with other educatorsReceive a certificate of completion and join a network of educators teaching about the Holocaust and genocideFinal module includes additional time to complete optional project for a 10-hour certificateUpon completion (6 or 10 hours), option to earn graduate-level credit through the University of the Pacific. Learn more here.
Register here.
Echoes & Reflections delivers value to both experienced Holocaust
educators who are supplementing their curricula and for teachers new to
Holocaust education.
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
at 1:00pm -
2:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum on Tuesday afternoons this summer to hear the testimonies of
Holocaust survivors, refugees, and hidden children, as well as second generation survivors.
Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. Register here.
The program will take place on the online platform Zoom. A link to join
will be sent to registered guests one hour before the start of the
program.
Mark Jacobs is the son of Holocaust Survivor Mike Jacobs, Z"L. Mike was born in Poland in 1925. In 1939, he and his family were confined in the Ostrowiec ghetto. Most of his family, including his parents, two brothers, and two sisters, were ultimately murdered at Treblinka death camp. Mike survived several camps, including Auschwitz, before being liberated from Mathausen-Gusen II by the U.S. Army in 1945.
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
In order to encourage students to become engaged citizens in today’s world, it is critical that they have the language and background to engage with current events around the topics of refugees and asylum seekers. This Echoes & Reflections webinar will help educators integrate the topic of refugees into their Holocaust instruction by making connections between the experiences of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust and refugee experiences today.
Register here.
Esther Hurh is a Senior Trainer for Echoes & Reflections, with over 20 years of expertise in civil rights, diversity and inclusion, bullying prevention, and Holocaust Education.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Born in Germany to Polish-Jewish orthodox parents in 1926, Gustav Metzger was one of 10,000 Jewish children evacuated in 1939 to London as part of the Kindertransport. His parents, eldest brother, and maternal grandparents, all perished in the Holocaust. Upon the advice of Henry Moore, Metzger spent six months at the Cambridge School of Art, before enrolling at the Sir John Cass Institute in 1946, where he studied sculpture and attended David Bomberg’s life drawing classes at the Borough Polytechnic, alongside contemporaries including Frank Auerbach. The following year Metzger joined Bomberg’s composition class, producing ‘extremely fast and intense’ paintings. In 1948 he obtained a stateless passport which enabled him to travel to the Netherlands, Belgium, and France to study continental European painting. He returned to England in 1949, resuming Bomberg’s evening classes and subsequently initiating the Borough Bottega exhibiting society. After resigning in 1953, Metzger stopped painting for almost four years and moved to Kings Lynn in Norfolk. It was not until 1956 that he produced a series of oils depicting a three-legged table evocative of a mushroom cloud, his return to painting having coincided with his involvement in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Between 1957 and 1959, Metzger embraced abstraction, experimenting with paintings on thin sheets of mild steel. He described such work, which laid the foundation for his later auto-destructive practice, as a continuation.
The event is part of the monthly series Flight or Fight: Stories of Artists under Repression.
Register here.
This
Zoom lecture series, hosted by the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted,
Ostracized, and Banned Art, New York, investigates artists whose life
and art were impacted by the German Nazi terror regime 1933-1945.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
YouTube
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Description:
Irene Fogel Weiss was only 13 when Nazi collaborators shaved her head soon after she entered an overcrowded Hungarian ghetto. Her mother gave her a scarf to wear around her bald head, making her look older and potentially saving her life when Irene was later sent to a killing center.
Learn about Irene’s experiences as a teen in Hungary and what happened to her large family when faced with selection and separation at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
SpeakerIrene Fogel Weiss, Holocaust Survivor and Museum Volunteer
ModeratorBill Benson, Journalist and Host, First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors
Watch live at youtube.com/ushmm.
You do not need a YouTube account to view USHMM's program. After the
live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on USHMM's YouTube page.
The First Person series is a monthly hour-long discussion with a
Holocaust survivor and is made possible through generous support from
the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation, with additional funding from the
Arlene and Daniel Fisher Foundation.
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
at 4:00pm -
5:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Every summer, millions of young Americans pack their bags and go to
sleep-away camp for weeks or months at a time. Among them are hundreds
of thousands of Jewish campers and counselors.
Whether they know it or not, they are participating in a 100-year-old
American Jewish tradition, following in the footsteps of the pioneers
who first embraced camping in the early 20th century as a way of
escaping the city, preserving tradition, and forging a Jewish identity.
Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage for a program exploring the fascinating history of Jewish summer camps, moderated by Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism. Rabbi Jacobs will be in conversation with Dr. Gary P. Zola, the Executive Director of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives and editor of the 2006 anthology A Place of Our Own: The Rise of Reform Jewish Camping (co-edited by Michael M. Lorge); and Dr. Jenna Weissman Joselit,
the Charles E. Smith Professor of Judaic Studies & Professor of
History at George Washington University and curator of the 1994
exhibition A Worthy Use of Summer: Jewish Summer Camping in America.Register here.
A $10 suggested donation enables us to present programs like this
one. The Museum of Jewish Heritage thanks you for your support.
Public programming at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living
Memorial to the Holocaust is made possible, in part, by public funds
from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership
with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the
support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; a
Humanities New York CARES Grant with support from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and the federal CARES Act; and other
generous donors.
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join 3GNY on Thursday, July 8th, at 6PM CST to celebrate the life and artistic accomplishments of painter Morris Katz - Guinness World Record holder, human rights activist, and immeasurable talent, including a special presentation of his collection of presidential portraits.
Morris Katz (1932-2010) was a Holocaust survivor who came to the USA as a refugee and turned the art world upside down with his astonishing talent and his mission to make his paintings accessible to "average people."
Nicknamed the "Einstein of Art," Morris replaced Pablo Picasso as the Guinness World Record holder for most prolific artist. Morris was a highly respected painter whose pieces were displayed in over 100 museums and galleries worldwide, including the Smithsonian and the Vatican.
Register here.
In partnership with the Morris Katz Foundation and the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce.
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Friday, July 9, 2021
at 9:00am -
10:00am
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Facebook Live
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Description:
Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide for a virtual event to mark the ten-year anniversary of South Sudanese independence and discuss the current risks of mass atrocities that civilians face.
Hear from South Sudanese experts about the urgent need to prioritize atrocity prevention and justice efforts in the country, the current threats to civilians, and their vision for a more peaceful and just future. A representative from the State Department will discuss what the US government is doing to prevent future mass atrocities in South Sudan, while helping victims and survivors seek justice.
The event will take place on The Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide's Facebook page. You do not need to have a Facebook account to view the program.
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Saturday, July 10, 2021
at 10:00am -
5:00pm
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Exhibits
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
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Description:
Enjoy free admission and visit Holocaust Museum Houston’s special juried exhibition, Withstand: Latinx Art in Times of Conflict,
which explores themes of social justice and human rights through 100
artworks of Houston Latinx artists. Throughout the day, guests are
invited to join us for special performances, storytimes in English and
Spanish, curator-led tours of Withstand, and more! Free admission also
includes entry to the Museum’s Holocaust, Human Rights, Diaries and
Samuel Bak galleries. Special thanks to United Airlines and H-E-B for generously supporting this event.
Summer Free Days presented by United Airlines are open to the public but ticket reservations are required. Register here.
Saturday Schedule
10:00 a.m. Doors Open10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Storytime in English and Spanish – Library11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Performance by Danza Azteca – Moral Choices Hall12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Artist Talk – Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Performance – Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Curator-Led Tours – Mincberg Gallery2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Storytime in English and Spanish – Library
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Sunday, July 11, 2021
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
New York music legend Avram Pengas is a virtuoso
guitarist, bouzouki player, and singer whose music is rooted in the
Mediterranean tavernas of Athens. Born into a musical family of
Romaniote and Sephardic Jewish-Greek heritage, Pengas was raised in
Jaffa, and a budding career as a performer in Greek clubs in Israel
brought him to New York in 1970 to participate in the legendary scene of
Turkish-owned clubs along 8th Avenue that were the pulse of Hell’s
Kitchen from the 1920s to the 1970s. A popular performer in the local
Greek and Sephardic/Mizrachi communities, Pengas and his Noga Band cook up a multicultural stew of rhythms and modes spanning Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Israel, and the Levant.
Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Center for Traditional Music and Dance for
for this summer concert, which will be performed live in the Museum’s
Edmond J. Safra Hall.
To attend the program in person (COVID vaccination required), register here.
To attend the program from home by watching the livestream, register here.
This program is sponsored in part through the Battery Park City Authority community partnership.
Public programming at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living
Memorial to the Holocaust is made possible, in part, by public funds
from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership
with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the
support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; a
Humanities New York CARES Grant with support from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and the federal CARES Act; and other
generous donors.
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Monday, July 12, 2021
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Media literacy skills have become essential for young people to successfully navigate and critically assess the ever-increasing amount of information they receive throughout their day - on social media, advertisements, television, and film. Therefore, it is crucial for students to comprehend and identify how media, both historically and in contemporary society, can be used as a tool to incite hate and violence against certain groups. This Echoes & Reflections-sponsored learning opportunity examines the events of the Holocaust through the lens of media, by examining propaganda deployed by the Nazis to discriminate against Jews and other minorities. Educators will gain the tools to facilitate classroom discussions on the role and impact of Nazi propaganda during the Holocaust and support their students to critically analyze media in today’s world.
Register here.
Esther Hurh is a Senior Trainer for Echoes & Reflections, with over 20 years of expertise in civil rights, diversity and inclusion, bullying prevention, and Holocaust Education.
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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
(all day)
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Virtual | Zoom
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Description:
The Silverman Latin American Institute, supported by Lt. David L. Silverman Endowment Fund, will bring together thirty 6th-12th grade educators from Latin America and the United States to study the Holocaust, human rights, and social justice. Working together between a number of countries, participants will be able to create networks that will strengthen educational collaborations.
A selection committee will choose educators who want to learn more about the Holocaust, social justice, human rights, and how to implement this history into curriculum. Those selected will be designated as 2021 Silverman Fellows. Once accepted to this prestigious Fellowship, participants will attend a four–day virtual institute designed to immerse them in historical and pedagogical content. There will be reading requirements before the institute and several tasks to complete during.
The virtual Silverman Latin American Institute will be accessible in English and Spanish by interpretation.
Holocaust Museum Houston is currently only accepting applications from educators who teach in middle or high school: art (visual and music), English/language arts, history, and social studies.
Only those applicants who commit to attending the entire institute will be accepted.
Application and recommendation letters are due Monday, May 3, 2021.
Click here to apply.
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