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Monday, August 2, 2021
(all day)
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom/Canvas
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Description:
Help students wrestle with the profound moral questions raised by the
study of the Holocaust and foster their skills in civic engagement,
ethical reasoning, critical thinking, and empathy — all of which are
necessary for sustaining democracy.
In this online seminar —featuring Holocaust and Human Behavior—teachers will:
Learn current scholarship on the history of the Holocaust and new research focused on human behavior, group dynamics, and bias
Learn a new way of structuring curriculum to help students connect history to their own lives and the choices they make
Engage with classroom-ready multimedia resources and learn how to build a customized unit that meets your curriculum objectives
Discover new teaching strategies that help students interrogate
text, think critically, and discuss controversial issues respectfully
Increase their ability to facilitate respectful classroom
discussions on difficult issues such as racism, antisemitism, and other
forms of exclusion in a way that invites personal reflection and
critical analysis
Taking place over four days, this Facing History & Ourselves seminar offers a real-time,
interactive online classroom where participants will connect in
facilitated whole- and small-group sessions. Daniel Ottenheimer, a
second-generation descendant of Holocaust survivors, will join for a
live session focusing on memory and legacy.
Register here.
Who should take this seminar: 7th–12th grade US history, humanities, and English language arts teachers and curriculum specialists
Cost: There is a non-refundable $50 registration
fee due once your application has been accepted. The event fee for this
seminar has been waived thanks to generous funding from Facing History
and Ourselves donors and partner organizations.
Schedule: Monday, August 2 – Thursday, August 5, 2021
Monday, August 2: 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM ET
Tuesday, August 3: 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM ET
Wednesday, August 4: 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM ET
Thursday, August 5: 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM ET
Time Commitment: Approximately 4.5 hours per day
(plus some breaks). There is a pre-work module to complete before the
seminar that is approximately 2 hours in length.
Format: Facilitated Zoom meetings with workshop materials in Canvas. You must have a laptop or PC to participate in Canvas sessions.
Certificate of Completion: Awarded upon successful
completion of the seminar for 20 professional development hours.
Requirements for professional development hours vary by state. It is the
educator's responsibility to ensure that they are meeting the
requirements of their state. If you are an educator based in New York,
after taking this course you are eligible for 20 CTLE hours. If you are
an educator based in Illinois, after taking this course you are eligible
for up to twenty clock hours. Please contact support@facinghistory.org to learn more about CTLE or clock hours.
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Monday, August 2, 2021
(all day)
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
How can teachers feel prepared to guide students to understand and respond to antisemitism in their schools and communities?In preparation for back-to-school, join Echoes & Reflections' three-part online course that examines the history of antisemitism, how it manifests today, and gain the tools to help students become agents of change and allyship.Antisemitism continues to be a pervasive problem in
society and it is crucial that educators have the tools to give students
the capacity to recognize and confront this hate in their schools and
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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Monday, August 2, 2021
at 9:00am -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Commission Meetings
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
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Description:
The Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission (THGC) is holding
its quarterly meeting on Monday, August 2, 2021 beginning at 9:00 A.M.
Every quarter the THGC holds a meeting, open to the public, in order to
review its current projects and initiatives. The Commission invites any
member of the public who might be interested in its mission to this
meeting.
Due to Governor Greg Abbott’s March 13, 2020 proclamation of a state
of disaster affecting all counties in Texas due to the Coronavirus
(COVID-19) and the Governor’s March 16, 2020 suspension of certain
provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act, the August 2, 2021 meeting of
the Commission will be held by video-conference as well as in-person at Holocaust Museum Houston, as otherwise
authorized under Texas Government Code section 551.127
Members of the public will have access and a means to participate in
this meeting, by two-way audio/video, by connecting to the video access
number identified above, by attending the meeting in person at Holocaust Museum Houston, or by clicking on the link contained on the
agency website's event calendar. The video access number contained in
this notice is subject to change by the conference provider at any time.
Members of the public are encouraged to confirm the correct conference
access number/link 24 hours before the meeting by going to the agency
website. An electronic copy of the agenda is available here. A recording of the meeting will be available after August 2, 2021. To obtain a recording, please contact Joy Nathan, at 512.463.8815 or at joy.nathan@thgc.texas.gov.
For public participants, after the meeting convenes, the presiding
officer will call roll of board members and then of public attendees.
Please identify yourself by name and state whether you would like to
provide public comment. You may also e-mail joy.nathan@thgc.texas.gov
in advance of the meeting if you would like to provide public comment.
When the Commission
reaches the public comment portion of the meeting, the presiding officer
will recognize you by name and give you an opportunity to speak. All
public comments will be limited to two (2)
minutes. All virtual participants are asked to keep their microphones muted when they are not providing public comment.
Video Conference Zoom No. 896 9919 6900
Registration can be completed here.
The Commission may discuss and/or take action on any of the items listed in the agenda.
Note: The Commission may go into executive session (close its meeting
to the public) on any agenda item if appropriate and authorized by the
Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
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.
Max Glauben was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1928. Soon after the Nazis
invaded, Max and his family were confined to the Warsaw Ghetto. In 1943,
they were deported to Majdanek. Max survived several different camps
before being liberated from a death march by the US army. Max eventually
settled in Dallas, Texas where he lives today.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Participate in this webinar for an introduction to Echoes & Reflections and an exploration of resources and strategies for effective Holocaust instruction. During this webinar, educators will enhance their knowledge and capacity to teach about the Holocaust and examine resources to support the teaching about the history of antisemitism, the establishment of the ghettos, the “Final Solution,” and how this historical event continues to influence the world today.
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.
Register here.
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Wednesday, August 4, 2021
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Moissey Kogan (1879-1943) was an innovative, influential sculptor-craftsman and printmaker, whose career straddled the European avant-gardes of the first half of the 20th century. A cosmopolitan Russian Jew, whose work was marked by his interest in Jewish mysticism and theosophical beliefs, Kogan looked to non-European cultures and ancient sources, in common with many of his contemporaries in Munich, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Paris, to root his avant-garde experimentations and revivals of ancient techniques, in what were considered more authentic means of expression. On the day Adolf Hitler came to power, Kogan fled Berlin and returned to his home in Paris, forced to leave behind him many of his key works in the care of dealers and museum collections. He would be obliged to watch powerless as his work was seized by the Nazis, only to be vilified in the infamous Entartete Kunst show of 1937, and the related exhibit, Der ewige Jude. In hiding in Paris and associated with the Résistance, the sculptor would finally be arrested by the Vichy police and transported to his death at Auschwitz.
This talk will discuss Kogan’s artistic positioning within the European avant-gardes and his preoccupation with transcendence and light. In stark contrast, it will consider the consequences of the Nazi looting of his work for the task of reconstructing his oeuvre and reclaiming his career from unjustified obscurity.
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, August 4, 2021
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
YouTube
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Description:
Rachel (Rae) Goldfarb was 10 years old when the Nazis occupied her
Polish hometown. They forced Jews into a small area designated as a
ghetto, which included Rae’s family home. Fearing for their safety after
mass killings began, Rae’s mother hid the family behind a double wall
between their home and what had been the warehouse of the fabric
business they were forced to close.
Learn about Rae’s experiences as a Jewish girl under Nazi occupation
and how her mother’s quick thinking helped them escape from two ghettos
and later join a group of partisan fighters.
SpeakerRachel Goldfarb, 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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Wednesday, August 4, 2021
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Films
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
July 29 - August 5, 2021 - Virtual Film Screening
The link to view the film will be posted on the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies' events webpage on July 29th.Rescue & Escape – Passage to Sweden
tells the lesser-known story of events occurring in Scandinavia and
Budapest during World War II. It focuses on the extraordinary heroic actions of
ordinary people who saved the lives of thousands of Jews and fellow
countrymen. Special attention is paid to the Norwegian resistance, the
citizens of Denmark, Raoul Wallenberg, and Count Folke Bernadotte, all
of whom showed exemplary courage during the darkest of times. View the trailer on the film’s website.
August 4, 2021 at 7PM CDT
Join
Suzannah Warlick, Director of Passage to Sweden, and Chana Sharfstein,
author & educator, for a live discussion about this film.This event is free of charge, but pre-registration is requested by clicking here.
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Thursday, August 5, 2021
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Did the Jews fight back? For years, films about Jewish resistance in the Holocaust were relatively rare, focusing instead on the Jews as passive victims. Slowly, this image has been challenged and more nuanced portraits of Jews are being presented. In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Yad Vashem educator Dr. Rocco Giansante will present different films exploring how cinema has portrayed Jewish resistance, and will examine the strategies filmmakers use to reflect on different forms of resistance.
Register here.
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Thursday, August 5, 2021
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
In the final session of this series, the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum will discuss concrete
strategies to combat antisemitism. Building on the foundation of
history, knowledge, and understanding developed during the series, this
session will serve as a call to action for all of us to engage in this
work.
Register here.
About the SeriesJoin 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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Tuesday, August 10, 2021
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
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.
Magie Furst was born in Astheim, Germany in 1929. In 1938, her mother made arrangements for the family to escape to England by obtaining a visa for herself and securing spots for Magie and her brother Bert on the Kindertransport, a rescue mission that allowed thousands of Jewish children to live with private English citizens.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2021
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
With a changing education landscape and the continuous rise in antisemitic incidents, it is essential that educators have access to strategies, tools, and historical context to address the reality of antisemitism and hate with their students. The Contemporary Antisemitism Unit in Echoes & Reflections provides an inquiry-based and student-centered learning approach to raise the important topics of antisemitism and hate in the US and globally, and what it means to be an ally. Participate in this webinar to gain resources for teaching about antisemitism in today’s world and to access strategies for promoting action and agency among students in the fight against antisemitism and hate.
Sherry Bard is a Senior Trainer for Echoes & Reflections and an Education Consultant for the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education.
Register here.
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Thursday, August 12, 2021
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, teachers will learn about the USC Shoah Foundation’s new Dimensions in Testimony activity that introduces students to the topic of pre-World War II Jewish life through interactions with Jewish survivor, Pinchas Gutter. In this activity, students learn the techniques for having a conversation with a survivor and how to construct questions appropriately to elicit personal, historical and universal thematic responses. Upon completion, students choose a creative expression to share what they have learned.
This webinar will be delivered by Jennifer Goss, Senior Echoes & Reflections facilitator and classroom teacher.
Register here.
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Thursday, August 12, 2021
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
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Description:
Author Dr. Alan Schlesinger, whose father survived the Holocaust, will talk about his father’s life with Dee Dee Dochen. Join Holocaust Museum Houston and visit with them as they discuss his book, Resilience: The Story of How My Father Survived the Holocaust.
Copies
of the book will be on sale and available for signature from the
author. Proceeds of the sale will be donated to Holocaust Museum Houston. Borrow a
copy from the library: Resilience: the Story of How My Father Survived the Holocaust.
Click here to RSVP.
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Saturday, August 14, 2021
at 10:00am -
5:00pm
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Calendar:
Exhibits
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
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Description:
Enjoy free admission and visit the Museum’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. – Noon Performance – Moral Choices HallNoon – 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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