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Tracing the Trope of Redemptive Antisemitism   View Event

  • Monday, October 18, 2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy and former THGC commissioner Dr. David Patterson for a lecture entitled "Tracing the Trope of Redemptive Antisemitism." Professor David Patterson, Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair in Holocaust Studies, Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, University of Dallas at Texas, United States Register here.

The Early Warning Project for the Prevention of Genocide   View Event

  • Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Can future genocides be prevented? The Early Warning Project assesses the risk of mass atrocities in countries around the world using state-of-the-art quantitative and qualitative methods and a range of widely available data. This presentation will give an overview of how the Early Warning Project produces its annual Statistical Risk Assessment and qualitative country reports. The Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College will briefly discuss relevant cases happening in the world today and conclude with a discussion of what you can do to help prevent mass atrocities. Register here. This program is being Co-sponsored by The Paul Robeson Institute for Ethics, Leadership, and Social Justice at RVCC.

The Holocaust and Connecting Experiences: Reimagining Migration   View Event

  • Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  How can we best engage students in the subject of migration? Using the Re-Imagining Migration Learning Framework, as well as the Echoes & Reflections principles of pedagogy, this webinar will prepare teachers to explore how they can discuss the history of migration and connections to today’s climate, as well as the responsibility at individual, local, national, and global levels in constructing welcoming and inclusive societies. Echoes & Reflections will ground this conversation in the global response to the Holocaust and Re-Imagining Migration will focus on exploring their learning arc, resources, and pedagogy around addressing the importance of, and how to facilitate these conversations in today’s classroom. Register here.

Conscious History: Polish Jewish Historians before the Holocaust   View Event

  • Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University, NC, and the Stan Greenspon Holocaust and Social Justice Education Center at Queens University, Charlotte, invite the public to a lecture by Dr. Natalia Aleksiun, the Harry Rich Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Florida-Gainesville. Her talk is entitled "Conscious History: Polish Jewish Historians Before the Holocaust." Dr. Aleksiun will be speaking to us from Warsaw, Poland, where she is currently conducting research. Like all Center lectures, this event is free of charge and publicly accessible. For security reasons, audience members are muted for the duration of the program, but will be able (and encouraged) to ask questions in the Q&A. Register here. Dr. Natalia Aleksiun is a specialist in the social, political, and cultural history of modern East European and Polish Jewry and has written extensively on the history of the Jewish intelligentsia in East Central Europe, Polish-Jewish relations, modern Jewish historiography, the history of medicine and the Holocaust. She holds doctoral degrees from Warsaw University, Poland, and NYU, United States. She has published widely in English, Polish, and Hebrew. In addition to her 2021 study Conscious History, she is the author of Dokad dalej? Ruch syjonistyczny w Polsce 1944–1950 (Where To? The Zionist Movement in Poland, 1944–1950) (Warsaw, 2002) and co-editor of several volumes, including Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, vol. 29: Writing Jewish History (2016) (with Antony Polonsky).

Holocaust Speaker Series: Michael Meyer   View Event

  • Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  In this intimate and meaningful experience, speakers present stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. The Holocaust Speaker Series is held each Wednesday at 10AM on Zoom. The series is sponsored by Margaret & Michael Valentine in partnership with the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage. Below are the dates for future webinars:October 20: Michael MeyerOctober 27: Joel NahariNovember 3: Tom SchaumbergNovember 10: Al Miller Register here. This ongoing series features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. The series is organized by the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, sponsored by Margaret and Michael Valentine, and presented in partnership with the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.

Hunting Nazis: Is it Still Justified?   View Event

  • Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Efraim Zuroff describes himself as "the only Jew who prays for the good health of Nazis”. He has made it his life's work to track down those who played a role in the murder of 6 million European Jews and bring them to justice. Today, almost 80 years after the end of World War II, there are those who claim that this practice should be stopped. In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, you will hear from Dr. Zuroff himself and his thoughts on this topic. Join them for a fascinating discussion. Register here.

MSHEF Teacher Resources Webinar   View Event

  • Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Join the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation (MSHEF) and the Simon Wiesenthal Center; Combat Hate for an informational webinar. Learn about programs that are available for you to use in your classroom and how you can afford to bring them in. Open to teachers and educators. For more information about the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation visit www.mshefoundation.org Register here.

Leadership Lessons from the Rwandan Genocide: A Conversation with Lieutenant-General (ret) Roméo Dallaire   View Event

  • Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 6:55pm - 7:55pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Microsoft Teams
  • Description:  Lieutenant-General (ret) Roméo Dallaire was appointed Force Commander of the UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda prior to and during the 1994 genocide. General Dallaire provided the UN with information about the planned massacre, which ultimately took more than 800,000 lives in less than 100 days; yet, permission to intervene was denied and the UN withdrew its peacekeeping forces. General Dallaire, along with a small contingent of Ghanaian and Tunisian soldiers and military observers, disobeyed the command to withdraw and remained in Rwanda to fulfill their ethical obligation to protect those who sought refuge with the UN forces. This is a live event hosted on Microsoft Teams. Please download the application in advance to join us. Click here to join the event on Microsoft Teams. This event is hosted by the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at the US Military Academy at West Point and co-sponsored by the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College; the Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College; the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University; and the Human Rights Project at Bard College.

A Conversation with Dr. Ivan Puš   View Event

  • Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston
  • Description:  Jewish people who lived in late-19th century Central Eastern Europe experienced oppression on one hand and emancipation on the other hand, depending on the specific time and place. This was the case for Moravian Jews. Those individuals and families that were exceptionally successful in their own business or in the arts participated in the everyday politics and public discussions on the local level and the imperial level. After the First World War they largely showed their loyalty to the Czechoslovak state while preserving their original culture. Featuring a world of fiction and cafés, this presentation will focus on the social life of Moravian Jews in the interwar period and explore a range of Jewish experiences in Central Eastern Europe. Admission is free and open to the public.  Please note: Face masks are required for all guests ages 2 and up. Complimentary masks are available at the Security desk. 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.

Women in Genocide   View Event

  • Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  The facts of modern genocides have been well-documented, but how do women experience genocide differently than men? From the types of violence inflicted upon women to how they participate as perpetrators to their struggle for justice, examining the unique impact of genocide on women helps us better understand dynamics of mass violence. Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a discussion on the experiences of women in genocide as victims, perpetrators, and survivors. This program is part of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum's Permanent Exhibition Highlight Series. Space is limited! Please register for one ticket per device used. Register here. About the Panelists Sara E. Brown is the Executive Director of Chhange, the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education. Brown holds the first Ph.D. in comparative genocide studies from Clark University's Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. She has worked and conducted research in Rwanda since 2004, served as a project coordinator in refugee camps in Tanzania, worked in refugee resettlement in Texas, and researched conflict globalization and conflict in Israel. Prior to coming to Chhange, she developed and managed post-secondary education programming for USC Shoah Foundation. Brown is the author of Gender and the Genocide in Rwanda: Women as Perpetrators and Rescuers and the co-editor of the forthcoming Routledge Handbook on Religion, Mass Atrocity, and Genocide. Sarah M. Cushman is Director of the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University and Lecturer in the History Department. Cushman has been involved in Holocaust education and scholarship for two decades. Her research centers on women’s experiences during the Holocaust. She is currently working on her first book, Auschwitz: The Women’s Camp, and has written several related articles: “Sexual Violence and Sexual Agency in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Women’s Camp” in Agency and the Holocaust; “The Auschwitz Women’s Camp: An Overview and Reconsideration” in Palgrave Handbook on Holocaust Literature and Culture, and “How Deep the Gray – ‘Privileged’ Jewish Women Prisoners in Auschwitz-Birkenau,” in Women, the Holocaust, and Genocide. Khatchig Mouradian is a lecturer in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. He is the author of The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915-1918. In 2021, Mouradian was appointed the Armenian and Georgian Area Specialist in the African and Middle Eastern Division at the Library of Congress. In 2020, Mouradian was awarded a Humanities War & Peace Initiative Grant from Columbia University. He is the co-editor of a forthcoming book on late-Ottoman history and the editor of the peer-reviewed journal The Armenian Review. Mouradian holds a PhD in History from the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University. About the Moderator Elissa Bemporad is Professor of History and Ungar Chair in East European Jewish History and the Holocaust at Queens College and CUNY Graduate Center. She is a two-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award. She is the author of Becoming Soviet Jews: The Bolshevik Experiment in Minsk and Legacy of Blood: Jews, Pogroms, and Ritual Murder in the Lands of the Soviets. Bemporard is the co-editor of two volumes: Women and Genocide: Survivors, Victims, Perpetrators and Pogroms: A Documentary History. She is currently completing the first volume of the Comprehensive History of Soviet Jews and is working on a biography of Ester Frumkin. She is also editor of Jewish Social Studies.

High-Tech, Human Rights, and the Holocaust   View Event

  • Friday, October 22, 2021 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University Diversity Council on Global Education and Citizenship General Assembly Meeting: High-Tech, Human Rights, and the Holocaust featuring Clyde W. Ford. Clyde W. Ford is an award-winning author of 12 works of fiction and non-fiction. He's also a psychotherapist, mythologist, and sought-after public speaker. Clyde's the recipient of the 2006 Zora Neale Hurston-Richard Wright Award in African American Literature, and the winner of the 2021 Washington Center for the Book Award. He's been a featured guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show, National Public Radio, and numerous television and radio programs. Clyde lives in Bellingham, Washington. PD Hours and Co-Curricular credits provided! Register here.

Teaching with Testimony Webinar: USC Shoah Foundation and The Conscious Kid   View Event

  • Friday, October 22, 2021 at 3:30pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  Through partnership, USC Shoah Foundation and The Conscious Kid brings audiovisual testimony to educators as an innovating form of storytelling for introducing young learners to those from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and contexts. The 30-minute webinar will provide educators with a brief overview of the testimony-based resources associated with Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a well-known media personality, author, and Holocaust survivor. These offer primary school educators the age-appropriate tools they need for developing empathy, understanding, and respect for diverse perspectives and voices. Register for this webinar and learn how to access testimony-based resources that are suitable to the emotional and developmental needs of young learning for raising awareness to appreciate cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity.

Miep Gies and the Rescue of Anne Frank's Diary   View Event

  • Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Webinar
  • Description:  This program pays tribute to the woman who sheltered Anne Frank for three years and then rescued her now-famous diary. Miep Gies oversaw the “secret annex” where the Frank family was housed, while sheltering another Jewish person in her own home. Meet Gillian Walnes Perry who knew Miep Gies well and accompanied her to the Academy Awards and Meeg Pincus who wrote a delightful book on Miep Gies for young people. Registration for this program will close on Thursday, October 21 at 10 PM ET. Instructions and links will be sent to all registrants on Friday, October 22 and again on the morning of the program.Register here. Meet the PanelIn 1990, Gillian Walnes Perry set up the Anne Frank Trust UK with friends and family of the late Otto Frank. She has spoken at the UN in front of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and at 10 Downing Street, the UK Houses of Parliament and most recently the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is the author of The Legacy of Anne Frank (2018) and The Social History of English Afternoon Tea (forthcoming). In 2010 Gillian was honored for her educational work by Her Majesty The Queen and was inducted as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Meeg Pincus is the author of Miep and the Most Famous Diary: The Woman Who Rescued Anne Frank’s Diary (A Mighty Girl “Best Books of 2019” Pick, “highly recommended” by the Jewish Book Council, with starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal). She has also authored 24 other nonfiction picture books about “solutionaries” who help people, animals, and the planet. Meeg is a long-time nonfiction writer/editor (from newspapers and magazines to books), educator (from university and elementary classrooms to homeschool), and diverse books advocate. She lives in Southern California and can be found online at www.MeegPincus.com. Sharon Douglas is the CEO of the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect and is a philanthropist, business advisor, and educator. In 1999, she was a member of the delegation to the United Nations for the Anne Frank Declaration of Peace and has for the past two decades represented the Anne Frank Center at numerous events in England and the Netherlands. A long-standing board member of the Anne Frank Center, Sharon also serves as the Secretary of the Board, and, with her husband Preston Douglas, was the 2016 winner of the Spirit of Anne Frank Distinguished Advocates Award. Sharon holds a BA in Education, with graduate study at Queens College and St. John’s University. Mariana Abrantes, who will moderate the panel, is the Board Treasurer of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. Coming from a village in central Portugal, she studied Economics at UC-Berkeley and earned an MA from Princeton University. After training and working in Chase Manhattan Bank, she returned to Portugal, where she worked at the European Investment Bank. She also served in the Portuguese government’s Ministries of Transport and Health, and on the Boards of international investment funds and the Fulbright Commission Portugal. She is a dual Portuguese-US citizen.

Gideon Klein: The Musician the Nazis Tried to Silence   View Event

  • Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  In 1990, a suitcase was discovered in Prague. Its contents revealed a treasure-trove of musical compositions, photographs, and personal items belonging to the composer and pianist Gideon Klein, murdered by the Nazis at age 25. Based on new discoveries, this talk investigates how Klein continued to make music against all odds during the German occupation of Prague, and while imprisoned in the Terezín Concentration Camp. Dr. Fligg's full-length biography on Gideon Klein, Letter from Gideon, was published in December 2019 in Czech to mark Klein's centenary. The English version will be published later this year. David Fligg is the author of a number of recent journal articles and book chapters about Klein. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK) and Visiting Professor at Chester University (Chester, UK). Advance registration is required; please register here. Suggested donation $10. Please click here to donate.

Nazi Thieves, Looted Art, and Stolen Legacies   View Event

  • Monday, October 25, 2021 at 8:30am - 9:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Facebook Live
  • Description:  Dazzling art, dubious dealers, and greedy Nazi leaders eager to convey an air of grandeur and power. That’s only part of the story behind one of the greatest thefts in history. The Nazi plot to strip Jews of their art, furnishings, and even objects of little value was a sign of their greater ambition—to destroy a people and rewrite history. Watch live on Facebook to learn about some of the victims and perpetrators—and a mole who secretly documented the theft and hiding places of priceless art. GuestLynn H. Nicholas, author of The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War HostDr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Watch live at facebook.com/holocaustmuseum. You do not need a Facebook account to view the USHMM's program. After the live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on USHMM’s Facebook and YouTube pages.