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Friday, December 10, 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:
On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year, Holocaust Museum Houston will celebrate Human Rights Day with free general admission.
Thanks to the generosity of Perry Homes Foundation, admission includes access to HMH’s Holocaust, Human Rights, Diaries and Samuel Bak galleries along with entry to the featured exhibitions, Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare and Speaking Up! Confronting Hate Speech.
Schedule of Events
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Museum Educator Q&A
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Bilingual Story Time
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Curator Talk
11:30 a.m. – Noon Arts and Crafts
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Holocaust Survivor Talk
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Bilingual Story Time
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Special Matinee Film Screening: “Trumbo”
Please note: Face masks are required for all guests ages 2 and up. Complimentary masks are available at the Security desk
Reserve tickets 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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Sunday, December 12, 2021
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
BookFest In Your Living Room Presents David Patterson – Portraits: the Hasidic Legacy of Elie Wiesel and Alan Rosen – Filled with Fire and Light: Portraits and Legends from the Bible, Talmud, and Hasidic World
Presented with The University of Texas at Dallas Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies
Tickets: Free to attend. Register here.
Explores Elie Wiesel’s portraits of the sages of Judaism and elaborates on the Hasidic legacy from his life and his teaching.
Elie Wiesel identified himself as a Vizhnitzer Hasid, who was above
all things a witness to the testimony and teaching of the Jewish
tradition at the core of the Hasidic tradition. While he is well known
for his testimony on the Holocaust and as a messenger to humanity, he is
less well known for his engagement with the teachings of Jewish
tradition and the Hasidic heritage that informs that engagement. Portraits illuminates
Wiesel’s Jewish teachings and the Hasidic legacy that he embraced by
examining how he brought to life the sages of the Jewish tradition.
David Patterson reveals that Wiesel’s Hasidic engagement with the holy
texts of the Jewish tradition does not fall into the usual categories of
exegesis or hermeneutics and of commentary or textual analysis. Rather,
he engages not the text but the person, the teacher, and the soul. This
book is a summons to remember the testimony reduced to ashes and the
voices that cry out from those ashes. Just as the teaching is embodied
in the teachers, so is the tradition embodied in their portraits.
About the Author: David Patterson holds the Hillel
Feinberg Chair in Holocaust Studies in the Ackerman Center for Holocaust
Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. A member of the World
Union of Jewish Studies and the Association for Jewish Studies, he has
delivered lectures at numerous universities and community organizations
throughout the world. He is a participant in the Weinstein Symposium on
the Holocaust, a member of the Facing History and Ourselves
International Board of Advisors, and a member of the Scholars’ Platform
for the Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre, Cambridge, England. He also serves
as Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Stephen S. Weinstein Series in
Post-Holocaust Studies, published by the University of Washington Press.
Here are magnificent insights into the lives of biblical prophets
and kings, talmudic sages, and Hasidic rabbis from the internationally
acclaimed writer, Nobel laureate, and one of the world’s most honored
and beloved teachers.
From a multitude of sources, Elie Wiesel culls facts, legends, and
anecdotes to give us fascinating portraits of notable figures throughout
Jewish history. Here is the prophet Elisha, wonder-worker and adviser
to kings, whose compassion for those in need is matched only by his
fiery temper. Here is the renowned scholar Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai,
whose ingenuity in escaping from a besieged Jerusalem on the eve of its
destruction by Roman legions in 70 CE laid the foundation for the
rabbinic teachings and commentaries that revolutionized the practice
and study of Judaism and have sustained the Jewish people for two
thousand years of ongoing exile. And here is Rabbi Shneur Zalman of
Liadi, founder of Chabad Hasidism, languishing in a Czarist prison in
1798, the victim of a false accusation, engaging in theological
discussions with his jailers that would form the basis for Chabad’s
legendary method of engagement with the world at large.
In recounting the life stories of these and other spiritual masters,
in delving into the struggles of human beings trying to create
meaningful lives touched with sparks of the divine, Wiesel challenges
and inspires us all to find purpose and transcendence in our own lives.
About the Editor: Dr. Avraham (Alan) Rosen is the
author or editor of fourteen books. His most recent book, The
Holocaust’s Jewish Calendars, has been awarded the Yad Vashem
International Book Prize. He has taught at universities, colleges,
yeshivas and seminaries in Israel and the United States, and lectures
regularly on literature and testimony at Yad Vashem’s International
School for Holocaust Studies and other Holocaust study centers. Born and
raised in Los Angeles, educated in Boston under the direction of Elie
Wiesel, he lives in Jerusalem with his wife and children.
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Monday, December 13, 2021
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Where can we find courage in the face of great tragedy? How can young people examine questions, such as this, from the Holocaust and apply them to their lives today?
Students and their teachers are invited to join Echoes & Reflections' special webinar with Chapman University to learn how to engage in their 23rd Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest focusing on the theme “Turning Memory to Strength: Living with Courage, Resilience and Hope”. The webinar will feature Kenzington Martin, former Holocaust Art & Writing Contest participant (2016, 2017, 2018) and History Major at Chapman University, ’22, who will share her experience and inspiration for participating in the contest, and will also offer guidance and recommendations on how to use testimony and resources from Echoes & Reflections to support project submissions.
Register here.
If you are a non-university student, please register here.
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Monday, December 13, 2021
at 4:30pm -
6:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission for the first of two webinars aimed at helping educators understand what resources are available for Holocaust Remembrance Week.
This first webinar will focus on the available resources from the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC), Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio (HMMSA), and the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum (DHHRM) that can be
used during the 3rd Annual Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week (January
24-28, 2022).
This webinar will be an information session with brief presentations from:
J.E. Wolfson, PhD, Director of Education, Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory CommissionJessica Hanshaw, Program and Collections Specialist, Holocaust Memorial Museum of San AntonioCharlotte Decoster, PhD, Ackerman Family Director of Education, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
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.
Register here.PLEASE USE YOUR SCHOOL/DISTRICT E-MAIL ADDRESS WHEN REGISTERING FOR THIS WEBINAR.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
YouTube
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Description:
To mark the launch of a new IWitness webpage on addressing antisemitism through education, UNESCO and the USC Shoah Foundation are organizing an online panel discussion on "How to Prevent Antisemitism: The Role of Educators and Education”.
Watch the event live on YouTube.
Education is essential to address antisemitism and other forms of prejudice. For education to fulfill its role in combating antisemitism and other forms of intolerance and discrimination, schools and teachers require specific support, guidance and training on raising young people’s awareness of the nature of antisemitism and its effect, in building their resilience to prejudice and the toxic ideologies that drive discrimination and hatred.
To address this need, a new USC Shoah Foundation iWitness site offers educational resources, witness testimonies and practical tools to build resilience to antisemitism and learn about its contemporary manifestations, origins, evolution and history, including the history of the Holocaust.
The panel discussion is moderated by Kori Street, Andrew J., and Erna Finci Viterbi, Interim Executive Director Chair at the Institute for Visual History and Education at the University of Southern California - USC Shoah Foundation, with contributions from:
· Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director General of UNESCO for Education
· Kateryna Ryabiko, First Deputy Director, OSCE/ODIHR
· Rabbi Andrew Baker, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism, and Director of International Jewish Affairs at the American Jewish Committee
· Hon. Irwin Cotler, Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Fighting Antisemitism, Canada
· Melissa Mott, Director of Echoes and Reflections, Anti-Defamation League
· Felisa Tibbitts, UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Higher Education
· Esra Özyürek, Sultan Qaboos Professor of Abrahamic Faiths and Shared Values, University of Cambridge
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Virtual
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Description:
Hannah Arendt was many things during her life: an author, a
journalist, a philosopher, and a theorist. She was one of the most
influential and controversial Jewish figures of her time. Her works
include The Human Condition and Eichmann in Jerusalem. This year is the 70th anniversary of her landmark book, The Origins of Totalitarianism,
which explores the ways that totalitarian regimes come to power. Join
the Museum for a program exploring Arendt’s legacy and continuing
impact.
The program will include a discussion between Samantha Rose Hill, author of the new book Hannah Arendt, part of Reaktion Books’s short biography series Critical Lives, and the upcoming translation of Hannah Arendt’s Poems, and Ken Krimstein, author of The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt.
A $10 suggested donation enables the Museum of Jewish Heritage to present programs like this one. They thank you for your support.
Register here.
Live closed captions will be available during this program.
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 Kathy C. Hochul 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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Tuesday, December 14, 2021
at 4:30pm -
6:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory
Commission for the second of two webinars aimed at helping educators
understand what resources are available for Holocaust Remembrance Week.
This second webinar will focus on the available resources from the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC), the El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center (EPHM), and Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) that can be
used during the 3rd Annual Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week (January
24-28, 2022).
This webinar will be an information session with brief presentations from:
J.E. Wolfson, PhD, Director of Education, Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory CommissionJamie Flores, Executive Director, El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study CenterMaryLou García, Education Coordinator, El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study CenterWendy 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.
Register here.PLEASE USE YOUR SCHOOL/DISTRICT E-MAIL ADDRESS WHEN REGISTERING FOR THIS WEBINAR.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
at 10:30am -
11:30am
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education for their December Lunch & Learn featuring Tali Nates, founder and Executive Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC). Tali will discuss her personal journey and the unique case of Holocaust and genocide memory in South Africa, the interwoven legacies of colonialism and Apartheid, and the decade-long journey to create this unique museum.
Register here.
Suggested $10 donation with admission. Free to Chhange members, Brookdale Faculty, Staff & Students.
Tali Nates is the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and chair of the South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation. She is a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust education, genocide prevention, reconciliation and human rights. She has published articles and contributed chapters to many books, among them God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors (2015), Remembering The Holocaust in Educational Settings (2018) and Conceptualizing Mass Violence, Representations, Recollections, and Reinterpretations (2021). In 2010, Tali was chosen as one of the top 100 newsworthy and noteworthy women in South Africa, by the Mail & Guardian. Born to a family of Holocaust survivors, her father and uncle were saved by Oskar Schindler. The rest of the family was murdered.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Shaped in accordance with the theme of the current Fritz Ascher Society online project, "Identity, Art and Migration," this brief conference focuses on psychological, historical and art historical aspects of migration—broadly and in particular within the context of artists seeking refuge in the United States during the Holocaust.
Register here.
Expert PanelRebecca Erbelding, PhD, USHMM historian in Washington, DCDr. Erbelding is the author of Rescue
Board: The Untold Story of America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe
(Doubleday, 2018), which won the National Jewish Book Award for
excellence in writing based on archival research. She holds a PhD in
American history from George Mason University and has been a historian,
curator, and archivist at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum since 2003.
She served as the lead historian on the Museum’s special exhibition,
Americans and the Holocaust.
Katya Grokhovsky, artist and founder of The Immigrant Artist Biennal in New York, NYBorn in Ukraine and raised in Australia, Katya Grokhovsky is a New York-based artist, curator, and Founding Director of The Immigrant Artist Biennial. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Grokhovsky has received support through numerous residencies including The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA) Studio Program, School of Visual Arts MFA Art Practice Artist in Residence, Kickstarter Creator in Residence, Pratt Fine Arts Department Artist in Residence, Art and Law Fellowship, MAD-The Museum of Arts and Design Studio Program, BRICworkspace Residency, Ox-BOW School of Art Residency, Wassaic Artist Residency, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Studios at MASS MoCA, NARS Residency, Santa Fe Art Institute Residency, Watermill Center, and more. She has been awarded the Brooklyn Arts Council Grants, NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship, ArtSlant 2017 Prize, Asylum Arts Grant, Australian Council for the Arts Grant, and Freedman Traveling Scholarship for Emerging Artists, among others.Ori Z Soltes, PhD, Teaching Professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DCDr. Soltes teaches at Georgetown University across the disciplines of theology, art history, philosophy and politics. He is the former Director and Curator of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum where he curated some 80 exhibitions. He is the author of several hundred articles and catalogue essays, and the author or editor of 25 books, including The Ashen Rainbow: The Holocaust and the Arts; Symbols of Faith: How Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Art Draw from the Same Source; and Tradition and Transformation: Three Millennia of Jewish Art and Architecture and Immortality, Memory, Creativity, and Survival: The Arts of Alice Lok Cahana, Ronnie Cahana and Kitra Cahana (FAS 2020).
These diverse experts will address the specifics of American immigration policies in the first half of the twentieth century and how they particularly affected those seeking refuge from the ravages of the Nazi Holocaust across Europe; the consequences of forced migration in the work of the seven artists whose work is the focus of the Identity, Art and Migration project; the continuation and reshaping of issues affecting immigrant artists and their art in the recent history of the United States and the current reality of Europe.
The presentations will be followed by questions to the speakers posed by the moderator as well as by audience Q & A.
ModeratorRachel Stern, Director and CEO of the Fritz Ascher Society in New York, NYRachel Stern is the Founding Director and CEO of The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art. Born and educated in Germany, she worked for ten years in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. She is a 2018 recipient of the Hans and Lea Grundig Prize, in recognition of her research about the artist Fritz Ascher (Berlin, 1893-1970), the international traveling exhibition and the book To Live is to Blaze with Passion: The Expressionist Fritz Ascher/ Leben ist Glühn: Der Expressionist Fritz Ascher (Cologne: Wienand 2016). In 2020, she published a selection of poems by Fritz Ascher, Fritz Ascher. Poesiealbum 357 (Wilhelmshorst: Märkischer Verlag) and edited, with Julia Diekmann, the exhibition catalogue The Lonely Man. Clowns in the Art of Fritz Ascher (1893-1970) / Der Vereinsamte. Clowns in der Kunst Fritz Aschers (1893-1970) (Holzminden: Verlag Jörg Mitzkat).
This event is part of the online project "Identity, Art and Migration" organized by The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art, New York.
Generously sponsored by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
at 7:00pm -
9:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The
anniversaries of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime
of Genocide occur in December. This program will talk about the women who were identified by the Third Reich as ‘undesirables,’ including Jews, Roma, political dissidents, those who were cognitively or physically
disabled, and others, were targeted for euthanasia; cruel and inhuman
medical experimentation; sterilization; rape and sexual slavery; forced
abortion; infanticide of any children born in the concentration camps;
and other grievous practices. Children were routinely tortured, used as experimental subjects, abused, and murdered. We will examine these practices and also highlights German men and women who, at risk of their own lives and the lives of their loved ones, intervened to attempt to save others.
The featured speakers are Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D., founder and Executive Director of World Without Genocide; and Beverley Chalmers, Ph.D., D.Sc., an award-winning author and scholar. Her book, Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi Rule, received the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Holocaust Literature and a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award.
Event details$10 general public, $5 students and seniors. ‘Clock hours’ for
teachers, nurses, and social workers. Free to Mitchell Hamline students.
$25 for 2.0 ‘Elimination of Bias’ CLE credits for Minnesota lawyers.
Registration detailsRegistration is available through PayPal here. The Zoom link will be
sent out to all registered attendees the Friday before the webinar and
again one hour before the webinar begins.
This is a live webinar, and a recording will not be made available afterward.
Lawyers who register for CLE credit will receive a CLE receipt the day after the event.
Please e-mail admin@worldwithoutgenocide.org to receive “Clock Hour” certificates made available to teachers, social workers, and nurses.
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Thursday, December 16, 2021
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
3GNY Descendant of Holocaust Survivors and The Gross Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Ramapo College of NJ present Gumpert Teachers' Workshop - Preview Event
PresentersDr. Michael A. Riff, Director, The Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of New JerseyDouglas Cervi, Executive Director, N.J. Commission on Holocaust EducationDave Reckess, Executive Director, 3GNYDaniel Riff, 3GNY Volunteer and WEDU SpeakerHeather Lutz, Teacher at Pascack Hills High School
Register here.
Approved Program for Certification Renewal (1 Hour). Assists in Adopting and Implementing N.J. Core Curriculum Standards Language Arts 3.1 Social Studies 6.16.3 World Languages 7.1 and 7.2
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Saturday, December 18, 2021
at 11:00am -
1:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
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Description:
Please join Holocaust Museum Houston as Holocaust Survivor Pauline Rubin shares her testimony. Pauline was only three when World War II started. A year later, she and her parents—Polish Jews who had come to Brussels where her father worked as a furrier—went into hiding and Pauline was separated from her parents. Learn the rest of her story during this special program.
This program is included in Museum admission. RSVP is not required.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2021
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Virtual
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Description:
In 1944, many Americans were opposed to taking in European refugees
who had been displaced by World War II. In the midst of this unwelcoming
climate, 982 refugees, many of whom were Jewish, arrived in Oswego, New
York. Here, they were housed at Fort Ontario, the United States’ only
refugee camp during the war. In order to be allowed to come to the
United States, the refugees had to promise to return to Europe after the
war ended. They also faced other difficulties, such as having no legal
status in the United States and being unable to work while in the camp.
Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust for a program exploring life at Fort Ontario during
World War II. The program will feature an introductory presentation by Rebecca Erbelding,
historian, archivist, and curator at the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum, followed by a conversation with survivors who lived at
Fort Ontario, moderated by journalist and Columbia professor Keren Blankenfeld. This program is co-presented with Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum.
A $10 suggested donation enables the Museum of Jewish Heritage to present programs like this one. They thank you for your support.
Register here.
Live closed captions will be available during this program.
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 Kathy C. Hochul 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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Friday, December 24, 2021
(all day)
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
N/A
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Description:
The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office
will be closed.
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Saturday, December 25, 2021
(all day)
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
N/A
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Description:
Merry Christmas!
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