Events List
Below is list of upcoming events for your site.
List of Events
-
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
at 4:00pm -
5:00pm
-
Calendar:
Workshops
-
Location:
Zoom
-
Description:
Media literacy
is a critical skill in today’s world. One way educators can help to
foster an understanding of the importance of media literacy is through
an examination of the Holocaust. In Echoes & Reflections' new online activities for
students, Explore the Past, Shape the Future, they invite students to
identify the importance of media literacy today through an examination
of the impact of Nazi propaganda. This student activity is accessed
through USC Shoah Foundation’s IWitness platform, allowing educators to
assign activities to students, track progress, and assess learning via
provided rubrics. Students are also able to interact and share their
learning with teacher and classmates. Prior to attending this webinar, they recommend that you create an IWitness account to enhance your
experience during the presentation.
Register here.
Simple, free IWitness registration can be done here. Learn more about creating an IWitness group for your students here.
Echoes & Reflections' webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust
history, explore and access classroom-ready content, and support
instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of
this complex history and its lasting effect on the world.
-
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
-
Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
-
Location:
UT Dallas Campus
Erik Jonsson Academic Center, JO 4.102
-
Description:
Dissemination of Holocaust Education in India: Academic Insights and Personal Reflections by Dr. Mehak Burza
India represents a country that was neither directly affected nor involved with the Holocaust. As the timeline of the Holocaust overlaps the timeline of the struggle for freedom for the Indian subcontinent, the later events overshadow the former. Holocaust education is neither mandatory nor prevalent in India.
Equating the partition of India with the Holocaust and tagging the Holocaust as one of the genocides, represents one of the few misconceptions about the Holocaust in India that often strips off the uniqueness of the catastrophic event. This talk will address the present status of Holocaust education in Indian schools and universities. The survey stems from the standard books used in schools as well as my personal experience as an educator. This talk will also address the need of creating awareness regarding the Holocaust in India through relevant examples, which would serve as the appropriate entry wedges to create awareness regarding Holocaust education in India.
Lecture presented by Dr. Mehak BurzaHead, Global Holocaust and Religious Studies, GCRR, Denver, United States.Assistant Professor, English, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Parking is available Parking Structure 3 (PS3 on the map). PS3 is located just south of Synergy/Rutford Avenue (follow the white "Ackerman Center Event" signs directing you from Waterview/Synergy). There will be a parking greeter in a yellow vest there to assist.
-
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
-
Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
-
Location:
Zoom
-
Description:
Do we have an ethical responsibility toward “violated spaces” like
those of a former concentration camp? What legacy do such spaces create
for us? And how might cultural differences alter our perceptions of the
memorial in our 21st-century? Join Dr. Rebecca Rovit,
Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Kansas, who will
explore Mauthausen as a site of remembrance connected to violence that
permeated Austrian soil. She will draw on experiential and
intergenerational aspects of memory, based on an excursion to the former
camp memorial with a group of graduate students from the University of
Vienna. As active spectators at sites like Mauthausen, they commemorate
the Holocaust with its traumatic past traces from WWII.
Register here.
This event is part of the 2022-23 Harriet & Kenneth
Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) and National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH) Colloquium, “Trauma, Remembrance, and Compassion.” The
event is organized by the KHC at Queensborough Community College and is
co-sponsored by the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity
Center; the Ray Wolpow Institute at Western Washington University; and
the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers
University.
-
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
-
Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
-
Location:
Zoom
-
Description:
Fred Stein lived through some of the greatest upheavals of the 20th century. He escaped Nazi Germany; he mingled with Chagall and Brecht in Paris; and he debated with Einstein in New York. He was a scholar, a refugee, and an idealist. But above all, he was a photographer. An early innovator of hand-held street photography in 1930s France and 1940s New York, his images are sophisticated, beautiful, and touching; his portraits include some of the most important people of the mid-20th century, like Albert Einstein.
Register here.
This program features curator Ulrike Kuschel and son Peter Stein in conversation, moderated by Rachel Stern, director of the Fritz Ascher Society.
Ulrike Kuschel
studied Fine Arts at the Berlin University of the Arts (Hochschule der
Künste) in Berlin and has realized numerous artistic projects in Germany
and abroad. In 2010 she was a fellow at the Villa Massimo in Rome. At
the same time, she worked for a picture agency for many years and taught
photography and the history of photography at various universities.
From 2017 to 2020 she was a member of the jury of the Kunstfonds
Foundation (Stiftung Kunstfonds) for the publication and education
program. Since 2019, she has been working on various projects at the
German Historical Museum (Deutsches Historisches Museum) in Berlin: in
2019/2020 she assisted in the exhibition “Hannah Arendt and the 20th
Century”, and in 2021 she curated the exhibition “Report from Exile –
Photographs by Fred Stein” (December 11, 2020 to June 20, 2021). She is
currently working on a digital history project.
Peter Stein, ASC has been the Director of
Photography on over 50 feature films, TV movies, and documentaries,
covering the last 35 years and was invited to join the prestigious
American Society of Cinematographers in 1999. He grew up learning
photography from his father, noted street photographer and portraitist
Fred Stein. After deciding on a career in film he became a camera
operator on the feature film “Between the Lines” directed by Joan
Micklin Silver. He has lensed major studio and independent releases,
including drama, comedy, suspense, horror and various cult films – and
has been nominated for two Emmy Awards.
Peter has taught at SUNY Purchase and The School of Visual Arts,
has lectured on cinematography at the New School, Hofstra, Fairleigh
Dickenson, CCNY, Marist and UMass, and was a professor in the Graduate
Film Program at New York University for 13 years, where he also served
as Head of Production. He
manages the photo archive of his father Fred Stein, and produced and
directed the film about him “Out of Exile – The Photography of Fred
Stein.”
This event is part of the monthly series Flight or Fight. stories of artists under repression.
Future events and the recordings of past events can be found here.
The Fritz Ascher Society offers all our virtual programs free of charge. Please help them keep
it that way. Your support makes their work possible. Thank you.
-
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
-
Calendar:
Workshops
-
Location:
Zoom
-
Description:
As a teenager,
Avraham Perlmutter outwitted the Nazis overcoming every obstacle in his
way. His story is a remarkable tale of survival and relentless
perseverance, and is a testament to human kindness in the darkest of
times. His daughter, award-winning filmmaker and publisher Keren
Perlmutter, Ph.D., will share his inspirational story and will be joined
for Q&A by descendants of the Righteous Among the Nations who
helped Avraham survive.
Register here.
Echoes & Reflections' webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust
history, explore and access classroom-ready content, and support
instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of
this complex history and its lasting effect on the world.
-
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
at 7:30pm -
9:30pm
-
Calendar:
Workshops
-
Location:
ERJCC Merfish Teen Center
9000 S Rice Ave Houston, TX
-
Description:
Award-winning novelist Dara Horn will discuss her book, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present.
In this remarkable collection of essays, Horn presents a unique
perspective on modern-day antisemitism. Drawing on her extensive
research, she confronts people’s fascination with long-dead Jews and
explores the benign reverence given to past horrors. The feel-good
stories people share about dead Jews make it easy to dismiss the
here-and-now targeting of living Jews. This book challenges us to get a
little uncomfortable, change our understanding and acknowledge the
deeper implications of antisemitism in our world.
Register here.
-
Thursday, November 3, 2022
at 6:00pm -
7:30pm
-
Calendar:
Workshops
-
Location:
Pflugerville Public Library
1008 Pfluger St W Pflugerville, TX
-
Description:
Understanding What We Are Remembering When We Remember the Holocaust
This talk will offer guidance towards a clearer perspective on the Holocaust by identifying Nazism’s goals, describing the murderous endeavor’s stages and components, giving voice to the victims, and distinguishing between historical facts and popular myths.
Facilitated by Dr. J.E. Wolfson, Director of Education for the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC), the program will include time for Q&A.
Anyone 18 and up may register beginning 9/20 by visiting here.
This event will take place in-person at the Pflugerville Public Library (1008 Pfluger Street W, Pflugerville, TX 78660)
-
Thursday, November 3, 2022
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
-
Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
-
Location:
Virtual
-
Description:
The Boniuk Charitable Foundation announces the first in a series of summits addressing Hate Speech. Holocaust Museum Houston Associate Director of Education Amy Frake will serve on this panel discussion.
The Speaker LineupAmy FrakeIrene GuentherGünther Jikeli
ModeratorsEmran El-BadawiPaula Sanders
Register here by October 27th.
-
Sunday, November 6, 2022
at 10:00am -
11:00am
-
Calendar:
Commemorations
-
Location:
Zoom
-
Description:
Join 3GNY to learn about the rich Jewish heritage of the Sudetenland
region and how the march to war unfolded in the interwar period,
culminating in the violent acts of Kristallnacht.
Yvonne Weisgrab
Penkavova, a historian based in Prague, will describe the history of
Jews in Sudetenland and how Jewish people, culture, and heritage were
threatened and ultimately decimated in the new Czechoslovak republic
after WWII, through the Munich Agreement, and the Kristallnacht pogroms
of Nov 9-10, 1938.
Register here.
-
Sunday, November 6, 2022
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
-
Calendar:
Films
-
Location:
Congregation Agudas Achim Social Hall
7300 Hart Ln Austin, TX 78731
-
Description:
More than 70 years after World War II, Thalau – a small village in Germany
– comes to terms with the complex legacy of native son Wilm Hosenfeld,
the Nazi officer widely known for saving Władysław Szpilman – ”The
Pianist”, who is now revealed to have been a serial rescuer.
Hosenfeld’s personal diaries record his chilling, gradual
disillusionment with the Nazi war machine he belonged to and that
Szpilman, incredibly, is just one of sixty people he saved. Thalau’s
group of supporters are inspired to have Hosenfeld memorialized at the
local school he led before enlisting in Hitler’s army, but the villagers
struggle to come to terms with the complicated legacy of a man they
want to forget; a Nazi officer and a serial rescuer.
Why the Austin Jewish Film Festival Likes This Film: An excellent documentary that looks at the complex issues around memorializing a Nazi soldier who ended up doing good. The subject of the film is a key figure behind the story illustrated in the multi Oscar winning film, “The Pianist”.
Purchase tickets online here.
This film will be shown in-person on November 6th & November 13th.
This film will be available virtually from November 14th - November 22nd.
-
Sunday, November 6, 2022
at 4:00pm -
5:00pm
-
Calendar:
Films
-
Location:
800 W Campbell Rd
Richardson, TX
-
Description:
This event is on the UT Dallas campus at the Naveen Jindal School of Management (JSOM).
Join the Ackerman Center for the special screening of the short film, Variables, by the film's director, Sabina Vajrača. Film
synopsis: In the middle of the Bosnian War, a teenage math-wiz is given
a way out of the bloodshed when his math club gets an invitation to
compete at the 1995 International Math Olympiad in Canada. Inspired by
true events.This event will also feature the launch of The
Ackerman Center's “Screening Genocide Student Film Blog,” developed in
connection with the Uncertain Futures Grant.*Parking will
be in Lot M East. Enter the campus via the main University entrance off
Campbell Road and follow the white Ackerman Center event signs. (map linked here).
This event is free of charge, but we do request that you RSVP here.
-
Sunday, November 6, 2022
at 7:00pm -
8:30pm
-
Calendar:
Films
-
Location:
Virtual
-
Description:
The Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation, together with Taube
Philanthopies, invites you to commemorate the enduring legacy of the
Warsaw Ghetto Revolt during an enlightening conversation about Jon
Avnet's critically acclaimed film Uprising starring Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer, and Jon Voight.Join
them for a conversation and Q&A with Jon Avnet, Holocaust scholar
Dr. Michael Berenbaum, and Dr. Steven Meed, son of Vladka Meed, an
organizer of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.The live conversation from San Francisco will be broadcast globally. Watch the film in advance on Amazon Prime.
Registration is free and easy here
and everyone will be sent a link to the virtual event 72 hours in
advance. In addition, educators are eligible for free curriculum
materials, copies of the film, and special clips of conversations with
the filmmakers and the Warsaw ghettos survivors who consulted on the
film.
-
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
-
Calendar:
Workshops
-
Location:
Zoom
-
Description:
Kristallnacht is often viewed as a turning point. On the night of November 9, 1938, the persecution of the Jews became dramatically visible and undeniable. Marking the anniversary of Kristallnacht presents a unique teachable moment: what happens when people are deprived of basic rights and others stand by without taking action? How does escalation occur? Why is it so important to fight hatred? Your classroom is invited to join Sheryl Ochayon of Yad Vashem, who will explore these issues in this webinar.
Register here.
Echoes & Reflections' webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust
history, explore and access classroom-ready content, and support
instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of
this complex history and its lasting effect on the world.
-
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
at 5:30pm -
7:30pm
-
Calendar:
Workshops
-
Location:
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio
-
Description:
Using photographs, video, audio, interviews, archival documents, contemporary headlines, and personal stories, Rachael brings her grandmother’s story, entwined with her own journey, into classrooms and communities, adjusting the focus of her presentations and workshops to speak to the age and interest of the audience.
Rachael’s award-winning curricula have reached thousands of students of all ages, from as young as fourth grade to adult education. She collaborated with USC Shoah Foundation’s IWitness and Echoes & Reflections to develop classroom-ready resources to accompany her podcast, We Share The Same Sky, which was the first-ever narrative podcast to be based on a Holocaust survivor’s testimony. Those resources are now being used in classrooms across the country.
Registration (with $10 fee) includes a copy of We Share the Same Sky and curriculum materials.
Listen to the podcast here.
Learn more and register here.
Earn 2 Hours CPE Credit. For more information on upcoming workshops and HMMSA Educator Resources contact Dr. Jessica Hanshaw, Education and Curations Manager at education@hmmsa.org
Presented by Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio
-
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
at 8:00am -
9:00am
-
Calendar:
Commemorations
-
Location:
Virtual
-
Description:
Join the Association of Jewish Refugees as they hold their annual November Pogrom commemorative service. The event will be streamed live and hosted by the Belsize Square Synagogue in London, United Kingdom.
Click here to access the live stream.
Mini Calendar
|
←
|
April 2024
|
→
|
| S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
·
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
·
|
·
|
·
|
·
|
Calendars
Events by Month
