Events List
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List of Events
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Sunday, November 13, 2022
at 2:15pm -
3:15pm
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Calendar:
Films
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Location:
Congregation Agudas Achim Social Hall
7300 Hart Ln Austin, TX 78731
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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.
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Sunday, November 13, 2022
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Films
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Location:
Virtual
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Description:
A celebration of the extraordinary life and work of Sister Rose Thering and her successful quest to rid Catholic School education of anti-Semitism. Rose was a young nun in the Dominican order, determined to stop the Catholic Church from teaching hate, and prove that the doctrine blaming Jews for the death of Jesus was irreconcilable with her notion of a loving God. Rose’s efforts paved the way for the historic Vatican II Council and the papal encyclical that reformed the Church’s teachings about Jews. She later became a renowned Holocaust educator and received the Courage to Care award from the Anti-Defamation League.
THE SCHEDULE
November 11-14, watch Oren Jacoby‘s Oscar-nominated film Sister Rose’s Passion on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register.
Sunday, November 13 at 3:00PM CDT, tune into the program with our distinguished panel. A link will be provided to all who register.
Register here.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Barbara Wind, a scholar of Jewish-Christian and Holocaust Studies, served as Executive Director of the Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest from 2000-2018. She is currently completing several non-fiction books, including Scaling the Mountain, a memoir-biography of Sister Rose Thering. A writer, journalist, playwright and poet, her publications include: The Myth of Jewish Non-Resistance During the Holocaust, Seton Hall University, 2001; Auf Asch Gehen, EOS Verlag 2005; articles in The New York Times, The Times of Israel, The Jewish Link, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), literary publications, and poetry anthologies. She expects to soon publish The Yoke of Night, a poetic memoir of the Holocaust written in 1944 by Jurek Zakrzewski, for whom she is the literary executor.
After serving 28 years as National Director and a total of fifty years with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Abraham H. Foxman, left, retired in 2015 and became National Director Emeritus. He is world-renowned as a leader in the fight against anti-semitism, bigotry and discrimination and speaks out on issues of global anti-semitism, the war on terrorism, church/state issues, religious intolerance and issues relating to the Holocaust. During his long and distinguished career, Foxman has had consultations with world leaders on every continent including the three most recent popes. Abraham Foxman was a hidden child in Poland during the Holocaust.
Oren Jacoby, is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker. His latest film, On Broadway (2021),
tells the story of the rebirth of the Broadway Theater and New York
City. He is currently directing a documentary about the fossil fuel
industry and climate change. Sister Rose’s Passion was a winner of Best Documentary Short Film at the Tribeca Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar. Shadowman (Amazon Prime) was the audience award runner-up at the Tribeca Film Festival. His theatrical adaptation of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man won the Joseph Jefferson Award for best new play adaptation. He is the Executive Producer of Julia and Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down.
Dr. Jud Newborn, who will host and moderate the program, served as the Founding Historian of the Museum of Jewish Heritage. He is the author of the acclaimed Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, and he has presented his multimedia lecture programs at the United Nations and worldwide. He was awarded his PhD with Distinction by the University of Chicago following three years of fieldwork in Europe as a Fulbright and Woodrow Wilson National Fellow, including hunting down former SS officers and working undercover for Poland’s “Solidarity” freedom movement. He was honored with the Anne Frank Center’s prestigious “Spirit of Anne Frank Award” and is the Emmy Award winning Producer of Special Celebrity Programs for Long Island, NY’s Cinema Arts Centre.
Tickets are by donation of any amount. The Sousa Mendes Foundation suggests $18, but you are welcome to give more if you can and less if you need to. Your contribution is 100% tax-deductible.
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Monday, November 14, 2022
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CCHGS) at Keene State College for a special event on "Reporting on War" with Peabody award-winning journalist Jason Beaubien. Beaubien is a Global Health and Development Correspondent at National Public Radio (NPR) who has filed stories from more than 60 countries across the globe. His reports often highlight inequities, injustices, and abuses of power, and he regularly writes about natural disasters, war, and human conflict. Beaubien will be Zooming in from Ukraine, where he is currently on a work assignment. Additional information about Beaubien and samples of his work can be found at here.
Register here.
This event is organized by the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CCHGS) and the Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College. Additional co-sponsors include the Department of Journalism, Multimedia, and Public Relations, the Department of Political Science, and the Dean’s Office.
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Monday, November 14, 2022
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
How has the United States memorialized and
commemorated the Holocaust since 1945? How do these spaces connect to
broader human rights issues facing the United States and world today?
Join William & Mary History PhD Candidate Tyler J. Goldberger as he
explores various Holocaust sites of memory as primary sources to use in
the classroom setting and beyond.
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.
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Monday, November 14, 2022
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Kings Harbor Waterfront Village
4501 Magnolia Cove Dr. Kingwood, TX 77345
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Description:
It's been 5 years! Yes, on Monday, Nov. 14th from 2-3pm Holocaust Remembrance Association is having Holocaust Garden of Hope's, official Phase One Groundbreaking event. There will be music, prize drawing and light refreshments to follow. Distinguished citywide leaders will be in attendance. You may RSVP here.
The
Holocaust Garden of Hope is an open-air museum commemorating the
victims and survivors, as well as the Allied soldiers and ordinary
Christians who became rescuers during that dark period. Construction of
the grand entrance and two of the eight exhibits begins this November.
The
purpose of the Holocaust Garden of Hope is to grow beauty for ashes and
to let people know that such atrocities that happened during World War
II and the whole of the Holocaust didn’t have to happen if good people
would have chosen to not be silent.
Also, Holocaust Remembrance Association has been acknowledged as an up and coming worthy project for
philanthropy in the September 26th 2022 edition of the Houston
Chronicle!
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
at 3:30pm -
5:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
A Centropa professional development opportunity for educators in partnership with the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University, Saint Elizabeth University Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education, and the Holocaust Center of Greater MetroWest NJ
It’s not enough to teach students how Jews were murdered.We must also teach how Jews lived.
What is Centropa? Centropa, a Jewish historical institute based in Vienna, interviewed 1,200 elderly Jews living in 15 European countries. We didn’t use video or focus on the Holocaust, but asked our respondents to tell us their entire life stories spanning the 20th c. as they showed us their old family photographs.
Centropa offers teachers a database of thousands of annotated photos, hundreds of interviews, and scores of award-winning, short multimedia films (none longer than 30 minutes)—ideal for creating virtual and in-class projects that teach digital literacy, promote critical thinking, increase global awareness, all found at http://www.centropa.org, all free of charge. Each summer we bring the most innovative teachers to the great cities of Central Europe to travel with 70 teachers from 17 countries—in 2023 we will be in Vienna & Prague.
Teachers use Centropa resources to teach history, Holocaust education, social studies, ELA, art, world languages, filmmaking, photography, technology, and civics.
Teachers will return to their classes with:ready-to-use activities for teaching your students about pre-war Jewish life, including stories of what it was like to grow up in different Jewish communities;access to a database with all of the resources you will need to teach about pre-war Jewish life;primary source photographs and interviews, and short multimedia films that you can use to create the lessons you need for the students you teach;information about Milton Wolf Prize in Student Advocacy, Centropa’s student civics competition with cash prizes for grades 6-12;further professional development opportunities from the Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest NJ, Holocaust Resource Center, Saint Elizabeth University Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education, and Centropa.
Register here.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
YouTube
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Description:
Arye Ephrath was born in a basement. It was spring, 1942 in Slovakia
and local authorities collaborated with Nazi Germany to deport Jews,
targeting young adults like Arye’s parents. His father had already fled
to the nearby woods. Arye’s mother retreated downstairs, where she went
into labor.
The threat of deportation followed. In August 1944, Nazi Germany
invaded Slovakia. Arye and his family escaped to Šišov, a Slovak
village, where strangers hid them separately. Arye stayed with a
shepherd’s family, dressed as a girl to blend in with their daughters,
until their liberation in spring 1945.
SpeakerArye Ephrath, Holocaust Survivor and USHMM 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.
First Person 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, November 16, 2022
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:
Holocaust Museum Houston’s Moving Forward Lecture Series kicks off with a presentation and discussion with Mark Toubin, ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League) Southwest Regional Director. Learn more about the rise of antisemitism, how it manifests in our community, and strategies to respond.
Click here for more information.
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Thursday, November 17, 2022
at 3:30pm -
4:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Holocaust Resource Center, Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall, Special Collections Research Library and Archive, and Galleries of Kean University, in partnership with the American Society for Yad Vashem for a virtual exhibit and conversation led by Marlene W. Yahalom, PhD, Director of Education.
PD Hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided.
Register here.
For more information, please contact: Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director via e-mail or via phone.
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Thursday, November 17, 2022
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for this virtual lecture about Charlotte Salomon featuring Monica Bohm-Duchen.
Charlotte
Salomon (1917-1943) was a talented Berlin-born artist who was murdered
at Auschwitz, while four months pregnant, at the age of 26. Her main
body of work, a sequence of nearly 800 gouache images entitled Leben? or Theater? (Life? or Theatre?)
and created while seeking refuge in the South of France, is an
ambitious fictive autobiography which deploys both images and text, and
incorporates a wide range of musical, literary, and cinematic
references. The narrative, informed by Salomon's experiences as a
cultured, and assimilated German Jewish woman, depicts a life lived in
the shadow of Nazi persecution and a family history of suicide, but also
reveals moments of intense happiness and hope. Challenging the artistic
conventions of Salomon’s time, it remains almost impossible to
categorize. This illustrated lecture by London-based art historian
Monica Bohm-Duchen will explore the multiple aspects of this
sophisticated, complex, and haunting work, and will reflect on its
relevance for our own time.
Monica Bohm-Duchen is a London-based
writer, lecturer and exhibition organizer. In 1995 she curated a major
international exhibition entitled After Auschwitz: Responses to the Holocaust in Contemporary Art. She was co-curator of Life? or Theatre? The Work of Charlotte Salomon, shown at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1998, and co-edited an anthology of critical essays entitled Charlotte Salomon: Gender, Trauma, Creativity, published by Cornell University Press in 2006. Her book, Art and the Second World War was
published by Lund Humphries in association with Princeton University
Press, in 2013/14. She is the founding Director of Insiders/Outsiders
[Insiders Outsiders Festival], an ongoing celebration of the
contribution of refugees from Nazi Europe to British culture and beyond.
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Sunday, November 20, 2022
at 4:00pm -
5:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The Holocaust Teacher Institute at the University of Miami, School of
Education & Human Development is proud to announce the Leslie and
Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Foundation Holocaust/Jewish themed Sunday
Salon Series.
The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II with Dr. Robert P. Watson in conversation with Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff
Built in 1927, the German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the RMS Titanic and one of the most celebrated luxury liners in the world. When the Nazis seized control in Germany, she was stripped down for use as a floating barracks and troop transport. Although the British government sealed many documents pertaining to the ship's sinking, Dr. Watson has unearthed forgotten records, conducted many interviews, and used over 100 sources, including diaries and oral histories, to expose this story. As a result, The Nazi Titanic is a riveting and astonishing account of an enigmatic ship that played a devastating role in World War II and the Holocaust.
Register here. After registering, you will receive an immediate confirmation email with your ZOOM link. A reminder will be sent as well.
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Monday, November 21, 2022
at 8:30am -
9:00am
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Facebook Live
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Description:
The couple saw the notice on the bulletin board and volunteered. They knew very little, only that a Jewish child needed a British family to help them escape Nazi Germany. Over eight years, Esther became like a daughter to Harry and Dot Harrison.
GuestEsther Starobin, Holocaust survivor and museum volunteer
HostDr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Watch live at facebook.com/holocaustmuseum.
You do not need a Facebook account to view USHMM's program. After the live
broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on the USHMM’s Facebook and YouTube pages.
This episode was made possible in part by the Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation.
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Monday, November 21, 2022
at 4:00pm -
5:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
How can a study of the Holocaust inform teaching and learning about Indigenous genocide? Similarly, how might Indigenous genocide education contribute to an expanded understanding of the Holocaust? Examining similarities and differences between Indigenous genocide and the Holocaust can help us better understand the roles of individuals (such as victims and perpetrators) and organizations, bring attention to cultural genocide, reframe our thinking of genocide as a process rather than an event, and focus attention on transitional justice efforts, including memorialization and education. Join social studies educator Dr. George D. Dalbo for an exploration of where the historical narratives of Indigenous genocide and the Holocaust intersect.
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.
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Thursday, November 24, 2022
(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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Friday, November 25, 2022
(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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