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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
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Description:
Join
Holocaust Museum Houston as survivor Bill Orlin gives his testimony on
the Mady and Ken Kades Stage in the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater.
Between
1939 and 1945, Orlin and his family lived on the run. The eldest son of
Sender and Sonia Orlinski, he was seven years old when German troops
invaded Poland and occupied his hometown of Brok. The Jewish residents
were forcibly marched to Ostrow Mazowiecki, about 50 miles northwest of
Warsaw.
The forced march, although terrifying at the time, may
have saved the family’s lives. Once Orlin and his family were in
Soviet-controlled Poland, they continued their eastward journey into the
Soviet interior, where they remained in relative safety for the rest of
WWII. When Germany invaded the USSR in June 1941 the family “ran,” as
Orlin recalls. Although the family was together, life was tremendously
difficult, suffering from hunger and malnutrition for the next several
years.
This event is included in museum admission. No registration is necessary.
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Thursday, March 16, 2023
at 10:00am -
11:00am
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Calendar:
Grants & Contests
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
THGAAC Grant Specialist Cheyanne Perkins will provide an overview of the 2023 THGAAC Education Grant process. Anyone interested in applying for a 2023 THGAAC Education Grant should register to attend any one of the three FAQ Meetings.
Participants will also have the opportunity to ask any questions they might have about the any part of the grant application and awarding process.
To attend, register here.
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Thursday, March 16, 2023
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Virtual
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Description:
The persecution of Europe's Jews led to the Holocaust, but began with stripping away rights, normalizing hateful and biased attitudes, and social exclusion. Join a guided exploration of the Pyramid of Hate and Echoes & Reflections Timeline of the Holocaust, two complementary resources that can be used to enhance students’ understanding of how prejudice can build to genocide and how to stop antisemitism and hate from escalating.
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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Sunday, March 19, 2023
at 8:00am -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
We face many challenges in Holocaust education: raising awareness of its lessons, honoring, and memorializing the victims, sustaining the relevancy of this event, and addressing the challenges of those who maintain it never happened.
As educators, we are also responsible to teach our students critical thinking. They must develop information and media literacy and be equipped to identify and expose Holocaust denial and distortion of all kinds. Holocaust denial has become a significant issue. As a further challenge, our students must learn to expose it without restricting freedom of speech.
Join the American Society for Yad Vashem for this opportunity to hear remarks given by Dr. Michael Berenbaum on the urgency to give these challenges immediate attention and address these issues through education represented in museums, memorials, cinema, and historical documentation.
This program will empower educators to safeguard students who might be exposed to manipulation and indoctrination through social media platforms. This program includes a panel presentation, Q&A, and professional development workshops led by experts in the field.
Moderator & Keynote SpeakerMichael Berenbaum, PhD, is the Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust and a Professor of Jewish Studies at the American Jewish University. He is a writer, lecturer, and teacher. He consults internationally on the conceptual development of museums and the development of historical films about the Holocaust. In the past, he has served as a distinguished visiting professor at universities across the nation and beyond.
PanelistsFelice Cohen, Author of The Last BoySteven Fisher, Director and Playwright of The Last BoyKaren Kruger, Producer and Writer of Letters from Brno
Register here.
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
at 9:00am -
10:00am
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
As part of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy's (ISGAP)
landmark Fellowship Training Programme on Critical Antisemitism
Studies, Discrimination and Human Rights at the Woolf Institute, ISGAP
is pleased to announce the ISGAP-Woolf Institute Series titled “Creating
a Conceptual Framework for the Critical Study of Contemporary
Antisemitism.”
The series will allow ISGAP Visiting Scholars to deliver their latest
research to the broader Cambridge community. It will also bring ISGAP's
network of scholars to the Woolf Institute, allowing for new ideas to
be integrated into one of the most important academic institutions on
issues of contemporary antisemitism. Housed at the Woolf Institute,
Cambridge, the seminar series will include in-person and virtual
presentations from top experts in the field of contemporary
antisemitism.
“A Human Rights Approach to Combating Antisemitism”
Professor Ahmed Shaheed, OSCE Expert on Freedom of Religion or Belief; Professor, International Human Rights Law, Essex Law School, Essex, U.K.
Register here.
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Taught by Dr. Lev Topor, ISGAP Visiting Scholar in Critical
Antisemitism Studies, Discrimination and Human Rights at the Woolf
Institute. This short digital course is aimed to present the topic of
anonymous antisemitism and the way it is propagated nowadays with modern
technologies, which mainly include platforms like the dark web or
secure and anonymous messaging applications like telegram. During this
course, we will learn and discuss the reasons for engaging in
antisemitism anonymously, the effects of such antisemitism, as well as
ongoing policies aimed to tackle this problem – whether policies from
social media platforms/technology companies or from governments. During
the course, we will also learn about the concepts of cyberspace,
anonymity, and pseudonymity.
Session 1: Introduction – What Is Anonymous Communication and What Nazis Have to Do With It.During this session, we will have a general introduction to the
topics of antisemitism and racism online, as well as anonymous
communications. We will also learn about the reasons that nudge
neo-Nazis and other anti-Semites to the dark web.
Will be held 7 March 2023 at 11 AM CT
Session 2: Online Antisemitism, Racism, Anti-Muslim Sentiment, and Xenophobia – A Review During this session, we will dive deep into the world of online
antisemitism, racism, Islamophobia and xenophobia. We will also continue
our discussion about anonymous antisemitism and begin to learn about
governmental and technology companies’ policies towards these issues.
Was held 14 March 2023 at at 11 AM CT
Session 3: Trends from the Dark Web and Telegram: Online RadicalizationDuring this session, we will learn about antisemitic trends from
the dark web and compare them to antisemitism and racism on the regular
online domain.
Will be held 21 March 2023 at at 11 AM CT
Session 4: Conclusion and Future RecommendationsDuring this session, we will have an overview of the topics:
antisemitism, online hatred, anonymous communications, and antisemitism
on the dark web and on secure messaging applications. We will have a
comparative look at policies against online hate and, lastly, engage in
an open discussion about the online domain, online hatred, and freedom
of speech.
Will be held 28 March 2023 at at 11 AM CT
This course costs $100. Register here.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023
at 10:00am -
11:00am
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
This course begins by exploring the motifs that have defined
antisemitism both over the centuries and into our own time. Moving then
into the contemporary world, we will consider the three primary sources
of the phenomenon of Jew hatred: the political right, the political
left, and political Islam. Finally, the course will end with a
discussion of how one might response to the rising tide of antisemitism
and what might be done about it.
Featuring Professor David
Patterson, Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair in Holocaust Studies
at the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at
Dallas, Richardson, U.S.; Senior Research Fellow, ISGAP
Session One: Historical Patterns and Modern ManifestationsIn this class we identify three defining motifs in the history of
antisemitism and its contemporary manifestations: (1) the claim to the
word of Truth, (2) blood libel and bloodshed, and (3) the redeeming
value of antisemitism. The redemptive aspect of antisemitism, it will be
shown, most fundamentally defines the historical and contemporary
essence of antisemitism in its various forms.
Was held on 1 March 2023 at 10AM Central Time
Session Two: The Defining Case of National Socialist AntisemitismThis session will explore the essence of Nazi antisemitism as the
phenomenon’s most extreme manifestation. The premise is that an
examination of the extreme case reveals what underlies other instances
of Jew hatred, as we make clear exactly what the Nazis set out to
obliterate in the annihilation of European Jewry and therefore exactly
what the antisemite is anti-. The presentation will end with a brief
consideration of the Nazi influence on Jihadist antisemitism, to be
examined more closely in the next class.
Was held on 8 March 2023 at 10AM Central Time
Session Three: Political Islamist AntisemitismIn this class we shall trace the recent history of political Islam
and Islamic Jihadism, their contemporary manifestations, and the
centrality of antisemitism to their ideology. Of particular interest
will be the Muslim Brotherhood and its widespread influence on
organizations such as the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah,
Sudan, and throughout Europe and North America. This session will end by
setting up the bonds at work in the Red-Green Alliance.
Was held on 15 March 2023 at 10AM Central Time
Session Four: Red-Green AntisemitismHere we consider antisemitism as it appears among left-wing
intellectuals, largely on college campuses, in professional
organizations, and in student movements. Central to this discussion will
be the relation between antisemitism and anti-Zionism. The presentation
will touch upon the left-wing affinity with Critical Race Theory, the
Boycott Divest Sanction Movement, Students for Justice in Palestine,
Black Lives Matter, and left-wing political movements.
Will be held on 22 March 2023 at 10AM Central Time
This course costs $100. Register here.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
YouTube
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Description:
Joël Nommick never got the chance to meet his father, who was
arrested and deported in 1942. Only later would he piece together the
story of his father’s imprisonment at Auschwitz and numerous other
camps. What happened to his father after liberation remains a mystery,
despite Joël’s ongoing research efforts.
Learn how Joël, his mother, and two brothers managed to keep their
Jewish identities hidden and stay alive in France while in constant
danger of discovery.Speaker
Joël Nommick, 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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Thursday, March 23, 2023
at 3:30pm -
4:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Please join the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University and the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous for an upcoming workshop on the book Word Smugglers: A Story of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto featuring the author Amy McDonald.
The Oyneg Shabes underground archive was the secret archive of the Warsaw Ghetto led and organized by Polish Jewish historian, teacher, and social aid worker, Dr. Emanuel Ringelblum. He and his colleagues wrote about daily life in the ghetto, forced labor, religious life, the fate of Jewish children, smuggling, underground schools, the underground press, cultural resistance, and armed resistance.
Amy McDonald's book, Word Smugglers: A Story of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto, recounts the story of a courageous group of men, women, and young people who chose to resist and fight back against cruelty and fear. This group did not fight back with guns and weapons. They fought back with words, stories, and truth. (Recommended for grades 7-12.)
PD hours and co-curricular credits provided.
Register here.
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Sunday, March 26, 2023
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
As Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at the National September 11 Memorial Museum, Dr. Stephanie Arel recognized costs – psychological, spiritual, and physical – aligned with responding to mass trauma and participating in communal recovery. The impact of bearing witness at memorial museums emerged in the lives of workers. To explore the phenomenon, she visited Auschwitz, interviewing those who remember the Holocaust’s horrors while resisting its infiltration in their personal lives. The immensity of honoring the dead for others inspired additional sojourns in Bosnia Herzegovina, Cambodia, Israel, South Africa, and the United States. She discovered dimensions of pride and care evident in those who honor memory: the capacity of workers to address reverberating political tensions while tending to visitor needs; the passion workers have for giving voice to the voiceless who died during traumatic events while offering care and support to the survivors, and the reality that reassembling the fragments of mass trauma is not for the weary, but instead emerges as a calling and a vocation.
Register here.
Stephanie Arel (PhD, Boston University) teaches at Fordham University. She is the author of Ideology and Utopia in the Twenty-First Century: The Surplus of Meaning in Ricoeur’s Dialectical Concept (Rowman & Littlefield 2018), and Human Dignity at the Thresholds (Springer 2023). She holds an Integrative Trauma Certificate for trauma treatment in a clinical setting from the National Institute for the Psychotherapies, New York and is trained in Compassion Fatigue for professionals. Her latest book, Bearing Witness: The Wounds of Trauma at Memorial Museums, will be published in September 2023 by Fortress Press. The American Academy of Religion recently awarded her a grant to produce a podcast entitled Bearing Witness: The Impact of Memorialization. She has given workshops around the globe on the psychological, social, and spiritual costs of the chronic encounter with traumatic content.
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Sunday, March 26, 2023
at 1:30pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Films
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
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Description:
This age-appropriate program is geared toward children ages 5-12 with a parent(s) or grandparent(s), especially for children who have a great-grandparent or other family members who are Holocaust Survivors.
This engaging animated film introduces the Shoah as a story of redemption and will be an entry to discussing your family's history and connection to the Holocaust. Based on a children's book of the same name, the film tells us about a Torah scroll that was saved from destruction.
Click here to RSVP.
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Monday, March 27, 2023
(all day)
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Calendar:
Grants & Contests
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Location:
N/A
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Description:
Letters of Intent are encouraged, but not required. This is not an application.
Letters of Intent will be accepted March 13 - 27, 2023 for the 2023 THGAAC Education Grant cycle.
Learn more about the THGAAC Education Grant.
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Monday, March 27, 2023
at 5:30pm -
6:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota to welcome Hasan Hasanović, curator at the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Center.Hasan Hasanović is a Srebrenica genocide survivor, and a curator and interpreter at the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Center. Hasanović is the author of Surviving Srebrenica, which tells his personal story of survival, and he speaks frequently about his experience at academic and commemorative events worldwide. Most recently, he headed on behalf of the Memorial Center a joint project by the Center and the War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo focused on recording stories of children who survived the Srebrenica genocide. He holds a degree in Criminal Sciences from the University of Sarajevo.
Register here.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
at 9:00am -
10:00am
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
As part of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy's (ISGAP)
landmark Fellowship Training Programme on Critical Antisemitism
Studies, Discrimination and Human Rights at the Woolf Institute, ISGAP
is pleased to announce the ISGAP-Woolf Institute Series titled “Creating
a Conceptual Framework for the Critical Study of Contemporary
Antisemitism.”
The series will allow ISGAP Visiting Scholars to deliver their latest
research to the broader Cambridge community. It will also bring ISGAP's
network of scholars to the Woolf Institute, allowing for new ideas to
be integrated into one of the most important academic institutions on
issues of contemporary antisemitism. Housed at the Woolf Institute,
Cambridge, the seminar series will include in-person and virtual
presentations from top experts in the field of contemporary
antisemitism.
“Findings and Recommendations: Reflections from Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism”
Hon. Professor Irwin Cotler, Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, Ottawa, Canada
Register here.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Taught by Dr. Lev Topor, ISGAP Visiting Scholar in Critical
Antisemitism Studies, Discrimination and Human Rights at the Woolf
Institute. This short digital course is aimed to present the topic of
anonymous antisemitism and the way it is propagated nowadays with modern
technologies, which mainly include platforms like the dark web or
secure and anonymous messaging applications like telegram. During this
course, we will learn and discuss the reasons for engaging in
antisemitism anonymously, the effects of such antisemitism, as well as
ongoing policies aimed to tackle this problem – whether policies from
social media platforms/technology companies or from governments. During
the course, we will also learn about the concepts of cyberspace,
anonymity, and pseudonymity.
Session 1: Introduction – What Is Anonymous Communication and What Nazis Have to Do With It.During this session, we will have a general introduction to the
topics of antisemitism and racism online, as well as anonymous
communications. We will also learn about the reasons that nudge
neo-Nazis and other anti-Semites to the dark web.
Will be held 7 March 2023 at 11 AM CT
Session 2: Online Antisemitism, Racism, Anti-Muslim Sentiment, and Xenophobia – A Review During this session, we will dive deep into the world of online
antisemitism, racism, Islamophobia and xenophobia. We will also continue
our discussion about anonymous antisemitism and begin to learn about
governmental and technology companies’ policies towards these issues.
Was held 14 March 2023 at at 11 AM CT
Session 3: Trends from the Dark Web and Telegram: Online RadicalizationDuring this session, we will learn about antisemitic trends from
the dark web and compare them to antisemitism and racism on the regular
online domain.
Was held 21 March 2023 at at 11 AM CT
Session 4: Conclusion and Future RecommendationsDuring this session, we will have an overview of the topics:
antisemitism, online hatred, anonymous communications, and antisemitism
on the dark web and on secure messaging applications. We will have a
comparative look at policies against online hate and, lastly, engage in
an open discussion about the online domain, online hatred, and freedom
of speech.
Will be held 28 March 2023 at at 11 AM CT
This course costs $100. Register here.
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