Events List
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List of Events
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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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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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
at 4:00pm -
5:30pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Virtual
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Description:
This event will commemorate and draw lessons from the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Panelists include two survivors of and a law professor who specializes in that Genocide. The survivors will share their testimonies about enduring the Genocide and their lives since. The professor will discuss transitional justice responses to the Genocide and how those responses both drew from transitional justice for the Holocaust and have contributed to transitional justice for atrocity crimes since Rwanda.This event will be held during April: Genocide Awareness Month. Genocides in Armenia, Cambodia, and Rwanda all started during that month and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising--commemorated by Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)--also began in that month.SpeakersGeorgia Bauer (moderator), International Law Society, University of Houston Law CenterHenriette Mutegwaraba, Survivor of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda; Author, By Any Means Necessary: Healing and Forgiveness After Genocide; Board Member, One Tribe; Founder, The Million Lives Genocide Relief FundProvidence Umugwaneza, Survivor of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda; Founder, Kabeho Neza Initiative; Commissioner, Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory CommissionZachary D. Kaufman, Kleh Visiting Professor in International Law, Boston University School of Law & Associate Professor of Law and Political Science and Co-Director of the Criminal Justice Institute, University of Houston Law CenterRegister here.
This session is organized by ASIL’s Human Rights Interest Group and Southeast Interest Group. It is co-sponsored by the University of Houston Law Center's Criminal Justice Institute, International Law Society, Initiative on Global Law and Policy for the Americas, and Houston Journal of International Law; Association of American Law Schools' International Human Rights Section and International Law Section; Law & Society Association's Collaborative Research Network on Transitional Justice; and the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission.
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
at 4:30pm -
5:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The Cohen Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies' featured speaker for the 2023 Genocide Awareness Lecture is Omar
Ndizeye, who is a survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in
Rwanda and who went on to do important peace building work in the
aftermath. Using personal stories, images, and insights into the
memorization process in post-genocide Rwanda, his lecture will focus on
memory practices, culture, and emotional expression. This talk will
explore the role of survivors, the government of Rwanda, and
international memory actors in the process of memorializing the 1994
Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda--and it will demonstrate why
understanding cultural memory as a tool for effective memory
transmission and emotional expression matters for atrocity prevention as
well as for the reparation of societal trust, empathy, and
memorialization processes at large.This event is free and open to the public. Donations to support the Cohen Center’s events and programs are appreciated.
Register here.
Omar Ndizeye is a survivor of genocide, author, and public speaker. He has nine years of experience working for non-government organizations in Rwanda, where he developed the Humura Nturi Wenyine (“don’t worry you are not alone”) initiative. This is a psychosocial program that supports genocide survivors by combining counseling helpline services and volunteer-based first aid intervention. Omar’s work focuses on cultural memory, societal healing, peacebuilding, and youth engagement. Since publishing his first memoir, Life and Death in Nyamata: Memoir of a Young Boy in Rwanda’s Darkest Church, in March 2020, Omar has continued to work on a research project entitled “Journey through Rwandan Memorials.” This project focuses on the 265 genocide memorials/sites of memory and the memorialization process in Rwanda. Currently, he is a graduate student in Genocide and Mass Atrocities Prevention (GMAP) at SUNY Binghamton University.
This
event is sponsored by the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide
Studies at Keene State College in partnership with the Department of
Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
at 6:30pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Films
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Location:
Georgetown Public Library
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Description:
Georgetown Public Library World Cinema screens films with diverse casts and
settings from around the world. On April 12 at 6:30 p.m. the Library is
screening Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band.
From the Samuel Goldwyn Films website, “Like many survivors of the
Holocaust, after World War II, Saul and Ruby moved to America, started
families and careers, grew old, and retired to South Florida. For them,
retirement could have been the last chapter in their story. But then
they decided to start a klezmer band, named the Holocaust Survivor Band.
The band summons the bittersweet memories of childhood in Poland, but
more than that, it is a celebration of life. In this utterly
heart-affecting and enthralling film, we follow Saul and Ruby’s musical
journey, which begins in total obscurity, playing in residential homes
for the elderly and small Jewish community organizations, to being
invited to perform at venues across the country, including a coveted
performance at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. This unique and
compelling story is about having the courage to live one’s dreams,
finding purpose and meaning in life at any age, the transcendent power
of music, and the importance of speaking out against anti-Semitism and
bigotry.”
2020. 81 minutes. Unrated.
GPL World Cinema screenings are for adults ages 18+, and are free and
open to the public. If you have any questions, please reach out to the
Library at 512.930.3551.
For more information and events from the Georgetown Public Library, click here.
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Thursday, April 13, 2023
(all day)
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
N/A
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Description:
It is possible that Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission staff who observe Passover will be out of the office.
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Saturday, April 15, 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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Sunday, April 16, 2023
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Dr. Biz Herman is a Borders and Boundaries Postdoctoral Fellow with the Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research examines how experiencing violence in the context of conflict and forced migration shapes social cohesion and prospects for sustainable peace. She is a Visiting Scholar at The New School for Social Research’s Trauma and Global Mental Health Lab, a member of the Human Trafficking Vulnerability Lab, and previously served as a Fulbright Fellow to Bangladesh and an Innovation Fellow at Beyond Conflict’s Innovation Lab, which applies research findings from cognitive and behavioral science to the study of social conflict. Biz received her Ph.D. in political science from University of California–Berkley and her B.A. in political science and economics from Tufts University. In addition to her academic work, Biz is an Emmy-nominated visual journalist. In 2019, she was the lead photographer and researcher on “The Women of the 116th Congress” for The New York Times, which featured portraits of 130 women serving in the 116th Congress. The story ran as a special section and was subsequently published as a book with a foreword by Roxane Gay. More information on her work is available at www.bizherman.com.
Register here.
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Sunday, April 16, 2023
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
UT Dallas, Erik Jonsson Academic Center
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Description:
Dr. David Patterson, Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair of Holocaust Studies and former commissioner of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission, will present the second talk of the Ackerman Center's annual Spring Lecture Series.
This lecture explores some highlights of Zivia Lubetkin’s (1914 – 1978) memoir of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Days of Destruction and Revolt. Lubetkin was a founder of the Warsaw Ghetto’s Jewish Fighting Organization. During her underground activities, the name "Cywia" or Zivia became the code word for Poland in letters sent by resistance groups both within and outside of the Warsaw Ghetto. She was one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and
one of only 34 fighters to survive the war. In 1946 she made her way to
Mandate Palestine, where she married the leader of the Uprising,
Yitzhak Zuckerman.
This event will be followed by a reception in the Ackerman Center (JO 4.800).
Persons with disabilities may submit a request for accommodations to participate in this event at UT Dallas' ADA website. You may also call (972) 883-5331 for assistance or send an email to ADACoordinator@utdallas.edu. All requests should be received no later than 10 business days prior to the event.
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Sunday, April 16, 2023
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Hughes-Trigg Student Center, SMU
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Description:
The
March of Remembrance, also known as March of Life, is an international
organization that honors the survivors and victims of the Holocaust
while promoting healing and reconciliation between victims,
perpetrators, and their descendants. It was birthed in Tübingen, Germany
by Jobst Bitner, a theologian and activist, as a German-Christian
response to the Holocaust. The marches have grown to a worldwide
movement led by Christian leaders and universities partnering with the
Jewish community.
March
of Remembrance Dallas is a local chapter of a Christian organization
that partners with Hillel SMU to remember the victims of the Holocaust,
stand against anti-Semitism and hate, and reconcile with the Jewish
community during the month of Yom HaShoa (Holocaust Remembrance Day).
Their marches include a ceremony, music, Holocaust survivors and
second-gen speakers, dignitaries and repentant descendants of SS
officers.
The March of Remembrance Dallas appreciates the help it receives from the Nathaniel Foundation.
Register here.
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Sunday, April 16, 2023
at 3:00pm -
4:30pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Congregation Emanu El
Houston, TX 77005
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Description:
Please join Holocaust Museum Houston in observance of Yom HaShoah, a day of remembrance for
the six million Jewish people who lost their lives during the
Holocaust. During this annual commemoration, we will mourn the loss of
all who perished, honor those who survived and come together as a
community to remember and reflect.
Coordinated by the Yom HaShoah Steering Committee and Holocaust Museum Houston.
Live stream the event here.
Funding for this service is generously provided by: The Morgan Family Endowment Fund, the Morgan Family Center and the Morgan Family Foundation
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Sunday, April 16, 2023
at 7:00pm -
8:30pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Temple Emanu-El
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Description:
Yom HaShoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorates
the six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust and celebrates
the lives of those who survived. Join the Dallas area community to
reflect upon this tragedy, remember those who perished, and honor our
survivors.
There is no cost to attend this event, but registration is required. Register here.
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Sunday, April 16, 2023
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Dell JCC Epstein Family Community Hall
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Description:
Join the Greater Austin Holocaust Education and Remembrance Advisory Committee for our Austin community Holocaust remembrance event produced by Phil Klein in collaboration with Shalom Austin---featuring guest speakers, live music, vocal performances, video montages and a moving candle lighting ceremony led by Mike O'Krent. To end the program, Rabbi Neil Blumofe will sing a beautiful rendition of El Maleh Rachamim.
This program is appropriate for ages 8 and up.
Learn more here.
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Monday, April 17, 2023
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
In honor of Yom HaShoah, this talk focuses on three Israeli and three American familiar and unfamiliar artists working in very diverse styles and not typically thought of as focusing on the Holocaust. Each of them, however, has offered powerful reflections on the defining catastrophe of the twentieth century. Barnett Newman, the foremost verbal spokesman for the chromatic side of the abstract expressionist movement redefining American painting in the early 1950s, offers an unexpectedly intense reflection on the question of theodicy. Mordecai Ardon, in the process of assuming leadership of the Bezalel school in Jerusalem at around the same time, balances between abstraction and figuration in depicting the Nazi-engendered chaos. Ygal Tumarkin’s sculpture turns Holocaust chaos into upside-down order and Mauricio Lasansky’s drawings turn stridently to Nazi malfeasance to ask how evil can be envisioned. Micha Ullman’s installation addresses the void after the aftermath of Nazi destruction—and Geoffrey Laurence questions how we can and must shape the post-Holocaust future. Each of these artists contributes to the endlessly complex dialogue—between Jews and Christians, humans and humans, and humans and God—that is the ongoing legacy of the Holocaust.
Register here.
Ori Z Soltes, PhD, teaches
at Georgetown University across a range of disciplines, from art
history and theology to philosophy and political history. He is the
former Director of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum,
and has curated more than 90 exhibitions across the country and
overseas. He has authored or edited 25 books and several hundred
articles and essays. Recent volumes include Our Sacred Signs: How
Jewish, Christian and Muslim Art Draw from the Same Source; The Ashen
Rainbow: Essays on the Arts and the Holocaust; and Tradition and Transformation: Three Millennia of Jewish Art & Architecture; and Growing Up Jewish in India: Synagogues, Ceremonies, and Customs from the Bene Israel to the art of Siona Benjamin.
This event is part of the Fritz Ascher Society's online 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 is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. Your donation is fully tax deductible.
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Monday, April 17, 2023
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Virtual
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Description:
As
the Allied forces liberated war-torn Europe, what did they bear witness
to as their units entered unfamiliar territory? John L. Withers of
Greensboro, North Carolina, was commander of the U.S. Army’s all-black
Quartermaster Truck Company 3511 that had been tasked with supplying
emergency provisions to the German town of Dachau in May 1945. Victims
of racial
abuse themselves, they were shocked to discover Jewish survivors of the
Dachau concentration camp. This webinar is presented by John L.
Withers' own son, John L. Withers II, who penned his father’s experiences in Balm in Gilead.
This webinar connects to Lesson Plan Unit 6 on the Echoes & Reflections website.
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, April 17, 2023
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
In honor of Yom HaShoah v' HaGevurah and the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising:
Sisters in Survival: Female Solidarity in the Ghettos and Concentration Camps
Join Wagner College Holocaust Center for a very special Yom Ha'Shoah v'Ha'Gevurah (Holocaust Remembrance and Heroism Day) program as they commemorate two remarkable women who survived the concentration camps through the love and care of female relatives. Ram Roth will speak about his mother, Rachel (Ruchama) Roth, who endured the Warsaw Ghetto and uprising, Majdanek, Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen alongside her Aunt Hela, as described in her memoir Here There Is No Why. Fern Zagor will remember her mother, Frieda (Wakschlag) Aaron, who survived the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek and two other concentration camps with her mother and sister Estelle, as described in Estelle's memoir, Transcending Darkness: A Girl's Journey Out of the Holocaust and Frieda's scholarly text Bearing the Unbearable: Yiddish and Polish Poetry in the Ghettos and Concentration Camps. Scholar Daan de Leeuw will present his research on Dutch and Polish women in the camps, "From Circle of Care to Enduring Enmity: Jewish Women in the Lublin-Majdanek Camp System."
Register here.
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