Events List
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List of Events
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Tuesday, July 4, 2023
(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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Thursday, July 6, 2023
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Democracy is
fragile, as the lessons of the failed Weimar Republic of Germany during
the interwar years can teach us. In this webinar, explore the myriad of
political, economic, social, and cultural reasons for the demise of the
Weimar Republic and how the Nazi Party capitalized on its weakness to
gain total control of Germany in the 1930s.This webinar connects to Lesson Plan Units 2 and 3 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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Friday, July 7, 2023
at 9:00am -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
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Description:
This workshop for Region 8 educators provides an on-site professional development opportunity at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum in Dallas, Texas.
This is an amazing opportunity to collaborate and network with Region 7 educators. They will also be in attendance that day.
This workshop is facilitated through Region 8 ESC.
Register here.
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Friday, July 7, 2023
at 9:45am -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
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Description:
Join the education team at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for the annual Region 7 Education Service Center Teaching the Holocaust summer workshop series. This professional learning opportunity will be held in conjunction with the museum’s Summer Survivor Speaker Series. Teachers will tour the Holocaust/Shoah Wing, the Human Rights Wing, and the Pivot to America Wing of the museum, as well as hear live testimony of a survivor, refugee, or second-generation survivor. Teachers will meet with museum educators to gain access to the vast resources available to teach students of all ages about the Holocaust, Human Rights, and local and national Upstanders. The DHHRM is a world-class museum with an exceptional education team ready to help you design instruction for your classroom. Teachers will receive light snacks and lunch at the museum, free parking, free admission into the museum, free admission into the Summer Survivor Speaker Series in the Cinemark Theater, a $25 gas stipend (mailed after the visit), and resources to take back to the classroom.
This workshop is facilitated through Region 7 ESC.
Register here.
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Friday, July 7, 2023
at 1:00pm -
2:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
DHHRM or Virtual
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Description:
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum (DHHRM) select
Fridays this summer to hear the testimonies of Holocaust survivors,
refugees, and hidden children, as well as second generation survivors.About the SpeakerRalph Hockley was born in 1925 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
He and his family escaped Nazi Germany in the 1930s and were refugees in
France. There, Hockley became an interpreter for the American Friends
Service Committee and a messenger for the American Consulate. Through
this connection, Hockley and his family received visas to emigrate to
the U.S. in 1941. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943.
There is no cost to attend this event, but
registration is required. This program is available virtually or in person. If you
would like to tour the museum, normal admission fees apply.
Register for virtual attendance here.Register for in-person attendance here.
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Sunday, July 9, 2023
at 10:30am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
YouTube
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Description:
Spanish Inquisition Remembrance Ceremony
In memory of the millions of Jews victimized by the Spanish Inquisition, join Rabbi David J. Zucker, PhD and Seth Ward, PhD for this remembrance ceremony.
Click here to attend virtually on Sunday, July 9th at 10:30AM CDT.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Monday, July 10, 2023
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
How well do you understand the mystical symbolism and the Jewish elements in Night?
This exquisite memoir penned by Elie Wiesel has been translated into 30
languages and is taught in classrooms the world over. Scattered
throughout the book are powerful Jewish elements that are less
understood. In this webinar, Rabbi and educator, Fred Guttman, will
present greater depth and insight into these allegories and elements,
providing teachers with new angles to explore with their students.This webinar will draw from Echoes & Reflections Unit 5, The Final Solution.
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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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
at 8:45am -
5:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
DHHRM or Virtual
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Description:
This Educator Series has evolved from the annual 4-day conference.
The new series allows educators, librarians, and counselors to connect
with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum on 5 different dates throughout the year on different
topics related to the museum's educational mission. You can choose to
register for the full series (registration fee: $75) or attend
individual sessions (registration fee: $25/session).
Each session
comes with: admission to keynote speakers or exclusive public program,
Upstander tote bag, classroom resource kit, access to Upstander
Education Database, guided tour of exhibition, CPE credit, free parking
in museum garage, and meals (depending on time of day).
Educators
registering for the full series will also receive: access to Inspire
Upstander Education Database (premium level), museum lanyard, museum
t-shirt, series completion certificate, and a museum membership.
Educators living outside of a 40-miles radius can opt to attend virtual. We do highly recommend in-person attendance.
Teaching Holocaust Literature - Tuesday, July 11, 8:45 AM -5:00 PMExplore
resources and guidelines for teaching Holocaust literature. Tour the
Holocaust Wing with DHHRM's museum educators through the lens of Holocaust
literature. Join them for a keynote by Alan Gratz, best-selling author of
Refugee, Ground Zero, and Prisoner B-3087. Then, learn from Echoes & Reflections on best strategies to teach the book Night. This session includes continental breakfast and lunch
Learn more and register here.
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
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Description:
Alan Gratz is a New York Times bestselling author of
nineteen novels and graphic novels for young readers. He discusses
writing difficult topics for young readers, the impact these stories
have on students, and the inspiration behind some of his books,
including Refugee, which tells the stories of three young refugees escaping conflict, and Prisoner B-3087, based on the true story of Yanek Gruener, who survived 10 different concentration camps during the Holocaust.
Presented in conjunction with the Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Series.
There is no cost for you to attend this event, but registration is required. To register, click here.
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Thursday, July 13, 2023
at 6:00pm -
7:30pm
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Calendar:
Exhibits
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
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Description:
This exhibit features work by artist Jason Langer from his series Berlin: A Jewish Ode to the Metropolis.
This project is deeply personal to photographer Jason Langer and are
the product of a five-year reconciliation of the impressions of the
Holocaust that were seeded in Langer as a 10-year-old living on a
kibbutz in Israel. Over the five-year process Langer was able to undo
the fearful impressions about Germany implanted in his mind as a child.
He was able to see that Berlin is a city of dichotomies and that there
are symbols of division and reunification everywhere.
The program will be followed by a book signing with the artisit.
Click here to register to attend.
This exhibition is generously supported by the Ronald Grabois Family Endowment Fund.
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Friday, July 14, 2023
at 9:00am -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Region 8 ESC
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Description:
Region 8 ESC is proud to bring the Dallas Holocaust Museum to northeast Texas. The DHC brings world-class training to our teachers each and every summer, and this summer's line-up promises to be the best ever! Don't miss this opportunity to spend a full day of professional development with DHC's experts. Facilitators will have plenty of resources and ideas for you.
This workshop is facilitated through Region 8 ESC.
Register here.
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join Echoes
& Reflections for a special presentation from Holocaust survivor Ben
Midler. Born in Białystok, Poland in 1928, Ben came of age during the
tumult of World War II. Ben was the only survivor of the Holocaust in
his family, forced to persevere through life in the ghetto and six
concentration camps. After the Holocaust, Ben moved to Israel and fought
in the War of Independence in 1948. Decades later, Ben wrote The Life of A Child Survivor from Bialystok, Poland to document his experience during the Holocaust. Join Ben as he shares his story of survival.This webinar connects to Echoes & Reflections Lesson Plan Unit 5, The Final Solution.
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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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Virtual
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Description:
With a belated reminder of the proximity of
the American and French Independent Day celebrations, this talk focuses
on the artists’ Schindler, the American journalist, Varian Fry
(1907-1967). Using methods both legal and not, Fry managed to rescue
some 2,000 individuals from France between 1940 and 1941.
This
online talk by Ori Z. Soltes focuses on the artists’ Schindler, the
American journalist, Varian Fry (1907-1967). Using methods both legal
and not, Fry managed to rescue some 2,000 individuals from France
between 1940 and 1941.
France had become largely swallowed up by
Nazi Germany, the “free” parts in Southern France (Vichy France) were
not necessarily unreluctant to assist with the deportation of Jews into
Nazi-held territories, and the US immigration policies were far from
open-handed to those seeking refuge. Who was he and who were some of
those he helped—or in some cases, could not help—to escape destruction?
Varian Fry and his rescue efforts are featured in "Transatlantic," a new limited series now playing on Netflix.
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 The Ashen Rainbow:
Essays on the Arts and the Holocaust; and Tradition and Transformation:
Three Millennia of Jewish Art & Architecture.
Register for this free event here.
This event is
part of the monthly series "Flight or Fight. stories of artists under
repression," which is organized by The Fritz Ascher Society for
Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art, New York.
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Thursday, July 20, 2023
at 3:00pm -
4:30pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Are you
looking for new strategies and sources to create an engaging and novel
approach to teaching about the Holocaust? Bringing multiple modalities
of learning, including photos, art, and poetry is a vital component to
teach the human story of the Holocaust. As teachers prepare for a new
school year, join this webinar with Program Manager Jen Goss to explore
these engaging resources provided by Echoes & Reflections and learn
how to incorporate them effectively and responsibly into your classroom.
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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Friday, July 21, 2023
at 9:00am -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
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Description:
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for free resources to help elementary students explore the foundational traits of good citizenship, including empathy, cooperation, and responsibility. Take your students on a journey as they learn what it means to be an upstander, are inspired by upstanders from American history, and put what they have learned into practice through interactive activities designed for grades K through 5.
Participants will leave with resources and TEKS-aligned activities to help their students develop the skills and characteristics to become upstanders that forge a better future for their schools and communities.
Learn more and register here.
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