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An Evening with Chris Bohjalian author of "The Sandcastle Girls"   View Event

  • Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  St. Sarkis Armenian Church
  • Description:  Presentation & Book Signing with Chris Bohjalian on his award-winning novel about the Armenian Genocide, "The Sandcastle Girls". Light reception to follow. The event is free. To register, click here. 

Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024   View Event

  • Monday, April 8, 2024 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online course
  • Description:  In this dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today. How did the world respond when the reality of the Holocaust came to light? How can we learn from the international response to crimes against humanity in interpreting memory and history? In this asynchronous online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on how we understand the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in the aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today. This facilitator-led course also includes an exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support your teaching strategies and enhanced understanding for your students. Course Details: Course opens April 8th at 7AM EDT; approximately 4 hours to complete in total – at no cost.Proceed at your own pace each week, be supported by an instructor, and enjoy interaction with other educators.Complete all activities for a 4-hour certificate.Graduate credit available through the University of the Pacific. Please visit their site for more information. After completing this course, you will be able to: Apply a sound pedagogy when planning and implementing effective Holocaust education.Examine the global response to the crimes of the Holocaust and its perpetrators.Identify the ways survivors built new lives in the aftermath of the Holocaust.Build confidence and capacity to teach about how the Holocaust is memorialized today.Understand and construct activities to help your students interpret the memory, history, and legacy of the Holocaust. To register for this course, click here. 

USC Shoah Foundation- "The Holocaust: An Unfinished History"   View Event

  • Monday, April 8, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and USC Shoah Foundation present the Annual Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar Lecture by Dan Stone (Professor of Modern History and Director of the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London)2023-2024 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence(Join us in person for this lecture or attend virtually on Zoom) Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and USC Shoah Foundation In this distinguished lecture, Professor Dan Stone will discuss his recent book in which he addresses several misconceptions that remain prevalent concerning the history of the Holocaust. These include: the fact that the Holocaust concerns “Germans” and “Jews”; the role played by resistance to Nazi rule; and the equation of the Holocaust with the Nazis’ concentration camp system. Instead, Stone stresses the continent-wide focus of the Holocaust, both where the victims are concerned and with respect to the vast scale of collaboration of all sorts, from state-led, as in Romania, to individual acts of theft and venality, across Europe; and the fact that the murder of the Jews had very little to do with concentration camps until the final stages of the war. In tackling these topics, Stone will consider the significance of Nazi ideology and how it should be conceived; the different roles played by non-German actors; and the fact that the Holocaust did not simply “end” in 1945. Indeed, the fact that the history of the Holocaust is unfinished is clearer today than ever. To register, click here. 

Can I See the Horns: Roots of Antisemitism presented by Marcia Jo Zerivitz   View Event

  • Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom online
  • Description:  Florida International University We can agree that Jewish life since October 7, 2023 is no longer the same. Antisemitism has ginormously increased here in the US and globally and has become normalized, especially on college campuses, and mostly based on conspiracy theories. Florida hosts the nation’s second largest number of hate groups: 89. More than a quarter of the world thinks that everything Jews do is wrong and that all wrongs are done by Jews. Why have antisemitism and resulting hate crimes increased since the Covid pandemic and Israel-Hamas war? Antisemitism, a virus that mutates with every generation, has been the early warning signal of a society in danger over history. Why? Using degenerate artworks that demonstrate antisemitism’s genesis and tropes, Marcia Jo Zerivitz demonstrates the current situation, the historical background of antisemitism and the insidious power of imagery in communicating the agenda of hatred, including Christian roots, the Middle Ages, modern world and contemporary racist images since the Civil War covering eugenics, the klan, neo-nazis, restrictive covenants and white supremacy. This 65-minute PowerPoint presentation, created from 40 years of Zerivitz's research, includes the challenges of social media and the internet in the spread of antisemitism and actions to help combat Jew-hatred that began 2,300 years ago. To register, click here. 

"From Generation to Generation: Author Michelle Weinfeld Shares her Grandfather's Holocaust Survival Story   View Event

  • Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Michelle Weinfeld, author of "From Generation to Generation: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Identity in the Aftermath of the Shoah". Michelle will share her grandfather's story of surviving the Holocaust, the life lessons he taught her, and how being the grandchild of a survivor has influenced her life.  PD hours & co-curricular credits will be provided.  Click here to register. 

Genetic Discrimination: Exploring the Echoes between Nazi and American Eugenic Histories   View Event

  • Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  When Adolf Hitler established the involuntary euthanasia program in 1939 codenamed Aktion T4, he empowered medical personnel throughout the Third Reich to sterilize and kill those deemed “unworthy of life.” Join Tiarra Cooper, Ph.D. Candidate and Teaching Associate at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, for a brief overview of the Nazi sterilization and euthanasia programs, and how these histories have functioned in/from American medical and political discourses. This event is part of the 2023-24 Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Colloquium, “Weaponizing the Past: Art, History and the Rhetoric of National Greatness.” The event is organized by the KHC and is co-sponsored by the Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College; and the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity at Western Washington University; the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at the US Military Academy at West Point; the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center in Cincinnati; the Holocaust & Human Rights Center in White Plains; and the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University. For more information about the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center, please visit https://khc.qcc.cuny.edu. To register, click here. 

Echoes & Reflections: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising   View Event

  • Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  Against all odds, the very first civilian uprising against the Germans during WWII began 81 years ago on April 19, 1943, in the Warsaw ghetto. Outnumbered and starving, two Jewish groups--led mainly by youth--chose to fight rather than be sent to their deaths. Liz Elsby, educator at Yad Vashem, will explain the significance behind this inspiring event of the Holocaust. To register, click here.  This webinar connects to the Jewish Resistance unit on the Echoes & Reflections website. Our 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.

Clark University Workshop- Kwibuka 30: Making Memory and Legacy in Rwanda   View Event

  • Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online
  • Description:  Kwibuka means to remember in Kinyarwanda and is a dominant concept used to commemorate The 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. On the 30th anniversary of the genocide, this workshop gathers an international group of scholars to examine the construction of memory and legacy. Drawing on diverse voices and perspectives, the presentations will highlight scholarly work grounded in rigorous fieldwork in the Rwandan and Great Lakes region in order to consider the Rwandan past and future trajectories. Title TBDHassan Jallow (former prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Hague residual mechanism judge and Gambian chief justice) 75 years on: The Genocide Convention in International CourtsMelanie O’Brien (Visiting Professor at the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota, USA, and President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)) To virtually attend this event, click here. 

Holocaust Museum El Paso- Book Discussion of "Some King of Hate" by Sarah Darer Littman   View Event

  • Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom
  • Description:  ALL PEOPLE HAVE VOICE UNVEILING TRUTHS: DECODING ANTISEMITISM IN MEDIA NARRATIVES Join us for an engaging exploration into the complexities of antisemitism in the media. We will delve deeply into the themes of the captivating novel, Some Kind of Hate, by Sarah Darer Littman Part 2: Book Discussion: April 11 – 6:00pm Presented via Zoom. RSVP for Zoom link Featured Book: Some Kind of Hate Registration includes a GIFT BOX: Some Kind of Hate by Sarah Darer LittmanInteractive ActivitiesResources on AntisemitismMedia Literacy Information To register, click here.  For more information: marylou@elpasoholocaustmuseum.org / 915-351-0048

HMH- Project Shema Public Workshop on Antisemitism   View Event

  • Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Albert & Ethel Herzstein Theatre
  • Description:  Project Shema, a training and support organization built by progressives to help the Jewish community & allies challenge anti-Jewish ideas. This training aims to deepen understanding across lines of difference by nurturing empathy for Jewish identity, traumas and lived experiences. In this workshop, participants will learn: How Jews understand their identity and historyWhat contemporary antisemitism is & how it operatesWhy anti-Jewish motifs and dehumanizing rhetoric about Jews & others is spreading and presenting itself in this unique momentHow to spot harmful rhetoric and be an ally to the Jewish community while honoring the dignity of all This workshop is co-sponsored by Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston and Holocaust Museum Houston. To register, click here. 

Clark University- Kwibuka 30: Making Memory and Legacy in Rwanda   View Event

  • Friday, April 12, 2024 at 7:30am - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online
  • Description:  Research on The 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda has contributed to the development of the field of genocide studies, but has also inspired controversy and adversarial claims. As with other cases of genocide, questions of denial have shaped the scholarly discourse and influenced what counts as legitimate narratives. The role of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, both within the country and across diaspora groups, as well as the impact of Rwandan foreign policy and practice in neighboring Great Lakes countries have introduced political considerations that contribute to the debate. Workshop participants ask who is telling Rwanda’s story, they pose crucial questions about representation in scholarship; they are interested in Rwanda’s long societal past prior to colonial interventions as well as its future. The panels will discuss the following themes: human and natural social worlds; society and policy after genocide; actors, violence and survival; and, showing and ordering memory. For more information and to register for the workshop please contact Robyn Conroy at rconroy@clarku.edu Organized by the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies with support from the Division of Criminal Justice and the College of Health and Human Services at California State University Sacramento; and the departments of History; Sociology; and Sustainability and Social Justice at Clark University.

Holocaust Museum San Antonio: Film Screening: "The Way to Happiness"   View Event

  • Sunday, April 14, 2024 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  N/A
  • Description:  Film Screening: The Way to Happiness Henri Roanne Rosenblatt, former film critic and documentary filmmaker, Henri was put on a Kindertransport from Vienna to Brussels at the age of 6, several months after the Kristallnacht. After staying with a foster family, Henri lived in hiding from 1942-1944. This experience inspired his novel "Le cinema de Saul Birnbaul", which became the basis for the fil adaptation "Le Chemin du Bonheur" (The Way to Happiness), directed by Nicolas Steil. In this enchantingly romantic tale, a Viennese Holocaust survivor becomes a charismatic restaurateur in Brussels, feeding his devoted diners Jewish delicacies while nourishing his outsized love of cinema so he can overcome his childhood wartime trauma. Join Henri Rosenblatt (live on Zoom) and Dr. Steven Rosenblatt, Henri’s cousin, for a discussion along with the screening of the film. To find out more, click here.  Sponsored by the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio and Barshop JCC Generously underwritten by Dr. Steve and Meri Rosenblatt

Movie Screening: Irena's Vow   View Event

  • Monday, April 15, 2024 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Theaters Across Texas
  • Description:  The below list shows where screenings of "Irena's Vow" are showing across Texas.  To buy tickets beginning on March 1, click here.  Century 12 Abilene 3818 John Knox Drive Abilene, TX Cinemark Allen 16 and XD 921 State Highway 121 Allen, TX AMC Parks at Arlington 18 3861 S Cooper Street Arlington, TX AMC Barton Creek Square 14 2901 S Capital of Texas Highway Austin, TX Cinemark Southpark Meadows 9900 S. IH-35 Service Road SB, Building N Austin, TX Cinemark Beaumont 15 and XD 3855 Interstate 10 South Beaumont, TX MT Bedford 2404 AIRPORT FWY STE 450 Bedford, TX Cinemark Hill Country Galleria 12812 Hill Country Boulevard Bee Cave, TX Cinemark 14 280 Uptown Boulevard Cedar Hill, TX Cinemark Cedar Park 1335 E. Whitestone Boulevard Cedar Park, TX Cinemark Movies 18 and XD 1401 Earl Rudder Freeway S. College Station, TX Century 16 XD and IMAX 6685 South Padre Island Drive Corpus Christi, TX Cinemark 12 Cypress and XD 25720 Northwest Freeway Cypress, TX AMC Northpark Center 15 8687 N. Central Expressway, #3000 Dallas, TX Cinemark 17 IMAX 11819 Webb Chapel Road Dallas, TX Cinemark 14 2825 Wind River Denton, TX Cinemark 20 and XD 11855 Gateway Boulevard West El Paso, TX AMC CLASSIC Forney 12 600 N FM 548 Forney, TX Cinemark Alliance Town Center and XD 9228 Sage Meadow Trail Fort Worth, TX Ridgmar Mall 13 and XD 2300 Green Oaks Rd Fort Worth, TX MT Hulen Mall 4920 S Hulen St Fort Worth, TX AMC Stonebriar 24 2601 Preston Road, Suite 300 Frisco, TX Cinemark Frisco Square and XD 5655 Frisco Square Blvd Frisco, TX AMC Firewheel 18 100 Coneflower Drive Garland, TX AMC Grapevine Mills 30 3150 Grapevine Mills Pkwy Grapevine, TX Cinemark Tinseltown Grapevine and XD 911 State Hwy 114 West Grapevine, TX AMC Highland Village 12 4090 Barton Creek Highlands Village, TX AMC Willowbrook 24 17145 Tomball Parkway Houston, TX AMC Gulf Pointe 30 11801 S Sam Houston Parkway East Houston, TX Cinemark Memorial City 310 Memorial City Mall Houston, TX Regal Greenway Grand Palace Stadium 24 3839 Weslayan Street Houston, TX Regal Houston Marq*E Stadium 23 7600 Katy Freeway Houston, TX AMC Deerbrook 24 20131 Highway 59 N, Suite 8000 Humble, TX Northeast Mall 18 and XD 1101 Melbourne Road Hurst, TX Cinemark 19 and XD 1030 W. Grand Parkway North Katy, TX AMC Brazos Mall 14 100 Highway 332 West Lake Jackson, TX Cinemark Music City Mall and XD 2401 S. Stemmons Freeway, Suite 0004 Lewisville, TX Regal Live Oak 18 7901 Pat Booker Road Live Oak, TX Cinemark Movies 16 and XD 5721 58th Street Lubbock, TX Cinemark 12 Mansfield and XD 2041 N. Highway 287, Suite 901 Mansfield, TX Cinemark Hollywood USA 100 W. Nolana Loop McAllen, TX Cinemark North McKinney and XD 1701 N. Hardin Blvd. McKinney, TX AMC Mesquite 30 19919 IH 635 Mesquite, TX Cinemark Missouri City and XD 10343 Hwy 6 Missouri City, TX Century 12 Odessa 4221 Preston Smith Road Odessa, TX Cinemark 20 and XD 15436 FM 1825 Pflugerville, TX Cinemark West Plano and XD 3800 Dallas Parkway Plano, TX Cinemark Legacy and XD 7201 Central Expressway, Suite 100 Plano, TX Cinemark Long Meadow XD, IMAX and ScreenX 7301 W Grand Parkway S Richmond, TX Star Cinema Grill - Richmond 22125 FM 1093 Richmond, TX Cinemark 14 Rockwall and XD 2125 Summer Lee Rockwall, TX Cinemark 14 Round Rock 4401 N. IH-35, Suite 3000 Round Rock, TX Regal Huebner Oaks Stadium 14 11075 Interstate Highway 10 West San Antonio, TX Regal Alamo Quarry 16 255 E. Basse San Antonio, TX Regal Northwoods 14 17640 Henderson Pass San Antonio, TX Cinemark Sherman 3310 Town Center Street Sherman, TX AMC Fountains 18 11225 Fountain Lake Drive Stafford, TX AMC First Colony 24 3301 Town Center Boulevard S Sugar Land, TX Cinemark Temple and XD 4501 S. General Bruce Drive Temple, TX Cinemark 17 and XD 1600 Lake Robbins Drive The Woodlands, TX Regal Lone Star 19 24720 State Highway 249 Tomball, TX AMC Tyler 14 7415 S Broadway Ave Tyler, TX Cinemark Waco and XD 2400 Creekview Drive Waco, TX

ISGAP- Understanding the Holocaust Through Literature: The Many Entry Wedges   View Event

  • Monday, April 15, 2024 at 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online
  • Description:  15 Apr. 2024: “Understanding the Holocaust Through Literature: The Many Entry Wedges” Dr. Mehak Burza, Head, Global Holocaust and Religious Studies, Global Centre for Religious Research, Denver, United States; Assistant Professor in English, University of Delhi, Delhi, India To register, click here. 

Shalom Austin- Yom's Educational Electives   View Event

  • Monday, April 15, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Shalom Austin
  • Description:  Join Shalom Austin for an evening of learning and choose from a variety of classes related to Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom HaAtzmaut! Participants will choose one class from 6-6:45 PM and one class from 7-7:45 PM, offered by our wonderful community clergy and educators. Registration is required. Register here! 6 – 6:45 PM Righteous Among the NationsRobin Long | San Antonio Holocaust Museum & Shalom Austin Descendants of Holocaust SurvivorsThis session will include a presentation of the historical background of Yad Vashem and the significance and basis of the Righteous among Nations program. It will contain the stories of three individuals so honored by the testimony of those rescued. The Righteous are Japanese diplomat Sugihara, Master Sargeant Roddie Edmonds, US Army and Anton Sukhinsky, a Polish peasant. The Magic of HebrewMichal Ilai | Shalom AustinThis session will focus on the language in modern Hebrew poetry as a gateway to Israeli culture.Attendees will have an opportunity to dissect the content as well as the literary devices used in poems by notable Israeli writers. Some knowledge of Hebrew is a plus, but not required. Israel 101Rabbi Dan Millner | Congregation Tiferet IsraelSince October 7, more people are thinking about and talking about Israel than ever before. However, many people feel held back due to a lack of information. Come join this session to gain a strong foundation to feel comfortable and competent joining the Israel conversation. Empowering Tomorrow: Exploring the Integral Role of Youth Leadership in Jewish-Israeli-American CommunitiesEfri Argaman | Tzofim Shevet Keren and Israeli American CouncilLearn about the vital role young leaders play in shaping these communities and how their empowerment strengthens our future. Discover challenges they face and ways to support their development. Understand the importance of youth leadership in our community’s vitality. For both teens & their parents. 7 – 7:45 PM “Jewish Resisters, Though”: Why There Has Been Reluctance to Apply the “Upstander” Label to Jews in the HolocaustDr. J.E. Wolfson | Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory CommissionA large proportion of museum exhibits and popular films and literature on the Holocaust elects to spotlight and applaud the actions of “Righteous Gentiles” who rescued Jews, but not the actions of Jews themselves. What might explain this longstanding tunnel vision or the fact that so few people have even chosen to question it? This presentation will offer answers to that question and will examine fascinating case studies of Jews who resisted the Nazi assault and continue to complicate popularly accepted notions of heroism and martyrdom. Dr. Wolfson suggests that the tendency to privilege stories of non-Jewish rescue of Jews over Jewish resistance reveals much about how our culture has sought to define and remember the Holocaust. We cannot approach a fuller understanding of Holocaust history without acknowledging the challenges, suffering, courage, and selflessness that helped shape Jewish resistance. Antisemitism in American TodayJackie Nirenberg | Anti-Defamation LeagueThis class will explore the roots of antisemitism, why it is on the rise all over the world, and what we can do about it. Grassroots Organization – Activity Outside of IsraelDorit Heldenberg Sherel | The Hostages and Missing Families Forum and Israeli American CouncilThis session will explore how to create a grassroots organization that has an Israeli agenda, outside of Israel. Talking to Your Friends About Israel in a Post-October 7 WorldZohar Vloski | Jewish National FundThis session will explore: How has talking to your friends about Israel changed since October 7?You can’t know EVERYTHING, so what are some key things you SHOULD know before talking about Israel?Why is it even more important to engage with your friends about Israel after October 7, especially when you see them posting on social media?How do you know if your conversation was successful?Why education matters now more than ever, particularly for Gen ZAfter October 7, why is it even more important that we celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut this year?

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