Events List
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List of Events
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024
(all day)
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
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Description:
Museum admission will be waived on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 in honor of Holocaust survivor Stefi Altman, z”l.
Stefi Altman was just 13 years old when Germany overran Poland in September 1939. Soon after, Stefi’s two older brothers were arrested and sent to a labor camp, and Nazi soldiers brutuall beat her fater and drove the family from their house. They fled to Stefi’s grandfather’s farm, taking shelter in the barn.
The family remained together until 1940, when Stefi was sent to the labor camp of Jastkov. Later she was sent to Treblinka and Majdanek. Next, she was sent to the camp of Dorohucza. Although Dorohucza had neither gas chambers nor crematoria of the other camps, death always hovered nearby. Like Stefi, many of the inmates were only half alive by the time they got there. At the end of 1943, Stefi discovered that her sister, Kayla, had also been sent to Dorohucza. But relief soon turned to horror when Kayla was brutally murdered.
Stefi managed, against all odds, to escape Dorohucza. For the remainder of the war, she hid in a coffin-like space underneath a barn that belonged to a sympathetic Polish farmer. After she was liberated by the Soviets, she learned that her entire family had been murdered.
Stefi Altman, z”l, passed away in December 2017.
To reserve tickets, click here.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
It is critical for young people to understand the dangers of antisemitism today and the threat that it poses to both Jewish and non-Jewish populations. This is especially true now as 2023 saw a record number of antisemitic incidents, including in K-12 schools. Join Program Manager Jesse Tannetta as he shares encouraging data from a recent study that demonstrates the positive outcomes of teaching about contemporary antisemitism with Echoes & Reflections. Delve into classroom-ready resources, including testimony and primary sources, to examine the complexities of antisemitism from historic and contemporary perspectives and the ideologies and beliefs that are fueling this hatred today. By joining this webinar, educators will gain valuable strategies to help empower students to recognize, respond, and counter antisemitism in their communities.This webinar connects with Unit 11 on the Echoes & Reflections website.
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024
at 3:30pm -
4:30pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
We’ll examine the rich diversity and history of Jewish Americans, and gain insights that deepen the understandings of identity for all students. Teachers of world history, U.S. history, ethnic studies, human geography and world religions will all find relevant applications and resources in this workshop.
This workshop primarily supports 6-12 educators. However, all are welcome to participate!
To register, click here.
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Sunday, May 19, 2024
at 11:30am -
12:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online Event
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Description:
Karmela Waldman is an eighty-something psychotherapist and Holocaust survivor. Her son, Joel Waldman, is a successful broadcast journalist. After a discontented Joel chooses to leave his network news job, he gets a crazy idea for the next step in his career: what if he and his elderly mother did a podcast together? Things get off to a bumpy start as the mother-son duo struggle to figure out the art of podcasting, but they master the format and watch as the show becomes a wildly popular true-crime hit.
Along the way, the two discover things about each other they never knew. Joel is stunned to learn that Karmela survived World War II by hiding in a boys’ Catholic school. Karmela also sheds light on the emotional struggles she endured when Joel’s older brother died and how she’s struggling with the loss of her husband. Mother and son engage frankly and movingly with each other for the first time as adults, discussing child-rearing, aging, illness, death, and the secrets to enjoying life no matter how complicated it gets.
Joel and Karmela will be in conversation about Joel’s book Surviving the Survivor: A Brutally Honest Conversation about Life (& Death) with My Mom: A Holocaust Survivor, Therapist & My Podcast Co-Host. Moderated by Jim Axelrod, CBS News Senior Correspondent.
Joel Waldman is the co-host of the hit true-crime podcast Surviving the Survivor and an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist who worked most recently as a Washington-based correspondent for Fox News, covering national politics from Capitol Hill. He has also worked as an investigative reporter for Fox 5 in New York City and for TV-news programs in West Palm Beach, Miami, and Tucson. Earlier in his career he also covered the NYSE for First Business, a nationally syndicated program. Joel began his career as one of the first producers hired by MSNBC. Joel made his foray into stand-up comedy, the only logical transition from news, in 2020 at the world-famous Hollywood Improve. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, Ileana, and his three children, Vida, Zizi, and Judah.
Karmela Waldman is best known as Joel’s mom (Joel wrote this). But, she’s so much more! A graduate of the University of Geneva, Karmela went on to get her masters in Social Work at Rutgers University. She’s both a licensed marriage therapist and Holocaust survivor. Hence, the podcast’s name, Surviving the Survivor. As a 4.5-year-old girl growing up on the border of Yugoslavia and Hungary, she was separated from her parents as the Nazis invaded Europe. As there was an ominous knock on her front door, she ran on foot from her house and was hidden by a nun in an all-boys Catholic school until it was safe to re-emerge more than 8 months later. Karmela was reunited with her mother Vera, however, her father Latci wasn’t so lucky as he was led to the Auschwitz gas chamber. Karmela dedicated her life to raising her two children, Arden and Joel. And, she’s now reaped the rewards basking in the glory of her 8 grandchildren (9 if you include Joel’s dog). Her only grandson came courtesy of her Joel back in 2019. Karmela was married to her true love’s kiss, Roy, for more than 60 years. She screamed at him at least one time a day for those 6 decades.
Jim Axelrod is the chief correspondent and executive editor for CBS News’ “Eye on America” franchise, part of the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.” He also reports for “CBS Mornings,” “CBS News Sunday Morning,” and the CBS News Streaming Network. Previously, Axelrod was chief investigative and senior national correspondent for CBS News. His investigative journalism has been honored with a Peabody Award, a George Polk Award, and an Edward R. Murrow award. He was also part of the CBS News team honored with a 2010 duPont-Columbia Silver Baton for “CBS Reports: Children of the Recession.” Axelrod has also won five Emmy awards. He is the author of In the Long Run: A Father, A Son, and Unintentional Lessons in Happiness. He and his wife, Christina, have three children and live in Montclair, New Jersey.
To register, click here.
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Sunday, May 19, 2024
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Virtual event
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Description:
This unique performance is the culmination of seven months of heartfelt collaboration between five Holocaust survivors and sixteen students. It honors and shares the survivors’ stories, celebrates these extraordinary individuals, and highlights the life-changing lessons they have imparted to the students. The performance is created based on the stories told by the Holocaust survivors to the high school students. On the stage, the survivors will be narrators while students will re-enact their wartime experiences.
We hope you will join us as we bear witness.
To register, click here.
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Monday, May 20, 2024
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Virtually
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Description:
Explore the untold narratives of female heroes of the Kielce pogrom who were killed in the antisemitic attack, as well as those who survived, including survivor Niusia Borensztajn Nester. Niusia ran toward danger and helped care for the wounded, though she was also injured. Built on a decade of research, the speaker will present photos, rarely seen testimonies, and uncensored survivors' depositions. These newly accessible resources provide a social portrait of the civilians involved and the precarious state of Jewish life in Eastern Europe in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust.
A reception will follow the program. Signed copies of Cursed: A Social Portrait of the Kielce Pogrom, written by the speaker, will be available for purchase before and after the program.
Opening remarksDr. Lisa Leff, Director, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
SpeakerDr. Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, Ina Levine Invitational Scholar, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Professor, Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw University
ModeratorDr. Elizabeth Anthony, Director, Visiting Scholar Programs, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This in-person or virtual discussion is free and open to the public. Registration is required to receive the link to watch.
To register for this event, click here.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
at 3:30pm -
4:30pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
We’ll discuss the push and pull factors that brought Jewish immigrants to America, explore the challenges of assimilation, and grapple with the repercussions of the 1924 Immigration Act.
This workshop primarily supports 6-12 educators. However, all are welcome to participate!
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
at 6:30pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
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Description:
Mark Weitzman is Chief Operating Officer for the World Jewish Restitution Organization where he plays a leading role in organization’s advocacy and negotiations efforts to recover Jewish properties in Europe in pursuit of a measure of justice for Holocaust survivors, their families, and Jewish communities.
Previously he was Director of Government Affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center and is also Chief Representative of the Center to the United Nations in New York. He is a member of the official US delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Authority(IHRA) where he chaired the Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial and is currently chairing the Working Group on Holocaust Museums and Memorials.
To RSVP, click here.
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Thursday, May 23, 2024
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
Led by award-winning writer, podcaster, educator, and curator Rachael Cerrotti, commemorate Jewish American Heritage Month with a look at how memory is an essential aspect of identity. Using photographs, video, audio, interviews, and classroom resources from Echoes & Reflections, Rachael brings her personal story through her flagship project, We Share The Same Sky, to teach about Holocaust history and the lessons learned through tracing her grandmother’s story. Her new project, Along the Seam, delves into the complex and oftentimes paradoxical lessons uncovered by exploring one’s family histories and how that can shape how an individual views themselves and their role in the collective community. Through her expertise and lived experiences, educators will gain valuable perspective and resources to bring to their classroom to help their students analyze the history of the Holocaust and the impact of memory on our society.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, May 23, 2024
at 3:30pm -
4:30pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
ICS Welcomes the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History as a Guest Presenter for JAHM!
Topic: Stories that Shaped a Nation: Jewish Lives in America
During this session, Rebecca Krasner, Director of Education of the Weitzman which leads Jewish American Heritage Month will model an a newly available interactive classroom presentation. The goal of the presentation is to counter myths and misinformation about who Jews are by providing insights into the history and living culture of Jews in America. The 45-minute session followed by Q&A will unpack the complexities of Jewish peoplehood, look at the beliefs and behaviors that unite Jewish people, share stories of diversity within the American Jewish community, and examine the ways in which Jewish people and Jewish values have shaped and been shaped by the America that millions of people call home.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, May 23, 2024
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Live on Zoom
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Description:
“Antisemitism, U.S.A.” is an essential online conversation event featuring key contributors from the upcoming podcast of the same name, including noted scholars Mark Oppenheimer, Britt Tevis, Zev Eleff, Lincoln Mullen, Sarah Imhoff, and Kirsten Fermaglich. An official program of Jewish American Heritage Month, this event provides a deep dive into the pervasive issue of antisemitism in American history and its implications today. The panelists, each bringing their unique expertise, will explore the historical roots, evolution, and modern manifestations of antisemitism within the U.S., discussing its intersection with race, politics, and religion. This enriching dialogue, inspired by the soon-to-be-released podcast, aims to enhance understanding of antisemitism’s complexities and persistence, equipping attendees with a better grasp of its impact on society and encouraging active engagement in combating prejudice and fostering inclusivity. Join our panel of experts, and hosts of the Antisemitism, U.S.A. podcast for this conversation.
About The Podcast
Antisemitism has deep roots in American history. Yet in the United States, we often talk about it as if it were something new. We’re shocked when events happen like the Tree of Life Shootings in Pittsburgh or the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, but also surprised. We ask, “Where did this come from?” as if it came out of nowhere. But antisemitism in the United States has a history. A long, complicated history. A history easy to overlook. Join us on Antisemitism, U.S.A., a limited podcast series hosted by Mark Oppenheimer, to learn just how deep those roots go. Coming this summer from R2 Studios, part of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
More About The Speakers
Zev Eleff is President of Gratz College and Professor of American Jewish History in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania. A prolific scholar, Eleff holds an international reputation for academic rigor and sophistication. He is the author or editor of 14 books and more than 120 articles in the fields of Jewish Studies and American Religion. Eleff’s research in American Jewish history has received numerous awards, including the American Jewish Historical Society’s Wasserman Prize and the Rockower Award for Excellence by the American Jewish Press Association. He is also a two-time finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and a member of the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society.Kirsten Fermaglich has been teaching history and Jewish Studies at Michigan State since 2001. Their interests center around the historical meanings and problematic nature of ethnic identity in the United States: they are particularly interested in secular Jews as both members of and outsiders to the Jewish community. I am also interested in the ways that gender, race, class, and family intersect with ethnic identity. They are currently researching academic Jewish migration to college towns throughout the United States in the post World War II era. Their most recent book, A Rosenberg by Any Other Name (NYU Press, 2018), explores the history of name changing in the United States in the twentieth century. A Rosenberg by Any Other Name received the Saul Viener Prize for the best book in American Jewish history from the American Jewish Historical Society in 2019.Sarah Imhoff’s research asks questions about how bodies and their attributes, such as gender, race, and ability, shaped and are shaped by religion. Underwriting many of their research projects are questions about how embodiment makes religious meaning, and how religious discourse makes bodies. Their first book, Masculinity and the Making of American Judaism, argues that American Jewish men in the early twentieth century were gendered differently from American norms, and that this masculinity helped acculturated Jews argue for the value of an American Judaism. Their current research project is a hemispheric history of Judaism in the Americas, bringing together the stories of Latin America and the Caribbean with those of North America.Lincoln Mullen is a historian of American religion. He is a professor of history at George Mason University, and the executive director of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, a research center which creates websites, podcasts, educational resources, data-driven histories, and other open-access digital work to democratize history. He is the author of The Chance of Salvation: A History of Conversion in America (Harvard University Press, 2017) and America’s Public Bible: A Commentary (Stanford University Press, 2023).Mark Oppenheimer is the author of five books, most recently Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood. He has taught at Yale, Stanford, and NYU, and in June he joins Washington University of St. Louis as professor of practice and the editor of the journal Religion & Politics. In May 2025, Putnam will publish his biography of the novelist Judy Blume.Britt P. Tevis, J.D./Ph.D., is an American Jewish historian whose work focuses on the intersection of Jews and American law with a special emphasis on the study of antisemitism. Her work has appeared in American Jewish History, American Journal of Legal History, and the Journal of American History.
More About The Moderator
John Turner teaches and writes about the the place of religion in American history. He came to George Mason University in 2012, having earned a Ph.D. in American History from the University of Notre Dame and a Masters of Divinity from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Previously, they taught at the University of South Alabama.
Click here to register.
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Monday, May 27, 2024
(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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Tuesday, May 28, 2024
at 4:00pm -
5:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
In every genocide, dehumanization has been an essential strategy to belittle and categorize the victims as “life unworthy of life”. Using the power of media and propaganda to ignite pre-existing hatreds, perpetrators of genocide dehumanized victims to encourage average citizens and neighbors to turn against their fellow persons. Guided by the expertise of classroom educator and Echoes & Reflections facilitator George Dalbo, explore classroom ready resources and strategies related to the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, and the Genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda to teach students the dangers of dehumanization, how victim groups resisted these efforts and maintained their human dignity during genocide, and what students can do to reject attempts at dehumanization of people today.
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024
at 3:30pm -
4:30pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
ICS will examine the rich diversity and history of Jewish Americans, and gain insights that deepen the understandings of identity for all students. Teachers of world history, U.S. history, ethnic studies, human geography and world religions will all find relevant applications and resources in this workshop.
This workshop primarily supports 6-12 educators. However, all are welcome to participate!
To register, click here.
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