Events List
Below is list of upcoming events for your site.
List of Events
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Monday, October 7, 2024
(all day)
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Workshops
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Location:
Online Workshop
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Description:
Our signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
Participate in three modules which will provide you with an overview of Echoes & Reflections and its associated resources, a sound pedagogy for teaching about the Holocaust, background information on the history of antisemitism, and time to consider effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic.
Course Details:
Program includes three interactive modules; approximately 6 hours to complete in total – at no costProceed at your own pace each week, be supported by an instructor, and enjoy interaction with other educatorsComplete all three modules for a 6-hour certificateFinal module includes additional time to complete optional final project for a 10-hour certificateGraduate credit available through the University of the Pacific. Please visit their site for more information.
Course Schedule:
Modules Open: Monday, October 7thOptional Final Project and Course Close: Due Monday, November 4th
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Learn about the comprehensive resources available in Echoes & Reflections.Be introduced to a sound pedagogy for teaching about the Holocaust.Practice instructional strategies designed to help your students learn about the complex history of the Holocaust.Enhance your own knowledge about the history of antisemitism.Identify strategies for integrating visual history testimony into your Holocaust instruction.Develop strategies for introducing students to a variety of primary sources.(Optional) Prepare a final project to take back to the classroom.Become part of a network of educators teaching about the Holocaust and genocide.
To register, click here.
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Monday, October 21, 2024
(all day)
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Online
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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 October 24th 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, click here.
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Monday, November 4, 2024
(all day)
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Online course
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Description:
Participate in this online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but is a global phenomenon that continues to rise. Participation in this course will give you the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students.
Course Details:
Program includes three interactive modules; approximately 6 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 three modules for a 6-hour certificate.Final module includes additional time to complete optional final project for a 10-hour certificate.Graduate credit available through the University of the Pacific. Please visit their site for more information.
Course Schedule:
Opens November 4th and closes December 2nd.Optional Final Project: Due December 2nd.
Program Outcomes:
Learn about the comprehensive resources available in Echoes & Reflections to support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism.Be introduced to a sound pedagogy for teaching about the Holocaust.Practice instructional strategies designed to help your students learn about the complex history of contemporary antisemitism that persists in their schools, communities, and the world.(Optional) Prepare a final project to take back to the classroom.Become part of a network of educators teaching about the Holocaust and genocide.
To register, click here.
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Monday, November 4, 2024
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
An old album was kept for many years in the home of a Jewish soldier who served in the US Army in Germany during WWII, but never spoke about his experiences. It was found only after he passed away. According to his granddaughter, "When I opened the album, I felt as if a hole had been burned through my hands."
What kind of intimate photographs would burn a hole through a viewer's hands? What do they tell us about the Nazis' intentions towards the Jews, years before the Final Solution? Why was the pogrom a turning point? Join Sheryl Ochayon, Echoes & Reflections Project Director for Yad Vashem's International Institute for Holocaust Education, to view the album and discuss these questions.
To register, click here.
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Monday, November 4, 2024
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Campus of the San Antonio Jewish Community
12500 NW Military Hwy.
San Antonio, TX 78231
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Description:
South of Sepharad: The 1492 Jewish Expulsion from Spain
Fleeing death by the Spanish Inquisition, a Jewish doctor makes an impossible choice between home and faith, then struggles to lead his family on a journey for a new life.
GRANADA, SPAIN, 1492. Vidal ha-Rofeh is a Jewish physician devoted to his faith, his family, and his patients. When Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand conquer Granada they sign the Alhambra Decree, an edict ordering all Jews convert to Catholicism or depart Spain in three months' time under penalty of death.
Against his wife's belief that converting is safer than exile, Vidal insists they flee. Unwillingly leaving behind their oldest daughter with her Catholic husband, Vidal's family joins a caravan of 200 Jews journeying to start their lives anew across the sea in Fez. On the caravan, Vidal struggles to balance his physician duties of caring for the sick while struggling to mend strained relationships with his family. At the same time, his daughter back home finds herself exposed to the Spanish Inquisition living as a converso in a Christian empire.
Presenting readers with a painful but important part of Jewish history, South of Sepharad is a heroic, heart-breaking story of a father who holds tightly to his faith, his family, and his integrity all while confronting the grief of the past and the harsh realities of forced exile.
Carla Cutler210-302-6828cutlerc@jcc-sa.org
To register, click here.
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Thursday, November 7, 2024
at 9:00am -
10:30pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Shalom Austin
7300 Hart Lane
Austin, TX 78731 United States
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Description:
Don’t miss Book Lovers Breakfast on Thursday, November 7 from 9-10:30 AM, featuring New York Times bestselling author Lisa Barr and her latest novel, The Goddess of Warsaw. Dive into a powerful tale of resilience and bravery set against the backdrop of World War II and hear insights from Lisa Barr about her writing process and the inspiration behind the story. Book Lovers Breakfast, co-chaired by Corrie MacLaggan and Dana Shapiro Spaeth, is for women of all ages and is a great opportunity to connect with fellow readers. The 2025 Woman of Valor, who will be celebrated at Mosaic on March 27, 2025, will be announced at Book Lovers.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, November 7, 2024
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
As the anniversary of Kristallnacht approaches, students and their teachers are invited to join Echoes & Reflections and ADL for a timely and powerful webinar featuring Holocaust survivor Renate Zelovic, who will be sharing her story publicly for the first time. Renate was born in Breslau, Germany in 1932 and has haunting memories of the Kristallnacht Pogrom, marked by the sounds of shattering glass, red lights through her bedroom window, and a solemn family meeting.
After Kristallnacht, Renate and her brother were sent to a Jewish orphanage, and several months later, they, along with about 100 other children, were evacuated from Germany to England on a Kindertransport. Educators and their students should not miss this opportunity to hear from a Holocaust survivor first-hand in an intimate Q&A-style conversation with her granddaughter.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, November 7, 2024
at 6:30pm -
8:30pm
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Calendar:
Films
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
5401 Caroline
Houston, Texas 77004
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Description:
In October of 2018, the Tree of Life – Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suffered the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history. “A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting” tells the story of the events on that harrowing day, and how a broken community attempted to find some semblance of healing and action following the tragedy.
Join Holocaust Museum Houston, along with family members of victims of this attack, for a screening of this powerful film. This event is in partnership with the Anti-Defamation League’s Southwest Regional Office. They will hold a short clinic afterwards on how communities can prevent/respond to the hateful rhetoric that led to this catastrophe.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, November 7, 2024
at 7:00pm -
8:30pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio
12500 Northwest Military HighwaySan Antonio, TX, 78231
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Description:
Never to be Forgotten - the 86th Anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass
Sponsored by the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, Jewish Federation of San Antonio, and Jewish Community Relations Council
To find out more, click here.
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Friday, November 8, 2024
(all day)
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
ST. SARKIS ARMENIAN CHURCH
4421 Charles St.
Carrollton, TX 75010
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Description:
If you’re new to ArmeniaFest, you’re probably wondering what it is all about...ArmeniaFest is our annual Armenian cultural and food festival that takes place in Carrollton, Texas and is organized by the Armenian community of the St. Sarkis Church. Starting in 2022, our cultural and food festival takes place at our new church on 4421 Charles Street in Carrollton. We would love for you to spend a leisurely weekend with your family and friends enjoying our traditional and modern Armenian dances performed by the talented Groung Dance Ensemble and sessions of shourchbar (circle dance) step instructions. Have fun browsing our gift shop of Armenian souvenirs, bidding on silent auction items, and taking a chance on our wonderful raffle prizes! Learn about "The Saints of the Armenian Church" from our exhibits and presentations, as well as church tours by our very own pastor! Hang out and spend time at our Family Fun Center and participate in our famous and fun pilav eating contest! We love to talk about our food and you would too, once you get a taste of our hand-made delicacies from grilled kebabs to mouth-watering desserts! On top of that, we have a baking demonstration and a bake sale with delicious pastries, and coffee.This is an incredible opportunity for visitors to get an experience and understanding of a different culture while having a ton of fun! Our Event Schedule page (to be posted soon) will guide you with times of the various activities that are taking place during the ArmeniaFest weekend!So, come and enjoy our hospitality, bring family and friends, stay for a delicious meal and have a wonderful time joining the crowds that have been coming back to our Festival year after year!
To learn more, click here.
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Sunday, November 10, 2024
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio
12500 Northwest Military HighwaySan Antonio, TX, 78231
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Description:
SLAVA FINTEL
When the ghetto in Slava Fintel’s hometown of Szarkowszczyzna, Poland was liquidated, Slava and her sister were hidden in a barn by a Polish farm family. The son of this family, who took them in, was later acknowledged as a “Righteous Among the Nations” by Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Center in Jerusalme, Israel.
Hear their story of survivor from Slava’s son, Steve Fintel.
To find out more, click here.
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Sunday, November 10, 2024
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
300 N. Houston Street
Dallas, TX 75202
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Description:
Join us for a stage reading of the play Knocking on the Doors of History and witness a family’s survival in Shanghai and beyond. The play follows the Kaufmann family from their experiences during Kristallnacht, a series of pogroms waged against Jewish-owned businesses, synagogues, and homes on November 9 and 10, 1938 in Germany, to the family’s subsequent escape to Shanghai, China as the last hope for refuge before the outbreak of World War II.
A talk-back conversation will take place in the Cinemark Theater following the performance.
About Hidden History: Recounting the Shanghai Jewish Story
Explore the little-known history of the diverse, resettled Jewish community in Shanghai, including Iraqi Jews who arrived in the mid-1800s, Russian Jews who fled pogroms at the turn of the century, and German and Austrian Jews who desperately escaped the Nazis. With most countries limiting or denying entry to Jews during the 1930s, the free port of Shanghai became an unexpected safe haven for Jews attempting to flee the antisemitic policies and identity-based violence in Nazi-controlled Europe. Hidden History explores this multifaceted history of desperation, loss, and asylum through artifacts, survivor stories, and the photographic lens of prominent American photojournalist Arthur Rothstein, who documented the Shanghai Jewish community in 1946 for the United Nations.
To register, click here.
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Sunday, November 10, 2024
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Films
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Location:
Austin Jewish Film Festival
7300 Hart Lane
Austin, Texas 78731
USA
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Description:
Closing Night Event with Reception
Colleyville, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, has a history of being ranked the safest city in Texas. It is so peaceful and so safe that (almost) no one has ever heard of it until January 15, 2022, when a terrorist seized Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville. The synagogue live-streamed its services via Facebook, and the streaming continued throughout the hostage situation. More than 200 local, state, and federal law enforcement officials, including a SWAT team and 70 FBI hostage negotiators and rescue operatives, were called in. For the first time, all of the hostages and their families tell their stories on camera.
There will be a reception starting at 7PM in the Kaufman Family Living Room at the Dell JCC with vegetarian kolaches and beer from Batch as well as a free bar. Enjoy live music from Paul Klemperer. All of this is included in your ticket price.
The movie begins at 8PM with long time friend of the festival director Dani Menkin with us in person for a Q&A panel after the film. Jeffrey Cohen and Shane Woodward, two of the hostages from the Colleyville crisis, will also be joining us. This is a gripping film, but it also contains moments of levity. This is Dani’s first ever movie to focus on a US subject. AJFF has been involved with this project for a while, and members of our community contributed to completion funding for the film. AJFF is honored to be able to present the final film in what promises to be a strong finish for this year’s festival.
To purchase a ticket, click here.
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Monday, November 11, 2024
(all day)
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Online
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Description:
Participate in this asynchronous online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching strategies to help your students understand how to analyze propaganda and learn media literacy skills. We applaud your commitment to teaching this topic, and are eager to support you to ensure your students are able to engage in thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate learning.
Course Details:
Course opens November 11th at 7AM EST; approximately 4 hours to complete in total – at no cost.Proceed at your own pace, be supported by an instructor, and enjoy interaction with other educatorsComplete 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 propaganda using media literacy skills.Identify opportunities to connect the lessons of the Holocaust with more current examples of hate propaganda. Build confidence and capacity to teach about propaganda using media literacy skills. Understand and construct activities that show the link between ideology and propaganda.
To register, click here.
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Monday, November 11, 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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