Events List
Below is list of upcoming events for your site.
List of Events
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
at 7:00pm -
9:00pm
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Calendar:
Films
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Location:
Holzman Auditorium at the Campus of the San Antonio Jewish Community
12500 NW Military
San Antonio, TX 78231
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Description:
In the safe haven of Colleyville, Texas, on January 15, 2022, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three others find themselves hostages when a stranger disrupts a typical Saturday morning at Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue.
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Dani Menkin, (ON THE MAP, AULCIE, DOLPHIN BOY, PICTURE OF HIS LIFE) this gripping real-life drama unfolds over an 11-hour standoff, testing their resilience and courage in unimaginable ways.
This international event captured the world's attention live on TV and will feature never-before-seen footage from those harrowing 11 hours, providing a unique perspective on the ordeal. RT 80 Min’.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, January 16, 2025
at 10:00am -
11:00am
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Virtual via Zoom
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Description:
Oral testimony is one way to document history directly from those who experienced it themselves. Using oral history interviews and their transcriptions, this presentation will discuss the experiences of Holocaust survivors who were liberated from various concentration camps as children. How did their experiences differ from adults? What kinds of unique challenges did they face? How were they impacted by their liberation? "In Their Words: Children's Experiences of Liberation" will dive into these questions and more.
This is a virtual program. Registration is required. Registration closes Mon, Jan. 13 at 10am. Library staff will email the Zoom link for the event separately before the program.
Register here: https://guides.mysapl.org/holo...
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Thursday, January 16, 2025
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Online
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Description:
What can poetry, novels, diaries, photography, and other forms of art teach us about the Holocaust? These artifacts and more--many of which are primary resources--are an essential aspect of teaching this history. Using the Echoes & Reflections pedagogical principle of teaching the human story helps build historical understanding, empathy, and compassion with students. Join Echoes & Reflections facilitator Kim Klett to examine a range of sources and provide valuable strategies to integrate this crucial approach into your classroom instruction.
To register, click here.
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Sunday, January 19, 2025
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Parman Library
20735 Wilderness Oak
San Antonio, TX, 78258
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Description:
Yehuda Meisels was already on an "enemy of the state" list when he was sent on one of the first transports to Auschwitz. This presentation will review what led to his inclusion on the list, his time in Auschwitz, and the miracles that enabled him to survive the camp, the death march, and his rescue by a Texas soldier. It will also cover what came after – how he ended up working with the US Army and the Joint Distribution Committee to help run one of the largest Displaced Persons camps in Germany after the war – and how these experiences affected his later life.
Learn more: https://guides.mysapl.org/holo...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
at 11:00am -
12:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Hybrid- online & in person at Aaron Family JCC
7900 Northaven Road, Dallas, TX
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Description:
Antisemitism has been described as a virus that mutates. In each historical period, hatred of Jews takes on a different form or focus, often as a reaction to the prevailing ideology of the time – be it religious, racist, or political.
In the aftermath of the October 7 massacre and the ongoing war in Gaza, antisemitism is, once again, reaching levels not seen since the Holocaust. Therefore, it is crucial for learners to understand the historical processes that have given rise to today’s antisemitism. This understanding will help them comprehend the underlying forces and the recurring tropes used to depict Jews and the Jewish State over time.
In this six-part course, learners will explore pivotal periods, such as the interactions between Jews and early Christianity and Islam, medieval manifestations in Christian Europe, the rise of racially motivated antisemitism leading to the Holocaust, the influence of communism and Islamism on perceptions of Jews, and the contemporary landscape of antisemitism, encompassing both extreme right-wing and left-wing ideologies.
Join us to deepen your understanding of the development of antisemitism since ancient times.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, January 23, 2025
at 10:00am -
11:00am
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Mission Library
3134 Roosevelt Avenue
San Antonio, TX, 78214United
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Description:
The compelling story of a young American GI, Ed Ettinger and of the Mittenwald Displaced Persons Camp in Germany as told by his son, Cantor Seth Ettinger.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, January 23, 2025
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
Join Professor Cary Nelson for the first 2025 lecture in the Daniel and Marissa Klass USC Shoah Foundation Lecture Series. Campuses and communities alike have been roiled by intensified antisemitism in the wake of the Hamas assault. The worsening environment shows little evidence of disappearing. What are its roots and what can we do to combat it?
To register, click here.
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Sunday, January 26, 2025
at 12:00pm -
5:00pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
5401 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004
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Description:
The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 – the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau – as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. HMH will commemorate and honor the six million Jews and other innocent victims of the Holocaust with free admission Sunday, January 26.
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Sunday, January 26, 2025
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
300 N. Houston Street
Dallas, TX 75202
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Description:
Marking the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945, International Holocaust Remembrance Day allows us to reflect upon the profound tragedy of the Holocaust while coming together to share a moment of peace and hope for the future. This year’s commemoration will feature a screening of Defiant Requiem, a poignant documentary that tells the remarkable story of a group of Jewish prisoners who, despite the horrors of the Holocaust, found hope and resilience through the transformative power of music. Directed by Douglas J. Cohen, the film illuminates the true story of the Jewish prisoners in the Terezin Concentration Camp who staged a performance of Verdi's "Requiem," defying their Nazi captors and reclaiming their humanity through art. Holocaust historian Alexandra Zapruder will also join us to share insights into the enduring power of art and the human spirit in the face of adversity.
There is no cost to attend this event, but registration is recommended. To register, click the "buy" button. If you would like to tour the Museum, you will need to reserve a separate ticket here.
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Sunday, January 26, 2025
at 2:00pm -
5:00pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Holocaust Garden of Hope, Kingwood, Texas
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Description:
Join at the Holocaust Garden of Hope for the March of Remembrance, a meaningful journey of reflection, education, and unity, and the unveiling of Exhibit 3 in the garden! This powerful event honors the memory of Holocaust victims while amplifying the voices of survivors and those who took a stand against injustice. Together, we’ll walk in solidarity to remember the past, reconcile for the present, and inspire hope for the future. Stand against hatred and build a world rooted in understanding and compassion.
To register, click here.
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Monday, January 27, 2025
(all day)
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
N/A
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Description:
The 6th Annual Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week will take place the week of January 27-31, 2025. The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission is charged with developing or approving materials for a statewide Holocaust Remembrance Week.
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Monday, January 27, 2025
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Online
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Description:
January 27th marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, and for this reason the date was chosen for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. But what exactly happened on January 27, 1945? Was liberation the happy ending we think it was? In this webinar Sheryl Ochayon, Project Director at Yad Vashem, will use testimonies, photographs, and other primary sources to tell the story of liberation as it really was, for the survivors and the liberators.
To register, click here.
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Monday, January 27, 2025
at 7:00pm -
8:30pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Congregation Beth Yeshurun (4525 Beechnut St., Houston, TX 77096)
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Description:
Program ChairsMitzi Shure and Jerry WischeEllen and Dan Trachtenberg
Join the Houston community to hear Amir Tibon’s gripping true story of how he and his family were rescued from Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023, by Tibon’s own father, a retired IDF general.
Amir Tibon is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent for Haaretz, Israel’s paper of record, and the author of The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas (co-authored with Grant Rumley), the first-ever biography of the leader of the Palestinian Authority. From 2017-2020, Tibon was based in Washington, DC as a foreign correspondent for Haaretz, and he also has served as a senior editor for the newspaper’s English edition. He, his wife, and their two young daughters are former residents of Kibbutz Nahal Oz but are currently living as internal refugees in northern Israel.
To RSVP, click here.
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Monday, January 27, 2025
at 7:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio
12500 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, Texas 78231
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Description:
For those who were sent through the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau, life was a nightmare and survival a dream. Hear survivors in their own words and from the legacy left to their descendants. For to commemorate without the words of the survivors is to remember the land iwthout honoring those who were buried in it.
Join the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, San Antonio Public Library, and World Affairs Council of San Antonio as we come together to remember.
To register, click here.
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Monday, January 27, 2025
at 8:00pm -
9:00pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Plaza Theater, Plaza Theater, 125 Henry Trost Ct, El Paso, TX 79901, USA
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Description:
On January 27, 2025, the El Paso Community Foundation and El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center will present ‘What Once Was…A Holocaust Remembrance Play,’ a reimagined version of a Holocaust Remembrance program originally produced at the Chamizal National Memorial Theatre on May 4, 1981.
Open to the Public
Free Admission
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