Events List
Below is list of upcoming events for your site.
List of Events
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
at 6:30pm -
9:00pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
5401 Caroline
Houston, TX , 77004
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Description:
The conference “Antiscience and Antisemitism: An Alarming Convergence,” organized by Dean Peter Hotez of Baylor College of Medicine and Professor Matthias Henze of Rice University, will be hosted by the Holocaust Museum Houston. It examines the junction of two accelerating and alarming trends of the 2020s, Antiscience and Antisemitism. Antiscience activism now manifests as climate denialism and coordinated efforts to discredit life-saving public health interventions such as vaccines, immunizations, and other interventions. The full expression of science denialism occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic and now targets prominent American scientists. Antisemitism is also on the rise, as documented by the ADL and other groups.
The conference explores the current and historical overlap between antiscience and antisemitism. Such an investigation reveals a 500-year history that began during the Black Death in Europe, targeted prominent Jewish scientists in Weimar Germany and Stalinist Russia, and that continues to the present through attacks on scientists working to slow or halt pandemics and climate change. The conference will feature 8 preeminent academics in the Sciences and the Humanities.
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
at 9:00am -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
5401 Caroline
Houston, TX 77004
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Description:
The conference “Antiscience and Antisemitism: An Alarming Convergence,” organized by Dean Peter Hotez of Baylor College of Medicine and Professor Matthias Henze of Rice University, will be hosted by the Holocaust Museum Houston. It examines the junction of two accelerating and alarming trends of the 2020s, Antiscience and Antisemitism. Antiscience activism now manifests as climate denialism and coordinated efforts to discredit life-saving public health interventions such as vaccines, immunizations, and other interventions. The full expression of science denialism occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic and now targets prominent American scientists. Antisemitism is also on the rise, as documented by the ADL and other groups.
The conference explores the current and historical overlap between antiscience and antisemitism. Such an investigation reveals a 500-year history that began during the Black Death in Europe, targeted prominent Jewish scientists in Weimar Germany and Stalinist Russia, and that continues to the present through attacks on scientists working to slow or halt pandemics and climate change. The conference will feature 8 preeminent academics in the Sciences and the Humanities.
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online
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Description:
Curator Erik Riedel will present the work of the painter and graphic artist Léo Maillet, who changed his original name Leopold Mayer in exile, reflecting the numerous fractures in his biography.
After his dramatic escape from a deportation train bound for Auschwitz, Maillet lived in the French Cévennes under a false identity from 1942 onwards. He painted and drew with the simplest of materials. Some years later, he took up the works he had created during his flight and persecution and transformed them into paintings and etchings. The resulting works are, on the one hand, artistic reflections of his own work and, on the other, confrontations with his own persecution. The fact that Maillet began the latter just a few years after the end of the war is rather unusual. Both among survivors and in the context of the emerging culture of remembrance, intensive processing of the Shoah only began in the late 1970s.
Erik Riedel is head of exhibitions at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt and curator of the museum’s Ludwig Meidner Archive. The archive consists of the artistic estates of Ludwig and Else Meidner and several other artists who were forced into exile. Erik Riedel has curated numerous exhibitions on 19th- and 20th-century art, for instance on Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, Ludwig and Else Meidner, Charlotte Salomon, and Arie Goral. Apart from several exhibitions catalogues he has published the catalogue raisonné of Ludwig Meidner’s sketchbooks and the conference proceedings “Ludwig Meidner. Expressionism, Ecstasy, Exile” (2018), as well as the catalogue raisonné of Ludwig Meidner’s paintings until 1927 (2023).This event is part of the online series “Flight or Fight. stories of artists under repression” organized by The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art in New York.
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Virtual via Zoom
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Description:
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.
Joe Samuels is a Holocaust survivor who was a refugee from Iraq. For over five decades he didn’t discuss the trauma of the Farhud, a pogrom against the Jews of Baghdad in June 1941 that he experienced when he was 10 years old. He didn't discuss being smuggled out of Iraq where he was under the constant threat of arrest and torture simply for being Jewish. Then, at the age of 90, Joe published his memoir, Beyond the Rivers of Babylon. He has since written for the Wall Street Journal. Join us as Joe shares his own story of survival, as well as the lesser-known story of the nearly one million Jews who once lived in the Middle East, North Africa, and Iran. This webinar connects to Unit 11 on the Echoes & Reflections website.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, April 10, 2025
(all day)
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Online
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Description:
Rescue during the Holocaust was not the norm, but it is an important topic for students to examine as a way to illuminate the rare bright spots amidst the overwhelming darkness of this historical tragedy. Use this course to provide students with an opportunity to learn about the types of rescue that occurred in Nazi-occupied Europe and to consider the moral and ethical choices that non-Jews made in order to help Jews survive.
Course Details:
Course begins November 10th, 2025 at 7am ET. About 4 hours to complete – at no cost.Proceed at your own pace, 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:
Explore a sound pedagogy for planning and implementing Holocaust education in the classroom.Identify forms of assistance provided to Jews by non-Jews during the Holocaust, including the Kindertransport.Examine the role and impact of antisemitism on rescue efforts.Discuss how the Kindertransport and other avenues of rescue were considered a “choiceless choice” for Jews.Explore how rescuers are both extraordinary and ordinary as well as the impact studying the choices of rescuers during the Holocaust can have on our choices today.Explore various resources and tools to support your teaching of the complex ideas of rescue and support in the context of the Holocaust.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, April 10, 2025
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Virtual Program
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Description:
American soldiers were unprepared for what they discovered in the Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany in April 1945: piles of bodies, walking skeletons on the verge of death, and other unspeakable horrors. This shocking discovery prompted Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower to visit and bear witness to the atrocities himself. He was deeply affected by what he saw—and, even then, he anticipated a future where these crimes might be denied.
Eighty years later, learn why Eisenhower’s visit to Ohrdruf was a critical moment in documenting and protecting the truth of the Holocaust.
SPEAKERS
Susan Eisenhower, Expert in Residence at the Eisenhower Institute, Chairman and CEO of The Eisenhower Group, Inc., and Trustee and Chair Emerita of the Eisenhower Foundation
Allison S. Finkelstein, Senior Historian, Arlington National Cemetery
MODERATOR
Rebecca Erbelding, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This virtual program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. You will receive an email with a link to the program on April 10th.
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Thursday, April 10, 2025
at 6:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Shalom Austin
7300 Hart Lane
Austin, Texas 78731
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Description:
Join us for an evening of learning and choose from a variety of classes related to Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom HaAtzmaut!
You will be able to choose one class from 6-6:45 PM and one class from 7-7:45 PM, offered by our wonderful community organizations.
Registration is required by Wednesday, April 9.
6-6:45 PM
Alma, Gisella, and Mala in Auschwitz: Three Jewish Women’s Audacious Acts of ResistanceDr. J.E. Wolfson | Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission
Eighty years after the Nazis withdrew from Auschwitz, we recall the experiences of three Jewish women whose confrontations with the Lager reveal its sadistically antisemitic purpose. Each woman found herself filling an unusual role that gave her special opportunities to help protect her fellow inmates, though at terrible costs. The accounts we will examine—and the ways they have been told, retold, and debated—include moments that inspire, shock, or surprise. They challenge us to bear witness with clear eyes, and they serve as proof that even in Auschwitz, some Jews found ways to act selflessly and to fight back against the Nazi evil.
A Descendant's Perspective: How Nuremberg and Auschwitz Shaped a Family's DestinyClaudia Loewenstein | Descendants of Holocaust Survivors in Central TexasClaudia Loewenstein offers a gripping and intimate account of her parents as adolescents and their narrow escape from Nazi Germany, offering unique insights and documentation into one of history's darkest periods. Born in Santiago, Chile to Jewish refugees who fled the Third Reich in 1939, Claudia Loewenstein offers a rare, intimate glimpse into the Holocaust's far-reaching impact across generations and continents. With 44 years as an educator and experience as a published journalist, Claudia Loewenstein brings both academic rigor and narrative flair to her talks. The presentation also features a curated exhibit of poster-size documents.
How to Win Hearts & Minds: Communication Strategies for Combatting AntisemitismJackie Nirenberg | Anti-Defamation League This course will empower participants to fight antisemitism using communications strategies proved effective by a two-year study by ADL's Center for Antisemitism Research
7-7:45 PM
From Yom HaZikaron to Yom HaAtzmautMichal Ilai | Shalom Austin The proximity of the two main days on the Israeli national calendar encapsulate the story of Israel -that of hardships, resilience and ultimately optimism. We will discuss what it means to go from a somber day of mourning to a happy day of celebration, and how as American Jews we can share that story.
Shevet Keren: From Vision to ActionLeann Zatlavi and Omri Argaman | Tzofim, Shevet Keren
Forging a powerful bond with Israel and Zionism while shaping the leaders of tomorrow is at the heart of our community and our nation. Join us as we unveil the inspiring journey of Tzofim, Shevet Keren, from a bold vision to a pillar of our Austin community.
From The Towers to Tel Aviv: Building Allyship on CampusA Panel Moderated by Barri Seitz | Jewish National Fund
When the trend of the day is to demonize Israel, it takes courage and conviction from our friends beyond the Jewish faith to stand up to the alarming vitriol we are seeing on campuses across America. At a time when Jewish students feel more isolated than ever, some of the most persuasive and impactful voices come from non-Jewish student allies. Join UT student leader and alumna of JNF’s Alexander Muss High School in Israel, Barri Seitz, as she moderates a panel discussion with three non-Jewish UT students who - after visiting Israel for the first time - offer a valuable perspective on the role of allyship in combating hate, discrimination, and anti-Zionism.
To register, click here.
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Saturday, April 12, 2025
(all day)
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
N/A
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Description:
It is possible that Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission staff who observe Passover will be out of the office.
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Monday, April 14, 2025
(all day)
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Calendar:
General
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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 April 14th 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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Tuesday, April 15, 2025
at 10:00am -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Exhibits
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Location:
Ackerman Center (JO 4.800)
800 W. Campbell Road, JO 31
Richardson, Texas 75080-3021
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Description:
This special display, based on the collection of the Yad Vashem Art Museum, features works created between 1945 and 1947 and attempts to investigate how survivors reacted to the liberation through art. For most of these survivor-artists, the ability to paint again signified freedom and renewed independence. The choice of their art’s subject and the grip on the pencil or brush symbolically restored a feeling of control, after years of helplessness. The act of painting represented a process of psychological rehabilitation through which they could synthesize the trauma.
This exhibit will be available to be viewed mid-April outside of the Ackerman Center (JO 4.800) in the JO-FO Skybridge.
Please join UTD for a special viewing of the exhibit and on April 30 at 4pm in the SP/N with a panel discussing liberation.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online
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Description:
Join for a compelling Virtual Coffee Encounter with Adi Rabinowitz Bedein, Holocaust educator and international lecturer, as she explores the miracles of Passover through the lens of Holocaust history. How did Jews observe Passover in ghettos and camps? What lessons can we draw for today, especially in light of October 7th? This thought-provoking discussion will connect the past to our present, inspiring reflection on faith, resilience, and responsibility.Hosted by Rozalie Jerome, founder of Holocaust Remembrance Association.
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online via YouTube: youtube.com/ushmm
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Description:
“The timing of our escape was indeed a miracle,” remembers Holocaust survivor Frank Cohn about his arrival in New York City on October 30, 1938. Frank and his mother got out of Nazi Germany just weeks before Kristallnacht (the “Night of Broken Glass”), when authorities and ordinary citizens committed a wave of violent, orchestrated attacks across the country on Jewish people, their businesses, and their places of worship.
Frank’s relative security was short-lived. Just five years after finding a safe haven, he went back to Europe—this time to fight the Nazis. Watch to learn more about Frank’s experiences in Nazi Germany as a young Jewish boy and later as part of an intelligence unit with the US Army.
SpeakerFrank Cohn, Holocaust Survivor and Museum Volunteer
ModeratorBill Benson, Journalist and Host, First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors
Watch live at youtube.com/ushmm. You don’t need a YouTube account to view our program. After the live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on the Museum's YouTube page.
Marking 25 years, First Person is a monthly, hour-long discussion with a Holocaust survivor that is made possible through generous support from the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation.
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Thursday, April 17, 2025
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
Genocide has been called the greatest crime for many reasons, it ruptures history, creating a devastating barrier between the past and future. Teaching about genocide provides an opportunity to engage students in deep reflection about choices made by individuals, leaders, governments, and larger society at different points in time. In honor of Genocide Awareness Month, join Echoes & Reflections expert facilitator Kim Klett to learn how to navigate the definition of genocide in today’s classroom, explore how genocides occur, and examine their consequences.
This webinar connects with Unit 12: Teaching about Genocide on the Echoes & Reflections website.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, April 17, 2025
at 6:30pm -
7:30pm
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Calendar:
Grants & Contests
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
The THGAAC Grants Specialist will hold virtual FAQ meetings throughout the letter of intent and application periods.
To register, click here and complete the Zoom registration form.
Attendance is not required but highly recommended.
All grant recipients must attend an orientation meeting before their project may begin. The dates for those meetings will be posted following the THGAAC’s June 4, 2025 quarterly meeting. Registration information will be included in the grant award letters, which will be sent after the THC’s July 2025 quarterly meeting.
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Friday, April 18, 2025
(all day)
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
N/A
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Description:
It is possible that Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission staff who observe Good Friday will be out of the office.
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