Events List
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List of Events
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026
at 11:00am -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
As antisemitism continues to grow and evolve across the United States, it remains a defining challenge for the American Jewish community and society at large. How have American Jews’ perceptions of and experiences with antisemitism changed over the past year? Have ongoing concerns influenced Jewish behavior, sense of security, or communal engagement? How are Jewish students navigating today’s campus climate? And how do these issues resonate with the broader American public? Join American Jewish Committee (AJC) to answer these questions and more.
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026
at 6:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
300 N. Houston Street
Dallas, TX 75202
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Description:
In-person registration includes a 6 p.m. reception followed by the 7 p.m. program.
Attendees are also welcome to tour the Kindertransport exhibition before and after the program.
In early 1939, few Americans were focused on the darkening storm clouds over Europe. Nor did they have much sympathy for the growing number of Jewish families threatened and brutalized by Adolf Hitler’s policies in Germany and Austria. One ordinary American couple decided that something had to be done. Despite overwhelming obstacles—both in Europe and in the United States—Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus made a bold and unprecedented decision to travel into Nazi Germany in an effort to save a group of Jewish children. Steven Pressman, author and documentarian of 50 Children, joins us to share their story.
About the Speaker
Steven Pressman, a veteran newspaper and magazine journalist, served as a reporter and editor at various publications. He is the author of 50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple's Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany, and the director and producer of a documentary on the same subject (2013). His films, Holy Silence (2020), The Levys of Monticello (2022), and Moses Ezekiel: Portrait of a Lost Artist (2024) have been well received.
Special Short Film Screening
Featured at the beginning of this program will be a screening of Kinder Doll: A Kindertransport Story, a stop-motion animation short film about two fictional children, Otto and Edith, who board a train to Britain with their most prized possessions - a teddy bear and a doll. Created by animation students at UT Dallas, the six-minute film captures the story of refugee children who fled Nazi persecution without their parents.
About Kindertransport – Rescuing Children from the Brink of War
Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War showcases the astonishing rescue effort that, in nine months, brought thousands of unaccompanied children from Nazi-occupied Europe to the United Kingdom. Through personal artifacts, stories, and firsthand testimony, those who lived through the “Kindertransport,” German for “children’s transport,” tell its history. The exhibition offers a moving look at the rescue effort, the painful choices parents made to send their children to safety, and the lives their children began in the United Kingdom. This exhibition serves as a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the importance of honoring the legacy of those who endured unimaginable suffering.Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War was created and organized by Yeshiva University Museum and the Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin.
On view from September 18, 2025, to February 15, 2026.
To buy tickets, click here.
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Thursday, February 12, 2026
at 6:00pm -
8:00pm
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Calendar:
Exhibits
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
5401 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004
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Description:
Through visual testimony and the context of art history, Nothing to Do But To Try is a first-of-its-kind exhibition about Boris Lurie, an acclaimed artist, writer, and Holocaust survivor. Centered around Lurie’s earliest work, the so-called “War Series,” as well as never-before-exhibited objects and ephemera from his personal collection, Boris Lurie: Nothing to Do But To Try presents a portrait of an artist reckoning with devastating trauma, haunting memories, and a lifelong quest for freedom.
Learn about Boris Lurie’s life before the Holocaust, his experiences during the war, and his journey to find himself again through creative outlets.
Sara Softness, Director of Cultural Affairs, Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC, will join us as our special guest speaker.
To RSVP, click here.
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Sunday, February 15, 2026
at 1:00pm -
3:00pm
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Calendar:
Films
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Location:
Barshop Jewish Community Center of San Antonio
12500 N.W. Military Highway San Antonio, TX 78231
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Description:
In picturesque Montmarte, three children wearing a yellow star play in the streets, oblivious to the darkness spreading over Nazi-occupied France. Their parents do not seem too concerned either, somehow putting their trust in the Vichy Government. But beyond this view, much is going on. Hitler demands that the French government round up its Jews and put them on trains for the extermination camps in the East. The collaborators start to put the plan into effect and within a short time, 13,000 of Paris’s Jews, among them 4,000 children, will be rounded up and sent on a road with no return.
The fateful date: July 16th, 1942, 71 years ago. With a meticulously constructed script based on extensive research and first-hand accounts, writer/director Rose Boschbrings to the screen one of the most moving dramas of the year.
Powered by fluid direction and a string of stars- from Jean Reno (The Da Vinci Code, Leon: The Professional) to Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds, The Concert)- La Rafle (The Roundup) became a big box-office hit in France, and its audiences included thousands of young people who came to learn about a dark chapter in their country’s history.
To view the trailer, click here.
To buy tickets, click here.
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Sunday, February 15, 2026
at 4:00pm -
5:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (DGA)
800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021
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Description:
Award-winning author and filmmaker Laurence Rees will present this year's Einspruch Lecture Series on the Holocaust.
To learn more, visit the Einspruch Lecture Series page.Click here to register online, which is required.
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Monday, February 16, 2026
(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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Monday, February 16, 2026
at 12:00pm -
2:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
UTD
800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021
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Description:
Award-winning author and filmmaker Laurence Rees will present this year's Einspruch Lecture Series on the Holocaust. Lunch will be served.To learn more, visit the Einspruch Lecture Series page.Click here to register online, which is required.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2026
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
Focusing on the Oneg Shabbat Archive, participants will explore how Jewish historians, writers, and community members secretly recorded all aspects of their daily lives to preserve truth in the face of Nazi oppression. Facilitated by Lisa Biton, head of the English-speaking Education Section at Yad Vashem, the webinar will examine documentation as an act of courage, historical responsibility, and resistance, and consider why these records remain essential for understanding the Holocaust and the power of bearing witness today.
This webinar connects to Unit 7 on the Echoes & Reflections website.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, February 19, 2026
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online Webinar
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Description:
A continuation of Holocaust Museum Los Angeles series, this lecture explores the community that Holocaust survivors built in Australia.
In the post-war years, Melbourne and Sydney were the principal centers of Holocaust survivor settlement in Australia, with more than 30,000 arrivals between the late 1930s and 1960, almost tripling the size of the country’s small Jewish population. Melbourne received the largest number of survivors, to have one of the highest per-capita survivor populations outside Israel. Many were from eastern Europe, with largest numbers from Poland, and their arrival transformed Melbourne’s Jewish community which to that time had been dominated by Anglo-Jewish Australians, fostering a vibrant Yiddish-speaking culture.
Melbourne's survivors formed tight-knit networks, often working in manufacturing, textiles, and small businesses in the city’s garment district. A handful of suburbs became centers of survivor life, with a network of Jewish welfare organizations and cultural institutions. Survivor-led landsmanshaftn, Yiddish cultural societies and newspapers, schools, and new synagogues flourished, fostering communal continuity. Holocaust education and memorialization was a priority, leading to the establishment of the Holocaust Museum in 1984, now a major communal institution.
In contrast, Sydney attracted larger numbers of survivors from Hungary, Germany and Austria and was more dispersed geographically and culturally. Survivors often entered small business, textiles, and trades. Sydney’s Jewish life became more diverse, although less tightly concentrated and with less Yiddish influence. The talk highlights how these divergent urban settings produced distinct patterns of rebuilding, identity formation, and community leadership among Australia’s Holocaust survivors.
Andrew Markus is Emeritus Professor in Monash University’s School of International, Historical and Philosophical Studies. In 2004, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and in 2021 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). He served as the founding Director of the Monash University's Australian Centre for Jewish Civilization. His research specialization is in the field of racial and ethnic relations and public opinion. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 academic articles, reference works and reports, and a number of books, including Australian Race Relations 1788–1993 (1994); Australia’s Immigration Revolution (2009); and Second Chance: A History of Yiddish Melbourne (2018).
Please note that this talk will be held Thursday at 4:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)/Friday at 10:00 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
To register, click here.
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Thursday, February 19, 2026
at 6:30pm -
8:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
5401 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004
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Description:
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for this program featuring music from Ilana Zaks Nederlander, lecture from Stephanie Stebich, and recorded testimony. The evening will shine a light on the life and legacy of Boris Lurie who survived the Holocaust and went on become an artist, activist, and founder of the NO!art movement.
To RSVP, click here.
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Saturday, February 21, 2026
at 7:00pm -
9:00pm
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Calendar:
Films
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Location:
Barshop Jewish Community Center of San Antonio
12500 N.W. Military Highway San Antonio, TX 78231
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Description:
“The Stamp Thief” is part detective story, part heist film, and partuntold history. The documentary investigates a tale datingback to the Holocaust: that a mysterious Nazi stole pricelessstamp collections from concentration camp victims and buriedthe stolen stamps in a small town in Poland. Embarking on areal-life “Argo”- like adventure, one-time “Seinfeld” producerGary Gilbert sets out to confirm the story and recover thestamps. His tactic: a fake movie shoot. His goal: to return thestamps to their rightful owners, hopefully delivering a smallmeasure of justice more than 70 years after the Holocaust.
Tickets are $15
To view the trailer, click here.
To buy tickets, click here.
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Saturday, February 21, 2026
at 7:30pm -
9:00pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Houston
5601 S. Braeswood Blvd
Houston, TX 77096
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Description:
Bubby’s Kitchen is a moving exploration of family, identity, and self-discovery, set against the backdrop of the Holocaust and contemporary American life. Throughout the one-woman musical, Ginsburg transforms into seven different family members—each of whom helped shape her personal journey. At its heart, Bubby’s Kitchen is the story of one young woman’s struggle to honor the remarkable legacy of her grandparents while forging a path of her own.
Tickets: $36
To buy tickets, click here.
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Sunday, February 22, 2026
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
In person at Brith Shalom and on YouTube
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Description:
The 1492 edict expelled the Jews following more than 1,000 years of life on the Iberian peninsula.
We will explore the events surrounding this infamous chapter in Spanish history and the events of the next several centuries (the late Middle Ages and Early Modern times) as the Jews resumed their role as a dispersed nomadic people.
We will delve into the ways in which Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews were forced to interact as well as the integration and anti-Semitism Jews encountered living amongst the various new lands in which they settled.
Open to the Community – RSVP’s requested.
To learn more, click here.
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Sunday, February 22, 2026
at 12:00pm -
3:30pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
N/A
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Description:
Hillels of NTX, StandWithUs, Southwest Jewish Congress present an afternoon of education and inspiration on ways to stand up and be an ally
Contact: Abbii Cook, Hillels of NTXJosh Arbital, StandWIthUsHelen Kalmans Roth, SWJC
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Sunday, February 22, 2026
at 2:00pm -
3:30pm
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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:
This is an in-person program.
Join DHHRM at 2 p.m. for light bites, followed by the 2:30 p.m. workshop.
Capturing a loved one’s story can feel overwhelming. In this workshop, the Museum’s Director of Library & Archives will guide participants through the basics of interviewing family members, offer practical tips for collecting oral histories, and share simple strategies for preserving family stories for future generations.
Meet the Facilitator
Felicia Williamson, MLIS, CA, serves as director of library and archives at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. In this role, she leads efforts to preserve and expand access to the Museum’s collection of rare books, artifacts, and oral history testimonies.
The Museum has received several grants in support of this work, including funding from the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission to catalog oral histories; the Institute of Museum and Library Services to process and make artifact collections accessible; and, most recently, the Claims Conference to catalog and digitize 4,003 of its most significant Holocaust-related items.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History, German and European Studies, with a minor in Religious Studies from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and a Master of Library and Information Science with an archives concentration from Louisiana State University. A certified archivist, Williamson is an active member of the Society of Southwest Archivists and the American Alliance of Museums, and she currently serves on the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board.
Registration open for Generations. Email programs@dhhrm.org to register.
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