Events List
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List of Events
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
at 7:30pm -
8:30pm
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General
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Location:
Aaron Family Jewish Community Center
7900 Northaven Rd
Dallas, Texas
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Description:
Join JCC Dallas for a special evening as we welcome Adeena Sussman to the J, in conversation with Rachel Pinn. Following the discussion, stay for a book signing and tastings from the cookbook.
Adeena Sussman is a best-selling cookbook author, writer, and chef whose work explores the intersection of Jewish, Israeli, and culinary cultures. Her most recent book Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours, was released in September 2023 and was an instant New York Times best-seller. She is currently working on her next cookbook, to be released in Spring 2026.
Her popular Instagram account takes followers along as she cooks, explores, and reports on food culture in Israel, where she moved in 2015. Since October 7, she has been working to highlight individuals affected by the day’s events and to campaign for the release of hostages in captivity,
Her previous cookbooks include Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors From My Israeli Kitchen, as well the New York Times bestselling Cravings cookbook series, which she co-authored with Chrissy Teigen. Adeena has written about Israeli food for Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, The Wall Street Journal, Epicurious, Gourmet, and many others.
She lives footsteps from Tel Aviv's Carmel Market, where she shops and explores daily, taking inspiration from her adopted country's seasonal and cultural culinary rhythms.
To order tickets, click here.
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Thursday, May 7, 2026
at 2:00pm -
4:00pm
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General
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Location:
Online
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Description:
Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Center for Jewish History as we explore the story of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a Holocaust survivor who played in the Auschwitz orchestra. Through primary sources, testimony, and lesson plans, we will explore pedagogy for bringing this into your classroom.
Forced into factory labor, Anita joined a small resistance effort—forging papers for French prisoners of war—and was eventually arrested for forgery and attempted escape. After more than a year in prison she was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where she survived nearly a year because she played in the women’s orchestra, required to perform marches as prisoners left for forced labor and to entertain SS officers.
In 1945 she was evacuated to Bergen-Belsen, where starvation, disease, and death were pervasive. She was liberated by British forces on April 15, 1945. Anita came to England in 1946, built a career as a professional cellist, and in 1952 married the pianist Peter Wallfisch. She is the mother of two children and part of a multigenerational musical family. Her memoir, Inherit the Truth, 1939–1945, recounts her experiences.
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and her son
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was born in Breslau (then Germany, now Wrocław, Poland) into a cultured, assimilated Jewish family where music, literature, and languages shaped daily life. A gifted cellist, she experienced early antisemitism and, as Nazi laws tightened, lost access to schooling and lessons. After The November Pogrom and failed efforts to emigrate, her family was trapped. Her parents were deported and murdered in 1942, leaving sixteen-year-old Anita and her sister alone.
Participants will receive CTLE credit.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, May 7, 2026
at 5:00pm -
6:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online via virtual event
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Description:
Join the Weitzman National Museum for a landmark virtual series as theycommemorate 250 years of the Jewish experience in America, exploring the profound ways Jewish identity and the American story have shaped one another. Through a series of monthly conversations over the course of this year with the nation's leading historians, we will journey from the arrival of the first colonial settlers to the vibrant, diverse communities of the modern era.
On May 7, during Jewish American Heritage Month, we explore the little-known story of a small group of Jewish merchants in the Caribbean whose outsized contributions to the cause of American liberty helped tip the scales in the fight for independence.
On the lush, windswept island of St. Eustatius, Jewish merchants supplied George Washington’s army with critical contraband and became part of the first international entity to recognize the United States. Their allegiance to the American cause came at great personal cost: targeted by the British, they were stripped of their homes and wealth, torn from their families, driven into exile, and even saw their graves plundered. It is ultimately a story of how these Jews helped win the war—and helped found America.
This webinar features Professor Laura Leibman, historian and author, alongside Dan Tadmor, President and CEO of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. Leibman served as a historical advisor on the Weitzman’s new exhibition, The First Salute, which brings this remarkable and often overlooked story to life for visitors at the museum on historic Independence Mall.
This is an online only event. After registering, you will receive the Zoom link via email to join the discussion on May 7. The event will be recorded and sent out to all registrants 24-48 hours after the event. Please note that by registering you will also begin to receive a weekly events email from our 70 Faces Media brands and you consent to receive emails from the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History.
Questions can be sent to events@70facesmedia.org.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, May 7, 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:
In Plunder & Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery and Migration of Nazi-Uprooted Art, Suzanne Loebl tells the story of the Nazi looting of art in World War II Europe by looking at the human side: the people who lost the art, those who stole and monetized it for Hitler, and those who helped save it. Plunder & Survival has a particular focus on art that escaped to America. Loebl, who grew up in Nazi Germany and hid as a teenager in wartime Belgium, interweaves this history with stories of her and her family’s own survival, as well as their art. “As a Holocaust survivor, Loebl’s writing displays a deep degree of sensitivity and level of poignancy. Readers are swept along as the author shares what happened, painting by painting, starting with the theft and then looking at a great many of the pieces that were recovered and restored to their rightful owners. . . . The writing is crisp throughout, and each segment about a piece of art brings us deftly into the next one.” —Jewish Book Council“Loebl has produced an in-depth art-historical examination of a dark time for European culture. Plunder and Survival represents a significant addition to our understanding of how and why the rapacious Nazis sought to erase art and artists they didn’t like.” —Art New EnglandSuzanne Loebl will be in conversation with Senior Education Programs Manager, Rachel Podber-Kennison.Suzanne Loebl is the author of fourteen books. She was born into an art-collecting family in Germany and escaped the Nazis as a teenager by hiding in Belgium. Her other books include America’s Art Museums: A Traveler’s Guide to Great Collections Large and Small and a memoir on her experience during World War II, At the Mercy of Strangers: Growing Up on the Edge of the Holocaust. In 2012, Loebl received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Rachel Podber-Kennison grew up in the Jewish community of Atlanta and is the granddaughter of Polish Holocaust survivors. She aims to make Holocaust education accessible to all learning styles and is passionate about providing students with the resources they need to navigate and combat antisemitism in their schools and communities. She completed her undergraduate degree in Film and Television at Boston University, and as a student, single-handedly sorted and organized the Hebrew section of Elie Wiesel's archival collection. She holds a Master of Arts in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester, with a dissertation entitled "Heirlooms Held Hostage: The Fate of Nazi-Looted Art in Museum Collections". She has lectured on topics including museum ethics, Nazi-looted art, the experience of Jews in the Roman Empire, and intercultural relations in antiquity, including a live cooking demonstration on ancient Roman cooking. RSVP HERE
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Thursday, May 7, 2026
at 6:30pm -
8:30pm
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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:
Come hear an evening of music celebrating the Jewish-American experience with the musicians of DACAMERA Young Artists.
To reserve tickets, click here.
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Thursday, May 7, 2026
at 7:00pm -
8:45pm
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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:
Death & Texas is a feature documentary about wealth, inequality and the American Dream, viewed through the lens of the estate tax and the very personal story of a father and son at odds over what kind of inheritance we want to leave our kids and our country.
USAReleased: 2024English 85 MinutesTickets: $15Admission includes concessionsDoors Open at 6:30
To buy tickets, click here.
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Monday, May 11, 2026
at 7:00pm -
9:00pm
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Calendar:
Films
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Location:
Galaxy Theatres Austin
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Description:
$10 per person
Join Shalom Austin for a special screening of “Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round,“an inspiring documentary that tells the story of Black students and Jewish neighbors who came together to challenge segregation at Glen Echo Amusement Park in 1960. Their courage, solidarity and shared commitment to justice helped ignite a broader movement for civil rights and reminds us of the power of standing together across lines of difference.
Following the film, Shalom Austin will welcome a panel featuring voices connected to the Civil Rights era and a conversation about the enduring importance of Black-Jewish partnership, as well as the opportunities to build and strengthen that alliance today.
To view the trailer, click here.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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2:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online
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Description:
The Pickled City takes a glorious deep dive into the history of the iconic brined cucumber by tracing the pickle’s journey from ancient Mesopotamia to Eastern Europe to Manhattan’s Lower East Side, unearthing a hidden world of family stories and economic contributions that helped shape New York’s cultural, culinary, and literal foundations.
With a foreword by pickle pioneer Sandor Katz and an astonishing wealth of photographs, historical images, documents, illustrations, advertisements, and more, this unique food biography includes:
A brief history of the pickle from 2400 BCE to 2026.An overview of the rise of the pickle industry in the United States, which has grown substantially in recent years.Profiles of immigrant families and their iconic pickle companies, including enduring brands like Katz, Heinz, Underwood, and Vlasic.A survey of the profusion of pickle peddlers, stands, and stores across the Lower East Side from 1850 to 1980, exploring how the pickle industry was born and survived through decades of change, with playful text and incredible archival images.The stories behind New York’s most recognizable pickle stores and brands, including Guss’ Pickles, The Pickleman, The Pickle Guys, Russ & Daughters, Katz’s Deli, and Ba-Tampte.And much more!
Written and illustrated with warmth and humor, this culinary chronicle is perfect for anyone curious about how the pickle became such a popular snack choice, gourmet condiment, and TikTok sensation. It’s for food lovers, pickle mavens, Jewish readers, New Yorkers, deli aficionados, history buffs, readers interested in gut health, bubbies around the globe, and anyone who can trace roots to the Lower East Side.
Authors Monique Mulder and Paul van Ravestein will be in conversation about their book.
Monique Mulder and Paul van Ravestein are the creative leaders behind Mattmo Creative, a communication and design agency based in Amsterdam that blends culture, food, and design. Their work is driven by the philosophy of “the interconnectedness of things,” which also inspired their co-founding of Dutch Cuisine, a movement dedicated to preserving Dutch food culture. Monique and Paul’s passion for food culture is evident in their (visual) research on New York’s rich pickle history. They uncovered how Jewish immigrants in the early twentieth century shaped the city’s pickle industry. Their research culminated in The Pickled City, a visual exploration of New York’s pickle history. Through their projects, Monique and Paul use food as a powerful symbol of resilience, cultural identity, and human connection, celebrating the enduring legacy of culinary traditions.
To register, click here.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Online 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.
Introducing these narratives to primary-age students in age-appropriate ways helps lay an early foundation for empathy, perspective-taking, and moral awareness. Their stories offer educators a powerful entry point for teaching difficult histories, helping students widen their historical lens. Led by USC Shoah Foundation’s Learning and Development Specialist, Raquel Diaz Serralta, this session for upper-primary educators (4th-6th grades) focuses on strategies for teaching difficult histories.
Participants will explore how story, music, and testimony can foster curiosity and compassion while maintaining emotional safety. Drawing on examples from The Willesden Project and informed by the pedagogical framework developed by Echoes & Reflections, the session highlights adaptable classroom practices and digital tools that support reflection, inquiry, and age-appropriate dialogue about resistance, migration, and memory.
This webinar connects to Upper Elementary Resources and Unit 1 on the Echoes & Reflections website.
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
at 1:00pm -
2:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
In the world of Jewish burial, symbolism is the language of the unspoken. While we often look at graves for names and dates, the true “biography” is written in the iconography and the nuances of the text. From the poignant symbols of a life cut short to the surprisingly witty or unconventional epitaphs that reflect a family’s unique dynamics, we will explore the emotional landscape of the cemetery. Join JewishGen’s Chief Genealogist Caitlin Hollander Waas as she provides the tools to decode complex grave art while challenging you to look deeper into the personalities, relationships, and very human stories etched into the stone.
Caitlin Hollander Waas is JewishGen’s chief genealogist, as well as being on staff at the Peter and Mary Kalikow Jewish Genealogy Center at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. She has been a professional genealogist for over a decade, beginning in the world of forensic genealogy specializing in high value estate cases, as well as researching for private clients and consulting for books. In addition, her citizenship reclamation work has been featured in Family Tree Magazine, The Times of Israel, and the South Florida Sun Sentinel, among other publications. She holds a degree in Anthropology, as well as additional certificates in Jewish Studies and Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
To register, click here.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
at 5:00pm -
6:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Online via Zoom
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Description:
Get ready to spread some serious cultural appreciation! Join ICS for a high-energy JAHM Session, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM). We know you’re juggling a million things, so we’re providing everything you need to make JAHM a sweet addition to your May curriculum.
What’s on the Menu?
Wait, Why Heritage Months?: A quick dive into why heritage months are essential for a sense of belonging and historical accuracy.Spreading Understanding: The main dish—our “Condensed JAHM Content.” We use the complexity of the Jewish American experience (as both an ethnicity and a religion) to provide you with a master toolkit for discussing any complex identity group. Learn how to facilitate nuanced conversations using primary sources and demographic data that highlight both visible and invisible attributes.The ICS “JAHM-Sized” Mini Lessons: Get exclusive access to ICS’s 7 bite-sized lessons. They’re perfectly portioned to sprinkle into your schedule all May long, making classroom celebration easy.
The Grand Finale: A Sweet CelebrationWe believe every great celebration is made better with gifts! To honor 20 years of JAHM, we want to present you with a little something sweet to thank you for your time spent learning with us and sharing your feedback. Complete the session evaluation and receive a $50 Amazon gift card! (NOTE: Gift cards are intended for current educators/educational leaders. Only one gift card will be issued per person, and you must use your school or educational organization email to register.)
Register Here
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Virtual Event
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Description:
Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage and author Michael Kimmel for a virtual book talk on Kimmel’s recent book Playmakers.
In 1902, Morris and Rose Michtom invented the Teddy Bear―bound by clothing scraps, stuffed with sawdust, and given button eyes with a sad, longing expression―in the back room of their Brooklyn candy store. Together they launched the Ideal Toy Corporation, joining a set of other poor, first-generation Jewish toymakers: the Hassenfeld brothers of Hasbro, Ruth Moskowicz and Elliot Handler of Mattel, and Joshua Lionel Cowan of Lionel Trains.
From Barbie and G.I. Joe to Popeye, Superman, and Mr. Potato Head, Playmakers reveals how the toy industry created the idealized American childhood: an enchanted world, full of wild creatures and eternal struggles between good and evil, with endless realms of fantasy and beauty. For much of the twentieth century, every part of the American toy business was largely Jewish―the company founders, executives, and designers, as well as the factory workers, wholesale distributors, retail outlets, and armies of salesmen. A descendant of the founders of the Ideal Toy Corporation, Michael Kimmel shows how these poor, often Yiddish-speaking, tenement-dwelling children of immigrants invented a world they never experienced for themselves. Along with the toys and Jewish toymakers that climbed the ladder of success, Kimmel also portrays the rise of an entire culture focused on children, led by Jewish comic book creators, children’s authors, parenting experts, and child psychologists.
The first full-scale toy history of the United States, Kimmel’s story conjures the colorful, imaginative, restless spirits who followed the promise of the American Dream―and describes the ways in which the world they came from molded their beloved creations. Playmakers shows that the overlapping experiences of being a Jew, an immigrant, and a child in twentieth-century America―an outsider looking in, a person desperate to be accepted―created childhood as we know it today.
Michael Kimmel is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus, Stony Brook University. His books include Guyland, Manhood in America, and Angry White Men. He is the great-grand-nephew of Morris Michtom, founder of the Ideal Toy Company.
To register, click here.
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Thursday, May 14, 2026
at 6:15pm -
8:30pm
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Calendar:
General
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Location:
Tiferet Israel (indoor hall)
10909 Hillcrest Rd in Dallas, Texas 75230
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Description:
First Annual Kosher International
Food, Wine and Spirits Festival
Featuring traditional foods and recipes from 10 countries, including Israel, Morocco, South Africa, Japan, Argentina, United Kingdom, and others
Live Entertainment | Silent Auction | Raffle | Judaica | Live Auction | Sports Memorabilia
General Admission- $120
To buy tickets, click here.
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Sunday, May 17, 2026
(all day)
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Holocaust Museum Houston
5401 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004
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Description:
The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers, funded by a generous gift from the Naomi and Martin Warren Family Foundation in Houston, Texas, is developing a corps of pre-service educators who want to learn more about the Holocaust and how to teach about it in their classrooms effectively. The Fellowship was created in 2003 and has more than 400 alumni.
The Warren Fellowship’s main objective is to provide new teachers with the necessary historical and pedagogical tools for teaching the Holocaust from the onset of their teaching careers.
Upon being named a Warren Fellow, 25 pre-service teachers will attend a six-day institute hosted by Holocaust Museum Houston in Houston, Texas. This institute will immerse participants in historical and pedagogical issues related to the Holocaust. Holocaust scholars from across the country will provide historical content, and university faculty and museum educators will provide pedagogical context.
The 2026 Warren Fellowship will take place May 17 – 22, 2026 at Holocaust Museum Houston. Undergraduate and graduate students who plan to teach high school, middle school, elementary school, or at the university level in art, English/language arts, history, science, and social studies are encouraged to apply
The Warren Fellowship is a fully funded program. 2026 Fellows will receive airfare, hotel, program materials, and meals thanks to the generous support of the Warren Fellowship Endowment Fund and the Naomi and Martin Warren Family Foundation. We offer special thanks to United Airlines, the official airline of Holocaust Museum Houston.
For more information, please contact the Museum at education@hmh.org or 713-527-1642.
Applications are due March 13, 2026.
To apply, click here.
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Sunday, May 17, 2026
(all day)
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Exhibits
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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 special themed tour of our permanent exhibition led by one of the Museum's Docent Educators.
To join the tour, please purchase a general admission ticket for Sunday, May 17 (you do not need to purchase a separate tour ticket). The tour will leave from the lobby at 1:30 pm and last 90 minutes.
During this guided tour, visitors will explore the Museum’s permanent exhibition through the framework of Jewish people, including survivors, victims, resistors, and Upstanders. Learn how Jews fought back against the Nazis, made new homes for themselves after the war, and became part of the fabric of American life. In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month.
To buy tickets, click here.
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