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Echoes & Reflections Course: Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with "The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, Aug 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Aug 5, 2024 Ends Sep 2, 2024 This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II. Participate in this asynchronous online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of resources centered around clips from "The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, that support teaching about the intersections of the Holocaust and World War II. Participants will explore topics such as antisemitism, immigration, xenophobia and the Final Solution. This course was developed in collaboration with Echoes & Reflections, Florentine Films, PBS LearningMedia and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This course is appropriate for secondary educators teaching European, World and US history as well as other disciplines where the Holocaust is addressed. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course: Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with "The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, Aug 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Aug 5, 2024 Ends Sep 2, 2024 This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II. Participate in this asynchronous online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of resources centered around clips from "The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, that support teaching about the intersections of the Holocaust and World War II. Participants will explore topics such as antisemitism, immigration, xenophobia and the Final Solution. This course was developed in collaboration with Echoes & Reflections, Florentine Films, PBS LearningMedia and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This course is appropriate for secondary educators teaching European, World and US history as well as other disciplines where the Holocaust is addressed. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Labor Day (Office Closed)
Labor Day (Office Closed)
All Day
General
Sep 2, 2024 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
THGAAC September 2024 Quarterly Meeting
THGAAC September 2024 Quarterly Meeting
8:45am - 12:30pm
(3h 45m)
Commission Meetings
Starts Sep 4, 2024 at 8:45am Ends Sep 4, 2024 at 12:30pm The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC) is holding its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, September 4th, 2024 beginning at 8:30AM. Click for more info
DHHRM | An Unlikely Refuge: The Jews of Shanghai
DHHRM | An Unlikely Refuge: The Jews of Shanghai
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 4, 2024 at 7:00pm Ends Sep 4, 2024 at 8:00pm Between 1933 and 1945, many European Jews attempted to flee German- and Soviet-occupied areas to escape persecution and death. To their dismay, most countries closed their borders to Jewish refugees. One remaining free, open port was Shanghai, China whose International Settlements Quarter admitted about 17,000 emigrating Jews. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
JFF Dallas | Gloomy Sunday
JFF Dallas | Gloomy Sunday
7:00pm - 9:00pm
(2h)
Films
Starts Sep 5, 2024 at 7:00pm Ends Sep 5, 2024 at 9:00pm Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner Laszlo hires the pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then feared, for its melancholic melody triggers off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance of the erotic ménage à trois is sent off kilter when the German Hans goes and falls in love with Ilona as well. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
MJH: The History of Antisemitism: “Jewish Space Lasers” Book Talk
MJH: The History of Antisemitism: “Jewish Space Lasers” Book Talk
1:00pm - 6:00pm
(5h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 8, 2024 at 1:00pm Ends Sep 8, 2024 at 6:00pm Almost from the moment Mayer Amschel Rothschild and his sons emerged from the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt to revolutionize the banking world, the Rothschild family has been the target of myths, hoaxes, bizarre accusations, and constant, virulent antisemitism. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info
USHMM | Older Jews and the Holocaust
USHMM | Older Jews and the Holocaust
9:30am - 5:30pm
(8h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 9, 2024 at 9:30am Ends Sep 9, 2024 at 5:30pm During the Holocaust, older Jews were among the first to be targeted for death or deportation to killing centers. Some wrote about their experiences in diaries and letters, and information can be found in other documentation and postwar testimony. Still, little is known about how older Jews endured persecution, how they responded, and their survival strategies. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info
Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust Presentation by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust Presentation by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 10, 2024 at 11:00am Ends Sep 10, 2024 at 12:00pm Lest future generations know more about how Jews died than how they lived, Mayer Kirshenblatt (1916-2009) made it his mission to remember the world of his childhood in images and words. Born in Opatów (Apt in Yiddish), Mayer left for Canada in 1934 at the age of 17. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections: The Olympic Spirit, The Return to Life, & The Minich Massacre of 1972
Echoes & Reflections: The Olympic Spirit, The Return to Life, & The Minich Massacre of 1972
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 10, 2024 at 2:00pm Ends Sep 10, 2024 at 3:00pm Israel's team was comprised of Holocaust survivors who had made the difficult choice - after "returning to life" - to return to Germany to compete in what was supposed to be the spirit of the Olympic Games. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info
JFF Dallas | Avenue of the Giants
JFF Dallas | Avenue of the Giants
1:30pm - 3:30pm
(2h)
Films
Starts Sep 11, 2024 at 1:30pm Ends Sep 11, 2024 at 3:30pm The true story of Herbert Heller, who kept his experience as a teenage boy surviving for years in Auschwitz hidden from his family. That is until he meets Abbey, a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info
DHHRM | Free Admission Day
DHHRM | Free Admission Day
10:00am - 5:00pm
(7h)
General
Starts Sep 15, 2024 at 10:00am Ends Sep 15, 2024 at 5:00pm In honor of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum’s fifth anniversary of the opening of our permanent home, the Museum is offering free admission to all visitors on Sunday, September 15, 2024. Click for more info
El Paso - Jewish Film Festival 2024 | The Boy in the Woods
El Paso - Jewish Film Festival 2024 | The Boy in the Woods
11:30am - 3:00pm
(3h 30m)
Films
Starts Sep 15, 2024 at 11:30am Ends Sep 15, 2024 at 3:00pm The Boy in the Woods $18.00 (1 Attendee) September 15, 2024 | 11:30 AM (doors open at 11) Alamo Draft House View Film Trailer: https://youtu.be/kjgmGiq_IzA?si=JIoySO-c-Be0x2Bf Click for more info
HMMSA | Survivor Speakers Series: The Stories of Holocaust Survivors told by their Descendants
HMMSA | Survivor Speakers Series: The Stories of Holocaust Survivors told by their Descendants
1:30pm - 2:30pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 15, 2024 at 1:30pm Ends Sep 15, 2024 at 2:30pm STEPHAN JALNOS From the Lodz Ghetto in Poland, joining the resistance fighters, to Mathausen and more, hear Stephan’s story of survivor shared by his son, Robi Jalnos Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections- Addressing Antisemitism through Testimony-Based Education
Echoes & Reflections- Addressing Antisemitism through Testimony-Based Education
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 17, 2024 at 3:00pm Ends Sep 17, 2024 at 4:00pm Antisemitic incidents, including violent acts, reported in the United States have been on the sharp rise since 2021, with a staggering increase since October 2023. Click for more info
DHHRM | Dr. Rafael Medoff: Should the Jews Keep Quiet?
DHHRM | Dr. Rafael Medoff: Should the Jews Keep Quiet?
6:00pm - 8:00pm
(2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 17, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends Sep 17, 2024 at 8:00pm During World War II, why didn’t the United States welcome Jewish refugees who were fleeing Europe or drop bombs on the railways leading to Auschwitz? Moreover, why didn’t many individual Americans support further action? Dr. Rafael Medoff authored The Jews Should Keep Quiet, which documents how President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressured Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and other prominent Jewish leaders to stifle American Jewish criticism of his policies. Dr. Medoff joins us for a look into the Roosevelt administration’s fateful policies during the Holocaust. Click for more info
JFF Dallas | Four Winters: A Story of Jewish Partisan Resistance and Bravery in WWII
JFF Dallas | Four Winters: A Story of Jewish Partisan Resistance and Bravery in WWII
7:00pm - 9:00pm
(2h)
Films
Starts Sep 17, 2024 at 7:00pm Ends Sep 17, 2024 at 9:00pm Torn from their families by the ravages of Hitler’s armies, men and women, many barely in their teens, escaped into the forests, banding together in partisan brigades; engaging in treacherous acts of sabotage, blowing up trains, burning electric stations, and attacking armed enemy headquarters. Against extraordinary odds, over 25,000 Jewish partisans courageously fought back against the Nazis and their collaborators from deep within the forests of WWII’s Belarus, Ukraine and Eastern Europe.The last surviving partisans relive their journey in FOUR WINTERS, sharing their stories of resistance. Director Julia Mintz shines a spotlight on their transformation from young innocents raised in closely knit Jewish communities and families, to becoming fierce partisan soldiers with enduring hope, grit, magnificent courage and deep humanity. Click for more info
Monthly Jewish Study- Getting a Handle on Modern Antisemitism
Monthly Jewish Study- Getting a Handle on Modern Antisemitism
7:00pm - 8:30pm
(1h 30m)
General
Starts Sep 17, 2024 at 7:00pm Ends Sep 17, 2024 at 8:30pm Monthly Jewish Study - Getting a Handle on Modern Antisemitism at Congregation Beth Shalom of the Woodlands. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info
USHMM | Unveiling the Unexplored: Orthodox Jews in Poland during the Holocaust
USHMM | Unveiling the Unexplored: Orthodox Jews in Poland during the Holocaust
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 18, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends Sep 18, 2024 at 7:00pm Orthodox Jews suffered greatly during the Holocaust, yet their experiences have been inadequately studied by scholars. By examining diverse sources—including diaries, memoirs, letters, and photographs—USHMM can shed light on previously unknown aspects of Orthodox Jewish life during the Holocaust. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info
JFF Dallas | Avenue of the Giants
JFF Dallas | Avenue of the Giants
7:00pm - 9:00pm
(2h)
Films
Starts Sep 19, 2024 at 7:00pm Ends Sep 19, 2024 at 9:00pm The true story of Herbert Heller, who kept his experience as a teenage boy surviving for years in Auschwitz hidden from his family. That is until he meets Abbey, a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info
HMMSA | PATCHES: The Hard Road to Liberation: San Antonio's Own 90th Infantry Division & the Liberation of Flossenburg
HMMSA | PATCHES: The Hard Road to Liberation: San Antonio's Own 90th Infantry Division & the Liberation of Flossenburg
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 22, 2024 at 2:00pm Ends Sep 22, 2024 at 3:00pm On April 23, 1945, the 90th overran the Flossenbürg concentration camp, finding about 1,500 prisoners who had not been evacuated on death marches. The unit's journal recorded that one of its motorized patrols entered the camp that day and found "a serious typhus epidemic" in "full swing." Learn more about the “Tough Ombres” in the 90th Infantry Division of the US Army in a presentation from Jacqueline Davis, Fort Sam Houston Museum director, and Dr. Ed Westermann, Regents Professor of History and a Piper Professor of 2023 at Texas A&M-San Antonio. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections Course- Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture & Society, September 2024
All Day
(15 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 9, 2024 Ends Sep 23, 2024 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 contemporary antisemitism. 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. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections | A Growing Threat: Responding to Antisemitism in the Classroom
Echoes & Reflections | A Growing Threat: Responding to Antisemitism in the Classroom
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 23, 2024 at 3:00pm Ends Sep 23, 2024 at 4:00pm Join Megan Nevels, Sr. Associate Director of Jewish Community Engagement, ADL West and Jesse Tannetta, Director of Holocaust Content & Pedagogy for Echoes & Reflections to discuss the impact that rising antisemitism is having on students and school culture. Click for more info
MJH: Stories Survive: “Schindler’s Listed” Book Talk
MJH: Stories Survive: “Schindler’s Listed” Book Talk
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 23, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends Sep 23, 2024 at 7:00pm Mark Biederman’s twenty-year quest to find gold coins which his father’s family buried in their backyard in Poland just prior to being deported by the Nazis to concentration camps. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections | Night: A Deeper Dive Into the Jewish Elements & Symbolism
Echoes & Reflections | Night: A Deeper Dive Into the Jewish Elements & Symbolism
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 25, 2024 at 3:00pm Ends Sep 25, 2024 at 4:00pm How well do you understand the mystical symbolism and the Jewish elements in Night? This exquisite memoir penned by Elie Wiesel has been translated into 30 languages and is taught in classrooms the world over. Yet, scattered throughout the book are powerful Jewish elements that are less understood. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
LBJ Day
LBJ Day
All Day
General
Sep 27, 2024 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info
JFF Dallas | Colleyville
JFF Dallas | Colleyville
4:00pm - 6:00pm
(2h)
Films
Starts Sep 29, 2024 at 4:00pm Ends Sep 29, 2024 at 6:00pm 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, 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. The film features never-before-seen footage from those harrowing 11 hours, providing a unique perspective on the ordeal. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024
All Day
(29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024 Ends Sep 30, 2024 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 the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic. Click for more info |
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Shalom Austin | Marking One Year: Oct. 7 Community Commemoration
Shalom Austin | Marking One Year: Oct. 7 Community Commemoration
9:00am - 5:00pm
(8h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2024 at 9:00am Ends Oct 7, 2024 at 5:00pm Shalom Austin along with local Jewish institutions and congregations are planning a series of commemorative events on October 7, 2024, reflecting unity, rehabilitation and renewal. Click for more info
Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas Community Commemorative Event
Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas Community Commemorative Event
6:00pm - 10:00pm
(4h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends Oct 7, 2024 at 10:00pm Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas and organizations across the Jewish community to commemorate October 7th one year since the brutal attack on Israel and the Jewish people. Click for more info
Jewish Federation of San Antonio | Oct 7th Memorial Event
Jewish Federation of San Antonio | Oct 7th Memorial Event
6:30pm - 8:30pm
(2h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2024 at 6:30pm Ends Oct 7, 2024 at 8:30pm Join the Jewish Community in San Antonio as we commemorate the first anniversary of this tragic war and look forward to a future of peace and resilience. The community-wide gathering will honor the past and remember those still in captivity, while embracing hope for tomorrow. Location details provided upon registration. Click for more info
Jewish Federation of Houston
Jewish Federation of Houston
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2024 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 7, 2024 at 8:00pm JFED Communal Commemoration of 10/7 Click for more info
Jewish Federation of Ft. Worth Commemoration | An Evening at Congregation Ahavath Sholom
Jewish Federation of Ft. Worth Commemoration | An Evening at Congregation Ahavath Sholom
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2024 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 7, 2024 at 8:00pm Join the Ft. Worth Jewish community to remember and stand in solidarity with our Jewish homeland. One year later, we will come together to honor the lives lost and pray for a peaceful future. Click for more info
October 7 Memorial and Solidarity Event
October 7 Memorial and Solidarity Event
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2024 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 7, 2024 at 8:00pm The Jewish community of the Rio Grande Valley will be joining together in the Temple Emanuel Sanctuary to mark this date, to pray, to mourn, to comfort, to reaffirm our commitment to one another, and to be a light in a world sometimes filled with darkness. Click for more info |
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