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Holocaust Remembrance Week
Holocaust Remembrance Week
All Day
(5 days)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 27, 2020 Ends Jan 31, 2020 The inaugural Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week will take place the week of January 27-31, 2020. Senate Bill 1828 designated a week for Holocaust education in all Texas public schools beginning in the 2019-2020 academic year. Click for more info
THGC January 2020 Quarterly Meeting
THGC January 2020 Quarterly Meeting
8:30am - 3:30pm
(7h)
Commission Meetings
Starts Jan 27, 2020 at 8:30am Ends Jan 27, 2020 at 3:30pm The Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission (THGC) is holding its quarterly meeting on Monday, January 27, 2020, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Every quarter the THGC holds a meeting, open to the public, in order to review its current projects and initiatives. The Commission invites any member of the public who might be interested in its mission to this meeting. Click for more info |
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Holocaust Remembrance Week
All Day
(5 days)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 27, 2020 Ends Jan 31, 2020 The inaugural Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week will take place the week of January 27-31, 2020. Senate Bill 1828 designated a week for Holocaust education in all Texas public schools beginning in the 2019-2020 academic year. Click for more info |
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Holocaust Remembrance Week
All Day
(5 days)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 27, 2020 Ends Jan 31, 2020 The inaugural Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week will take place the week of January 27-31, 2020. Senate Bill 1828 designated a week for Holocaust education in all Texas public schools beginning in the 2019-2020 academic year. Click for more info |
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Holocaust Remembrance Week
All Day
(5 days)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 27, 2020 Ends Jan 31, 2020 The inaugural Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week will take place the week of January 27-31, 2020. Senate Bill 1828 designated a week for Holocaust education in all Texas public schools beginning in the 2019-2020 academic year. Click for more info |
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Holocaust Remembrance Week
All Day
(5 days)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 27, 2020 Ends Jan 31, 2020 The inaugural Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week will take place the week of January 27-31, 2020. Senate Bill 1828 designated a week for Holocaust education in all Texas public schools beginning in the 2019-2020 academic year. Click for more info |
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Texas Liberator Exhibit Opens (Fredericksburg)
Texas Liberator Exhibit Opens (Fredericksburg)
All Day
Exhibits
Feb 7, 2020 (All Day) The Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust traveling exhibit will be on display at the National Museum of the Pacific War until June 1, 2020. |
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BBYO International Convention 2020
BBYO International Convention 2020
All Day
(5 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 13, 2020 Ends Feb 17, 2020 Over Presidentsʼ Day weekend (February 13-17, 2020), more than 5,000 of the Jewish community’s top teen leaders, educators, professionals and philanthropists from around the world will come together in Dallas, Texas for one of the largest Jewish communal events of the year. Delegates will hear from and meet inspiring speakers (three of whom are part of the THGAAC's Texas Liberator Project), deepen leadership skills, serve the local community, celebrate Shabbat and learn together, have access to exclusive music performances and do their part to strengthen the Jewish Future. Click for more info
Mittleman-Berman Lecture
Mittleman-Berman Lecture
7:00pm - 9:00pm
(2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 13, 2020 at 7:00pm Ends Feb 13, 2020 at 9:00pm One of the world’s leading experts on the Holocaust, Dr. Omer Bartov, will speak about the anatomy of a genocide. He will expand upon the idea that ethnic cleansing most often happens slowly and is perpetrated not by sociopaths, but by friends and neighbors. Click for more info |
BBYO International Convention 2020
All Day
(5 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 13, 2020 Ends Feb 17, 2020 Over Presidentsʼ Day weekend (February 13-17, 2020), more than 5,000 of the Jewish community’s top teen leaders, educators, professionals and philanthropists from around the world will come together in Dallas, Texas for one of the largest Jewish communal events of the year. Delegates will hear from and meet inspiring speakers (three of whom are part of the THGAAC's Texas Liberator Project), deepen leadership skills, serve the local community, celebrate Shabbat and learn together, have access to exclusive music performances and do their part to strengthen the Jewish Future. Click for more info |
BBYO International Convention 2020
All Day
(5 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 13, 2020 Ends Feb 17, 2020 Over Presidentsʼ Day weekend (February 13-17, 2020), more than 5,000 of the Jewish community’s top teen leaders, educators, professionals and philanthropists from around the world will come together in Dallas, Texas for one of the largest Jewish communal events of the year. Delegates will hear from and meet inspiring speakers (three of whom are part of the THGAAC's Texas Liberator Project), deepen leadership skills, serve the local community, celebrate Shabbat and learn together, have access to exclusive music performances and do their part to strengthen the Jewish Future. Click for more info |
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BBYO International Convention 2020
All Day
(5 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 13, 2020 Ends Feb 17, 2020 Over Presidentsʼ Day weekend (February 13-17, 2020), more than 5,000 of the Jewish community’s top teen leaders, educators, professionals and philanthropists from around the world will come together in Dallas, Texas for one of the largest Jewish communal events of the year. Delegates will hear from and meet inspiring speakers (three of whom are part of the THGAAC's Texas Liberator Project), deepen leadership skills, serve the local community, celebrate Shabbat and learn together, have access to exclusive music performances and do their part to strengthen the Jewish Future. Click for more info |
BBYO International Convention 2020
All Day
(5 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 13, 2020 Ends Feb 17, 2020 Over Presidentsʼ Day weekend (February 13-17, 2020), more than 5,000 of the Jewish community’s top teen leaders, educators, professionals and philanthropists from around the world will come together in Dallas, Texas for one of the largest Jewish communal events of the year. Delegates will hear from and meet inspiring speakers (three of whom are part of the THGAAC's Texas Liberator Project), deepen leadership skills, serve the local community, celebrate Shabbat and learn together, have access to exclusive music performances and do their part to strengthen the Jewish Future. Click for more info
Presidents' Day (Office Closed)
Presidents' Day (Office Closed)
All Day
General
Feb 17, 2020 (All Day) The THGAAC office will be closed. Click for more info |
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2020 Dr. Steinberger Outstanding Educator Award of $1,000 Submission Deadline
2020 Dr. Steinberger Outstanding Educator Award of $1,000 Submission Deadline
All Day
Grants & Contests
Feb 27, 2020 (All Day) All Steinberger Award applications and supporting documents must be e-mailed by 4:00 P.M. C.S.T. to christian.acevedo@thgc.texas. Click for more info
Gale Spring Lecture: "Agreeing to Disagree: How Jews and Christians Read Scripture Differently"
Gale Spring Lecture: "Agreeing to Disagree: How Jews and Christians Read Scripture Differently"
7:00pm - 8:30pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 27, 2020 at 7:00pm Ends Feb 27, 2020 at 8:30pm Gale Family Foundation presents a talk with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine (Vanderbilt University) Click for more info |
2020 THGAAC Student Contests in Poetry & Visual Arts Submission Deadline
2020 THGAAC Student Contests in Poetry & Visual Arts Submission Deadline
All Day
Grants & Contests
Feb 28, 2020 (All Day) Every student participating must submit their application, parent/guardian permission form, and honesty clause form by 4:00 P.M. C.S.T. Click for more info |
Are you interested in having one of our staff members visit your classroom or event?
Senate Bill 1828 charges the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission with developing or approving materials for a statewide Holocaust Remembrance Week. Provided is information on best practices and various lists of approved resources.
The THGAAC sends out a quarterly newsletter in order to provide information on past and upcoming events. E-mail blasts with deadlines or when grant applications are available are also sent periodically.