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Texas Independence Day (Office Closed)
Texas Independence Day (Office Closed)
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General
Mar 2, 2020 (All Day) The THGAAC office will be closed. Click for more info |
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Texas Liberator Exhibit Closes (Dallas)
Texas Liberator Exhibit Closes (Dallas)
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Exhibits
Mar 11, 2020 (All Day) |
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Students' Toughest Questions
Students' Toughest Questions
3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Workshops
Starts Mar 24, 2020 at 3:00pm Ends Mar 24, 2020 at 4:00pm Echoes & Reflections is hosting a webinar on "Students' Toughest Questions" in order to help educators better respond to those tricky situations in the classroom when teaching about the Holocaust. Click for more info |
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Antecedents of Antisemitism during the Middle Ages
Antecedents of Antisemitism during the Middle Ages
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Speaking Engagements
Mar 29, 2020 (All Day) An online lecture by Dr. David Patterson, Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair in Holocaust Studies at the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. |
César Chávez Day
César Chávez Day
All Day
General
Mar 31, 2020 (All Day) It is possible that THGAAC staff who observe César Chávez Day will be out of the office. Click for more info |
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How the Warsaw Zookeepers Risked Their Lives to Shelter Jews (Live Digital Program)
How the Warsaw Zookeepers Risked Their Lives to Shelter Jews (Live Digital Program)
8:30am - 9:30am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 1, 2020 at 8:30am Ends Apr 1, 2020 at 9:30am The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is bringing you empowering Facebook Live episodes every week starting Wednesday, April 1st, to motivate and educate you during these difficult times. Click for more info |
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Understanding Holocaust History: Child Rescue During the Holocaust
Understanding Holocaust History: Child Rescue During the Holocaust
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 2, 2020 at 1:00pm Ends Apr 2, 2020 at 2:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a virtual lecture from Dr. Charlotte Decoster, our Director of Education. This week, Dr. Decoster will discuss the rescue of children during the Holocaust. Click for more info
Carl Wilkens: Finding the Good -- Rwanda's Pathways Back to Trust
Carl Wilkens: Finding the Good -- Rwanda's Pathways Back to Trust
7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 2, 2020 at 7:00pm Ends Apr 2, 2020 at 9:00pm As a humanitarian aid worker, Carl Wilkens moved his family to Rwanda in the spring of 1990. When the genocide began in April 1994, Carl refused to leave, and continued to work to bring food, water, and medicine to groups of orphans trapped around the city. Click for more info |
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Virtual Family-Friendly iRead Book Club: "Number the Stars"
Virtual Family-Friendly iRead Book Club: "Number the Stars"
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 3, 2020 at 1:00pm Ends Apr 3, 2020 at 2:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a virtual book discussion led by its Museum Educators. This week, they will discuss "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry. Click for more info |
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Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3 Part Program
Teaching the Holocaust, Empowering Students - 3 Part Program
All Day
Workshops
Apr 6, 2020 (All Day) Register for Echoes & Reflections' free April Online Course to prepare to teach about the Holocaust. Led by an expert facilitator, you’ll gain the tools you need to introduce your students to the lessons of the Holocaust and empower them to stand up to antisemitism and hate in their communities. Click for more info
Virtual iRead Book Club for Adults: "Defiance" by Nechama Tec
Virtual iRead Book Club for Adults: "Defiance" by Nechama Tec
1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Workshops
Starts Apr 6, 2020 at 1:00pm Ends Apr 6, 2020 at 2:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a virtual book discussion led by Dr. Charlotte Decoster, Director of Education. In "Defiance", Nechama Tec tells the story of the Bielski Brigade, the largest armed Jewish partisan resistance group in World War II. Tec offers penetrating insight into the group's commander, Tuvia Bielski. Click for more info
"Searching for God" during the Holocaust
"Searching for God" during the Holocaust
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 6, 2020 at 2:00pm Ends Apr 6, 2020 at 3:00pm Jewish observance expressed by victims during the Holocaust has received limited academic or educational attention. In this webinar, a scholar from Yad Vashem will share and discuss the practices and beliefs of informal Jewish observance in the ghettos and camps. Click for more info |
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Choices Matter: Complicity & Action during the Holocaust
Choices Matter: Complicity & Action during the Holocaust
2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Workshops
Starts Apr 7, 2020 at 2:00pm Ends Apr 7, 2020 at 3:00pm In this webinar, examine the consequences of inaction and difficult choices of those who rescued and resisted during the Holocaust. Educators will also gain the tools to support students to implement an action-oriented project influenced by the lessons of this history. Click for more info |
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