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August 2022

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By the Grace of the Game: A Holocaust Sports Story
By the Grace of the Game: A Holocaust Sports Story 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 1, 2022 at 2:00pm
Ends Aug 1, 2022 at 3:00pm
Join Echoes & Reflections to hear an amazing basketball story that takes us from Auschwitz to an Olympic gold medal to the NBA.
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"Substitute Gravestones: Constructing and Reconstructing Holocaust Memorial Books"
"Substitute Gravestones: Constructing and Reconstructing Holocaust Memorial Books" 4:00pm - 6:00pm (2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Aug 1, 2022 at 4:00pm
Ends Aug 1, 2022 at 6:00pm
Appalachian State University's (ASU) Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies invites the public to the keynote lecture of the Rosemary Horowitz z''l Memorial Conference on the App State on Monday, August 1, from 4:00-6:00PM.
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Commemoration of the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma
Commemoration of the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma 5:20am - 9:00am (3h 40m)
Commemorations
Starts Aug 2, 2022 at 5:20am
Ends Aug 2, 2022 at 9:00am
Auschwitz Memorial cordially invites you to the live broadcast of the commemoration of the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma on August 2, 2022, which will take place at the former German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Roma Genocide Remembrance Day Commemoration
Roma Genocide Remembrance Day Commemoration 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Aug 2, 2022 at 12:00pm
Ends Aug 2, 2022 at 1:00pm
The Association of Romni (Roma women) of Dendropotamos will be holding a commemorative event on Tuesday, August 2 at 20:00 EEST (12:00PM CST) at the GEORGE cafe on Konstantinoupoleos street. The event takes place within the framework of the Council of Europe's Roma Political School 2022, and will feature the participation of Paul Hagouel, Chair of the IHRA Committee on the Genocide of the Roma. The event will be streamed digitally via Zoom.
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Expressing Humanity: Rescue and Resistance
Expressing Humanity: Rescue and Resistance 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 2, 2022 at 3:00pm
Ends Aug 2, 2022 at 4:00pm
In this webinar, led by Program Manager and co-developer of new units, Jesse Tannetta, explore the concept of Jewish resistance, and non-Jewish rescue efforts.
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Ludwig and Else Meidner. An Artist Couple Exiled in London Lecture by Erik Riedel
Ludwig and Else Meidner. An Artist Couple Exiled in London Lecture by Erik Riedel 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Aug 3, 2022 at 11:00am
Ends Aug 3, 2022 at 12:00pm
In this lecture, Erik Riedel, head of exhibitions at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt and curator of the museum’s Ludwig Meidner Archives in Frankfurt/Main (Germany), speaks about Ludwig and Else Meidner’s art, their complicated relationship, and finally estrangement.
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Holocaust Museum Houston Educator Open House
Holocaust Museum Houston Educator Open House 10:00am - 5:00pm (7h)
Exhibits
Starts Aug 6, 2022 at 10:00am
Ends Aug 6, 2022 at 5:00pm
Educators receive free admission to Holocaust Museum Houston (with valid school ID) and can learn about free education programs and resources available for K-12 classrooms during our “Meet and Greet” with the Education team.
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Simon Wiesenthal, Eva Kor, and the Controversies Over Using Forgiveness Scenarios to Approach the Holocaust
Simon Wiesenthal, Eva Kor, and the Controversies Over Using Forgiveness Scenarios to Approach the Holocaust 5:00pm - 6:15pm (1h 15m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Aug 7, 2022 at 5:00pm
Ends Aug 7, 2022 at 6:15pm
This presentation will examine the ethical implications of how and why the two survivors attempted to shape Holocaust discourse along lines of forgiveness, as well as what sorts of responses they garnered from within and without the Jewish community.
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The 80th Anniversary Tisha B'Av to Yom Kippur: The Great Deportation of Warsaw Jewry
The 80th Anniversary Tisha B'Av to Yom Kippur: The Great Deportation of Warsaw Jewry 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Aug 7, 2022 at 5:00pm
Ends Aug 7, 2022 at 6:00pm
Please join the Emil A. & Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust Studies at Yeshiva University for a fascinating lecture by Dr. Josh Karlip on Tisha B’Av (the 9th of Av, the fast day commemorating the anniversary of the destruction of both the First and Second Temples of Jerusalem).
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William Prusoff Memorial Event: "The Abraham Accords: A Vehicle for Respecting the Other"
William Prusoff Memorial Event: "The Abraham Accords: A Vehicle for Respecting the Other" 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Aug 10, 2022 at 2:00pm
Ends Aug 10, 2022 at 3:00pm
Join the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy (ISGAP) for the William Prusoff Memorial Seminar entitled "The Abraham Accords: A Vehicle for Respecting the Other."
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The Foot Soldiers of White Supremacy
The Foot Soldiers of White Supremacy 8:30am - 9:00am (30m)
Workshops
Starts Aug 11, 2022 at 8:30am
Ends Aug 11, 2022 at 9:00am
Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum live on Facebook to learn about the history of beliefs that once seemed fringe and today fuel hatred and violence.
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"Explore the Past, Shape the Future": Echoes & Reflections Student Activities
"Explore the Past, Shape the Future": Echoes & Reflections Student Activities 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 11, 2022 at 2:00pm
Ends Aug 11, 2022 at 3:00pm
Join Echoes & Reflections Program Manager, Jen Goss on a tour through our short digital activities for students, "Explore the Past, Shape the Future" and dig into the themes, primary sources, videos, and how to use these standards-aligned new activities in your classroom.
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Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2022
Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2022 1:00pm - 2:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Aug 12, 2022 at 1:00pm
Ends Aug 12, 2022 at 2:00pm
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum on select Friday afternoons this summer to hear the testimonies of Holocaust survivors, refugees, and hidden children, as well as second generation survivors.
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NJ Commission on Holocaust Education Summer PD Program (Day 1)
NJ Commission on Holocaust Education Summer PD Program (Day 1) 8:00am - 2:00pm (6h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 16, 2022 at 8:00am
Ends Aug 16, 2022 at 2:00pm
Please join the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education as they bring back their annual Summer Professional Development Program for New Jersey Teachers. (Teachers from other states are welcomed to attend virtually.)
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Exploring Antisemitism in Christianity
Exploring Antisemitism in Christianity 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 16, 2022 at 3:00pm
Ends Aug 16, 2022 at 4:00pm
Join Echoes & Reflections Operations and Outreach Manager Jesse Tannetta, former Catholic school educator and scholar of the Holocaust and Catholic theology, to discuss the Church’s role in antisemitism, what those manifestations look like, and how we can empower students to combat antisemitism in their schools and in the larger Catholic community.
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Teaching Partisan Resistance
Teaching Partisan Resistance 3:30pm - 4:30pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 16, 2022 at 3:30pm
Ends Aug 16, 2022 at 4:30pm
The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University invites the public to their upcoming workshop "Teaching Partisan Resistance" on Tuesday, August 16, at 3:30PM CST via Zoom.
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NJ Commission on Holocaust Education Summer PD Program (Day 2)
NJ Commission on Holocaust Education Summer PD Program (Day 2) 8:00am - 2:00pm (6h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 17, 2022 at 8:00am
Ends Aug 17, 2022 at 2:00pm
Please join the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education as they bring back their annual Summer Professional Development Program for New Jersey Teachers. (Teachers from other states are welcomed to attend virtually.)
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Film Screening & Discussion: Final Account
Film Screening & Discussion: Final Account 7:00pm - 9:00pm (2h)
Films
Starts Aug 18, 2022 at 7:00pm
Ends Aug 18, 2022 at 9:00pm
A discussion between Dr. Sara Abosch-Jacobson, Barbara Rabin Chief Education Officer at DHHRM, and Bart Weiss, filmmaker, founder/director of Dallas VideoFest, and artistic director of 3 Stars Jewish Cinema, follows the screening. 
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Charlotte Salomon: Life? Or Theatre?
Charlotte Salomon: Life? Or Theatre? 10:00am - 5:00pm (7h)
Exhibits
Starts Aug 19, 2022 at 10:00am
Ends Aug 19, 2022 at 5:00pm
Discover one of the most important and powerful achievements of the 20th century – the singular and complex artwork "Life? Or Theatre?" by German-Jewish artist, Charlotte Salomon – which through imagery and text tell the slightly fictionalized and theatrically imagined story of Salomon’s family.
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Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America
Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America 8:00pm - 9:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Aug 21, 2022 at 8:00pm
Ends Aug 21, 2022 at 9:00pm
Join CNN Anchor and Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash as she takes an in depth look for a CNN Special Report "Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America."
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Book Talk: "By Any Means Necessary" by Henriette Mutegwaraba
Book Talk: "By Any Means Necessary" by Henriette Mutegwaraba 6:00am - 7:30am (1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Aug 25, 2022 at 6:00am
Ends Aug 25, 2022 at 7:30am
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a special presentation by Rwandan genocide survivor Henriette Mutegwaraba, as she recalls in her memoir, "By Any Means Necessary - Healing and Forgiveness After Genocide," an idyllic childhood in 1970s Rwanda—idyllic until the day her fifth-year teacher called her out for being a “Tutsi cockroach.”
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HMMSA Open House Receptions
HMMSA Open House Receptions 6:00pm - 7:30pm (1h 30m)
Exhibits
Starts Aug 25, 2022 at 6:00pm
Ends Aug 25, 2022 at 7:30pm
HMMSA cordially invites you to join them at their upcoming Open House Receptions.
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"Three Minutes: A Lengthening" Film Screening
"Three Minutes: A Lengthening" Film Screening All Day
Films
Aug 26, 2022 (All Day)
Consider attending a screening of the documentary "Three Minutes: A Lengthening" at Regal Greenway Grand Palace Stadium.
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"Three Minutes: A Lengthening" Film Screening
"Three Minutes: A Lengthening" Film Screening All Day
Films
Aug 26, 2022 (All Day)
Consider attending a screening of the documentary "Three Minutes: A Lengthening" at Santikos Embassy 14.
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Never Again: The USHMM, a Tour with Wolf Blitzer
Never Again: The USHMM, a Tour with Wolf Blitzer 10:00pm - 11:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Aug 26, 2022 at 10:00pm
Ends Aug 26, 2022 at 11:00pm
With antisemitism and Holocaust denial on the rise, and the number of Holocaust survivors able to provide firsthand accounts of the horror they experienced dwindling, CNN will air "Never Again: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, A Tour with Wolf Blitzer" on Friday, August 26 at 11pmET.
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LBJ Day
LBJ Day All Day
General
Aug 27, 2022 (All Day)
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HMMSA Screening of "Three Minutes: A Lengthening"
HMMSA Screening of "Three Minutes: A Lengthening" 3:20pm - 4:20pm (1h)
Films
Starts Aug 28, 2022 at 3:20pm
Ends Aug 28, 2022 at 4:20pm
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio (HMMSA) hopes that you will join them as a community on Sunday, August 28 at the 3:20PM screening at Santikos Embassy 14.
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The Role of Media Literacy in Understanding Today
The Role of Media Literacy in Understanding Today 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Aug 31, 2022 at 3:00pm
Ends Aug 31, 2022 at 4:00pm
Build understanding of the role media plays in shaping narratives around representations and stereotypes in this special session with the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and Echoes & Reflections.
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Lunch & Learn - Highlights from the Archives: Maxey Liberator Collection
Lunch & Learn - Highlights from the Archives: Maxey Liberator Collection 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Sep 1, 2022 at 12:00pm
Ends Sep 1, 2022 at 1:00pm
Join Felicia Williamson, Director of Library and Archives, to learn more about Henry Lee Maxey through selected artifacts from the Maxey Liberator Collection in the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum’s archives, including a 42nd Infantry Division Campaign Map, Service Record Book, U.S. Army Combat Medical Badge, and Bronze Star medal.
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August 2022

By the Grace of the Game: A Holocaust Sports Story

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  • Mon, Aug 1, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

"Substitute Gravestones: Constructing and Reconstructing Holocaust Memorial Books"

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  • Mon, Aug 1, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Commemoration of the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma

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  • Tue, Aug 2, 5:20am - 9:00am
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Facebook Live

Roma Genocide Remembrance Day Commemoration

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  • Tue, Aug 2, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Zoom

Expressing Humanity: Rescue and Resistance

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  • Tue, Aug 2, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Ludwig and Else Meidner. An Artist Couple Exiled in London Lecture by Erik Riedel

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  • Wed, Aug 3, 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual

Holocaust Museum Houston Educator Open House

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  • Sat, Aug 6, 10:00am - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Exhibits
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston

Simon Wiesenthal, Eva Kor, and the Controversies Over Using Forgiveness Scenarios to Approach the Holocaust

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  • Sun, Aug 7, 5:00pm - 6:15pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Congregation Tiferet Israel

The 80th Anniversary Tisha B'Av to Yom Kippur: The Great Deportation of Warsaw Jewry

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  • Sun, Aug 7, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  YouTube

William Prusoff Memorial Event: "The Abraham Accords: A Vehicle for Respecting the Other"

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  • Wed, Aug 10, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

The Foot Soldiers of White Supremacy

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  • Thu, Aug 11, 8:30am - 9:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Facebook Live

"Explore the Past, Shape the Future": Echoes & Reflections Student Activities

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  • Thu, Aug 11, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2022

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  • Fri, Aug 12, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom or DHHRM

NJ Commission on Holocaust Education Summer PD Program (Day 1)

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  • Tue, Aug 16, 8:00am - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Virtual

Exploring Antisemitism in Christianity

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  • Tue, Aug 16, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Teaching Partisan Resistance

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  • Tue, Aug 16, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

NJ Commission on Holocaust Education Summer PD Program (Day 2)

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  • Wed, Aug 17, 8:00am - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Virtual

Film Screening & Discussion: Final Account

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  • Thu, Aug 18, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

Charlotte Salomon: Life? Or Theatre?

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  • Fri, Aug 19, 10:00am - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Exhibits
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston

Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America

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  • Sun, Aug 21, 8:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  CNN

Book Talk: "By Any Means Necessary" by Henriette Mutegwaraba

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  • Thu, Aug 25, 6:00am - 7:30am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston

HMMSA Open House Receptions

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  • Thu, Aug 25, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Exhibits
  • Location:  Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio

"Three Minutes: A Lengthening" Film Screening

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  • Fri, Aug 26 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Regal Greenway Grand Palace Houston, TX

"Three Minutes: A Lengthening" Film Screening

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  • Fri, Aug 26 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Santikos Embassy 14 San Antonio, TX

Never Again: The USHMM, a Tour with Wolf Blitzer

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  • Fri, Aug 26, 10:00pm - 11:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  CNN

LBJ Day

  • Sat, Aug 27 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General

HMMSA Screening of "Three Minutes: A Lengthening"

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  • Sun, Aug 28, 3:20pm - 4:20pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Santikos Embassy 14

The Role of Media Literacy in Understanding Today

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  • Wed, Aug 31, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Lunch & Learn - Highlights from the Archives: Maxey Liberator Collection

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  • Thu, Sep 1, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

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