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October 2022

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Foundations of Holocaust Education (Part 1 of 3)
Foundations of Holocaust Education (Part 1 of 3) 6:00pm - 7:30pm (1h 30m)
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Starts Sep 29, 2022 at 6:00pm
Ends Sep 29, 2022 at 7:30pm
This is the first session of a three-part program sponsored by Yahad-In Unum and Echoes & Reflections. *Registration and attendance for all sessions is required, and sessions will not be recorded. Registration is limited to in-classroom teachers only.*
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Disability Awareness Month: “Science” That Maimed
Disability Awareness Month: “Science” That Maimed 8:30am - 9:00am (30m)
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Starts Oct 3, 2022 at 8:30am
Ends Oct 3, 2022 at 9:00am
Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum during Disability Awareness Month to learn about the innocent women subjected to experiments in the name of science.
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Fighting Back: Commemorating the Jewish Uprisings at Sobibór and Auschwitz
Fighting Back: Commemorating the Jewish Uprisings at Sobibór and Auschwitz 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
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Starts Oct 3, 2022 at 2:00pm
Ends Oct 3, 2022 at 3:00pm
The month of October marks the anniversaries of the uprisings that Jewish prisoners carried out at two Nazi death camps. In commemoration of these stunning acts of bravery, Echoes & Reflections will discuss these events, and resistance more broadly.
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HMMSA Workshop: Choices Matter: Complicity and Action During the Holocaust
HMMSA Workshop: Choices Matter: Complicity and Action During the Holocaust 5:30pm - 7:30pm (2h)
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Starts Oct 3, 2022 at 5:30pm
Ends Oct 3, 2022 at 7:30pm
Examine the consequences of inaction and the courage and difficult choices of those who rescued and resisted during the Holocaust. Educators also learn how to support students to implement an action-oriented project influenced by the lessons of this history.
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Holocaust by Bullets in Central and Eastern Europe (Part 2 of 3)
Holocaust by Bullets in Central and Eastern Europe (Part 2 of 3) 7:00pm - 8:30pm (1h 30m)
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Starts Oct 6, 2022 at 7:00pm
Ends Oct 6, 2022 at 8:30pm
This is the second session of a three-part program sponsored by Yahad-In Unum and Echoes & Reflections. *Registration and attendance for all sessions is required, and sessions will not be recorded. Registration is limited to in-classroom teachers only.*
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Hidden Children in Catholic France: Between Trauma and Normalcy
Hidden Children in Catholic France: Between Trauma and Normalcy 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
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Starts Oct 11, 2022 at 2:00pm
Ends Oct 11, 2022 at 3:00pm
During the Holocaust, Jewish children of all ages were at times hidden among other students within Catholic institutions as seen in films such as "Au Revoir Les Enfants." Their lives were completely uprooted as they were placed in a religious environment completely different from what they knew.
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Teaching About Americans and the Holocaust Using Historical Newspapers
Teaching About Americans and the Holocaust Using Historical Newspapers 3:30pm - 5:00pm (1h 30m)
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Starts Oct 12, 2022 at 3:30pm
Ends Oct 12, 2022 at 5:00pm
Join the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University in partnership with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to learn about how to utilize historical newspapers to teach about the American response to the Holocaust.
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It Happened in a Village in Eastern Europe - A Case Study (Part 3 of 3)
It Happened in a Village in Eastern Europe - A Case Study (Part 3 of 3) 6:00pm - 7:30pm (1h 30m)
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Starts Oct 13, 2022 at 6:00pm
Ends Oct 13, 2022 at 7:30pm
This is the final session of a three-part program sponsored by Yahad-In Unum and Echoes & Reflections. *Registration and attendance for all sessions is required, and sessions will not be recorded. Registration is limited to in-classroom teachers only.*
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Home-school Day
Home-school Day 9:00am - 12:30pm (3h 30m)
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Starts Oct 18, 2022 at 9:00am
Ends Oct 18, 2022 at 12:30pm
Join the Education Staff of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a day of learning for home-school students!
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Foundations of Holocaust Education
Foundations of Holocaust Education 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
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Starts Oct 19, 2022 at 2:00pm
Ends Oct 19, 2022 at 3:00pm
Participants will explore testimonies, maps, poems, and artwork to teach about antisemitism and intolerance, resistance and resilience, memory & justice after the Holocaust, while gaining a range of instructional strategies to support students' study and reflection of Holocaust and its ongoing meaning in the world today.
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Confronting the Past for the Sake of the Future
Confronting the Past for the Sake of the Future 5:00pm - 6:30pm (1h 30m)
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Starts Oct 19, 2022 at 5:00pm
Ends Oct 19, 2022 at 6:30pm
Join the Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College for "Confronting the Past for the Sake of the Future." Introducing "New Voices": An Innovative Approach to Holocaust Education
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Antisemitism: Educating About the Dangers of Hate
Antisemitism: Educating About the Dangers of Hate 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
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Starts Oct 25, 2022 at 3:00pm
Ends Oct 25, 2022 at 4:00pm
In Echoes & Reflections' new online activities for students, Explore the Past, Shape the Future, they explore this question and the role antisemitism played in the escalation of the Holocaust.
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Stories from Ukraine Webinar
Stories from Ukraine Webinar 4:30pm - 6:00pm (1h 30m)
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Starts Oct 26, 2022 at 4:30pm
Ends Oct 26, 2022 at 6:00pm
In this 90-minute online exploration of stories from Ukraine, Centropa will share user-friendly resources for teaching about Ukraine in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Media Literacy and the Holocaust: Inquiry-Learning
Media Literacy and the Holocaust: Inquiry-Learning 4:00pm - 5:00pm (1h)
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Starts Nov 1, 2022 at 4:00pm
Ends Nov 1, 2022 at 5:00pm
In Echoes & Reflections' new online activities for students, Explore the Past, Shape the Future, they invite students to identify the importance of media literacy today through an examination of the impact of Nazi propaganda.
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Determination and Rescue: The Inspirational Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter
Determination and Rescue: The Inspirational Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
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Starts Nov 2, 2022 at 2:00pm
Ends Nov 2, 2022 at 3:00pm
As a teenager, Avraham Perlmutter outwitted the Nazis overcoming every obstacle in his way.
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Author Talk: Dara Horn
Author Talk: Dara Horn 7:30pm - 9:30pm (2h)
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Starts Nov 2, 2022 at 7:30pm
Ends Nov 2, 2022 at 9:30pm
Award-winning novelist Dara Horn will discuss her book, "People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present."
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Understanding What We Are Remembering When We Remember the Holocaust
Understanding What We Are Remembering When We Remember the Holocaust 6:00pm - 7:30pm (1h 30m)
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Starts Nov 3, 2022 at 6:00pm
Ends Nov 3, 2022 at 7:30pm
This talk will offer guidance towards a clearer perspective on the Holocaust by identifying Nazism’s goals, describing the murderous endeavor’s stages and components, giving voice to the victims, and distinguishing between historical facts and popular myths.
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October 2022

Foundations of Holocaust Education (Part 1 of 3)

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  • Thu, Sep 29, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Disability Awareness Month: “Science” That Maimed

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  • Mon, Oct 3, 8:30am - 9:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Facebook Live

Fighting Back: Commemorating the Jewish Uprisings at Sobibór and Auschwitz

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

HMMSA Workshop: Choices Matter: Complicity and Action During the Holocaust

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  • Mon, Oct 3, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Virtual

Holocaust by Bullets in Central and Eastern Europe (Part 2 of 3)

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  • Thu, Oct 6, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Hidden Children in Catholic France: Between Trauma and Normalcy

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  • Tue, Oct 11, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Teaching About Americans and the Holocaust Using Historical Newspapers

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  • Wed, Oct 12, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

It Happened in a Village in Eastern Europe - A Case Study (Part 3 of 3)

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  • Thu, Oct 13, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Home-school Day

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  • Tue, Oct 18, 9:00am - 12:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

Foundations of Holocaust Education

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  • Wed, Oct 19, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Confronting the Past for the Sake of the Future

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  • Wed, Oct 19, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Antisemitism: Educating About the Dangers of Hate

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  • Tue, Oct 25, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops

Stories from Ukraine Webinar

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  • Wed, Oct 26, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Media Literacy and the Holocaust: Inquiry-Learning

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  • Tue, Nov 1, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Determination and Rescue: The Inspirational Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter

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  • Wed, Nov 2, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Author Talk: Dara Horn

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  • Wed, Nov 2, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  ERJCC Merfish Teen Center 9000 S Rice Ave Houston, TX

Understanding What We Are Remembering When We Remember the Holocaust

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  • Thu, Nov 3, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Pflugerville Public Library 1008 Pfluger St W Pflugerville, TX

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