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January 2023

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New Year's Day
New Year's Day All Day
General
Jan 1, 2023 (All Day)
Happy New Year!
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Genocide Education Project Teacher Fellowship in Armenia DEADLINE
Genocide Education Project Teacher Fellowship in Armenia DEADLINE All Day
Workshops
Jan 8, 2023 (All Day)
The deadline for application submission and additional required documents is January 8, 2023, 11:59PM PST.
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Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution: Session 1 of 4 (“What is Jewish Pride and Why now?“)
Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution: Session 1 of 4 (“What is Jewish Pride and Why now?“) 10:00am - 11:00am (1h)
Workshops
Starts Jan 8, 2023 at 10:00am
Ends Jan 8, 2023 at 11:00am
This course will offer an understanding of historical and contemporary Jew-hatred as well as its impact on Jews, while focusing on inspiring and empowering Jews to see their Jewishness as a source of pride and not shame.
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Liberation and Return to Life: A Survivor Speaks
Liberation and Return to Life: A Survivor Speaks 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Jan 9, 2023 at 12:00pm
Ends Jan 9, 2023 at 1:00pm
In this webinar, Echoes & Reflections is honored to host survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, author of "Four Perfect Pebbles," a Scholastic Book recommended for grades 6-12.
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HMMSA Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week Planning Session
HMMSA Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week Planning Session 5:30pm - 7:30pm (2h)
Workshops
Starts Jan 9, 2023 at 5:30pm
Ends Jan 9, 2023 at 7:30pm
Join the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio and fellow educators for a planning workshop in preparation for Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week (January 23-27, 2023)
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Lt. David L. Silverman Latin American Institute
Lt. David L. Silverman Latin American Institute All Day (4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jan 10, 2023
Ends Jan 13, 2023
Holocaust Museum Houston's Silverman Latin American Institute will bring together 6th-12th grade educators from Latin America and the United States to study the Holocaust, human rights, social justice, and how to implement this history into their classroom curriculum. Applications are due September 9, 2022.
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Lt. David L. Silverman Latin American Institute All Day (4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jan 10, 2023
Ends Jan 13, 2023
Holocaust Museum Houston's Silverman Latin American Institute will bring together 6th-12th grade educators from Latin America and the United States to study the Holocaust, human rights, social justice, and how to implement this history into their classroom curriculum. Applications are due September 9, 2022.
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Film Screening & Talk Back | "Whispers of Silence"
Film Screening & Talk Back | "Whispers of Silence" 6:00pm - 8:00pm (2h)
Films
Starts Jan 11, 2023 at 6:00pm
Ends Jan 11, 2023 at 8:00pm
The Silverman Latin American Institute’s evening program will feature a special film screening and conversation around Holocaust trauma and its’ transmission. Whispers of Silence explores the stories of Holocaust survivors rebuilding their lives in Mexico.
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Lt. David L. Silverman Latin American Institute All Day (4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jan 10, 2023
Ends Jan 13, 2023
Holocaust Museum Houston's Silverman Latin American Institute will bring together 6th-12th grade educators from Latin America and the United States to study the Holocaust, human rights, social justice, and how to implement this history into their classroom curriculum. Applications are due September 9, 2022.
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Lt. David L. Silverman Latin American Institute All Day (4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jan 10, 2023
Ends Jan 13, 2023
Holocaust Museum Houston's Silverman Latin American Institute will bring together 6th-12th grade educators from Latin America and the United States to study the Holocaust, human rights, social justice, and how to implement this history into their classroom curriculum. Applications are due September 9, 2022.
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Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution: Session 2 of 4 (“Pride or Prejudice: The Impact of Internalised Jew-hate“)
Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution: Session 2 of 4 (“Pride or Prejudice: The Impact of Internalised Jew-hate“) 10:00am - 11:00am (1h)
Workshops
Starts Jan 15, 2023 at 10:00am
Ends Jan 15, 2023 at 11:00am
This course will offer an understanding of historical and contemporary Jew-hatred as well as its impact on Jews, while focusing on inspiring and empowering Jews to see their Jewishness as a source of pride and not shame.
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“Caring Corrupted: The Killing Nurses of the Third Reich” Screening and Discussion
“Caring Corrupted: The Killing Nurses of the Third Reich” Screening and Discussion 1:00pm - 2:30pm (1h 30m)
Films
Starts Jan 15, 2023 at 1:00pm
Ends Jan 15, 2023 at 2:30pm
This program will feature a screening of "Caring Corrupted" followed by a discussion with Dr. Patricia Starck, Dean Emerita of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Cizik School of Nursing, and Dr. Cathy Rozmus, PARTNERS Professor and Vice Dean of Academic Affairs at the Cizik School of Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The discussion will be moderated by Joseph J. Fins, M.D., D. Hum. Litt., M.A.C.P., F.R.C.P.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Office Closed)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Office Closed) All Day
General
Jan 16, 2023 (All Day)
The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed.
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New-Liberalism, Antisemitism and Education
New-Liberalism, Antisemitism and Education 9:00am - 10:00am (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 17, 2023 at 9:00am
Ends Jan 17, 2023 at 10:00am
As part of ISGAP's landmark Fellowship Training Programme on Critical Antisemitism Studies, Discrimination and Human Rights at the Woolf Institute, ISGAP is pleased to announce the ISGAP-Woolf Institute Series titled “Creating a Conceptual Framework for the Critical Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.”
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Justice, Life, and Memory After the Holocaust
Justice, Life, and Memory After the Holocaust 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Jan 17, 2023 at 3:00pm
Ends Jan 17, 2023 at 4:00pm
Join Echoes & Reflections Program Manager, Jesse Tannetta, to examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trails had on how we understand the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in the aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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2023 First Person Series: Agi Geva
2023 First Person Series: Agi Geva 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 18, 2023 at 12:00pm
Ends Jan 18, 2023 at 1:00pm
Nothing made sense anymore to 14-year-old Agi Geva by the time she arrived at the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center with her mother and sister. Still, it was unimaginable that the motion of a guard’s hand could decide whether she lived or died.
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Confederate Heroes Day (Office Closed)
Confederate Heroes Day (Office Closed) All Day
General
Jan 19, 2023 (All Day)
The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed.
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Documentary "J'Accuse!"
Documentary "J'Accuse!" 12:00pm - 1:30pm (1h 30m)
Films
Starts Jan 19, 2023 at 12:00pm
Ends Jan 19, 2023 at 1:30pm
South African Jewish Report Newspaper will broadcast the documentary "J’Accuse!" on January 19th at 12PM Central.
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2023 Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Series: Holocaust Remembrance Week
2023 Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Series: Holocaust Remembrance Week 9:30am - 4:00pm (6h 30m)
Workshops
Starts Jan 22, 2023 at 9:30am
Ends Jan 22, 2023 at 4:00pm
This Educator Series has evolved from the annual 4-day conference. The new series allows educators, librarians, and counselors to connect with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum on 5 different dates throughout the year on different topics related to the museum's educational mission.
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Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution: Session 3 of 4 ("Pride or Prejudice: The Impact of Internalised Jew-hate Part 2“)
Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution: Session 3 of 4 ("Pride or Prejudice: The Impact of Internalised Jew-hate Part 2“) 10:00am - 11:00am (1h)
Workshops
Starts Jan 22, 2023 at 10:00am
Ends Jan 22, 2023 at 11:00am
This course will offer an understanding of historical and contemporary Jew-hatred as well as its impact on Jews, while focusing on inspiring and empowering Jews to see their Jewishness as a source of pride and not shame.
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration 2023
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration 2023 2:00pm - 3:30pm (1h 30m)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 22, 2023 at 2:00pm
Ends Jan 22, 2023 at 3:30pm
Marking the liberation of Auschwitz, International Holocaust Remembrance Day allows us to reflect upon the profound tragedy of the Holocaust.
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Holocaust Remembrance Week
Holocaust Remembrance Week All Day (5 days)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 23, 2023
Ends Jan 27, 2023
The 4th Annual Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week will take place the week of January 23-27, 2023. The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission is charged with developing or approving materials for a statewide Holocaust Remembrance Week.
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The Pink Triangle: Gay Life During and After the Holocaust
The Pink Triangle: Gay Life During and After the Holocaust 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 23, 2023 at 3:00pm
Ends Jan 23, 2023 at 4:00pm
Please join Florida International University and over 30 co-sponsors for its 8th Annual Holocaust & Genocide Awareness Week (HGAW), a series of 10 on- and off-campus in-person, hybrid, and online events that raise consciousness and impact our lives today.
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Author Talk: "Separated Together: The Incredible True WWII Story of Soulmates Stranded an Ocean Apart"
Author Talk: "Separated Together: The Incredible True WWII Story of Soulmates Stranded an Ocean Apart" 4:00pm - 5:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 23, 2023 at 4:00pm
Ends Jan 23, 2023 at 5:00pm
This is the story of her bravery, of Sonia’s survival of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and Nazi death camps, including the notorious Auschwitz.
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An Evening with Anna Salton Eisen
An Evening with Anna Salton Eisen 6:30pm - 8:00pm (1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 23, 2023 at 6:30pm
Ends Jan 23, 2023 at 8:00pm
Join San Antonio Public Libraries for the conclusion of this year’s Holocaust Learn and Remember Series. Hear from Anna Salton Eisen, an author and second-generation Holocaust survivor, as she recounts her accidental discovery, as a youth, of two watercolor paintings by her father that depict the horrors of the Holocaust.
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Holocaust Remembrance Week All Day (5 days)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 23, 2023
Ends Jan 27, 2023
The 4th Annual Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week will take place the week of January 23-27, 2023. The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission is charged with developing or approving materials for a statewide Holocaust Remembrance Week.
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Progressive Academy and the New/Old Antisemitism
Progressive Academy and the New/Old Antisemitism 9:00am - 10:00am (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 24, 2023 at 9:00am
Ends Jan 24, 2023 at 10:00am
As part of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy's (ISGAP) landmark Fellowship Training Programme on Critical Antisemitism Studies, Discrimination and Human Rights at the Woolf Institute, ISGAP is pleased to announce the ISGAP-Woolf Institute Series titled “Creating a Conceptual Framework for the Critical Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.”
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Texas HRW Virtual Webinar with Melissa Hunter
Texas HRW Virtual Webinar with Melissa Hunter 10:00am - 11:00am (1h)
Workshops
Starts Jan 24, 2023 at 10:00am
Ends Jan 24, 2023 at 11:00am
Join Melissa Hunter, author of "What She Lost," and Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio.
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Tuesday Times Roundtable: The Threat of Antisemitism in the US Today
Tuesday Times Roundtable: The Threat of Antisemitism in the US Today 11:30am - 12:30pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 24, 2023 at 11:30am
Ends Jan 24, 2023 at 12:30pm
Please join Florida International University and over 30 co-sponsors for its 8th Annual Holocaust & Genocide Awareness Week (HGAW), a series of 10 on- and off-campus in-person, hybrid, and online events that raise consciousness and impact our lives today.
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Concert | "The Children of Willesden Lane"
Concert | "The Children of Willesden Lane" 6:30pm - 8:00pm (1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 24, 2023 at 6:30pm
Ends Jan 24, 2023 at 8:00pm
In partnership with USC Shoah Foundation, Holocaust Museum Houston proudly presents "The Children of Willesden Lane," the critically acclaimed one-woman theatrical performance by concert pianist Mona Golabek.
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Holocaust Remembrance Week All Day (5 days)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 23, 2023
Ends Jan 27, 2023
The 4th Annual Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week will take place the week of January 23-27, 2023. The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission is charged with developing or approving materials for a statewide Holocaust Remembrance Week.
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Beyond Duty: Diplomats Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations
Beyond Duty: Diplomats Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations 8:30am - 9:30am (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 25, 2023 at 8:30am
Ends Jan 25, 2023 at 9:30am
The Consulate General of Israel to the Southwest invites you to the opening of the exhibition "Beyond Duty: Diplomats Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations."
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Texas HRW Virtual Webinar with Anna Salton Eisen
Texas HRW Virtual Webinar with Anna Salton Eisen 10:00am - 11:00am (1h)
Workshops
Starts Jan 25, 2023 at 10:00am
Ends Jan 25, 2023 at 11:00am
Join Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio as they invite Anna Salton Eisen, author of "Pillar of Salt," to speak.
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As Seen Through These Eyes: Conversation with Film Director Hilary Helstein
As Seen Through These Eyes: Conversation with Film Director Hilary Helstein 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h)
Films
Starts Jan 25, 2023 at 12:00pm
Ends Jan 25, 2023 at 1:00pm
In honor of UN Holocaust Remembrance Day, Hilary Helstein, director of the award-winning documentary “As Seen Through These Eyes” speaks with Rachel Stern, director and CEO of the Fritz Ascher Society New York, about the making of her documentary.
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Post-Holocaust Religious Fluidity
Post-Holocaust Religious Fluidity 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 25, 2023 at 2:00pm
Ends Jan 25, 2023 at 3:00pm
Please join Florida International University and over 30 co-sponsors for its 8th Annual Holocaust & Genocide Awareness Week (HGAW), a series of 10 on- and off-campus in-person, hybrid, and online events that raise consciousness and impact our lives today.
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Launch - Student Podcast: The Human Spirit in the Holocaust
Launch - Student Podcast: The Human Spirit in the Holocaust 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Jan 25, 2023 at 2:00pm
Ends Jan 25, 2023 at 3:00pm
Join Echoes & Reflections for this webinar in which Sheryl Ochayon, Program Director of Echoes & Reflections at Yad Vashem, will showcase this new resource, demonstrate how to use it in the classroom, and its alignment to Echoes & Reflections lesson plans.
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Holocaust Remembrance Week All Day (5 days)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 23, 2023
Ends Jan 27, 2023
The 4th Annual Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week will take place the week of January 23-27, 2023. The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission is charged with developing or approving materials for a statewide Holocaust Remembrance Week.
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Texas HRW Webinar with Dr. Eileen Angelini
Texas HRW Webinar with Dr. Eileen Angelini 10:00am - 11:00am (1h)
Workshops
Starts Jan 26, 2023 at 10:00am
Ends Jan 26, 2023 at 11:00am
Join Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio as they invite Dr. Eileen Angelini of SUNY Empire State College.
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The Racialization of Jews: Then and Now
The Racialization of Jews: Then and Now 10:00am - 11:00am (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 26, 2023 at 10:00am
Ends Jan 26, 2023 at 11:00am
An ISGAP Holocaust Memorial Day Event: The Racialization of Jews: Then and Now
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From Shared Pasts to Shared Futures: Black-Jewish Relations in Context
From Shared Pasts to Shared Futures: Black-Jewish Relations in Context 3:30pm - 4:30pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 26, 2023 at 3:30pm
Ends Jan 26, 2023 at 4:30pm
The William Paterson University Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies presents a virtual event in connection with International Holocaust Remembrance Day: "From Shared Pasts to Shared Futures: Black-Jewish Relations in Context"
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The Ongoing Legacy and Impact of the Holocaust in US Foreign Policy
The Ongoing Legacy and Impact of the Holocaust in US Foreign Policy 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 26, 2023 at 5:00pm
Ends Jan 26, 2023 at 6:00pm
Holocaust issues manifest themselves in foreign policy in many ways ranging from restitution and compensation for Holocaust survivors to international efforts to counter Holocaust distortion and denial. Special Envoy Ellen Germain will talk about diplomatic efforts in these areas and how knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust informs current U.S. foreign policy.
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Music and the Holocaust
Music and the Holocaust 6:00pm - 7:30pm (1h 30m)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 26, 2023 at 6:00pm
Ends Jan 26, 2023 at 7:30pm
What is the relationship of music to the Holocaust? What meaning did music come to hold for the victims of the Nazis? What place does music have in Holocaust commemoration, memory and education? Join critically acclaimed author and musicologist Dr. James Grymes, Professor of Musicology at the University of North Carolina, as he discusses the answers to these questions and more.
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A Testament to Courage: 2023 International Holocaust Remembrance
A Testament to Courage: 2023 International Holocaust Remembrance 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 26, 2023 at 6:00pm
Ends Jan 26, 2023 at 7:00pm
Please join the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Education (Chhange) for this riveting presentation by John Withers II, son of Lieutenant Withers.
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Theatrical Performance | "The Jewish Dog"
Theatrical Performance | "The Jewish Dog" 6:30pm - 8:30pm (2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 26, 2023 at 6:30pm
Ends Jan 26, 2023 at 8:30pm
"The Jewish Dog," directed by Yonatan Esterkin, is based on the Israeli book The Jewish Dog by Asher Kravitz.
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We Left the Camp Singing
We Left the Camp Singing 7:30pm - 9:00pm (1h 30m)
Films
Starts Jan 26, 2023 at 7:30pm
Ends Jan 26, 2023 at 9:00pm
An educational documentary involving music and exclusive interviews with Holocaust survivors, the project has the goal to share memories of musical activities in the Theresienstadt ghetto-camp, a unique camp located in Czechoslovakia, where the presence of talented artists, musicians, and composers encouraged cultural life to flourish despite the desperate living conditions of the inmates.
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Holocaust Remembrance Week All Day (5 days)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 23, 2023
Ends Jan 27, 2023
The 4th Annual Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week will take place the week of January 23-27, 2023. The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission is charged with developing or approving materials for a statewide Holocaust Remembrance Week.
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day
International Holocaust Remembrance Day All Day
Commemorations
Jan 27, 2023 (All Day)
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is an international memorial day on 27 January that commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945.
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The Moment She Lost Her Family Captured in a Photo
The Moment She Lost Her Family Captured in a Photo 8:30am - 9:00am (30m)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 27, 2023 at 8:30am
Ends Jan 27, 2023 at 9:00am
As the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Irene will share the story of the day her family was torn apart.
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Surviving the Holocaust as a Teenage Boy
Surviving the Holocaust as a Teenage Boy 9:00am - 10:30am (1h 30m)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 27, 2023 at 9:00am
Ends Jan 27, 2023 at 10:30am
Hear from Holocaust survivor Saul Blau who, at age 13, was removed from his home in Tarpa, Hungary along with his family and sent to Auschwitz, where his parents and younger sister perished. After the war, Saul immigrate to Israel.
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HMH Free Admission | International Holocaust Remembrance Day
HMH Free Admission | International Holocaust Remembrance Day 10:00am - 5:00pm (7h)
Exhibits
Starts Jan 27, 2023 at 10:00am
Ends Jan 27, 2023 at 5:00pm
The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Admission to Holocaust Museum Houston will be free for all on this annual day of commemoration to honor the six million Jews and other innocent victims of the Holocaust.
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United Nations Annual Holocaust Commemoration
United Nations Annual Holocaust Commemoration 10:00am - 11:00am (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 27, 2023 at 10:00am
Ends Jan 27, 2023 at 11:00am
The Holocaust Memorial Ceremony in observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust is on Friday, January 27, 2023.
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Auschwitz Survivor Dr. Anna Ornstein, "My Mother's Eyes"
Auschwitz Survivor Dr. Anna Ornstein, "My Mother's Eyes" 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 27, 2023 at 11:00am
Ends Jan 27, 2023 at 12:00pm
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Terezín Music Foundation invites you to experience a beautiful, powerful short film: a conversation with Auschwitz survivor and eminent psychiatrist Dr. Anna Ornstein and Terezín Music Foundation executive director Mark Ludwig.
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Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution: Session 4 of 4 (“Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution“)
Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution: Session 4 of 4 (“Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution“) 10:00am - 11:00am (1h)
Workshops
Starts Jan 29, 2023 at 10:00am
Ends Jan 29, 2023 at 11:00am
This course will offer an understanding of historical and contemporary Jew-hatred as well as its impact on Jews, while focusing on inspiring and empowering Jews to see their Jewishness as a source of pride and not shame.
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Surveying Mass Murder: G.I.'s and the Production of Sociologocial Knowledge about the Nazi Concentration Camps
Surveying Mass Murder: G.I.'s and the Production of Sociologocial Knowledge about the Nazi Concentration Camps 12:30pm - 1:30pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 30, 2023 at 12:30pm
Ends Jan 30, 2023 at 1:30pm
In this talk, Andreas Kranebitter wants to focus on this early research on the camps before, while or immediately after liberation, i.e., before they were history. What was this type of “third culture” research on concentration camps? What methods and concepts did they use in their research?
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The Rehearsal: Jewishness, Psychoanalysis and Repetition
The Rehearsal: Jewishness, Psychoanalysis and Repetition 9:00am - 10:00am (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 31, 2023 at 9:00am
Ends Jan 31, 2023 at 10:00am
As part of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy's (ISGAP) landmark Fellowship Training Programme on Critical Antisemitism Studies, Discrimination and Human Rights at the Woolf Institute, ISGAP is pleased to announce the ISGAP-Woolf Institute Series titled “Creating a Conceptual Framework for the Critical Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.”
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International Mock Trial on Human Rights
International Mock Trial on Human Rights 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 31, 2023 at 2:00pm
Ends Jan 31, 2023 at 3:00pm
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Be A Witness: Weekly Survivor Conversations
Be A Witness: Weekly Survivor Conversations 10:00am - 11:00am (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 1, 2023 at 10:00am
Ends Feb 1, 2023 at 11:00am
In this intimate and meaningful experience, speakers present stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. The Holocaust Speaker Series is held each Wednesday at 10AM on Zoom.
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Holocaust Films You Can Use in the Classroom: A Guide
Holocaust Films You Can Use in the Classroom: A Guide 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 1, 2023 at 2:00pm
Ends Feb 1, 2023 at 3:00pm
How can teachers use Holocaust films in the classroom, and which should they use? Join Echoes & Reflections as theye host Rich Brownstein, a leading expert who will answer these questions.
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The Life and Art of Alice Lok Cahana
The Life and Art of Alice Lok Cahana 6:00pm - 7:30pm (1h 30m)
Exhibits
Starts Feb 2, 2023 at 6:00pm
Ends Feb 2, 2023 at 7:30pm
Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) will celebrate Cahana, not only as an artist, but as a devoted friend, loving mother and resilient survivor, with the opening of The Life and Art of Alice Lok Cahana, on view February 3 through April 9, 2023, in the Josef and Edith Mincberg Gallery.
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January 2023

New Year's Day

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  • Sun, Jan 1 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General

Genocide Education Project Teacher Fellowship in Armenia DEADLINE

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  • Sun, Jan 8 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Workshops

Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution: Session 1 of 4 (“What is Jewish Pride and Why now?“)

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  • Sun, Jan 8, 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Liberation and Return to Life: A Survivor Speaks

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  • Mon, Jan 9, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

HMMSA Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week Planning Session

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  • Mon, Jan 9, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Virtual

Lt. David L. Silverman Latin American Institute

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  • Tue, Jan 10 - Fri, Jan 13, 2023
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston

Film Screening & Talk Back | "Whispers of Silence"

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  • Wed, Jan 11, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston

Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution: Session 2 of 4 (“Pride or Prejudice: The Impact of Internalised Jew-hate“)

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  • Sun, Jan 15, 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

“Caring Corrupted: The Killing Nurses of the Third Reich” Screening and Discussion

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  • Sun, Jan 15, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Virtual

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Office Closed)

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  • Mon, Jan 16 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General

New-Liberalism, Antisemitism and Education

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  • Tue, Jan 17, 9:00am - 10:00am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Justice, Life, and Memory After the Holocaust

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  • Tue, Jan 17, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

2023 First Person Series: Agi Geva

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  • Wed, Jan 18, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  YouTube

Confederate Heroes Day (Office Closed)

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  • Thu, Jan 19 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General

Documentary "J'Accuse!"

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  • Thu, Jan 19, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Zoom

2023 Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Series: Holocaust Remembrance Week

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  • Sun, Jan 22, 9:30am - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  DHHRM or Virtual

Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution: Session 3 of 4 ("Pride or Prejudice: The Impact of Internalised Jew-hate Part 2“)

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  • Sun, Jan 22, 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration 2023

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  • Sun, Jan 22, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  DHHRM

Holocaust Remembrance Week

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  • Mon, Jan 23 - Fri, Jan 27, 2023
  • Calendar:   Commemorations

The Pink Triangle: Gay Life During and After the Holocaust

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  • Mon, Jan 23, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Author Talk: "Separated Together: The Incredible True WWII Story of Soulmates Stranded an Ocean Apart"

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  • Mon, Jan 23, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  UT Dallas, Erik Jonsson Academic Center Richardson, TX

An Evening with Anna Salton Eisen

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  • Mon, Jan 23, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Mission Library 3134 Roosevelt Ave. San Antonio, TX 78214

Progressive Academy and the New/Old Antisemitism

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  • Tue, Jan 24, 9:00am - 10:00am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Texas HRW Virtual Webinar with Melissa Hunter

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  • Tue, Jan 24, 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Virtual

Tuesday Times Roundtable: The Threat of Antisemitism in the US Today

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  • Tue, Jan 24, 11:30am - 12:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Concert | "The Children of Willesden Lane"

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  • Tue, Jan 24, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston

Beyond Duty: Diplomats Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations

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  • Wed, Jan 25, 8:30am - 9:30am
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla St. Dallas, TX

Texas HRW Virtual Webinar with Anna Salton Eisen

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  • Wed, Jan 25, 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Virtual

As Seen Through These Eyes: Conversation with Film Director Hilary Helstein

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  • Wed, Jan 25, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Zoom

Post-Holocaust Religious Fluidity

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  • Wed, Jan 25, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Launch - Student Podcast: The Human Spirit in the Holocaust

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  • Wed, Jan 25, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Texas HRW Webinar with Dr. Eileen Angelini

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  • Thu, Jan 26, 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Virtual

The Racialization of Jews: Then and Now

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  • Thu, Jan 26, 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Zoom

From Shared Pasts to Shared Futures: Black-Jewish Relations in Context

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  • Thu, Jan 26, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

The Ongoing Legacy and Impact of the Holocaust in US Foreign Policy

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  • Thu, Jan 26, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Music and the Holocaust

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  • Thu, Jan 26, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Zoom

A Testament to Courage: 2023 International Holocaust Remembrance

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  • Thu, Jan 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Virtual

Theatrical Performance | "The Jewish Dog"

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  • Thu, Jan 26, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston

We Left the Camp Singing

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  • Thu, Jan 26, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Shalom Austin Performance Center

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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  • Fri, Jan 27 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Commemorations

The Moment She Lost Her Family Captured in a Photo

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  • Fri, Jan 27, 8:30am - 9:00am
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Facebook Live

Surviving the Holocaust as a Teenage Boy

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  • Fri, Jan 27, 9:00am - 10:30am
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Zoom

HMH Free Admission | International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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  • Fri, Jan 27, 10:00am - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Exhibits
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston

United Nations Annual Holocaust Commemoration

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  • Fri, Jan 27, 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  UN WebTV

Auschwitz Survivor Dr. Anna Ornstein, "My Mother's Eyes"

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  • Fri, Jan 27, 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  YouTube

Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution: Session 4 of 4 (“Jewish Pride: A Jewish Revolution“)

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  • Sun, Jan 29, 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom

Surveying Mass Murder: G.I.'s and the Production of Sociologocial Knowledge about the Nazi Concentration Camps

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  • Mon, Jan 30, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

The Rehearsal: Jewishness, Psychoanalysis and Repetition

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  • Tue, Jan 31, 9:00am - 10:00am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

International Mock Trial on Human Rights

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  • Tue, Jan 31, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  UN WebTV

Be A Witness: Weekly Survivor Conversations

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  • Wed, Feb 1, 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Holocaust Films You Can Use in the Classroom: A Guide

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  • Wed, Feb 1, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Virtual

The Life and Art of Alice Lok Cahana

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  • Thu, Feb 2, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Exhibits
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston

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