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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. Click for more info |
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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? Click for more info |
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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.” Click for more info
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 |
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. Click for more info
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. Click for more info |
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. Click for more info |
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Rachel's Mandolin"
Rachel's Mandolin"
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Exhibits
Starts Feb 5, 2023 at 3:00pm Ends Feb 5, 2023 at 4:00pm Sunday's concert focuses on the touching story of Rachela Zelmanowicz-Olewski, a Jewish mandolin player from Poland who, as a young woman, played in the Auschwitz women’s orchestra under the famous violinist and conductor Alma Rose. Click for more info
Hitler's Furies: A Virtual Evening with Scholar & Author Dr. Wendy Lower
Hitler's Furies: A Virtual Evening with Scholar & Author Dr. Wendy Lower
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 5, 2023 at 4:00pm Ends Feb 5, 2023 at 5:00pm The Holocaust Teacher Institute at the University of Miami, School of Education & Human Development is proud to announce the Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Foundation Holocaust/Jewish themed Sunday Salon Series. Click for more info |
The Final Stage of Hatred is Denial: Blaming Jews for Antisemitism
The Final Stage of Hatred is Denial: Blaming Jews for Antisemitism
9:00am - 10:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 7, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Feb 7, 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.” Click for more info
Stories of Black American Liberators
Stories of Black American Liberators
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 7, 2023 at 3:00pm Ends Feb 7, 2023 at 4:00pm This webinar examines the stories of Black G.I.s featured in Echoes & Reflections who liberated concentration camps, including Leon Bass and Paul Parks. Click for more info
HMMSA Reads "The Light of Days"
HMMSA Reads "The Light of Days"
6:00pm - 7:30pm
(1h 30m)
Workshops
Starts Feb 7, 2023 at 6:00pm Ends Feb 7, 2023 at 7:30pm Join Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio for their discussion of "The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos" by Judy Batalion. Click for more info
The U.S. and the Holocaust: Understanding History Using Media
The U.S. and the Holocaust: Understanding History Using Media
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 7, 2023 at 6:00pm Ends Feb 7, 2023 at 7:00pm Join this one hour conversation that will spotlight PBS LearningMedia lessons supporting the documentary. Panelists will share tools and techniques for integrating video clips and other media into your classroom to deepen student understanding of the Holocaust. Click for more info |
Be A Witness: Weekly Survivor Conversations
Be A Witness: Weekly Survivor Conversations
10:00am - 11:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 8, 2023 at 10:00am Ends Feb 8, 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. Click for more info
Deconstructing Atrocity Imagery: A Conversation with Dr. Wendy Lower
Deconstructing Atrocity Imagery: A Conversation with Dr. Wendy Lower
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 8, 2023 at 11:00am Ends Feb 8, 2023 at 12:00pm Join the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center for a timely conversation with Dr. Wendy Lower, Professor of History at Claremont McKenna College, about the impact that both historical and contemporary atrocity imagery and traumatic videos have upon our collective psyche. Click for more info |
An Evening with Holocaust Survivor and Author Dr. Charles Ota Heller
An Evening with Holocaust Survivor and Author Dr. Charles Ota Heller
6:30pm - 7:30pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 9, 2023 at 6:30pm Ends Feb 9, 2023 at 7:30pm On Thursday, February 9, at 7:30pm (EST), The Defiant Requiem Foundation will host a Zoom presentation with Holocaust survivor and author, Dr. Charles Ota Heller. Click for more info |
Learning through Experience with Nadja Halilbegovich
Learning through Experience with Nadja Halilbegovich
9:00am - 10:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 10, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Feb 10, 2023 at 10:00am The Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College are pleased to present their Online Learning Through Experience Program with Nadja Halilbegovich. Click for more info |
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Trauma and Resiliency: One Holocaust Survivor's Continuing Journey
Trauma and Resiliency: One Holocaust Survivor's Continuing Journey
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 12, 2023 at 11:00am Ends Feb 12, 2023 at 12:00pm Peter Feigl, survivor and hidden child of the Holocaust in the French village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, talks about trauma and healing a lifetime later. Click for more info |
Love After Loss
Love After Loss
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 13, 2023 at 2:00pm Ends Feb 13, 2023 at 3:00pm In time for Valentine’s Day, this webinar, facilitated by Sheryl Ochayon, will reveal the love stories behind survivors’ attempts to "return to life" after the Holocaust. Click for more info |
Authoritarianism and Antisemitism
Authoritarianism and Antisemitism
9:00am - 10:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 14, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Feb 14, 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.” Click for more info
Uncovering the Science of History with the Holocaust Museum
Uncovering the Science of History with the Holocaust Museum
10:00am - 3:00pm
(5h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 14, 2023 at 10:00am Ends Feb 14, 2023 at 3:00pm Enjoy a day of professional development at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. STEM educators will join a docent led tour of the Holocaust/Shoah Wing focused on the role of science in Holocaust history. Click for more info |
Maxine Cohen Hope for Humanity Educator Award DEADLINE
Maxine Cohen Hope for Humanity Educator Award DEADLINE
All Day
Grants & Contests
Feb 15, 2023 (All Day) Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio is requesting applications for the 2023 Maxine Cohen Hope for Humanity Educator Award. Click for more info
Be A Witness: Weekly Survivor Conversations
Be A Witness: Weekly Survivor Conversations
10:00am - 11:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 15, 2023 at 10:00am Ends Feb 15, 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. Click for more info
Seven Murals by Philip Orenstein: A French-Jewish Perspective on France during WWII
Seven Murals by Philip Orenstein: A French-Jewish Perspective on France during WWII
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 15, 2023 at 11:00am Ends Feb 15, 2023 at 12:00pm This event features Philip Orenstein presenting his artwork, followed by a conversation with Dr. Nadine Orenstein. Click for more info
Teaching "The Beauty in Breaking": A Workshop for Educators
Teaching "The Beauty in Breaking": A Workshop for Educators
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 15, 2023 at 1:00pm Ends Feb 15, 2023 at 2:00pm Join Queensborough Community College (QCC) professors Dr. Angela Ridinger-Dotterman and Dr. Ilse Schrynemakers as they share pedagogical strategies for integrating the KHC’s Nazi Concentration Camps virtual and in-person exhibition into the teaching of this year’s QCC Common Read text, "The Beauty in Breaking" by Dr. Michelle Harper. Click for more info
History Highlights: La Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos
History Highlights: La Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 15, 2023 at 7:00pm Ends Feb 15, 2023 at 8:00pm Acompañe a Maria Castaneda, Educadora del Museo, para aprender acerca de como este documento histórico fue creado y como continúa impactando a las personas alrededor del mundo. Click for more info |
Legacy and the Kindertransport: A Story of Hope Across Generations
Legacy and the Kindertransport: A Story of Hope Across Generations
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 16, 2023 at 3:00pm Ends Feb 16, 2023 at 4:00pm Join USC Shoah Foundation for this unique webinar that will introduce Edith Maniker, a survivor of the Kindertransport, and Mona Golabek, the daughter of Lisa Jura who was saved by the Kindertransport, for a live conversation as well as an introduction to their digital biographies shared in the Foundation's Dimensions in Testimony program. Click for more info
When Extremist Ideas Are No Longer Considered "Extreme"
When Extremist Ideas Are No Longer Considered "Extreme"
6:00pm - 7:30pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 16, 2023 at 6:00pm Ends Feb 16, 2023 at 7:30pm Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to discuss the dangers posed when extremist ideas are normalized and what is being done to challenge them. Click for more info |
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Presidents' Day (Office Closed)
Presidents' Day (Office Closed)
All Day
General
Feb 20, 2023 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed. Click for more info |
Creating Race in Nazi Germany: Hierarchy and Power in the Third Reich
Creating Race in Nazi Germany: Hierarchy and Power in the Third Reich
8:00am - 9:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 21, 2023 at 8:00am Ends Feb 21, 2023 at 9:00am Hosted by the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at the US Military Academy, West Point. Click for more info
Faculty Rights and Responsibilities in Conflict with Antisemitism
Faculty Rights and Responsibilities in Conflict with Antisemitism
9:00am - 10:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 21, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Feb 21, 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.” Click for more info
Complicity and Responsibility: Examination of Female Perpetrators of the Holocaust
Complicity and Responsibility: Examination of Female Perpetrators of the Holocaust
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Feb 21, 2023 at 3:00pm Ends Feb 21, 2023 at 4:00pm Led by Echoes & Reflections Program Manager, Jesse Tannetta, this webinar seeks to expand our understanding of perpetrators, with a special focus on the women that contributed, directly and indirectly, to the “Final Solution.” Click for more info |
Be A Witness: Weekly Survivor Conversations
Be A Witness: Weekly Survivor Conversations
10:00am - 11:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 22, 2023 at 10:00am Ends Feb 22, 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. Click for more info |
Exhibition Opening Reception | Neighbors 1938 “We were all Ladenburgers”
Exhibition Opening Reception | Neighbors 1938 “We were all Ladenburgers”
6:00pm - 7:30pm
(1h 30m)
Exhibits
Starts Feb 23, 2023 at 6:00pm Ends Feb 23, 2023 at 7:30pm November 9, 1938, marked the start of the November Pogroms, when violent antisemitic demonstrations broke out across Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. This exhibition will shed light on the events as exemplified within several Jewish families in Ladenburg, Germany. It gives a picture of the city’s residents and their relations to one another. Click for more info |
Victimized Twice: Holocaust Survivors in Ukraine
Victimized Twice: Holocaust Survivors in Ukraine
8:30am - 9:00am
(30m)
Workshops
Starts Feb 24, 2023 at 8:30am Ends Feb 24, 2023 at 9:00am Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum one year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine to discuss its devastating impact on Ukraine's Holocaust survivors. Click for more info |
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Never Again in Practice: Auschwitz Jewish Center's Response to the War in Ukraine
Never Again in Practice: Auschwitz Jewish Center's Response to the War in Ukraine
3:30pm - 4:30pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Feb 28, 2023 at 3:30pm Ends Feb 28, 2023 at 4:30pm Join the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University and the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation for a virtual conversation and discussion. Click for more info |
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A Nazi Killing Center through a Perpetrator’s Lens: The Sobibór Perpetrator Collection
A Nazi Killing Center through a Perpetrator’s Lens: The Sobibór Perpetrator Collection
9:00am - 11:30am
(2h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Mar 1, 2023 at 9:00am Ends Mar 1, 2023 at 11:30am Join United States Holocaust Memorial Museum experts and scholars from North America and Europe to examine the groundbreaking Sobibór Perpetrator Collection. Click for more info
The Essence of Antisemitism: Session 1 of 4 (Historical Patterns and Modern Manifestations)
The Essence of Antisemitism: Session 1 of 4 (Historical Patterns and Modern Manifestations)
10:00am - 11:00am
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Mar 1, 2023 at 10:00am Ends Mar 1, 2023 at 11:00am This course begins by exploring the motifs that have defined antisemitism both over the centuries and into our own time. Moving then into the contemporary world, we will consider the three primary sources of the phenomenon of Jew hatred: the political right, the political left, and political Islam. Finally, the course will end with a discussion of how one might response to the rising tide of antisemitism and what might be done about it. Click for more info
My Father Was a Nazi
My Father Was a Nazi
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Mar 1, 2023 at 2:00pm Ends Mar 1, 2023 at 3:00pm In this webinar, Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger - today a Jewish convert, veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces, and physician - shares the story of his spiritual journey coming to terms with his father's past. Click for more info
Film Screening: Three Minutes—A Lengthening
Film Screening: Three Minutes—A Lengthening
7:00pm - 9:00pm
(2h)
Films
Starts Mar 1, 2023 at 7:00pm Ends Mar 1, 2023 at 9:00pm This film is being screened as a preview event for the 2023 Dallas Jewish Film Festival ahead of the 53rd Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches at The University of Texas at Dallas (March 4-6, 2023). Click for more info |
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Texas Independence Day (Office Closed)
Texas Independence Day (Office Closed)
All Day
General
Mar 2, 2023 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed. Click for more info
Pedagogy of Teaching the Holocaust
Pedagogy of Teaching the Holocaust
3:00pm - 6:00pm
(3h)
Workshops
Starts Mar 2, 2023 at 3:00pm Ends Mar 2, 2023 at 6:00pm Join Florida Atlantic University as they host Echoes & Reflections for this workshop on Holocaust pedagogy. Click for more info |
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53rd Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches
53rd Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches
All Day
(3 days)
Workshops
Starts Mar 4, 2023 Ends Mar 6, 2023 The Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas invites you to join scholars March 4-6, 2023, as they celebrate the 53rd anniversary of this important conference and continue the legacy established by Franklin H. Littell and Hubert G. Locke more than fifty years ago. Click for more info |
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