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Echoes & Reflections- Teaching About Perpetrators: The Role of the German Police in the Holocaust
Echoes & Reflections- Teaching About Perpetrators: The Role of the German Police in the Holocaust
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 1, 2024 at 2:00pm Ends May 1, 2024 at 3:00pm This webinar will explore the transformation of the German police, staffed by "ordinary men," into an instrument of state repression and genocide under the Nazi regime. Click for more info
USHMM: 2024 Joseph & Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture- Preserving Shared History: Art in Internment during the Holocaust
USHMM: 2024 Joseph & Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture- Preserving Shared History: Art in Internment during the Holocaust
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 1, 2024 at 7:00pm Ends May 1, 2024 at 8:00pm The Nazi party introduced antisemitic exclusionary laws shortly after Adolf Hitler was appointed German Chancellor in January 1933. While Jews were the primary target of persecution and murder, those who did not fit the “Aryan” ideal espoused by the Nazis were also persecuted under exclusionary regulations, including Black people, and Sinti and Roma in Germany, among others. Click for more info |
Jewish American Heritage Month- An Evening with Award-Winning Novelist, Dara Horn
Jewish American Heritage Month- An Evening with Award-Winning Novelist, Dara Horn
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 2, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends May 2, 2024 at 7:00pm Dara Horn, the award-winning author of six books, will speak to participants about her body of work and offer educators tangible methods to elevate and celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month in their classrooms. Click for more info |
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ISGAP: Professor Maiken Umbach, “The iconography of antisemitism: Continuity and Change”
ISGAP: Professor Maiken Umbach, “The iconography of antisemitism: Continuity and Change”
10:00am - 12:00pm
(2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 5, 2024 at 10:00am Ends May 5, 2024 at 12:00pm "The iconography of antisemitism: Continuity and Change” Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections- Remembering Today for Tomorrow: How Holocaust Memorials Shape Memory
Echoes & Reflections- Remembering Today for Tomorrow: How Holocaust Memorials Shape Memory
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 6, 2024 at 2:00pm Ends May 6, 2024 at 3:00pm This interactive webinar will focus on the importance of memorialization, and show strategies to read and engage with prominent memorials throughout the United States. Click for more info
Zikaron Basalon: Memories in the Living Room
Zikaron Basalon: Memories in the Living Room
6:45pm - 8:00pm
(1h 15m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 6, 2024 at 6:45pm Ends May 6, 2024 at 8:00pm A multi-generational program commemorating the Holocaust in homes around Greater Houston. Click for more info |
Holocaust Remembrance Event w/Anna Salton Eisen
Holocaust Remembrance Event w/Anna Salton Eisen
6:30pm - 8:00pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 7, 2024 at 6:30pm Ends May 7, 2024 at 8:00pm Anna Salton Eisen, the daughter of two Holocaust survivors, shares her father’s experience surviving slave labor & concentration camps. Click for more info |
The Specter of Persecution: Queer Women in the Third Reich
The Specter of Persecution: Queer Women in the Third Reich
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 9, 2024 at 2:00pm Ends May 9, 2024 at 3:00pm Female homosexuality was not explicitly criminalized in Nazi Germany, but queer women were still viewed and persecuted as an outsider group. Click for more info
MHM- Shang-Chai
MHM- Shang-Chai
6:30pm - 8:30pm
(2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 9, 2024 at 6:30pm Ends May 9, 2024 at 8:30pm Israeli journalist Dvir Bar-Gal shares his decades of research into the story of the Shanghai Ghetto, & how it served not only as a refuge for European Jews, but also became an important center for Jewish culture and history in an uncertain time. Click for more info |
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Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio Reads: The Escape Artist
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio Reads: The Escape Artist
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 14, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends May 14, 2024 at 7:00pm Award-winning journalist and bestselling novelist Jonathan Freedland tells the astonishing true story of Rudolf Vrba, the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world of a truth too few were willing to hear. Click for more info
MJH- "Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust" Book Talk
MJH- "Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust" Book Talk
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 14, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends May 14, 2024 at 7:00pm In her book Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust, historian Robin Judd, whose grandmother survived the Holocaust and married an American soldier after liberation, introduces us to the Jewish women who lived through genocide and went on to wed American, Canadian, and British military personnel after the war. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections- The Importance of Teaching About Contemporary Antisemitism Amidst Its Dramatic Rise
Echoes & Reflections- The Importance of Teaching About Contemporary Antisemitism Amidst Its Dramatic Rise
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 15, 2024 at 3:00pm Ends May 15, 2024 at 4:00pm It's critical for young people to understand the dangers of antisemitism today and the threat that it poses to both Jewish and non-Jewish populations. Click for more info |
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MJH- "Surviving the Survivor" Book Talk
MJH- "Surviving the Survivor" Book Talk
11:30am - 12:30pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 19, 2024 at 11:30am Ends May 19, 2024 at 12:30pm Joel and Karmela Waldman will be in conversation about Joel’s book "Surviving the Survivor: A Brutally Honest Conversation about Life (& Death) with My Mom: A Holocaust Survivor, Therapist & My Podcast Co-Host." Moderated by Jim Axelrod, CBS News Senior Correspondent. Click for more info
MJH- Witness Theatre: "We Are Here'
MJH- Witness Theatre: "We Are Here'
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 19, 2024 at 2:00pm Ends May 19, 2024 at 3:00pm This unique performance is the culmination of seven months of heartfelt collaboration between five Holocaust survivors and sixteen students. It honors and shares the survivors’ stories, celebrates these extraordinary individuals, and highlights the life-changing lessons they have imparted to the students. The performance is created based on the stories told by the Holocaust survivors to the high school students. On the stage, the survivors will be narrators while students will re-enact their wartime experiences. Click for more info |
USHMM- 2024 Ina Levine Annual Lecture—Untold Stories: The 1946 Massacre of Jews in Kielce, Poland
USHMM- 2024 Ina Levine Annual Lecture—Untold Stories: The 1946 Massacre of Jews in Kielce, Poland
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 20, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends May 20, 2024 at 7:00pm Explore the untold narratives of female heroes of the Kielce pogrom who were killed in the antisemitic attack, as well as those who survived, including survivor Niusia Borensztajn Nester. Click for more info |
HMH- Warren Fellowship Public Lecture | Antisemitism Here and Now – Mark Weitzman
HMH- Warren Fellowship Public Lecture | Antisemitism Here and Now – Mark Weitzman
6:30pm - 8:00pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 22, 2024 at 6:30pm Ends May 22, 2024 at 8:00pm Mark Weitzman is Chief Operating Officer for the World Jewish Restitution Organization where he plays a leading role in organization’s advocacy and negotiations efforts to recover Jewish properties in Europe in pursuit of a measure of justice for Holocaust survivors, their families, and Jewish communities. Click for more info |
Echoes & Reflections- The Power of Family Histories in Shaping Jewish Identity, Featuring Rachael Cerrotti
Echoes & Reflections- The Power of Family Histories in Shaping Jewish Identity, Featuring Rachael Cerrotti
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 23, 2024 at 3:00pm Ends May 23, 2024 at 4:00pm Rachael Cerrotti looks at how memory is an essential aspect of identity using photographs, video, audio, interviews & classroom resources Click for more info
Antisemitism, U.S.A.
Antisemitism, U.S.A.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 23, 2024 at 6:00pm Ends May 23, 2024 at 7:00pm “Antisemitism, U.S.A.” is an online conversation event featuring key contributors from the upcoming podcast of the same name, including noted scholars Mark Oppenheimer, Britt Tevis, Zev Eleff, Lincoln Mullen, Sarah Imhoff, and Kirsten Fermaglich. An official program of Jewish American Heritage Month, this event provides a deep dive into the pervasive issue of antisemitism in American history and its implications today. Click for more info |
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Echoes & Reflections- Exploring the Role of Dehumanization in the Genocidal Process
Echoes & Reflections- Exploring the Role of Dehumanization in the Genocidal Process
4:00pm - 5:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 28, 2024 at 4:00pm Ends May 28, 2024 at 5:00pm Using the power of media and propaganda to ignite pre-existing hatreds, perpetrators of genocide dehumanized victims to encourage average citizens and neighbors to turn against their fellow persons. Click for more info |
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Senate Bill 1828 charges the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission with developing or approving materials for a statewide Holocaust Remembrance Week. Provided is information on best practices and various lists of approved resources.
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