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Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024
Ends Sep 30, 2024
Our signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world. Participate in three modules which will provide you with an overview of Echoes & Reflections and its associated resources, a sound pedagogy for teaching about the Holocaust, background information on the history of antisemitism, and time to consider the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic.
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Jewish Film Festival El Paso | Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre
Jewish Film Festival El Paso | Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre 2:00pm - 6:00pm (4h)
Films
Starts Sep 29, 2024 at 2:00pm
Ends Sep 29, 2024 at 6:00pm
This film provides a retrospective of 24 hours at the Nova festival in Re'im through the lens of young individuals who endured the horror.
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JFF Dallas | Colleyville
JFF Dallas | Colleyville 4:00pm - 6:00pm (2h)
Films
Starts Sep 29, 2024 at 4:00pm
Ends Sep 29, 2024 at 6:00pm
In the safe haven of Colleyville, Texas, on January 15, 2022, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three others find themselves hostages when a stranger disrupts a typical Saturday morning at Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Dani Menkin, (ON THE MAP, PICTURE OF HIS LIFE) this gripping real-life drama unfolds over an 11-hour standoff, testing their resilience and courage in unimaginable ways. This international event captured the world's attention live on TV. The film features never-before-seen footage from those harrowing 11 hours, providing a unique perspective on the ordeal.
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Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Erika Fabian
Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Erika Fabian 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 29, 2024 at 5:00pm
Ends Sep 29, 2024 at 6:00pm
Erika was born in Budapest, Hungary. In 1944, Erika's mother managed to secure false papers for her family, and they lived under Christian identities in Budapest for the rest of the war.
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Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Sep 2, 2024
Ends Sep 30, 2024
Our signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world. Participate in three modules which will provide you with an overview of Echoes & Reflections and its associated resources, a sound pedagogy for teaching about the Holocaust, background information on the history of antisemitism, and time to consider the effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic.
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Rosh Hashana Begins
Rosh Hashana Begins All Day
General
Oct 2, 2024 (All Day)
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Rosh Hashana
Rosh Hashana All Day (2 days)
General
Starts Oct 3, 2024
Ends Oct 4, 2024
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Rosh Hashana All Day (2 days)
General
Starts Oct 3, 2024
Ends Oct 4, 2024
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Dimensions in Testimony at El Paso Holocaust Museum
Dimensions in Testimony at El Paso Holocaust Museum 10:00am - 4:00pm (6h)
Exhibits
Starts Oct 5, 2024 at 10:00am
Ends Oct 5, 2024 at 4:00pm
El Paso Holocaust Museum is proud to announce the upcoming Grand Opening of a new permanent exhibition: Dimensions in Testimony
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Congregation Beth El October 7th Commemoration
Congregation Beth El October 7th Commemoration 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 6, 2024 at 2:00pm
Ends Oct 6, 2024 at 3:00pm
Congregation Beth El in Tyler will hold a one-year anniversary commemoration of the events of Oct. 7, 2023 in Israel.
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Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Sami Steigmann
Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Sami Steigmann 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 6, 2024 at 5:00pm
Ends Oct 6, 2024 at 6:00pm
Sami was born in 1939 in Czernowitz, a city in the region of Bukovina. Between 1941 and 1944, he and his family were interned in the Mogilev-Podolsky labor camp in Transnistria.
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Holocaust Remembrance Association | Holocaust Garden of Hope October 7 Commemoration
Holocaust Remembrance Association | Holocaust Garden of Hope October 7 Commemoration 8:30pm - 10:30pm (2h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 6, 2024 at 8:30pm
Ends Oct 6, 2024 at 10:30pm
In commemoration of the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel, the Holocaust Remembrance Association will take part in the global vigil led by March of Life, reading the names of the 1,170 victims, standing united with the Jewish people and state of Israel at the Holocaust Garden of Hope - a unique children’s memorial garden at King’s Harbor in Kingwood, Texas.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024
Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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A One-Day Summit Honoring Israel & Commemorating October 7th
A One-Day Summit Honoring Israel & Commemorating October 7th 8:00am - 2:00pm (6h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2024 at 8:00am
Ends Oct 7, 2024 at 2:00pm
Join America for Israel and leading organizations in Texas for a significant one-day event in Dallas to commemorate the attacks of October 7th in Israel.
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Shalom Austin | Marking One Year: Oct. 7 Community Commemoration
Shalom Austin | Marking One Year: Oct. 7 Community Commemoration 9:00am - 5:00pm (8h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2024 at 9:00am
Ends Oct 7, 2024 at 5:00pm
Shalom Austin along with local Jewish institutions and congregations are planning a series of commemorative events on October 7, 2024, reflecting unity, rehabilitation and renewal.
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Jewish Dallas’ October 7th Community Commemoration
Jewish Dallas’ October 7th Community Commemoration 6:00pm - 10:00pm (4h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ends Oct 7, 2024 at 10:00pm
This event is hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas in partnership with organizations and agencies across the Jewish community.
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Jewish Federation of San Antonio | Oct 7th Memorial Event
Jewish Federation of San Antonio | Oct 7th Memorial Event 6:30pm - 8:30pm (2h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2024 at 6:30pm
Ends Oct 7, 2024 at 8:30pm
Join the Jewish Community in San Antonio as we commemorate the first anniversary of this tragic war and look forward to a future of peace and resilience. The community-wide gathering will honor the past and remember those still in captivity, while embracing hope for tomorrow. Location details provided upon registration.
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Houston Community Vigil in Remembrance of October 7
Houston Community Vigil in Remembrance of October 7 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2024 at 7:00pm
Ends Oct 7, 2024 at 8:00pm
Houston commemoration for the tragedy of Oct. 7th. The program will be focused on “Remembrance, Unity, and Hope” and include songs, prayers, and remarks from community leaders.
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Jewish Federation of Ft. Worth Commemoration | An Evening at Congregation Ahavath Sholom
Jewish Federation of Ft. Worth Commemoration | An Evening at Congregation Ahavath Sholom 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2024 at 7:00pm
Ends Oct 7, 2024 at 8:00pm
Join the Ft. Worth Jewish community to remember and stand in solidarity with our Jewish homeland. One year later, we will come together to honor the lives lost and pray for a peaceful future.
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McAllen- October 7 Memorial and Solidarity Event
McAllen- October 7 Memorial and Solidarity Event 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2024 at 7:00pm
Ends Oct 7, 2024 at 8:00pm
The Jewish community of the Rio Grande Valley will be joining together in the Temple Emanuel Sanctuary to mark this date, to pray, to mourn, to comfort, to reaffirm our commitment to one another, and to be a light in a world sometimes filled with darkness.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
Click for more info
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | Teaching About Perpetrators: How Was It Humanly Possible?
Echoes & Reflections | Teaching About Perpetrators: How Was It Humanly Possible? 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 9, 2024 at 2:00pm
Ends Oct 9, 2024 at 3:00pm
How do we address the subject of perpetrators? How can we teach our students to understand the enormity of the crimes committed during the Holocaust?
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Voices for Israel | An October 7th Commemoration
Voices for Israel | An October 7th Commemoration 6:30pm - 7:30pm (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 9, 2024 at 6:30pm
Ends Oct 9, 2024 at 7:30pm
This commemoration is at the Texas A&M Rudder Theatre to commemorate October 7th. This event is open to the public.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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AZM | October Seventh Exhibition: A Virtual Tour of Anguish, Loss, Anger, Memory, & Sorrow
AZM | October Seventh Exhibition: A Virtual Tour of Anguish, Loss, Anger, Memory, & Sorrow 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 10, 2024 at 12:00pm
Ends Oct 10, 2024 at 1:00pm
The ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv has a new exhibit, October Seventh, examining how Israeli culture reacts to war.
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USHMM | Holocaust Survivors and the Long Shadow of Trauma
USHMM | Holocaust Survivors and the Long Shadow of Trauma 1:00pm - 3:00pm (2h)
General
Starts Oct 10, 2024 at 1:00pm
Ends Oct 10, 2024 at 3:00pm
For survivors, their life is forever divided—before the Holocaust and after. Many lost family, friends, and entire communities. They also mourn their stolen youth and dreams for the future.
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Classrooms Without Borders | Silent Shadows: A Virtual Commemoration of October 7th with Rabbi Jonty Blackman
Classrooms Without Borders | Silent Shadows: A Virtual Commemoration of October 7th with Rabbi Jonty Blackman 3:00pm - 4:30pm (1h 30m)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 10, 2024 at 3:00pm
Ends Oct 10, 2024 at 4:30pm
Facilitated by Rabbi Blackman, this virtual event offers a poignant opportunity to honor the lives lost on October 7th, 2023. Through compelling narratives and insightful reflections, we will commemorate the victims, explore themes of resilience, and contemplate the enduring lessons of this tragic day.
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HMH | Troll Storm: Combating Hate in a Digital World with Tanya Gersh
HMH | Troll Storm: Combating Hate in a Digital World with Tanya Gersh 6:30pm - 8:30pm (2h)
Films
Starts Oct 10, 2024 at 6:30pm
Ends Oct 10, 2024 at 8:30pm
Film Screening of "Troll Storm" which illustrates the Unite the Right Rally aftermath and the meteoric rise of White Nationalist figure Richard Spencer, a Jewish mother from Whitefish, Montana finds herself and her family targeted by a Neo-Nazi troll storm.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Yom Kippur Begins
Yom Kippur Begins All Day
General
Oct 11, 2024 (All Day)
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur All Day
General
Oct 12, 2024 (All Day)
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Ralph Preiss
Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Ralph Preiss 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 13, 2024 at 5:00pm
Ends Oct 13, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ralph was born in Breslau, Germany in 1930. After struggling to obtain visas, he and his family left Germany for the Philippines in 1939.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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HMH | Holocaust Survivor Talk featuring Commissioner Lucy Katz
HMH | Holocaust Survivor Talk featuring Commissioner Lucy Katz All Day
Speaking Engagements
Oct 14, 2024 (All Day)
THGAAC Commissioner Lucy Katz presents at HMH in an effort to educate students, their parents, and the greater community about the Holocaust and genocide. She strives to inspire everyone with a sense of responsibility to uphold human value and to prevent future atrocities.
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Holocaust Museum LA | Medical Ethics: Lessons from the Past
Holocaust Museum LA | Medical Ethics: Lessons from the Past All Day
Speaking Engagements
Oct 14, 2024 (All Day)
Join Holocaust Museum LA for this online talk by Dr. Raul Artal-Mittelmark, who will explore the role of physicians and nurses during the Holocaust, as well as the origins of informed consent. Dr. Artal-Mittelmark was born in a Nazi concentration camp, and his own birth experience inspired him to become an OB-GYN.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections - Humanizing History at Sites of Memory
Echoes & Reflections - Humanizing History at Sites of Memory 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 15, 2024 at 3:00pm
Ends Oct 15, 2024 at 4:00pm
In this webinar, Sedda Antekelian, Senior Learning and Development from the USC Shoah Foundation and Jennifer Goss, Program Manager at Echoes & Reflections will present examples of Virtual IWalks and strategies for how they can be used to further student understanding of the power of memory, place and space.
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Heroes of a Hidden Child: One Survivor's Story of Gratitude with Commissioner Lucy Katz
Heroes of a Hidden Child: One Survivor's Story of Gratitude with Commissioner Lucy Katz 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 15, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ends Oct 15, 2024 at 7:00pm
Commissioner Lucy Katz relates her history as a Hidden Child during the Holocaust by highlighting the courage of the individuals who worked to save her.
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Echoes & Reflections | Humanizing History at Sites of Memory
Echoes & Reflections | Humanizing History at Sites of Memory 6:30pm - 7:30pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 15, 2024 at 6:30pm
Ends Oct 15, 2024 at 7:30pm
Virtual IWalks are a unique multimedia educational experience that contextualizes and humanizes the history at sites of memory by using testimony, photographs and maps to engage students. Virtual IWalks in IWitness deepen student learning through guided questions, whose results can be assessed by educators.
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Monthly Jewish Study- Getting a Handle on Modern Antisemitism
Monthly Jewish Study- Getting a Handle on Modern Antisemitism 7:00pm - 8:30pm (1h 30m)
General
Starts Oct 15, 2024 at 7:00pm
Ends Oct 15, 2024 at 8:30pm
Monthly Jewish Study - Getting a Handle on Modern Antisemitism at Congregation Beth Shalom of the Woodlands.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Jewish Federation of Greater Houston- Holocaust Survivors Lunch
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston- Holocaust Survivors Lunch 12:00pm - 1:30pm (1h 30m)
General
Starts Oct 16, 2024 at 12:00pm
Ends Oct 16, 2024 at 1:30pm
A luncheon for Holocaust Survivors to get together, enjoy lunch and a program.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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HMMSA | Survivor Speakers Series: The Stories of Holocaust Survivors told by their Descendants
HMMSA | Survivor Speakers Series: The Stories of Holocaust Survivors told by their Descendants 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 20, 2024 at 2:00pm
Ends Oct 20, 2024 at 3:00pm
RUTH FUKS REIF Born in Pabiance, Poland to Auschwitz, plus a daring train escape. Hear Ruth’s story of survival shared by her granddaughter, Eleanor Gossen.
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Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Ben Lesser
Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Ben Lesser 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 20, 2024 at 5:00pm
Ends Oct 20, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ben was born in Krakow, Poland in 1928. He survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald and was liberated in Dachau in 1945.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024
Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024 All Day (15 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
In this dynamic online self-paced course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Echoes & Reflections | A Growing Threat: Responding to Antisemitism in the Classroom
Echoes & Reflections | A Growing Threat: Responding to Antisemitism in the Classroom 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ends Oct 21, 2024 at 7:00pm
Join us at 7pm ET alongside Megan Nevels, Sr. Associate Director of Jewish Community Engagement, ADL West and Jesse Tannetta, Director of Holocaust Content & Pedagogy for Echoes & Reflections to discuss the impact that rising antisemitism is having on students and school culture.
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JFF Dallas | Resistance: They Fought Back
JFF Dallas | Resistance: They Fought Back 7:00pm - 8:30pm (1h 30m)
Films
Starts Oct 21, 2024 at 7:00pm
Ends Oct 21, 2024 at 8:30pm
We’ve all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but most people have no idea how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024 All Day (15 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
In this dynamic online self-paced course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
Click for more info
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024 All Day (15 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
In this dynamic online self-paced course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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USHMM | 2024 First Person Series: Rose-Helene Spreiregen
USHMM | 2024 First Person Series: Rose-Helene Spreiregen 12:00pm - 3:00pm (3h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 23, 2024 at 12:00pm
Ends Oct 23, 2024 at 3:00pm
Rose-Helene Spreiregen was just a child waiting in line for rations when she overheard adults call her a “dirty Jew.” Naive and vulnerable, she thought, “Maybe they had a point. Maybe I was no good.” Rose-Helene had been fending for herself and her grandmother in German-occupied Paris ever since authorities had deported her mother in July 1942.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024 All Day (15 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
In this dynamic online self-paced course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
Click for more info
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024 All Day (15 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
In this dynamic online self-paced course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
Click for more info
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
Click for more info
 
Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024 All Day (15 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
In this dynamic online self-paced course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
Click for more info
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
Click for more info
 
Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024 All Day (15 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
In this dynamic online self-paced course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
Click for more info
Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Monika White & Gitta Morris
Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Monika White & Gitta Morris 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 27, 2024 at 5:00pm
Ends Oct 27, 2024 at 6:00pm
Monika and Gitta are twin sisters who were born in the Shanghai Jewish Ghetto. They lived there until they were eight years old in 1948, when they immigrated to the United States.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024 All Day (15 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
In this dynamic online self-paced course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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DHHRM | Enemies of the State: Nazi Persecution of LGBTQ+ People
DHHRM | Enemies of the State: Nazi Persecution of LGBTQ+ People 7:00pm - 9:00pm (2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 28, 2024 at 7:00pm
Ends Oct 28, 2024 at 9:00pm
In commemoration of LGBTQ+ History Month, Dr. Jake Newsome, founder and director of the Pink Triangle Legacies Project, joins us to share survivor testimonies and untangle the complex motivations of Nazi leaders to combat homosexuality.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024 All Day (15 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
In this dynamic online self-paced course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Echoes & Reflections | "Resist! To Our Last Breath": Jewish Uprisings in Auschwitz, Sobibor, & Treblinka
Echoes & Reflections | "Resist! To Our Last Breath": Jewish Uprisings in Auschwitz, Sobibor, & Treblinka 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 29, 2024 at 3:00pm
Ends Oct 29, 2024 at 4:00pm
Despite the Nazis’ attempt to dehumanize their victims, Jews steadfastly maintained their humanity in the face of almost certain death. Even in concentration camps, Jews resisted the Nazi plan of annihilation by protecting their dignity and resisting, including through violent uprisings in multiple death camps.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024 All Day (15 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
In this dynamic online self-paced course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University | Online Educator Training: Foundations of Resistance
The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University | Online Educator Training: Foundations of Resistance 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 30, 2024 at 3:00pm
Ends Oct 30, 2024 at 4:00pm
This training will teach students how to counter antisemitism with the Jewish Paristan Educational Foundation's new Foundation of Resistance: A Curriculum to Counter Antisemitism for Grades 6-12.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024 All Day (15 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
In this dynamic online self-paced course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024 All Day (15 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
In this dynamic online self-paced course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 7, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
Echoes & Reflections' signature professional development program provides educators with classroom resources to help students build a profound understanding of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and its enduring significance in today's world.
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Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024 All Day (15 days)
Workshops
Starts Oct 21, 2024
Ends Nov 4, 2024
In this dynamic online self-paced course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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October 2024

Echoes & Reflections Course- Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, September 2024

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  • Mon, Sep 2 - Mon, Sep 30, 2024
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online course

Jewish Film Festival El Paso | Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre

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  • Sun, Sep 29, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Alamo Draft House | 250 Montecillo Blvd., El Paso, TX 79912

JFF Dallas | Colleyville

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  • Sun, Sep 29, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  LOOK! Dine-In Cinemas NW Hwy

Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Erika Fabian

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  • Sun, Sep 29, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

Rosh Hashana Begins

  • Wed, Oct 2 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General

Rosh Hashana

  • Thu, Oct 3 - Fri, Oct 4, 2024
  • Calendar:   General

Dimensions in Testimony at El Paso Holocaust Museum

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  • Sat, Oct 5, 10:00am - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Exhibits
  • Location:  El Paso Holocaust Museum 715 N. Oregon (directions) El Paso, TX 79902

Congregation Beth El October 7th Commemoration

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  • Sun, Oct 6, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  1010 Charleston Drive Tyler, Texas 75703

Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Sami Steigmann

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  • Sun, Oct 6, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

Holocaust Remembrance Association | Holocaust Garden of Hope October 7 Commemoration

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  • Sun, Oct 6, 8:30pm - 10:30pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  The Holocaust Garden of Hope 1660 W. Lake Houston Pkwy Kingwood, TX 77345

Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, October 2024

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  • Mon, Oct 7 - Mon, Nov 4, 2024
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online Workshop

A One-Day Summit Honoring Israel & Commemorating October 7th

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  • Mon, Oct 7, 8:00am - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Marriott Quorum Dallas Addison 14901 Dallas Parkway Dallas, TX, 75254 Grand Ballroom

Shalom Austin | Marking One Year: Oct. 7 Community Commemoration

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  • Mon, Oct 7, 9:00am - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations

Jewish Dallas’ October 7th Community Commemoration

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  • Mon, Oct 7, 6:00pm - 10:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations

Jewish Federation of San Antonio | Oct 7th Memorial Event

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  • Mon, Oct 7, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Temple Beth El 211 Belknap San Antonio, TX 78212

Houston Community Vigil in Remembrance of October 7

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  • Mon, Oct 7, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Congregation Beth Yeshurun | 4525 Beechnut St.

Jewish Federation of Ft. Worth Commemoration | An Evening at Congregation Ahavath Sholom

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  • Mon, Oct 7, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Congregation Ahavath Sholom is located at 4050 S. Hulen Street, Fort Worth, TX 76109.

McAllen- October 7 Memorial and Solidarity Event

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  • Mon, Oct 7, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Temple Emanuel Sanctuary 4300 N. Chai Street McAllen, TX 78504

Echoes & Reflections | Teaching About Perpetrators: How Was It Humanly Possible?

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  • Wed, Oct 9, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

Voices for Israel | An October 7th Commemoration

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  • Wed, Oct 9, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Texas A&M University, Rudder Theatre Complex College Station, Texas77843

AZM | October Seventh Exhibition: A Virtual Tour of Anguish, Loss, Anger, Memory, & Sorrow

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  • Thu, Oct 10, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Virtual

USHMM | Holocaust Survivors and the Long Shadow of Trauma

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  • Thu, Oct 10, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

Classrooms Without Borders | Silent Shadows: A Virtual Commemoration of October 7th with Rabbi Jonty Blackman

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  • Thu, Oct 10, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

HMH | Troll Storm: Combating Hate in a Digital World with Tanya Gersh

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  • Thu, Oct 10, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston Lester and Sue Smith Campus 5401 Caroline Houston, TX , 77004

Yom Kippur Begins

  • Fri, Oct 11 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General

Yom Kippur

  • Sat, Oct 12 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General

Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Ralph Preiss

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  • Sun, Oct 13, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

HMH | Holocaust Survivor Talk featuring Commissioner Lucy Katz

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  • Mon, Oct 14 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston Lester and Sue Smith Campus 5401 Caroline Houston, TX, 77004

Holocaust Museum LA | Medical Ethics: Lessons from the Past

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  • Mon, Oct 14 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

Echoes & Reflections - Humanizing History at Sites of Memory

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  • Tue, Oct 15, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

Heroes of a Hidden Child: One Survivor's Story of Gratitude with Commissioner Lucy Katz

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  • Tue, Oct 15, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Rosenberg Library 2310 Sealy Avenue Galveston, TX 77550

Echoes & Reflections | Humanizing History at Sites of Memory

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  • Tue, Oct 15, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

Monthly Jewish Study- Getting a Handle on Modern Antisemitism

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  • Tue, Oct 15, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Congregation Beth Shalom of the Woodlands 5125 SHADOWBEND PLACE THE WOODLANDS, TX, 77381

Jewish Federation of Greater Houston- Holocaust Survivors Lunch

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  • Wed, Oct 16, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
  • Calendar:   General

HMMSA | Survivor Speakers Series: The Stories of Holocaust Survivors told by their Descendants

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  • Sun, Oct 20, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio 12500 Northwest Military HighwaySan Antonio, TX, 78231

Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Ben Lesser

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  • Sun, Oct 20, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

Echoes & Reflections | How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, October 2024

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  • Mon, Oct 21 - Mon, Nov 4, 2024
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online

Echoes & Reflections | A Growing Threat: Responding to Antisemitism in the Classroom

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  • Mon, Oct 21, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

JFF Dallas | Resistance: They Fought Back

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  • Mon, Oct 21, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Studio Movie Grill - Royal Lane

USHMM | 2024 First Person Series: Rose-Helene Spreiregen

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  • Wed, Oct 23, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

Holocaust Museum LA | Virtual Sunday Survivor Talk with Monika White & Gitta Morris

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  • Sun, Oct 27, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

DHHRM | Enemies of the State: Nazi Persecution of LGBTQ+ People

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  • Mon, Oct 28, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum 300 N. Houston Street Dallas, Texas 75202

Echoes & Reflections | "Resist! To Our Last Breath": Jewish Uprisings in Auschwitz, Sobibor, & Treblinka

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  • Tue, Oct 29, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University | Online Educator Training: Foundations of Resistance

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  • Wed, Oct 30, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

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