Events

Speaking Engagements

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Starts Feb 5, 2025 at 11:00am
Ends Feb 5, 2025 at 12:30pm

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In this six-part course, learners will explore pivotal periods, such as the interactions between Jews and early Christianity and Islam, medieval manifestations in Christian Europe, the rise of racially motivated antisemitism leading to the Holocaust, the influence of communism and Islamism on perceptions of Jews, and the contemporary landscape of antisemitism, encompassing both extreme right-wing and left-wing ideologies.
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Speaking Engagements

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Starts Feb 6, 2025 at 4:00pm
Ends Feb 6, 2025 at 5:00pm

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Lecture presented by Marc Masurovsky, who co-founded the Holocaust Art Restitution Project (HARP) in September 1997 and served as its Director of Research. Since 1980 he has examined the general question of assets looted during the Nazi era. He worked as an expert historian on a class-action lawsuit filed by Jewish claimants against three leading Swiss banks, accusing them of having expropriated the property that their families had deposited in their safes and bank accounts.
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Speaking Engagements

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Starts Feb 9, 2025 at 2:00pm
Ends Feb 9, 2025 at 3:00pm

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Schmuel Lewent survived the Lodz Ghetto only to be transported to the infamous Auschwitz death camp with his wife and 2-month-old baby child. The child didn’t survive the trip and at selection, his wife was sent to the gas chamber. Schmuel was condemned to slave labor at Auschwitz where he toiled for over three years. Schmuel’s survival is miraculous and the story an inspiration. Learn more of Schmuel’s story and his strength to survive Auschwitz concentration camp shared by his son, Russell Kassman, on February 9, 2025 at 2pm.
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Speaking Engagements

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Starts Feb 12, 2025 at 11:00am
Ends Feb 12, 2025 at 12:30pm

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In this six-part course, learners will explore pivotal periods, such as the interactions between Jews and early Christianity and Islam, medieval manifestations in Christian Europe, the rise of racially motivated antisemitism leading to the Holocaust, the influence of communism and Islamism on perceptions of Jews, and the contemporary landscape of antisemitism, encompassing both extreme right-wing and left-wing ideologies.
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Speaking Engagements

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Starts Feb 13, 2025 at 2:00pm
Ends Feb 13, 2025 at 3:00pm

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This talk examines the strategies of concealment described in the USC Shoah Foundation testimonies of Jewish refugees who made the journey to Japan to escape Nazi persecution in the early 1940s. The testimonies discuss acts of self-concealment—through religion, occupation, or name—as well as the hiding of physical objects, such as jewelry, money, gold, and essential paperwork.
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Speaking Engagements

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Starts Feb 19, 2025 at 12:00pm
Ends Feb 19, 2025 at 1:00pm

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Holocaust survivor Ninetta Feldman remembers fleeing her aunt’s house and hiding in an ancient Greek fortress to keep safe from the falling bombs during World War II.
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Speaking Engagements

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Starts Feb 24, 2025 at 6:00pm
Ends Feb 24, 2025 at 7:00pm

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Alfons Sperber was only 11 years old when he began his narrow escape from the grips of the German Anschluss of Austria in 1938, eventually being hidden in a Christian monastery in France and crossing over the Alps into Switzerland, before gaining passage to the United States in 1948.
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Speaking Engagements

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Starts Feb 26, 2025 at 11:00am
Ends Feb 26, 2025 at 12:30pm

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In this six-part course, learners will explore pivotal periods, such as the interactions between Jews and early Christianity and Islam, medieval manifestations in Christian Europe, the rise of racially motivated antisemitism leading to the Holocaust, the influence of communism and Islamism on perceptions of Jews, and the contemporary landscape of antisemitism, encompassing both extreme right-wing and left-wing ideologies.
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Speaking Engagements

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Starts Feb 26, 2025 at 6:00pm
Ends Feb 26, 2025 at 7:00pm

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In The Prosecutor, Jack Fairweather brings to life the remarkable true story of Fritz Bauer, a gay, Jewish judge from Stuttgart who returned to Germany after World War II to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past.
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Speaking Engagements

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Starts Feb 27, 2025 at 11:00am
Ends Feb 27, 2025 at 12:00pm

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Ascher survived the Shoah from 1942, finding refuge in a cellar in Berlin-Grunewald. During these harrowing and isolating years, he composed poetry. Post-1945, Ascher developed a distinctive artistic style, drawing inspiration from the nearby Grunewald, focusing on landscapes while remaining faithful to his expressionist visual language. He lived a reclusive life until his passing on March 26, 1970.
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Speaking Engagements

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Starts Feb 27, 2025 at 6:00pm
Ends Feb 27, 2025 at 8:00pm

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At a time when the world is in turmoil and conflict, diplomacy is needed to face America’s greatest challenges. Can today’s seemingly insurmountable struggles be softened by negotiation? And what is the role of education in this mission? Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat joins us to share his thoughts drawn from wide-ranging experiences as a diplomat and negotiator who served multiple U.S. administrations.
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