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DEAR MISS PERKINS. A Story of Frances Perkins’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany Book talk by Rebecca Brenner Graham, Ph.D.
DEAR MISS PERKINS. A Story of Frances Perkins’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany Book talk by Rebecca Brenner Graham, Ph.D.
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 9, 2025 at 11:00am Ends Jul 9, 2025 at 12:00pm Perkins’s early experiences working in Chicago’s famed Hull House, and as a firsthand witness to the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist fire, shaped her determination to advocate for immigrants and refugees. As Secretary of Labor, she wrestled with widespread antisemitism and isolationism, finding creative ways to work around quotas and restrictive immigration laws. Click for more info
MJH | Stories Survive: “Life Must Go On” Book Talk
MJH | Stories Survive: “Life Must Go On” Book Talk
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 9, 2025 at 6:00pm Ends Jul 9, 2025 at 7:00pm Life Must Go On is the remarkable story of Sol Lurie, a child survivor of six concentration camps during the Holocaust, who continues to be a beacon of hope. Click for more info |
DHHRM | Summer Survivor Speaker Series: Phil Glauben
DHHRM | Summer Survivor Speaker Series: Phil Glauben
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 11, 2025 at 1:00pm Ends Jul 11, 2025 at 2:00pm Phil Glauben is the son of Holocaust survivor Max Glauben, Z”L. In 1939, Max was 11 when the Nazis invaded Poland. Max and his family were confined to the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940. Click for more info |
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MJH | “The Teacher of Auschwitz” Book Talk
MJH | “The Teacher of Auschwitz” Book Talk
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 15, 2025 at 6:00pm Ends Jul 15, 2025 at 7:00pm The Teacher of Auschwitz shines a light on a truly remarkable individual and tells the inspiring story of how he fought to protect innocence and hope amid depravity and despair. Click for more info |
HRA | Confronting Antisemitism: Holocaust Memory and the Garden of Hope
HRA | Confronting Antisemitism: Holocaust Memory and the Garden of Hope
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 16, 2025 at 12:00pm Ends Jul 16, 2025 at 1:00pm Join Holocaust Remembrance Association for a special Virtual Coffee Encounter featuring Dr. Susanna Kokkonen, former Director of Christian Friends of Yad Vashem, as she addresses the alarming rise in antisemitism and explores how the Holocaust Garden of Hope serves as a vital response through education, remembrance, and moral courage. Click for more info |
HMH | Gerald S. Kaplan Endowed Lecture: Antisemitism Today with Dr. Dave Rich
HMH | Gerald S. Kaplan Endowed Lecture: Antisemitism Today with Dr. Dave Rich
6:30pm - 8:00pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 17, 2025 at 6:30pm Ends Jul 17, 2025 at 8:00pm Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a lecture on contemporary antisemitism from one of the UK’s leading experts on the subject. Dr. Dave Rich has worked for almost thirty years for the Community Security Trust, a Jewish charity that protects the UK Jewish community, and has advised the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, football clubs, political parties and many other organizations on how to tackle antisemitism. Click for more info |
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Confronting Antisemitism in America
Confronting Antisemitism in America
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 24, 2025 at 12:00pm Ends Jul 24, 2025 at 1:00pm Join leaders from the Jewish community as we explore the rise of antisemitism in America. Click for more info |
DHHRM | Summer Survivor Speaker Series: Hanna Schrob
DHHRM | Summer Survivor Speaker Series: Hanna Schrob
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 25, 2025 at 1:00pm Ends Jul 25, 2025 at 2:00pm Hanna Schrob was born in 1936 in Maastricht, Holland. The Nazis invaded Holland in 1940. Two years later, Hanna and her family were arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Westerbork Transit Camp. Click for more info |
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Your Professors are Lying to You About Israel
Your Professors are Lying to You About Israel
7:00pm - 9:00pm
(2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 28, 2025 at 7:00pm Ends Jul 28, 2025 at 9:00pm Jewish students are facing unprecedented hatred on college campuses today. We must act now to protect our students from this harassment and intimidation. Hugh Taylor outlines ways students can advocate for themselves and call out academic dishonesty. This talk will cover the biggest lies professors espouse about Israel, how to support our students, and combat campus antisemitism. Click for more info |
ADL | Making Social Media Safer: Practical Tools for Educators and Parents
ADL | Making Social Media Safer: Practical Tools for Educators and Parents
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 29, 2025 at 12:00pm Ends Jul 29, 2025 at 1:00pm Join ADL for a webinar to provide young people with tools & insights to keep them responsible and safe from antisemitism & biased rhetoric in the digital world. Click for more info |
USHMM | 2025 First Person Series: Emanuel “Manny” Mandel
USHMM | 2025 First Person Series: Emanuel “Manny” Mandel
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 30, 2025 at 12:00pm Ends Jul 30, 2025 at 1:00pm When eight-year-old Emanuel “Manny” Mandel and his mother escaped German-occupied Budapest in summer 1944, their tense journey did not go as expected. Nazi and Hungarian authorities had begun deporting several thousand Jews per day to the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center. 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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