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October 2025

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Echoes & Reflections | "Did the Holocaust Take Place in Denmark?"
Echoes & Reflections | "Did the Holocaust Take Place in Denmark?" 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 29, 2025 at 2:00pm
Ends Sep 29, 2025 at 3:00pm
Between October 1 and October 2, 1943, during the Jewish holiday of Rosh HaShanah (the Jewish New Year) German Nazi forces made an attempt to capture the more than 7,000 Jews of Denmark in order to deport them to their deaths like millions of Jews before.
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“MJH | Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend” Book Talk
“MJH | Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend” Book Talk 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 29, 2025 at 6:00pm
Ends Sep 29, 2025 at 7:00pm
Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend is the ultimate immigrant story and an epic David-and-Goliath adventure. While American teens were socializing in ice cream parlors, Siggi B. Wilzig was suffering beatings by Nazi hoodlums for being a Jew and was soon deported along with his family to the darkest place the world has ever known: Auschwitz.
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ADL | Effectively Fighting Antisemitism in K-12 Schools
ADL | Effectively Fighting Antisemitism in K-12 Schools 11:30am - 12:30pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 9, 2025 at 11:30am
Ends Oct 9, 2025 at 12:30pm
In this webinar, attendees will learn the data behind antisemitism in K-12 schools, research-backed methods of effectively fighting it, and how ADL is combating it via advocacy. Most importantly, attendees will learn practical steps they can take today to advocate against antisemitism in K-12 schools.
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Jewish Book Festival: Hostage by Eli Sharabi
Jewish Book Festival: Hostage by Eli Sharabi 1:00pm - 2:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 10, 2025 at 1:00pm
Ends Oct 10, 2025 at 2:00pm
After 491 days in Hamas captivity, Eli Sharabi emerged from the tunnels of Gaza, a shadow of his former self, and finally made his way home to Israel, only to learn the devastating news that his wife and daughters had been killed on October 7.
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MJH | An All-of-Society Approach: A Conversation with Yair Rosenberg & Amy Spitalnick on Uprooting Antisemitism
MJH | An All-of-Society Approach: A Conversation with Yair Rosenberg & Amy Spitalnick on Uprooting Antisemitism 4:00pm - 5:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 12, 2025 at 4:00pm
Ends Oct 12, 2025 at 5:00pm
Antisemitism fuels hate-filled conspiracy theories that not only drive people to commit horrible acts of violence but also undermine the very fabric of our nation. What we are seeing is a rise in violence against Jews that crosses political ideology and spectrums, and the normalization of rising antisemitism sets a dangerous precedent.
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Echoes & Reflections | Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing
Echoes & Reflections | Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 13, 2025 at 3:00pm
Ends Oct 13, 2025 at 4:00pm
At its heart, genocide happens because individual humans choose to kill other individual humans in large numbers and over an extended period of time.
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Echoes & Reflections | Teaching the Holocaust & Jim Crow Racism Together: Opportunities and Pitfalls
Echoes & Reflections | Teaching the Holocaust & Jim Crow Racism Together: Opportunities and Pitfalls 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 20, 2025 at 3:00pm
Ends Oct 20, 2025 at 4:00pm
In the last few years, it has become common for writers and commentators to examine intersections between crimes against Jews in Nazi Germany and anti-Black racism in the U.S.
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17th Annual Rice University Lecture Series: Anat Ronen – Paving Her Own Path
17th Annual Rice University Lecture Series: Anat Ronen – Paving Her Own Path 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 20, 2025 at 7:00pm
Ends Oct 20, 2025 at 8:00pm
Jewish and Hebrew culture has always reflected and responded to the turbulent and often violent history of the Jewish people, from ancient persecutions to modern conflicts.
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USHMM | 2025 First Person Series: Ruth Cohen
USHMM | 2025 First Person Series: Ruth Cohen 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 22, 2025 at 12:00pm
Ends Oct 22, 2025 at 1:00pm
As a teenager, Ruth Cohen and her family, along with other Jews, were forced from their home into a ghetto in what was then Hungary. About a month later, German authorities deported them to the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center, where Ruth was assigned to work as a courier, delivering guards’ messages throughout the camp.
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MJH | Stories Survive: "Family Treasures" Book Talk
MJH | Stories Survive: "Family Treasures" Book Talk 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 22, 2025 at 6:00pm
Ends Oct 22, 2025 at 7:00pm
In her memoir, Family Treasures Lost and Found, journalist Karen A. Frenkel investigates her relatives’ unspoken stories of survival and the extremely unlikely odds of escaping the Nazis. Family Treasures is her detective story; an intergenerational sleuthing adventure using journalistic and genealogical research techniques to fill gaps in her family’s unspoken wartime tales.
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17th Annual Rice University Lecture Series: Ido Telem – H.N. Bialik and the Poetry of Slaughter
17th Annual Rice University Lecture Series: Ido Telem – H.N. Bialik and the Poetry of Slaughter 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 22, 2025 at 7:00pm
Ends Oct 22, 2025 at 8:00pm
Jewish and Hebrew culture has always reflected and responded to the turbulent and often violent history of the Jewish people, from ancient persecutions to modern conflicts.
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AJC | Understanding Antisemitism as an American Tradition
AJC | Understanding Antisemitism as an American Tradition 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 23, 2025 at 11:00am
Ends Oct 23, 2025 at 12:00pm
Join American Jewish Committee (AJC) for a timely conversation with Pamela S. Nadell, award-winning historian and author of Antisemitism, an American Tradition.
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HMH | Hollywood and the Holocaust with Joshua M. Greene
HMH | Hollywood and the Holocaust with Joshua M. Greene 6:30pm - 8:30pm (2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 23, 2025 at 6:30pm
Ends Oct 23, 2025 at 8:30pm
With stunning video clips and dramatic photographs, Emmy Award-nominated producer Joshua M. Greene explores existential and pedagogical issues surrounding the transmission of Holocaust memory in this public lecture.
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HMMSA | HMMSA Reads: "Holocaust Graphic Narratives: Generation, Trauma & Memory"
HMMSA | HMMSA Reads: "Holocaust Graphic Narratives: Generation, Trauma & Memory" 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 29, 2025 at 7:00pm
Ends Oct 29, 2025 at 8:00pm
Join us alongside author Dr. Victoria Aarons for an evening exploring "Holocaust Graphic Narratives: Generation, Trauma & Memory."
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October 2025

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Echoes & Reflections | "Did the Holocaust Take Place in Denmark?"

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  • Mon, Sep 29, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

“MJH | Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend” Book Talk

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  • Mon, Sep 29, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual

ADL | Effectively Fighting Antisemitism in K-12 Schools

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  • Thu, Oct 9, 11:30am - 12:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

Jewish Book Festival: Hostage by Eli Sharabi

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  • Fri, Oct 10, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Oshman Gymnasium @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood Houston, TX 77096

MJH | An All-of-Society Approach: A Conversation with Yair Rosenberg & Amy Spitalnick on Uprooting Antisemitism

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  • Sun, Oct 12, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtually

Echoes & Reflections | Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing

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  • Mon, Oct 13, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

Echoes & Reflections | Teaching the Holocaust & Jim Crow Racism Together: Opportunities and Pitfalls

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  • Mon, Oct 20, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

17th Annual Rice University Lecture Series: Anat Ronen – Paving Her Own Path

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  • Mon, Oct 20, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  JCC Houston 5601 S. Braeswood Blvd Houston, Texas 77096

USHMM | 2025 First Person Series: Ruth Cohen

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  • Wed, Oct 22, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

MJH | Stories Survive: "Family Treasures" Book Talk

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  • Wed, Oct 22, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtually

17th Annual Rice University Lecture Series: Ido Telem – H.N. Bialik and the Poetry of Slaughter

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  • Wed, Oct 22, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston (ERJCC) 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, TX 77096

AJC | Understanding Antisemitism as an American Tradition

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  • Thu, Oct 23, 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

HMH | Hollywood and the Holocaust with Joshua M. Greene

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  • Thu, Oct 23, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston 5401 Caroline Houston, Texas 77004

HMMSA | HMMSA Reads: "Holocaust Graphic Narratives: Generation, Trauma & Memory"

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  • Wed, Oct 29, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  To be shared upon registration

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