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Newish and Jewish from Europe: Refugees, Survivors and the Spread of Modernism | Fritz Ascher Society
Newish and Jewish from Europe: Refugees, Survivors and the Spread of Modernism | Fritz Ascher Society
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Sep 30, 2026 at 11:00am Ends Sep 30, 2026 at 12:00pm In this talk, Samuel D. Gruber will present the architecture of the American Jewish community, which was transformed following World War II by émigré and refugee architects engaged to design synagogues and Jewish Community Centers. Click for more info |
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Jewish Film Festival of Dallas Triple Feature
Jewish Film Festival of Dallas Triple Feature
7:00pm - 9:00pm
(2h)
Films
Starts Oct 5, 2026 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 5, 2026 at 9:00pm Join the 30th Annual Jewish Film Festival of Dallas for a triple feature: The Ice Cream Man, Hold on to Your Music: A Mother's Legacy, and Kinder Doll: A Kindertransport Story Click for more info |
Did the Holocaust Take Place in Denmark? | Echoes & Reflections
Did the Holocaust Take Place in Denmark? | Echoes & Reflections
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 6, 2026 at 2:00pm Ends Oct 6, 2026 at 3:00pm Join Yiftach Meiri, Yad Vashem educator, to uncover the remarkable story of the rescue of Denmark’s Jews. Click for more info
Commemoration and Special Screening of "The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue"
Commemoration and Special Screening of "The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue"
6:00pm - 9:00pm
(3h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 6, 2026 at 6:00pm Ends Oct 6, 2026 at 9:00pm Join the JCC and JFSA for a meaningful October 7th Commemoration and special screening of "The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue" Click for more info
Online Class: The Holocaust and the Creative Impulse | HMLA
Online Class: The Holocaust and the Creative Impulse | HMLA
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 6, 2026 at 6:00pm Ends Oct 6, 2026 at 7:00pm Join Holocaust Museum LA for this three-session online class to learn about artistic activities in concentration camps and ghettos. Click for more info |
October 7th – Marking Three Years
October 7th – Marking Three Years
6:00pm - 8:00pm
(2h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2026 at 6:00pm Ends Oct 7, 2026 at 8:00pm The Consulate General of Israel to the Southwest United States, in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston and the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston, invites the community for a special evening of remembrance honoring the victims of October 7 and those forever changed by its aftermath. Click for more info
Hatikvah: Hope and Resilience | Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas
Hatikvah: Hope and Resilience | Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas
6:30pm - 8:30pm
(2h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2026 at 6:30pm Ends Oct 7, 2026 at 8:30pm Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas for a community gathering of remembrance and reflection as they mark the third anniversary of October 7. Click for more info
October 7 Commemoration: "Still Dancing: Life After Nova" | Shalom Austin
October 7 Commemoration: "Still Dancing: Life After Nova" | Shalom Austin
6:30pm - 8:30pm
(2h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2026 at 6:30pm Ends Oct 7, 2026 at 8:30pm Join Shalom Austin for a special screening of Still Dancing, a powerful 45-minute documentary following Nova survivors as they rebuild their lives through music, art, faith, friendship, and entrepreneurship. Click for more info
October 7 Commemoration | Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarrant County
October 7 Commemoration | Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarrant County
6:30pm - 7:30pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 7, 2026 at 6:30pm Ends Oct 7, 2026 at 7:30pm Join the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarrant County as they commemorate the third anniversary of October 7. Click for more info |
The Story of Kibbutz Nahal Oz - and Mine: A Personal Evening with Matan | Texas Hillel
The Story of Kibbutz Nahal Oz - and Mine: A Personal Evening with Matan | Texas Hillel
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 8, 2026 at 6:00pm Ends Oct 8, 2026 at 7:00pm Matan Weitz will share his experience of October 7 in commemoration of the third anniversary of the terror attack. Click for more info
Film Screening: Quezon's Game | AJC Houston
Film Screening: Quezon's Game | AJC Houston
6:15pm - 8:00pm
(1h 45m)
Films
Starts Oct 8, 2026 at 6:15pm Ends Oct 8, 2026 at 8:00pm The film centers in 1938, when Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon, future U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower and several other notable figures set to shelter German and Austrian Jews in the Philippines who were fleeing Nazi Germany during the pre-World War II era. Click for more info |
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October 7th Memorial Ceremony at UTD | Hillels of North Texas
October 7th Memorial Ceremony at UTD | Hillels of North Texas
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Oct 11, 2026 at 6:00pm Ends Oct 11, 2026 at 7:00pm Nearly three years have passed since the atrocities of October 7th. Hillel of North Texas invites community members to commemorate alongside their Hillel students at the University of Texas at Dallas. Click for more info |
Antisemitism and Christian Nationalism: Untangling the Relationship | University of Houston
Antisemitism and Christian Nationalism: Untangling the Relationship | University of Houston
4:00pm - 6:00pm
(2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 12, 2026 at 4:00pm Ends Oct 12, 2026 at 6:00pm This lecture will investigate wings of the Christian nationalist movement that have antisemitic elements to them and show how these are embedded within a combination of religious, racial, and ethnonationalist assumptions. Click for more info
The Pianist's Choice | Jewish Film Festival of Dallas
The Pianist's Choice | Jewish Film Festival of Dallas
7:00pm - 9:00pm
(2h)
Films
Starts Oct 12, 2026 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 12, 2026 at 9:00pm At the dawn of the Second World War, François Touraine, a great piano virtuoso, has no choice but to go and play in Germany to save the woman he loves, his teacher. Rachel is Jewish in an age that no longer allows it. Click for more info |
Collecting Testimony: Then & Now | USC Shoah Foundation
Collecting Testimony: Then & Now | USC Shoah Foundation
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 13, 2026 at 3:00pm Ends Oct 13, 2026 at 4:00pm Join Holocaust educator and researcher Lorenn Peer of the Ghetto Fighters’ House International Education Division and Head of Testimony Collection for the Kfar Aza and Erez communities at the Edut 710 Archive, as she brings two worlds of testimony into conversation. Click for more info
An Evening with Radu Vancu | UT Dallas
An Evening with Radu Vancu | UT Dallas
7:00pm - 8:30pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 13, 2026 at 7:00pm Ends Oct 13, 2026 at 8:30pm Join acclaimed Romanian poet Dr. Radu Vancu and UT Dallas professor Dr. Sean Cotter for a reading and discussion of Dr. Vancu’s new poetry book, Kaddish. This profound work tells the true story of Hungarian Jewish poet Miklós Radnóti, who was murdered by Nazis during a forced march in May 1944 and left in a mass grave. Click for more info |
Between Israel and Iran: Security, Strategy, and the Future of the Middle East | THGAAC
Between Israel and Iran: Security, Strategy, and the Future of the Middle East | THGAAC
11:00am - 2:00pm
(3h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 14, 2026 at 11:00am Ends Oct 14, 2026 at 2:00pm On October 14, 2026, the THGAAC and the Clements Center for National Security will host “Between Israel and Iran: Security, Strategy, and the Future of the Middle East.” Join us from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm in the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center at UT Austin. Ambassador Michael Oren will deliver a keynote conversation on “Israel, Antisemitism, and the Struggle for the Middle East” which will be followed by an expert panel discussing “A New Era in the Middle East: Breakthrough or Déjà Vu?” Registration is required. Click for more info
Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photography of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman | The Fritz Ascher Society
Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photography of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman | The Fritz Ascher Society
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 14, 2026 at 11:00am Ends Oct 14, 2026 at 12:00pm This presentation explores Schulman’s remarkable life through her wartime photography, highlighting its historical significance and artistic legacy. Drawing from the Pictures of Resistance exhibition, participants will discover how her images challenge misconceptions about Jewish resistance during the Holocaust while serving as enduring works of documentary photography and visual testimony. Click for more info
Uprising at Sobibor | Echoes & Reflections
Uprising at Sobibor | Echoes & Reflections
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 14, 2026 at 3:00pm Ends Oct 14, 2026 at 4:00pm On October 14, 2026, Echoes & Reflections commemorates the 83rd anniversary of the uprising at the German Nazi death camp in Sobibor. Click for more info
Funk Family Upstander Speaker Series: Natan Sharansky | DHHRM
Funk Family Upstander Speaker Series: Natan Sharansky | DHHRM
6:00pm - 8:00pm
(2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 14, 2026 at 6:00pm Ends Oct 14, 2026 at 8:00pm Join DHHRM as they welcome speaker Natan Sharansky. Click for more info |
Refugees from World War II: Reclaiming the Music of Polish-Jewish Composers
Refugees from World War II: Reclaiming the Music of Polish-Jewish Composers
6:30pm - 8:30pm
(2h)
General
Starts Oct 15, 2026 at 6:30pm Ends Oct 15, 2026 at 8:30pm This program will feature works by three Polish-born composers whose lives and music were profoundly shaped by the upheavals of the 20th century: Szymon Laks, Mieczysław Weinberg, and Roman Ryterband. Click for more info |
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The Conspiracy Theory of Antisemitism | Echoes & Reflections
The Conspiracy Theory of Antisemitism | Echoes & Reflections
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 19, 2026 at 3:00pm Ends Oct 19, 2026 at 4:00pm This webinar will trace the evolution of antisemitic myths from medieval accusations of secret power, devil worship, and ritual harm to modern conspiracy narratives that repackage these same themes through contemporary events and public figures. Click for more info |
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Antisemitism: How We Got Here
Antisemitism: How We Got Here
1:00pm - 3:00pm
(2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 25, 2026 at 1:00pm Ends Oct 25, 2026 at 3:00pm Greg Philipson, Austin-based Jewish historian and collector, will examine the roots of antisemitism through the lens of actual cultural and historical artifacts from the Philipson Warech Jewish Heritage Collection. Click for more info |
Armin Stern. Journeys and Escapes | The Fritz Ascher Society
Armin Stern. Journeys and Escapes | The Fritz Ascher Society
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Oct 28, 2026 at 11:00am Ends Oct 28, 2026 at 12:00pm Join the Fritz Ascher Society as they explore the life and work of artist Armin Stern. Click for more info
Educator Workshop: Living and Surviving in the Jewish Partisans | Echoes & Reflections
Educator Workshop: Living and Surviving in the Jewish Partisans | Echoes & Reflections
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 28, 2026 at 3:00pm Ends Oct 28, 2026 at 4:00pm Educators will explore the Living and Surviving in the Jewish Partisans lesson, designed for grades 6–12. Click for more info
Jewish Immigration | Institute for Curriculum Services
Jewish Immigration | Institute for Curriculum Services
5:30pm - 6:30pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 28, 2026 at 5:30pm Ends Oct 28, 2026 at 6:30pm Join ICS as they discuss the push and pull factors that brought Jewish immigrants to America, explore the challenges of assimilation, and grapple with the repercussions of the 1924 Immigration Act. Click for more info |
Investigating Artifacts: Uncovering Personal Stories from the Holocaust | USHMM
Investigating Artifacts: Uncovering Personal Stories from the Holocaust | USHMM
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Oct 29, 2026 at 6:00pm Ends Oct 29, 2026 at 7:00pm At this free online event, gain instructional strategies for analyzing primary sources using USHMM’s classroom-ready resources. Panelists will model approaches that place evidence into historical context, guiding students to think critically about how and why the Holocaust happened and its impact on individuals. Click for more info |
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