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February 2025

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Echoes & Reflections | "Never Shall I Forget": Creating Context for Teaching Night, January 2025 All Day (14 days)
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Starts Jan 13, 2025
Ends Jan 26, 2025
Echoes & Reflections presents this asynchronous online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of resources that support the teaching of Elie Wiesel’s seminal text, "Night".
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HMH | International Holocaust Remembrance Day
HMH | International Holocaust Remembrance Day 12:00pm - 5:00pm (5h)
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Starts Jan 26, 2025 at 12:00pm
Ends Jan 26, 2025 at 5:00pm
The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 – the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau – as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. HMH will commemorate and honor the six million Jews and other innocent victims of the Holocaust with free admission Sunday, January 26.
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March of Remembrance Houston
March of Remembrance Houston 2:00pm - 5:00pm (3h)
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Starts Jan 26, 2025 at 2:00pm
Ends Jan 26, 2025 at 5:00pm
Join at the Holocaust Garden of Hope for the March of Remembrance, a meaningful journey of reflection, education, and unity, and the unveiling of Exhibit 3 in the garden!
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MJH | Auschwitz and Beyond: Remembering Life During and After the Holocaust
MJH | Auschwitz and Beyond: Remembering Life During and After the Holocaust 12:00pm - 2:15pm (2h 15m)
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Starts Jan 27, 2025 at 12:00pm
Ends Jan 27, 2025 at 2:15pm
Join us for a professional development program to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. During this event we will learn from Professor Natalia Aleksiun as she explores the lives of former inmates at Auschwitz during the years immediately following liberation.
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HMH | International Holocaust Remembrance Day Featuring Special Guest Speaker Amir Tibon
HMH | International Holocaust Remembrance Day Featuring Special Guest Speaker Amir Tibon 7:00pm - 8:30pm (1h 30m)
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Starts Jan 27, 2025 at 7:00pm
Ends Jan 27, 2025 at 8:30pm
Join the Houston community to hear Amir Tibon’s gripping true story of how he and his family were rescued from Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023, by Tibon’s own father, a retired IDF general.
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What Once Was: A Holocaust Remembrance Play
What Once Was: A Holocaust Remembrance Play 8:00pm - 9:00pm (1h)
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Starts Jan 27, 2025 at 8:00pm
Ends Jan 27, 2025 at 9:00pm
On January 27, 2025, the El Paso Community Foundation and El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center will present ‘What Once Was…A Holocaust Remembrance Play,’ a reimagined version of a Holocaust Remembrance program originally produced at the Chamizal National Memorial Theatre on May 4, 1981.
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The Exile of the Musicians: A Film by Iván Cherjovsky & Silvia Glocer
The Exile of the Musicians: A Film by Iván Cherjovsky & Silvia Glocer 7:00pm - 9:00pm (2h)
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Starts Jan 28, 2025 at 7:00pm
Ends Jan 28, 2025 at 9:00pm
Join director Iván Cherjovsky for a screening and discussion of his new documentary. The film tells the story of musicians who fled the Nazis and took refuge in Argentina.
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HMH | Survivors & Descendants Family Program
HMH | Survivors & Descendants Family Program 2:00pm - 3:30pm (1h 30m)
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Starts Feb 2, 2025 at 2:00pm
Ends Feb 2, 2025 at 3:30pm
oin the Houston Holocaust Survivors and Descendants, together with Holocaust Museum Houston, for an innovative program for children ages 5-13. Fania’s Heart, written by Anne Renaud and illustrated by Richard Rudnicki, tells the true story of the creation of a heart-shaped book in Auschwitz and the women who risked their lives to create it.
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DHHRM | Survival in Shanghai: Manny Gabler
DHHRM | Survival in Shanghai: Manny Gabler 6:00pm - 8:00pm (2h)
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Starts Feb 4, 2025 at 6:00pm
Ends Feb 4, 2025 at 8:00pm
From 1937 to 1941 the open port of Shanghai allowed more than 18,000 undocumented Jews seeking refuge from Nazi Germany to temporarily settle in the Hongkow area of the city. Manny joins us to recount growing up in Shanghai, his experience of the war as a young child, and his family’s journey to the United States.
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HMH | Hope, Resistance, and Torture: The Role of Music During the Holocaust
HMH | Hope, Resistance, and Torture: The Role of Music During the Holocaust 6:30pm - 8:30pm (2h)
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Starts Feb 6, 2025 at 6:30pm
Ends Feb 6, 2025 at 8:30pm
American flutist and sociomusicologist Dr. Christine Beard will examine the role music played during the Holocaust.
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Echoes & Reflections | A Conversation with Author Gordon Korman & Survivor Rachelle Goldstein
Echoes & Reflections | A Conversation with Author Gordon Korman & Survivor Rachelle Goldstein 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
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Starts Feb 11, 2025 at 5:00pm
Ends Feb 11, 2025 at 6:00pm
Join ADL Education, Echoes & Reflections, renowned author Gordon Korman & survivor Rachelle Goldstein of the Hidden Child Foundation to delve into the role of storytelling in understanding antisemitism—past and present.
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Presidents' Day (Office Closed)
Presidents' Day (Office Closed) All Day
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Feb 17, 2025 (All Day)
The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed.
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A History of Hatred: The Ever-Present Threat of Antisemitism
A History of Hatred: The Ever-Present Threat of Antisemitism 11:00am - 12:30pm (1h 30m)
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Starts Feb 19, 2025 at 11:00am
Ends Feb 19, 2025 at 12:30pm
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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February 2025

Echoes & Reflections | "Never Shall I Forget": Creating Context for Teaching Night, January 2025

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  • Mon, Jan 13 - Sun, Jan 26, 2025
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Online

HMH | International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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  • Sun, Jan 26, 12:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston 5401 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004

March of Remembrance Houston

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  • Sun, Jan 26, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Holocaust Garden of Hope, Kingwood, Texas

MJH | Auschwitz and Beyond: Remembering Life During and After the Holocaust

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  • Mon, Jan 27, 12:00pm - 2:15pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Virtual via Zoom

HMH | International Holocaust Remembrance Day Featuring Special Guest Speaker Amir Tibon

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  • Mon, Jan 27, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Congregation Beth Yeshurun (4525 Beechnut St., Houston, TX 77096)

What Once Was: A Holocaust Remembrance Play

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  • Mon, Jan 27, 8:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Plaza Theater, Plaza Theater, 125 Henry Trost Ct, El Paso, TX 79901, USA

The Exile of the Musicians: A Film by Iván Cherjovsky & Silvia Glocer

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  • Tue, Jan 28, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Trinity University | Chapman Auditorium One Trinity PlaceSan Antonio, TX, 78212United States

HMH | Survivors & Descendants Family Program

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  • Sun, Feb 2, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston 5401 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004

DHHRM | Survival in Shanghai: Manny Gabler

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  • Tue, Feb 4, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum 300 N. Houston Street Dallas, TX 75202

HMH | Hope, Resistance, and Torture: The Role of Music During the Holocaust

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  • Thu, Feb 6, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston 5401 Caroline Houston, TX , 77004

Echoes & Reflections | A Conversation with Author Gordon Korman & Survivor Rachelle Goldstein

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  • Tue, Feb 11, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

Presidents' Day (Office Closed)

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  • Mon, Feb 17 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General

A History of Hatred: The Ever-Present Threat of Antisemitism

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  • Wed, Feb 19, 11:00am - 12:30pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Hybrid- online & in person at Aaron Family JCC 7900 Northaven Road, Dallas, TX

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