Events List
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List of Events
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Monday, November 1, 2021
(all day)
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Workshops
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Webinar
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Description:
Join Echoes & Reflections' November Three-Module Online Course—the final opportunity of this kind in 2021— to prepare to effectively teach about the history of the Holocaust and its powerful lessons for today.
Three interactive learning modules released over three weeks. Registration closes at 9am Eastern Time on Wednesday of the first week of the course, or when the course reaches capacity. Module I: First Week of the Course Module II: Second Week of the Course Module III: Third Week of the Course Optional Final Project due the Fourth Week of the CourseThis program introduces learners to:
Classroom-ready comprehensive print and online resourcesSound pedagogy for teaching about the HolocaustInstructional pathways to help students learn about the complex history of the HolocaustBackground information on the history of antisemitismStrategies to incorporate a range of primary sources, including visual history testimony, to classroom instruction
All the Details:
Program includes three interactive modules released over three weeksApproximately 6 hours to complete in total – at no costProceed at your own pace each week, be supported by an instructor, and enjoy interaction with other educatorsReceive a certificate of completion and join a network of educators teaching about the Holocaust and genocideFinal module includes additional time to complete optional project for a 10-hour certificateUpon completion (6 or 10 hours), option to earn graduate-level credit through the University of the Pacific. Learn more here.
Register here.
Echoes & Reflections delivers value to both experienced Holocaust
educators who are supplementing their curricula and for teachers new to
Holocaust education.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2021
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Of the over 1000 ghettos in Nazi occupied Europe, the Warsaw Ghetto was the largest, with almost half a million Jews trapped inside at its high point. In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Yael Eaglstein - Yad Vashem educator – will provide you with deeper insight into how the Jews struggled to survive in this dark place.
Register here.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2021
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Rebecca Erbelding is the author of Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe,
which won the JDC-Herbert Katzki National Jewish Book Award in 2018.
She holds a PhD in American history from George Mason University. She
worked as an archivist and curator at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
from 2003-2015, and as a historian since 2015, including for the
Museum's Americans and the Holocaust exhibition. Her work has previously been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, and on the History Channel and National Geographic.
Rescue Board is the
extraordinary story of the War Refugee Board, a US government effort
late in World War II to save the remaining Jews of Europe. The staff of
the War Refugee Board gathered D.C. pencil pushers, international relief
workers, smugglers, diplomats, millionaires, and rabble-rousers to run
operations across four continents and a dozen countries. They tricked
Nazis, forged identity papers, maneuvered food and medicine into
concentration camps, recruited spies, leaked news stories, laundered
money, negotiated ransoms, and funneled millions of dollars into Europe,
ultimately saving tens of thousands of lives.
Admission is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required to receive the private Zoom link.
Register here.
All Holocaust Museum Houston programs and education initiatives are dependent upon philanthropic support. Please consider making a gift today to ensure the Museum can continue offering quality educational experiences.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2021
at 10:00am -
11:00am
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
In this intimate and meaningful experience, speakers present stories
of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. The Holocaust Speaker
Series is held each Wednesday at 10AM on Zoom. The series is sponsored
by Margaret & Michael Valentine in partnership with the Harriet and
Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and the Maltz Museum of Jewish
Heritage.
Below are the dates for future webinars:November 3: Tom SchaumbergNovember 10: Al Miller
Register here.
This ongoing series features Holocaust survivors and descendants
of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the
Holocaust. The series is organized by the Nancy & David Wolf
Holocaust & Humanity Center, sponsored by Margaret and Michael
Valentine, and presented in partnership with the Harriet & Kenneth
Kupferberg Holocaust Center and the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.
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Thursday, November 4, 2021
at 2:15pm -
3:15pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Drawing on her own creative practice and research, fiction writer and academic Dr. Emma Venables will guide participants through aspects to consider when representing lesbian characters and relationships in fiction set during the Holocaust/Nazi era. Participants will gain an understanding of the social and political context, the moral and ethical issues of such representation; and have a chance to reflect on their own experiences of representations of lesbian characters/relationships set during this era.
Co-presented by the Holocaust Resource Center, Theatre Conservatory, and Women's and Gender Studies Program of Kean University.
PD Hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided!
Register here.
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Thursday, November 4, 2021
at 3:00pm -
4:30pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
A picture is worth a
thousand words. The “Light from the Yellow Star” Workshop was developed by
Nancy Gorrell and Evelyn Rauch as part of the outreach program of the Holocaust
Memorial and Education Center at the Shimon and Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community
Center in Bridgewater. The workshop is designed to teach middle and high school
students about the Holocaust using imagery and text to evoke a personal
response to the lessons of the Holocaust.
Evelyn Rauch will instruct the
teachers step by step on how to teach this workshop to their own students.
Teachers will each create artwork and participate in a discussion about its
meaning. A list of materials and information about downloading the book will be
provided after registration. This professional development program is free, on
Zoom, and open to the public. (Recommended for Middle and High School Teachers,
Grades 7-12)
To register, e-mail Michelle Edgar.
This program is being co-sponsored by The Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University.
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Thursday, November 4, 2021
at 6:30pm -
7:30pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
The Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program,
along with the Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies, invites you to the
virtual launch of Morris Schnitzer’s memoir, Escape from the Edge.
Register here.
About the BookNarrow escapes and bold decisions define the life of teenager Morris Schnitzer. Fleeing from Nazi Germany before the onset of World War II, Morris ends up in the Netherlands only to watch the country be invaded by the Nazis. With his father’s warning to never set foot in a concentration camp echoing in his mind, Morris resolves to fight — and survive. As he assumes false identities and crosses endless borders in search of safety, Morris never acquiesces to the Nazi occupiers in Western Europe. In his epic journey to Escape from the Edge, Morris endures imprisonment and gruelling work as a farmhand, joins the resistance in Belgium and ultimately enlists in the American army, vowing to take revenge for all that he has lost.
About the AuthorMorris Schnitzer was born in Bochum, Germany, in 1922. In 1947, he immigrated to Montreal, where he earned both a BSc and MSc at McGill University, going on to earn his PhD in 1955. In Ottawa, Morris worked at the Canadian government’s Department of Agriculture as a principal researcher in the chemistry of soil organic matter. He won the prestigious Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 1995 and wrote three books and more than four hundred scientific papers over the course of his distinguished career. Morris Schnitzer passed away in Ottawa in 2020.
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Monday, November 8, 2021
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Virtual
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Description:
On 8 November, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) will present the twelve-minute explanatory film Holocaust Distortion: Understanding a Growing Threat and the publication Understanding Holocaust Distortion: Contexts, Backgrounds, and Examples.
These
two new resources will further and contribute to the ongoing struggle
against the increasingly dangerous phenomenon of Holocaust distortion.
Using examples from various countries, the twelve-minute film Holocaust Distortion – a Growing Threat explains how distortion and its various manifestations threaten Holocaust memory today. The publication Understanding Holocaust Distortion: Contexts, Influences and Examples
provides further background to help better understand the historical
and political contexts of incidents of Holocaust distortion.
The
launch of these materials will be accompanied welcoming remarks by Dr .
Kathrin Meyer (IHRA General Secretary) and by a panel discussion. Key
experts and policymakers including Dr. Brigitte Bailer (Documentation
Centre of Austrian Resistance/Austria), Ambassador Victor Micula (Head
of the Romanian Delegation to the IHRA), and Dr. Robert Williams (United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum/USA), moderated by Julana Bredtmann
(IHRA Program Officer), will discuss why Holocaust distortion is a
problem, how we can recognize its manifestations, and how these
resources can help to counter distortion.
Register here.
To stay informed about
future IHRA resources and events, such as an upcoming toolkit on hosting
events focused on recognizing and countering Holocaust distortion,
please opt-in for the newsletter during registration.
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Monday, November 8, 2021
at 11:30am -
1:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota for a two-day virtual symposium. Registration is required, please note separate registration for each day.Register here for Monday, November 8th.Register here for Tuesday, November 9th.Presented by the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies and the Center for Jewish Studies
Part of the Seeking Justice IGS Collaborative Series
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Monday, November 8, 2021
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Webinar
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Description:
2021 Monna and Otto Weinmann Annual Lecture
Renia Kukielka sewed fake IDs into her skirts to save Jewish lives in
German-occupied Poland. Vladka Meed, passing as a Christian, smuggled
correspondence and weapons to support the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. And
Frumka Plotnicka, a leader in the underground, once hid guns in a potato
sack and was killed while battling the Nazis in Będzin.
Women in the Jewish resistance wrote memoirs and gave testimonies
after World War II, and scholars have written about these women in
recent decades. Why do their stories of courage and cunning still
surprise us? Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) to learn more about their motivations and
contributions and the role of gender in Jewish resistance.
Opening remarksDr. Janice Weinman Shorenstein, former CEO and Executive Director, Hadassah
SpeakerDr. Judy Batalion, Author, The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos, and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors
ModeratorDr. Sara R. Horowitz, Professor of Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada
This program is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Register here.
For more information, please contact Katharine White at 202.314.0395 or via e-mail.
The Monna and Otto Weinmann Annual Lecture honors Holocaust
survivors and their fates, experiences, and accomplishments. Monna
Steinbach Weinmann (1906–1991), born in Poland and raised in Austria,
fled to England in autumn 1938. Otto Weinmann (1903–1993), born in
Vienna and raised in Czechoslovakia, served in the Czechoslovak, French,
and British armies; was wounded at Normandy; and received the Croix de
Guerre for his valiant contributions during the war. Monna Steinbach and
Otto Weinmann married in London in 1941 and immigrated to the United
States in 1948.
This annual lecture has been made possible by Janice Weinman Shorenstein.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
at 10:00am -
11:00am
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Commemorations
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Location:
YouTube & Facebook
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Description:
Holocaust Education Week – The New State of Florida MandateLast year, the Florida State Legislature passed legislation that adds
to the existing Holocaust Mandate. The new legislation designates the
second week in November as Holocaust Education Week. This week was
chosen to commemorate Kristallnacht, also called “Night of Broken Glass”
as windows of thousands of Jewish places of business were smashed and
over 1,000 synagogues were burned to the ground in Germany and Austria.
Many Jews were murdered, and others were sent to concentration camps
where they had to endure hard labor.
Remembering Krystallnacht is a historical, artistic program
commemorating the horrific night of November 9-10, 1938, and the
violence committed by the Nazis throughout Germany and Austria against
Jews and their property, which initiated the horrors of Nazi Germany and
culminated in concentration camps across Europe.
This program will be presented by Robert Watson, the world-renowned,
award-winning author, historian and analyst for numerous national media
outlets. Watson, a professor of American Studies at Lynn University in
Boca Raton, has published three dozen books on history and politics and
is considered one of the leading history scholars in the United States.
Learn more here. To view this free event LIVE and via replay, please go to the following links:
YouTube
Facebook
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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
at 11:30am -
1:30pm
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Calendar:
Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota for a two-day virtual symposium. Registration is required, please note separate registration for each day.Register here for Monday, November 8th.Register here for Tuesday, November 9th.Presented by the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies and the Center for Jewish Studies
Part of the Seeking Justice IGS Collaborative Series
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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
at 12:00pm -
1:00pm
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Calendar:
Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Kristallnacht is often viewed as a turning point. On this night, November 9, 1938, the persecution of the Jews became dramatically visible and undeniable. Marking the anniversary of Kristallnacht presents a unique teachable moment: what happens when people are deprived of basic rights and others stand by without taking action? How does escalation occur? Why is it so important to fight hatred? Students and their teachers are invited to join this special Echoes & Reflections webinar, presented by Sheryl Ochayon of Yad Vashem, to explore these issues.
If you are a non-university student, please fill out the student form here.
Teachers, please fill out the form here.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
at 3:00pm -
4:00pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Please join the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University for an afternoon of poetry and conversation with the Polish poet and musician, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, and historian, Dr. Joanna Sliwa.
Register here.
Grzegorz Kwiatkowski is a Polish poet and musician, who has authored several books of poetry about history, remembrance, and ethics. He is a member of a psychedelic rock band Trupa Trupa. Kwiatkowski 's music and literary works have featured in international outlets including The Guardian (UK), CBC (Canada), Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and NPR. As a musician, he performed with his band at such events as Desert Daze Festival, Rockaway Beach Festival, and SXSW.
Dr. Joanna Sliwa is Historian at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference). Her own research focuses on the Holocaust in Poland and on Polish Jewish history. She has worked as an educator, researcher, translator, and consultant. Dr. Sliwa’s first book, Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust (Rutgers University Press, 2021), received the 2020 Ernst Fraenkel Prize from the Wiener Holocaust Library. She is currently working on Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Mathematician Who Rescued Poles during the Holocaust, co-authored with Dr. Elizabeth (Barry) White.
Professional development and co-curricular credits are available.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Calendar:
Commemorations
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Join the Baltimore Jewish Council and the Jewish Museum of Maryland for their upcoming Kristallnacht commemoration entitled Kristallnacht and The Tulsa Race Massacre,taking place Tuesday, November 9th at 6:00PM CT on Zoom. Their program features Dr. Joshua Shanes, Associate Director of Jewish Studies at the College of Charleston, who will discuss the history and origins of pogroms, detail the tragedy of Kristallnacht, and discuss America’s own history of pogroms through the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Register here.
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