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Temple Beth-El Sisterhood Holocaust Presentation & Tour
Temple Beth-El Sisterhood Holocaust Presentation & Tour 10:30am - 12:00pm (1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Mar 31, 2024 at 10:30am
Ends Mar 31, 2024 at 12:00pm
Please join Temple Beth-El Sisterhood for a light breakfast, tour, and a presentation by a second-generation survivor at the Holocaust Memorial of San Antonio on Sunday, March 31st at 10:30 a.m.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024
Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium
Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium All Day (12 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 12, 2024
Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi, the Department of Philosophy is organizing a Genocide Awareness Symposium. This event will see some of the most distinguished professors in Genocide Studies and Prevention from across the US and Canada addressing a range of pertinent issues.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
Click for more info
 
Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium All Day (12 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 12, 2024
Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi, the Department of Philosophy is organizing a Genocide Awareness Symposium. This event will see some of the most distinguished professors in Genocide Studies and Prevention from across the US and Canada addressing a range of pertinent issues.
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ISGAP - “Antisemitism in Women's Rights Movements”
ISGAP - “Antisemitism in Women's Rights Movements” 10:00am - 1:00pm (3h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 2, 2024 at 10:00am
Ends Apr 2, 2024 at 1:00pm
“Antisemitism in Women's Rights Movements”
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Performance as Witness: Recognizing the Rhetoric that Leads to Violence
Performance as Witness: Recognizing the Rhetoric that Leads to Violence 10:00am - 1:00pm (3h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 2, 2024 at 10:00am
Ends Apr 2, 2024 at 1:00pm
Join Dr. Alexander Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, and UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention at Rutgers University, for a discussion about how the rise of political extremism and hate speech contributes to a growing atmosphere of insecurity and dehumanization in our society.
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Echoes & Reflections- A Liberator & a Spy
Echoes & Reflections- A Liberator & a Spy 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 2, 2024 at 2:00pm
Ends Apr 2, 2024 at 3:00pm
Deborah Levine speaks about her father, Aaron Levine, an Army intelligence officer who led a career as a liberator & spy.
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Jewish and You: Classes for the Curious | Shoah and Jew Hatred
Jewish and You: Classes for the Curious | Shoah and Jew Hatred 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h)
General
Starts Apr 2, 2024 at 7:00pm
Ends Apr 2, 2024 at 8:00pm
Learn about the Holocaust and explore the ways in which Jew-hatred animates all hatred, and the ways in which it impacts Jewish life
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium All Day (12 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 12, 2024
Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi, the Department of Philosophy is organizing a Genocide Awareness Symposium. This event will see some of the most distinguished professors in Genocide Studies and Prevention from across the US and Canada addressing a range of pertinent issues.
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"Strangers in Their Own Land: Jewish Self-Awareness in Holocaust Memoirs"
"Strangers in Their Own Land: Jewish Self-Awareness in Holocaust Memoirs" 3:30pm - 4:30pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 3, 2024 at 3:30pm
Ends Apr 3, 2024 at 4:30pm
Professor Dorian Stuber leads a discussion on short excerpts describing the realization of what it means to be oppressed.
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2024 Genocide Awareness Lecture featuring Loung Ung
2024 Genocide Awareness Lecture featuring Loung Ung 4:30pm - 5:30pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 3, 2024 at 4:30pm
Ends Apr 3, 2024 at 5:30pm
Peace is not a wish. Peace is not something you want, dream of, and wait for others to deliver. Peace is an action. Many, many actions. Whether in one’s heart, community, or world, peace requires our daily actions. With over three decades of experience as a student activist, a professional agent of change working on campaigns to end violence against women, landmines, and child soldiers, Loung will explore how we can all lead in our daily lives to make a difference in our world.
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HMH Film Screening: "Love Gets A Room"
HMH Film Screening: "Love Gets A Room" 7:00pm - 8:30pm (1h 30m)
Films
Starts Apr 3, 2024 at 7:00pm
Ends Apr 3, 2024 at 8:30pm
Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto perform a play while surrounded by starvation, cold, and threatening Nazis. This film offers insight into a little-known aspect of life in the Warsaw ghetto
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
Click for more info
 
Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium All Day (12 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 12, 2024
Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi, the Department of Philosophy is organizing a Genocide Awareness Symposium. This event will see some of the most distinguished professors in Genocide Studies and Prevention from across the US and Canada addressing a range of pertinent issues.
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The Women on Stieve's List- Anatomy, Nazi Victims, Legacies
The Women on Stieve's List- Anatomy, Nazi Victims, Legacies 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 4, 2024 at 3:00pm
Ends Apr 4, 2024 at 4:00pm
Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt, who teaches the history of anatomy at Harvard Medical School, scrutinizes the biographies of medical professionals during the Nazi era and restores the histories of victims subjected to coercive medical experimentation both before and after death.
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The Vel d’Hiv Round-Up: The Largest Mass Arrest in Wartime French History
The Vel d’Hiv Round-Up: The Largest Mass Arrest in Wartime French History 3:30pm - 5:00pm (1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 4, 2024 at 3:30pm
Ends Apr 4, 2024 at 5:00pm
On July 16-17, 1942 in Occupied Paris, more than 13,000 French Jews were arrested by French Police. The victims were held in deplorable conditions at the Vélodrome d'Hiver or Vel d'Hiv, an indoor cycling stadium until they were sent to detainment camps outside of Paris where they either died or were deported to concentration camps. Dr. Eileen Angelini’s presentation will discuss how the Vichy Government planned this round-up and how the French government and people have since dealt with the pain.
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El Paso Holocaust Museum- "Unveiling Truths: Decoding Antisemitism in Media Narratives"
El Paso Holocaust Museum- "Unveiling Truths: Decoding Antisemitism in Media Narratives" 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 4, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ends Apr 4, 2024 at 7:00pm
In-person panel discussion on an engaging exploration into the complexities of antisemitism in the media. The museum will delve deeply into the themes of the captivating novel, "Some Kind of Hate", by Sarah Darer Littman.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
Click for more info
 
Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium All Day (12 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 12, 2024
Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi, the Department of Philosophy is organizing a Genocide Awareness Symposium. This event will see some of the most distinguished professors in Genocide Studies and Prevention from across the US and Canada addressing a range of pertinent issues.
Click for more info
Jewish Federation Las Cruces & El Paso: Trio Sefardi
Jewish Federation Las Cruces & El Paso: Trio Sefardi All Day (3 days)
General
Starts Apr 5, 2024
Ends Apr 7, 2024
Jewish Federation of Las Cruces & El Paso weekend concert series with Trio Sefardi, April 5-7, 2024.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
Click for more info
 
Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium All Day (12 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 12, 2024
Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi, the Department of Philosophy is organizing a Genocide Awareness Symposium. This event will see some of the most distinguished professors in Genocide Studies and Prevention from across the US and Canada addressing a range of pertinent issues.
Click for more info
 
Jewish Federation Las Cruces & El Paso: Trio Sefardi All Day (3 days)
General
Starts Apr 5, 2024
Ends Apr 7, 2024
Jewish Federation of Las Cruces & El Paso weekend concert series with Trio Sefardi, April 5-7, 2024.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
Click for more info
 
Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium All Day (12 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 12, 2024
Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi, the Department of Philosophy is organizing a Genocide Awareness Symposium. This event will see some of the most distinguished professors in Genocide Studies and Prevention from across the US and Canada addressing a range of pertinent issues.
Click for more info
 
Jewish Federation Las Cruces & El Paso: Trio Sefardi All Day (3 days)
General
Starts Apr 5, 2024
Ends Apr 7, 2024
Jewish Federation of Las Cruces & El Paso weekend concert series with Trio Sefardi, April 5-7, 2024.
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UTD: International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
UTD: International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda 2:00pm - 3:30pm (1h 30m)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 7, 2024 at 2:00pm
Ends Apr 7, 2024 at 3:30pm
Join UTD Dallas for this commemoration on April 7, which marks the start of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda that lasted through mid-July 1994.
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March of Remembrance Texas- Dallas
March of Remembrance Texas- Dallas 2:00pm - 4:00pm (2h)
General
Starts Apr 7, 2024 at 2:00pm
Ends Apr 7, 2024 at 4:00pm
This event honors the Holocaust survivors & their descendants & let their voices be heard, and their stories told. We remember those who were lost and those who were brave enough to stand up against the horror, raise their voices, and act.
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An Evening with Chris Bohjalian author of "The Sandcastle Girls"
An Evening with Chris Bohjalian author of "The Sandcastle Girls" 6:00pm - 7:30pm (1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 7, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ends Apr 7, 2024 at 7:30pm
Presentation & Book Signing with Chris Bohjalian on his award-winning novel about the Armenian Genocide.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
Click for more info
 
Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium All Day (12 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 12, 2024
Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi, the Department of Philosophy is organizing a Genocide Awareness Symposium. This event will see some of the most distinguished professors in Genocide Studies and Prevention from across the US and Canada addressing a range of pertinent issues.
Click for more info
Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024
Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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USC Shoah Foundation- "The Holocaust: An Unfinished History"
USC Shoah Foundation- "The Holocaust: An Unfinished History" 1:00pm - 2:30pm (1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 8, 2024 at 1:00pm
Ends Apr 8, 2024 at 2:30pm
The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research & USC Shoah Foundation present the Annual Sara & Asa Shapiro Scholar Lecture by Dan Stone (Professor of Modern History and Director of the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London).
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
Click for more info
 
Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium All Day (12 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 12, 2024
Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi, the Department of Philosophy is organizing a Genocide Awareness Symposium. This event will see some of the most distinguished professors in Genocide Studies and Prevention from across the US and Canada addressing a range of pertinent issues.
Click for more info
 
Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Can I See the Horns: Roots of Antisemitism presented by Marcia Jo Zerivitz
Can I See the Horns: Roots of Antisemitism presented by Marcia Jo Zerivitz 11:00am - 1:00pm (2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 9, 2024 at 11:00am
Ends Apr 9, 2024 at 1:00pm
Antisemitism has ginormously increased here in the US and globally and has become normalized, especially on college campuses, and mostly based on conspiracy theories.
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"From Generation to Generation: Author Michelle Weinfeld Shares her Grandfather's Holocaust Survival Story
"From Generation to Generation: Author Michelle Weinfeld Shares her Grandfather's Holocaust Survival Story 3:30pm - 4:30pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 9, 2024 at 3:30pm
Ends Apr 9, 2024 at 4:30pm
Michelle Weinfeld, author of "From Generation to Generation: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Identity in the Aftermath of the Shoah"
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
Click for more info
 
Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium All Day (12 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 12, 2024
Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi, the Department of Philosophy is organizing a Genocide Awareness Symposium. This event will see some of the most distinguished professors in Genocide Studies and Prevention from across the US and Canada addressing a range of pertinent issues.
Click for more info
 
Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Genetic Discrimination: Exploring the Echoes between Nazi and American Eugenic Histories
Genetic Discrimination: Exploring the Echoes between Nazi and American Eugenic Histories 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 10, 2024 at 11:00am
Ends Apr 10, 2024 at 12:00pm
Tiarra Cooper, Ph.D. Candidate & Teaching Associate at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, shares an overview of the Nazi sterilization & euthanasia programs, & how these histories have functioned in/from American medical & political discourses.
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Echoes & Reflections: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Echoes & Reflections: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 10, 2024 at 2:00pm
Ends Apr 10, 2024 at 3:00pm
Against all odds, the very first civilian uprising against the Germans during WWII began 81 years ago on April 19, 1943, in the Warsaw ghetto.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
Click for more info
 
Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium All Day (12 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 12, 2024
Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi, the Department of Philosophy is organizing a Genocide Awareness Symposium. This event will see some of the most distinguished professors in Genocide Studies and Prevention from across the US and Canada addressing a range of pertinent issues.
Click for more info
 
Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
Click for more info
Clark University Workshop- Kwibuka 30: Making Memory and Legacy in Rwanda
Clark University Workshop- Kwibuka 30: Making Memory and Legacy in Rwanda 4:30pm - 5:30pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 11, 2024 at 4:30pm
Ends Apr 11, 2024 at 5:30pm
On the 30th anniversary of the genocide, this workshop gathers an international group of scholars to examine the construction of memory and legacy.
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Holocaust Museum El Paso- Book Discussion of "Some King of Hate" by Sarah Darer Littman
Holocaust Museum El Paso- Book Discussion of "Some King of Hate" by Sarah Darer Littman 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 11, 2024 at 5:00pm
Ends Apr 11, 2024 at 6:00pm
Presented via Zoom, this is a book discussion of "Some Kind of Hate" by Sarah Darer Littman
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HMH- Project Shema Public Workshop on Antisemitism
HMH- Project Shema Public Workshop on Antisemitism 6:00pm - 8:00pm (2h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 11, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ends Apr 11, 2024 at 8:00pm
Workshop to deepen understanding across lines of difference by nurturing empathy for Jewish identity, traumas & lived experiences.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
Click for more info
 
Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium All Day (12 days)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 12, 2024
Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi, the Department of Philosophy is organizing a Genocide Awareness Symposium. This event will see some of the most distinguished professors in Genocide Studies and Prevention from across the US and Canada addressing a range of pertinent issues.
Click for more info
 
Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
Click for more info
Clark University- Kwibuka 30: Making Memory and Legacy in Rwanda
Clark University- Kwibuka 30: Making Memory and Legacy in Rwanda 7:30am - 4:30pm (9h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 12, 2024 at 7:30am
Ends Apr 12, 2024 at 4:30pm
This workshop gathers an international group of scholars to examine the construction of memory and legacy surrounding the Rwandan genocide.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
Click for more info
 
Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
Click for more info
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
Click for more info
 
Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
Click for more info
Holocaust Museum San Antonio: Film Screening: "The Way to Happiness"
Holocaust Museum San Antonio: Film Screening: "The Way to Happiness" All Day
Films
Apr 14, 2024 (All Day)
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
Click for more info
 
Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
Click for more info
Movie Screening: Irena's Vow
Movie Screening: Irena's Vow All Day (2 days)
Films
Starts Apr 15, 2024
Ends Apr 16, 2024
Film screening of "Irena's Vow". This film follows the life of a Polish nurse Irene Gut Opdyke who was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal for showing remarkable courage in her attempt to save Polish Jews during World War II.
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ISGAP- Understanding the Holocaust Through Literature: The Many Entry Wedges
ISGAP- Understanding the Holocaust Through Literature: The Many Entry Wedges 10:00am - 1:00pm (3h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 15, 2024 at 10:00am
Ends Apr 15, 2024 at 1:00pm
Understanding the Holocaust Through Literature: The Many Entry Wedges with Dr. Mehak Burza
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Shalom Austin- Yom's Educational Electives
Shalom Austin- Yom's Educational Electives 6:00pm - 8:00pm (2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 15, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ends Apr 15, 2024 at 8:00pm
Join Shalom Austin for an evening of learning and classes related to Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, & Yom HaAtzmaut
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Movie Screening: Irena's Vow All Day (2 days)
Films
Starts Apr 15, 2024
Ends Apr 16, 2024
Film screening of "Irena's Vow". This film follows the life of a Polish nurse Irene Gut Opdyke who was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal for showing remarkable courage in her attempt to save Polish Jews during World War II.
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DHHRM: Homeschool Day
DHHRM: Homeschool Day All Day
General
Apr 16, 2024 (All Day)
Program for students 6th grade and up who are homeschooled. Tour of the permanent exhibit, testimony experience & interactive classroom program
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Echoes & Reflections- Silent Witness: Unveiling Bystander Complicity in the Holocaust
Echoes & Reflections- Silent Witness: Unveiling Bystander Complicity in the Holocaust 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 16, 2024 at 3:00pm
Ends Apr 16, 2024 at 4:00pm
Led by classroom teacher and Echoes & Reflections facilitator Tyrone Shaw, educators will learn valuable and pedagogically sound strategies to teach about the role of bystanders during the Holocaust.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Short Hair Detention: Channy Chhi Laux, survival of the Cambodian Genocide -- via Zoom
Short Hair Detention: Channy Chhi Laux, survival of the Cambodian Genocide -- via Zoom 10:00am - 11:30am (1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 17, 2024 at 10:00am
Ends Apr 17, 2024 at 11:30am
When the Khmer Rouge seized Cambodia in 1975, Channy Chhi Laux was thirteen years old. For the next four years she endured starvation, forced labor, disease, and tremendous lost. In June 1979, she arrived in Lincoln, Nebraska as a Cambodian refugee and enrolled at Lincoln High School. Despite speaking no English and having not attended school for four years, she managed to achieve academic success, thanks in part to the kindness and support of her teachers. She went on to earn a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from Santa Clara University and undergraduate degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She then spent 30 years working in Silicon Valley as an engineer in the Aerospace and Biotech industries. She is now an award-winning author and chef. Join us for an intimate talk with Channy to learn more about surviving genocide and the importance of compassion.
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USHMM 2024 First Person Series: Ruth Elenberg Eisenberg
USHMM 2024 First Person Series: Ruth Elenberg Eisenberg 12:00pm - 3:00pm (3h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 17, 2024 at 12:00pm
Ends Apr 17, 2024 at 3:00pm
Ruth Elenberg Eisenberg is an hour-long discussion with a Holocaust survivor.
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Workshop: Teaching the Cambodian Genocide through Testimony
Workshop: Teaching the Cambodian Genocide through Testimony 3:30pm - 4:30pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 17, 2024 at 3:30pm
Ends Apr 17, 2024 at 4:30pm
The Cohen Center is pleased to be partnering with the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University to present a special online workshop about teaching the Cambodian genocide. This workshop is in recognition of Genocide Awareness Month in April.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Echoes & Reflections - Beyond Hitler: Unraveling the Complexities of Nazi Leadership in Inciting the Holocaust
Echoes & Reflections - Beyond Hitler: Unraveling the Complexities of Nazi Leadership in Inciting the Holocaust 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 18, 2024 at 3:00pm
Ends Apr 18, 2024 at 4:00pm
While Adolf Hitler is often the symbol of Nazi atrocities, the intricate dynamics within the Nazi regime’s upper echelon of leaders promoted increasingly extreme policies up to and including genocide.
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USC Shoah Foundation: Antisemitism in the Aftermath of the Holocaust
USC Shoah Foundation: Antisemitism in the Aftermath of the Holocaust 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 18, 2024 at 3:00pm
Ends Apr 18, 2024 at 4:00pm
USC Shoah Foundation Lecture Series about Antisemitism in the Aftermath of the Holocaust.
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HMH: Film Screening | "The Survivor"
HMH: Film Screening | "The Survivor" 6:30pm - 8:30pm (2h)
Films
Starts Apr 18, 2024 at 6:30pm
Ends Apr 18, 2024 at 8:30pm
Harry Haft is a Holocaust survivor who makes a living as a boxer in NYC after the war.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Series
Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Series 10:00am - 4:00pm (6h)
Workshops
Starts Apr 20, 2024 at 10:00am
Ends Apr 20, 2024 at 4:00pm
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for resources and strategies to teach the 10 States of Genocide.
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DHHRM: Rwanda Genocide Against the Tutsis Commemoration
DHHRM: Rwanda Genocide Against the Tutsis Commemoration 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 20, 2024 at 2:00pm
Ends Apr 20, 2024 at 3:00pm
30 years after the Genocide Against the Tutsis in Rwanda devastated the country, destroying homes and communities, survivors will join us to recount their experiences and remember those that perished.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Passover Begins
Passover Begins All Day
General
Apr 22, 2024 (All Day)
It is possible that Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission staff who observe Passover will be out of the office.
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Echoes & Reflections- Teaching About Genocide: The Armenian Genocide
Echoes & Reflections- Teaching About Genocide: The Armenian Genocide 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Apr 22, 2024 at 3:00pm
Ends Apr 22, 2024 at 4:00pm
The complex & nuanced history of the Armenian Genocide can be highlighted through the use of testimony-based resources.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024 All Day (16 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 8, 2024
Ends Apr 23, 2024
Dynamic online course, educators examine the pursuit of justice at Nuremberg, the effect the trials had on our understanding of the Holocaust, how survivors coped with the trauma to build new lives in its aftermath, and how we remember and memorialize the Holocaust today.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day: Remembrance in a Time of Calamity
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day: Remembrance in a Time of Calamity 7:00pm - 8:30pm (1h 30m)
Commemorations
Starts Apr 24, 2024 at 7:00pm
Ends Apr 24, 2024 at 8:30pm
During this virtual program, experts will discuss Azerbaijan’s brutal attack on Artsakh and how the ethnic cleansing of its Armenian population in September 2023 resulted in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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St. Kevork Armenian Church: Armenian Genocide and Holy Martyrs Service
St. Kevork Armenian Church: Armenian Genocide and Holy Martyrs Service All Day
General
Apr 28, 2024 (All Day)
Armenian Genocide and Holy Martyrs Service at the Church
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Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024 All Day (29 days)
Workshops
Starts Apr 1, 2024
Ends Apr 29, 2024
This course will deepen student understanding of the Holocaust through The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, examining America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century and its role in World War II.
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Passover Ends
Passover Ends All Day
General
Apr 30, 2024 (All Day)
It is possible that Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission staff who observe Passover will be out of the office.
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The Specter of Persecution: Queer Women in the Third Reich
The Specter of Persecution: Queer Women in the Third Reich 1:00pm - 2:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 1, 2024 at 1:00pm
Ends May 1, 2024 at 2:00pm
Female homosexuality was not explicitly criminalized in Nazi Germany, but queer women were still viewed and persecuted as an outsider group.
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Echoes & Reflections- Teaching About Perpetrators: The Role of the German Police in the Holocaust
Echoes & Reflections- Teaching About Perpetrators: The Role of the German Police in the Holocaust 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 1, 2024 at 2:00pm
Ends May 1, 2024 at 3:00pm
This webinar will explore the transformation of the German police, staffed by "ordinary men," into an instrument of state repression and genocide under the Nazi regime.
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JAHM (Jewish American Heritage Month) -- ICS Workshop- Jewish Americans
JAHM (Jewish American Heritage Month) -- ICS Workshop- Jewish Americans 3:30pm - 4:30pm (1h)
Workshops
Starts May 1, 2024 at 3:30pm
Ends May 1, 2024 at 4:30pm
ICS will examine the rich diversity and history of Jewish Americans, and gain insights that deepen the understandings of identity for all students
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USHMM: 2024 Joseph & Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture- Preserving Shared History: Art in Internment during the Holocaust
USHMM: 2024 Joseph & Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture- Preserving Shared History: Art in Internment during the Holocaust 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 1, 2024 at 7:00pm
Ends May 1, 2024 at 8:00pm
The Nazi party introduced antisemitic exclusionary laws shortly after Adolf Hitler was appointed German Chancellor in January 1933. While Jews were the primary target of persecution and murder, those who did not fit the “Aryan” ideal espoused by the Nazis were also persecuted under exclusionary regulations, including Black people, and Sinti and Roma in Germany, among others.
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Jewish American Heritage Month- An Evening with Award-Winning Novelist, Dara Horn
Jewish American Heritage Month- An Evening with Award-Winning Novelist, Dara Horn 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts May 2, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ends May 2, 2024 at 7:00pm
Dara Horn, the award-winning author of six books, will speak to participants about her body of work and offer educators tangible methods to elevate and celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month in their classrooms.
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April 2024

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Temple Beth-El Sisterhood Holocaust Presentation & Tour

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  • Sun, Mar 31, 10:30am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  JCC San Antonio

Echoes & Reflections: "Examining the Holocaust and World War II: Teaching with The U.S. and the Holocaust", a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, April 2024

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  • Mon, Apr 1 - Mon, Apr 29, 2024
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online course for educators

Texas State University: Genocide Awareness Symposium

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  • Mon, Apr 1 - Fri, Apr 12, 2024
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Texas State University- San Marcos, Texas

ISGAP - “Antisemitism in Women's Rights Movements”

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  • Tue, Apr 2, 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual event

Performance as Witness: Recognizing the Rhetoric that Leads to Violence

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  • Tue, Apr 2, 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom online

Echoes & Reflections- A Liberator & a Spy

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  • Tue, Apr 2, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online through Zoom

Jewish and You: Classes for the Curious | Shoah and Jew Hatred

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  • Tue, Apr 2, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Temple Emanu-El Tobian Auditorium

"Strangers in Their Own Land: Jewish Self-Awareness in Holocaust Memoirs"

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  • Wed, Apr 3, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

2024 Genocide Awareness Lecture featuring Loung Ung

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  • Wed, Apr 3, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Livestream

HMH Film Screening: "Love Gets A Room"

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  • Wed, Apr 3, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Albert & Ethel Herzstein Theatre

The Women on Stieve's List- Anatomy, Nazi Victims, Legacies

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  • Thu, Apr 4, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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  • Location:  Online

The Vel d’Hiv Round-Up: The Largest Mass Arrest in Wartime French History

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  • Thu, Apr 4, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

El Paso Holocaust Museum- "Unveiling Truths: Decoding Antisemitism in Media Narratives"

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  • Thu, Apr 4, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  RSVP for Location

Jewish Federation Las Cruces & El Paso: Trio Sefardi

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  • Fri, Apr 5 - Sun, Apr 7, 2024
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Community-Wide Concert

UTD: International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

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  • Sun, Apr 7, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  University of Texas at Dallas Erik Jonsson Academic Center (JO), Performance Hall 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021

March of Remembrance Texas- Dallas

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  • Sun, Apr 7, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Southern Methodist University

An Evening with Chris Bohjalian author of "The Sandcastle Girls"

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  • Sun, Apr 7, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  St. Sarkis Armenian Church

Echoes & Reflections- "How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today", April 2024

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  • Mon, Apr 8 - Tue, Apr 23, 2024
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online course

USC Shoah Foundation- "The Holocaust: An Unfinished History"

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  • Mon, Apr 8, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Can I See the Horns: Roots of Antisemitism presented by Marcia Jo Zerivitz

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  • Tue, Apr 9, 11:00am - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom online

"From Generation to Generation: Author Michelle Weinfeld Shares her Grandfather's Holocaust Survival Story

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  • Tue, Apr 9, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Genetic Discrimination: Exploring the Echoes between Nazi and American Eugenic Histories

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  • Wed, Apr 10, 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Echoes & Reflections: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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  • Wed, Apr 10, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

Clark University Workshop- Kwibuka 30: Making Memory and Legacy in Rwanda

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  • Thu, Apr 11, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online

Holocaust Museum El Paso- Book Discussion of "Some King of Hate" by Sarah Darer Littman

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  • Thu, Apr 11, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom

HMH- Project Shema Public Workshop on Antisemitism

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  • Thu, Apr 11, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Albert & Ethel Herzstein Theatre

Clark University- Kwibuka 30: Making Memory and Legacy in Rwanda

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  • Fri, Apr 12, 7:30am - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online

Holocaust Museum San Antonio: Film Screening: "The Way to Happiness"

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  • Sun, Apr 14 (all day)
  • Calendar:   Films

Movie Screening: Irena's Vow

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  • Mon, Apr 15 - Tue, Apr 16, 2024
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Theaters Across Texas

ISGAP- Understanding the Holocaust Through Literature: The Many Entry Wedges

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  • Mon, Apr 15, 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

Shalom Austin- Yom's Educational Electives

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  • Mon, Apr 15, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Shalom Austin

DHHRM: Homeschool Day

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  • Tue, Apr 16 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust Human Rights Museum

Echoes & Reflections- Silent Witness: Unveiling Bystander Complicity in the Holocaust

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  • Tue, Apr 16, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online Zoom

Short Hair Detention: Channy Chhi Laux, survival of the Cambodian Genocide -- via Zoom

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  • Wed, Apr 17, 10:00am - 11:30am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom online

USHMM 2024 First Person Series: Ruth Elenberg Eisenberg

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  • Wed, Apr 17, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual on Youtube

Workshop: Teaching the Cambodian Genocide through Testimony

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  • Wed, Apr 17, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Zoom- online workshop

Echoes & Reflections - Beyond Hitler: Unraveling the Complexities of Nazi Leadership in Inciting the Holocaust

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  • Thu, Apr 18, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom Online

USC Shoah Foundation: Antisemitism in the Aftermath of the Holocaust

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  • Thu, Apr 18, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

HMH: Film Screening | "The Survivor"

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  • Thu, Apr 18, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston Albert & Ethel Herzstein Theater

Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Series

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  • Sat, Apr 20, 10:00am - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

DHHRM: Rwanda Genocide Against the Tutsis Commemoration

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  • Sat, Apr 20, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum

Passover Begins

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  • Mon, Apr 22 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General

Echoes & Reflections- Teaching About Genocide: The Armenian Genocide

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  • Mon, Apr 22, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Zoom link

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day: Remembrance in a Time of Calamity

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  • Wed, Apr 24, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Virtual program

St. Kevork Armenian Church: Armenian Genocide and Holy Martyrs Service

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  • Sun, Apr 28 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  St. Kevork Armenian Church

Passover Ends

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  • Tue, Apr 30 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General

The Specter of Persecution: Queer Women in the Third Reich

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  • Wed, May 1, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

Echoes & Reflections- Teaching About Perpetrators: The Role of the German Police in the Holocaust

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  • Wed, May 1, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

JAHM (Jewish American Heritage Month) -- ICS Workshop- Jewish Americans

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  • Wed, May 1, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
  • Calendar:   Workshops
  • Location:  Online via Zoom

USHMM: 2024 Joseph & Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture- Preserving Shared History: Art in Internment during the Holocaust

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  • Wed, May 1, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual event

Jewish American Heritage Month- An Evening with Award-Winning Novelist, Dara Horn

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  • Thu, May 2, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Webinar via Zoom

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