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25 The Essence of Antisemitism The Essence of Antisemitism 1:00pm - 2:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Apr 25, 2021 at 1:00pm Ends Apr 25, 2021 at 2:00pm Please join Congregation Nishmat Am for their final presentation focusing on global antisemitism featuring THGAAC Commissioner Dr. David A. Patterson. Click for more info	26 Creating Possibility \| Disallowing Hatred – Antisemitism: Its History and Legacy Creating Possibility \| Disallowing Hatred – Antisemitism: Its History and Legacy 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Apr 26, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends Apr 26, 2021 at 1:00pm The goal of Holocaust Museum Houston's Creating Possibility \| Disallowing Hatred Program is to cultivate upstanders who are aware of the power of hatred in human decision making and to provide community members an opportunity to learn important concepts of history, civic awareness, and social justice. Click for more info Greek Jewry and the Holocaust Greek Jewry and the Holocaust 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts Apr 26, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Apr 26, 2021 at 4:00pm Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage for a workshop designed for teachers featuring Dr. Devin Naar & Jane Elias. Click for more info 2021 Voices of Hope Virtual Speaker Series: Jeffrey Cymbler: Jewish Genealogy in Poland 2021 Voices of Hope Virtual Speaker Series: Jeffrey Cymbler: Jewish Genealogy in Poland 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Apr 26, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Apr 26, 2021 at 7:00pm Join Voices of Hope for a discussion with Jeffrey Cymbler. Click for more info	27 Curating a Centennial Exhibit on the Armenian Genocide in Paris: History, Images, and the Context of the Shoah Memorial Curating a Centennial Exhibit on the Armenian Genocide in Paris: History, Images, and the Context of the Shoah Memorial 12:30pm - 2:00pm (1h 30m) Speaking Engagements Starts Apr 27, 2021 at 12:30pm Ends Apr 27, 2021 at 2:00pm Please join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota for this year's Ohanessian Chair Lecture featuring Claire Mouradian, Professor Emerita of History, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. Click for more info	28 The Holocaust & Dictatorship in Brazilian Literature The Holocaust & Dictatorship in Brazilian Literature 4:00pm - 5:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Apr 28, 2021 at 4:00pm Ends Apr 28, 2021 at 5:00pm Please join the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas for the last of three speakers in their annual Spring Lecture Series: Jewish and National Memory of Dictatorships in Latin America. Click for more info France Divided: Understanding the WWII Occupation of France France Divided: Understanding the WWII Occupation of France 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Apr 28, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends Apr 28, 2021 at 7:00pm Join Dr. Eileen M. Angelini as she discusses the occupation of France during World War II. Click for more info	29 Holocaust Education on Social Media Holocaust Education on Social Media 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts Apr 29, 2021 at 2:00pm Ends Apr 29, 2021 at 3:00pm During this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Yad Vashem educator, Yoni Berrous will discuss recent social media offerings on this subject and present Yad Vashem digital tools that have been created specifically for students. Click for more info	30 2021 Dr. Steinberger Outstanding Educator Award of $1,000 Submission Deadline 2021 Dr. Steinberger Outstanding Educator Award of $1,000 Submission Deadline All Day Grants & Contests Apr 30, 2021 (All Day) All Steinberger Award applications and supporting documents must be submitted electronically by 4:00 P.M. C.D.T. Click for more info 2021 Friends of THGAAC Student Contests in Poetry & Visual Arts Submission Deadline 2021 Friends of THGAAC Student Contests in Poetry & Visual Arts Submission Deadline All Day Grants & Contests Apr 30, 2021 (All Day) Every student participating must submit their application, parent/guardian permission form, and honesty clause form by 4:00 P.M. C.D.T. Click for more info Genocide Awareness Month Ends Genocide Awareness Month Ends All Day Commemorations Apr 30, 2021 (All Day) Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Apr 30, 2021 at 11:00am Ends Apr 30, 2021 at 12:00pm Join the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas for a talk entitled "Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil." Click for more info Post-Soviet Patriotism, Nationalism, and Russian Orthodoxy Post-Soviet Patriotism, Nationalism, and Russian Orthodoxy 1:00pm - 2:30pm (1h 30m) Speaking Engagements Starts Apr 30, 2021 at 1:00pm Ends Apr 30, 2021 at 2:30pm Northern Arizona University's Martin-Springer Institute presents "Unholy Alliance: Nationalism and Christianity a Martin-Springer Institute Zoom Series" comprised of four different speaker events. Join Katya Tolstaya as the fourth, and final, speaker of this series. Click for more info	1
2	3 THGC May 2021 Quarterly Meeting THGC May 2021 Quarterly Meeting 8:30am - 3:30pm (7h) Commission Meetings Starts May 3, 2021 at 8:30am Ends May 3, 2021 at 3:30pm The Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission (THGC) is holding its quarterly meeting on Monday, May 3, 2021 beginning at 8:30 A.M. Every quarter the THGC holds a meeting, open to the public, in order to review its current projects and initiatives. The Commission invites any member of the public who might be interested in its mission to this meeting. Click for more info	4 Liberation75 Conference Liberation75 Conference All Day (6 days) Commemorations Starts May 4, 2021 Ends May 9, 2021 Liberation75 is the world's largest international event to mark the 75th anniversary of liberation from the Holocaust. Click for more info 2021 Voices of Hope Virtual Speaker Series: Ariel Burger: "Witness: Lessons From Elie Wiesel’s Classroom" 2021 Voices of Hope Virtual Speaker Series: Ariel Burger: "Witness: Lessons From Elie Wiesel’s Classroom" 4:00pm - 5:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 4, 2021 at 4:00pm Ends May 4, 2021 at 5:00pm Join Voices of Hope for a discussion with Ariel Burger. Click for more info What did American Jewish New Yorkers Know? What did American Jewish New Yorkers Know? 4:00pm - 5:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts May 4, 2021 at 4:00pm Ends May 4, 2021 at 5:00pm Please join the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust for their teacher program discussing what reporting existed during the 1930s & 1940s. Click for more info New Beginnings: Jewish Refugees after the Holocaust New Beginnings: Jewish Refugees after the Holocaust 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 4, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends May 4, 2021 at 7:00pm Please join the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust for their presentation on Jewish refugees after the Holocaust. Click for more info Intergenerational Trauma, Memory, and Stories Carried Forward Intergenerational Trauma, Memory, and Stories Carried Forward 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts May 4, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends May 4, 2021 at 7:00pm Join the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and Dr. Marianne Hirsch for a discussion about intergenerational trauma and memory. Click for more info	5 Liberation75 Conference All Day (6 days) Commemorations Starts May 4, 2021 Ends May 9, 2021 Liberation75 is the world's largest international event to mark the 75th anniversary of liberation from the Holocaust. Click for more info The Myth of the Perfect Mother: Propaganda and Conspiracy Theories The Myth of the Perfect Mother: Propaganda and Conspiracy Theories 8:30am - 9:00am (30m) Workshops Starts May 5, 2021 at 8:30am Ends May 5, 2021 at 9:00am Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and learn how nationalist propaganda and anti-Jewish conspiracy theories converged to persuade women to become key players in the myth of Nazi supremacy. Click for more info	6 Liberation75 Conference All Day (6 days) Commemorations Starts May 4, 2021 Ends May 9, 2021 Liberation75 is the world's largest international event to mark the 75th anniversary of liberation from the Holocaust. Click for more info Using Art to Teach about the Holocaust Using Art to Teach about the Holocaust 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts May 6, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends May 6, 2021 at 4:00pm In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Rebecca Hoffberger, the founder of AVAM and Esther’s daughter and co-founder of Art & Remembrance, Bernice Steinhardt, will join an Echoes & Reflections facilitator to discuss how visual arts can be used to teach the Holocaust in the classroom. Click for more info The Ballerina of Auschwitz The Ballerina of Auschwitz 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 6, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends May 6, 2021 at 7:00pm Join Chabad of the shore and the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education for a not-to-be-missed program "The Ballerina of Auschwitz." Click for more info Crucial Conversations: Confronting Antisemitism - Starting the Conversation Crucial Conversations: Confronting Antisemitism - Starting the Conversation 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 6, 2021 at 7:00pm Ends May 6, 2021 at 8:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for the first session of a four-part series on antisemitism. Click for more info Nuremberg and the Modern Laws of War Nuremberg and the Modern Laws of War 7:00pm - 8:30pm (1h 30m) Speaking Engagements Starts May 6, 2021 at 7:00pm Ends May 6, 2021 at 8:30pm John Geiringer, a partner at Barack Ferrazzano law firm and a Co-Director of the Consortium for the Research and Study of Holocaust and the Law (CRSHL) at the Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Center for National Security and Human Rights Law, will place the IMT in historical context and discuss how it led to the laws of armed conflict that we have today. Click for more info Confronting Antisemitism: Testimony from Channy Chhi Laux Confronting Antisemitism: Testimony from Channy Chhi Laux 7:30pm - 8:30pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 6, 2021 at 7:30pm Ends May 6, 2021 at 8:30pm The Jewish Family and Children's Services Holocaust Center invites families, teachers, and students ages 13+ to learn about the Cambodian Genocide through the eyes of Channy, who courageously survived, started a new chapter of her life in the United States, and wrote the award-winning Memoir of a Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Surviving the Cambodian Genocide, 2017. Click for more info	7 Liberation75 Conference All Day (6 days) Commemorations Starts May 4, 2021 Ends May 9, 2021 Liberation75 is the world's largest international event to mark the 75th anniversary of liberation from the Holocaust. Click for more info	8 Liberation75 Conference All Day (6 days) Commemorations Starts May 4, 2021 Ends May 9, 2021 Liberation75 is the world's largest international event to mark the 75th anniversary of liberation from the Holocaust. Click for more info
9 Liberation75 Conference All Day (6 days) Commemorations Starts May 4, 2021 Ends May 9, 2021 Liberation75 is the world's largest international event to mark the 75th anniversary of liberation from the Holocaust. Click for more info	10 THGAAC Non-Profit Grant Summer 2021 Cycle Opens THGAAC Non-Profit Grant Summer 2021 Cycle Opens All Day Grants & Contests May 10, 2021 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Committee offers to fund a variety of programs through its THGAAC Non-Profit Grant program. Click for more info Creating Possibility \| Disallowing Hatred - Moving Beyond Hatred Creating Possibility \| Disallowing Hatred - Moving Beyond Hatred 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 10, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends May 10, 2021 at 1:00pm The goal of Holocaust Museum Houston's Creating Possibility \| Disallowing Hatred Program is to cultivate upstanders who are aware of the power of hatred in human decision making and to provide community members an opportunity to learn important concepts of history, civic awareness, and social justice. Click for more info	11	12 Chhange 2021 Virtual Colloquium "We Will Be Heard" Chhange 2021 Virtual Colloquium "We Will Be Heard" 8:30am - 9:30am (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 12, 2021 at 8:30am Ends May 12, 2021 at 9:30am Join Chhange’s 2021 Virtual Colloquium, featuring author and educator Alexandra Zapruder. Alexandra will speak about the significance of diaries written by Jewish teens during the Holocaust, along with the importance of literary and artistic expression created by teens throughout the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Click for more info 2021 First Person Series: Theodora Klayman 2021 First Person Series: Theodora Klayman 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 12, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends May 12, 2021 at 1:00pm Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and Dora for a live conversation to learn about her Holocaust experiences and how she survived in hiding while many of her family were deported and killed in camps. Click for more info	13 Lunch & Learn: Women and the Holocaust: An Exploration through Original Poetry Lunch & Learn: Women and the Holocaust: An Exploration through Original Poetry 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts May 13, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends May 13, 2021 at 1:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a Lunch and Learn that examines the experiences of women in the Holocaust through poetry. Click for more info American Political Leaders and Their Responses to the Holocaust American Political Leaders and Their Responses to the Holocaust 1:00pm - 2:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 13, 2021 at 1:00pm Ends May 13, 2021 at 2:00pm Please join the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust for their program discussing American political leaders and their responses to the Holocaust. Click for more info Legacy of Blood: Anti-Jewish Pogroms in Eastern Europe Legacy of Blood: Anti-Jewish Pogroms in Eastern Europe 7:30pm - 8:45pm (1h 15m) Speaking Engagements Starts May 13, 2021 at 7:30pm Ends May 13, 2021 at 8:45pm Northern Arizona University's Martin-Springer Institute presents "Pogroms and Riots: Anti-Black and Anti-Jewish Massacres, a Martin-Springer Institute Zoom Series" comprised of four different speaker events. Join Elissa Bemporad as the first speaker of this series. Click for more info	14 Answering the Call of My Father, Elie Wiesel Answering the Call of My Father, Elie Wiesel 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h) Commemorations Starts May 14, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends May 14, 2021 at 4:00pm The Holocaust Teacher Institute at the University of Miami, School of Education & Human Development and The Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Foundation, together with The Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Division of Academics, Department of Social Sciences present the 20th Anniversary Holocaust Teacher Institute Opening Reception Click for more info	15 Drop-In Virtual Tour: Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers Drop-In Virtual Tour: Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts May 15, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends May 15, 2021 at 1:00pm Explore the history of the Holocaust using historical artifacts, photographs, and personal stories featured throughout Holocaust Museum Houston's gallery. Facilitated by museum docents, this interactive student tour includes a guided discussion on the lessons of the Holocaust and the role of individuals in society today. Click for more info
16 Understanding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising through the Theatrical Musical "To Paint the Earth" Understanding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising through the Theatrical Musical "To Paint the Earth" 4:00pm - 5:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts May 16, 2021 at 4:00pm Ends May 16, 2021 at 5:00pm Join the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center for a presentation of music and narration that tells the story of the life of the Jewish Underground during the crucial period in the Warsaw Ghetto. Click for more info Lara's Treasures Lara's Treasures 8:00pm - 9:30pm (1h 30m) Speaking Engagements Starts May 16, 2021 at 8:00pm Ends May 16, 2021 at 9:30pm Join the Tokyo Holocaust Education Resource Center and meet Lara Hana Brady, Hana's niece, and hear incredible stories behind artifacts from the Brady Family archive. Click for more info	17	18 THGAAC Holocaust Remembrance Week Grant Summer 2021 Cycle Opens THGAAC Holocaust Remembrance Week Grant Summer 2021 Cycle Opens All Day Grants & Contests May 18, 2021 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Committee offers to fund a variety of educational materials through its Holocaust Remembrance Week Grant. Click for more info	19 Honoring Bravery during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Honoring Bravery during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 9:00am - 9:30am (30m) Workshops Starts May 19, 2021 at 9:00am Ends May 19, 2021 at 9:30am Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and learn about unexpected rescuers and the impact one man’s lifesaving act has had on a boy named Leo 80 years since he survived the Holocaust. Click for more info The 1942 "Race Study" of Jewish Families in the Tarnów Ghetto The 1942 "Race Study" of Jewish Families in the Tarnów Ghetto 10:30am - 11:30am (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 19, 2021 at 10:30am Ends May 19, 2021 at 11:30am The Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education's May Virtual Lunch & Learn Program features Margit Berner focusing on the 1942 "race study" of Jewish families in the Tarnów ghetto. Click for more info Historical Trauma and Cultural Healing in 2021 Historical Trauma and Cultural Healing in 2021 1:00pm - 2:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 19, 2021 at 1:00pm Ends May 19, 2021 at 2:00pm Please join the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust for their discussion of historical trauma and healing in present. Click for more info Choices Matter: Complicity & Action during the Holocaust Choices Matter: Complicity & Action during the Holocaust 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts May 19, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends May 19, 2021 at 4:00pm In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, learn how to teach about the consequences of inaction and the difficult choices of those who rescued and resisted during the Holocaust. Educators will also gain the tools to support students to implement an action-oriented project influenced by the lessons of this history. Click for more info	20 The Incredible Danish Rescue - A Student Activity The Incredible Danish Rescue - A Student Activity 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts May 20, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends May 20, 2021 at 1:00pm Invite the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum to your classroom for a virtual lesson and activity on the Danish Rescue during the Holocaust. Students and educators will be introduced to the rescue of Jews in Denmark showing how a nation can come together as upstanders. Click for more info Searching for Survivors: The Fate of the St. Louis Passengers Searching for Survivors: The Fate of the St. Louis Passengers 4:00pm - 5:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts May 20, 2021 at 4:00pm Ends May 20, 2021 at 5:00pm Please join the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust for their teacher program discussing the St. Louis and its surviving passengers. Click for more info	21	22
23 3GNY in Coversation with Tamir Goodman, "The Jewish Jordan" 3GNY in Coversation with Tamir Goodman, "The Jewish Jordan" 9:30am - 10:30am (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 23, 2021 at 9:30am Ends May 23, 2021 at 10:30am Join 3GNY in conversation with Tamir Goodman, former Pro-Basketball player and current successful entrepreneur, coach, and educator who credits his survivor grandmother for helping him to overcome life's obstacles. Click for more info	24 The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers All Day (4 days) Workshops Starts May 24, 2021 Ends May 27, 2021 The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers, supported by The Warren Fellowship Fund, is developing a corps of educators who want to learn how to effectively teach about the Holocaust and other genocides. The fellowship takes place at Holocaust Museum Houston in Houston, Texas. Click for more info Unpacking "The Archive Thief" Unpacking "The Archive Thief" 1:00pm - 2:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 24, 2021 at 1:00pm Ends May 24, 2021 at 2:00pm Please join the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust for their program discussing "The Archive Thief" with Dr. Lisa Leff & Dr. Jonathan Brent. Click for more info	25 The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers All Day (4 days) Workshops Starts May 24, 2021 Ends May 27, 2021 The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers, supported by The Warren Fellowship Fund, is developing a corps of educators who want to learn how to effectively teach about the Holocaust and other genocides. The fellowship takes place at Holocaust Museum Houston in Houston, Texas. Click for more info "Word, Blood, Redemption: The Essence of Antisemitism" by David Patterson "Word, Blood, Redemption: The Essence of Antisemitism" by David Patterson 10:00am - 11:00am (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 25, 2021 at 10:00am Ends May 25, 2021 at 11:00am Join the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy & Professor David Patterson for "Word, Blood, Redemption: The Essence of Antisemitism." Click for more info The American Soldier Who Risked His Life to Save Jewish POWs The American Soldier Who Risked His Life to Save Jewish POWs 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts May 25, 2021 at 2:00pm Ends May 25, 2021 at 3:00pm During this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds' son, Pastor Chris Edmonds, author of "No Surrender", will tell his father's story. Click for more info Evil Has a Name: Dinko Šakić Evil Has a Name: Dinko Šakić 6:30pm - 7:30pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 25, 2021 at 6:30pm Ends May 25, 2021 at 7:30pm The Defiant Requiem Foundation invites you to a special conversation with board member Tommy Baer entitled Evil Has a Name: Dinko Šakić Click for more info Beyond Anne Frank: Hidden Children in the Netherlands Beyond Anne Frank: Hidden Children in the Netherlands 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 25, 2021 at 7:00pm Ends May 25, 2021 at 8:00pm Join Dr. Charlotte Decoster, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum's Director of Education, to learn more about the hiding experience of Jewish children in the Netherlands during the Holocaust. Click for more info Intimate Violence: Anti-Jewish Pogroms on the Eve of the Holocaust Intimate Violence: Anti-Jewish Pogroms on the Eve of the Holocaust 7:30pm - 8:30pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 25, 2021 at 7:30pm Ends May 25, 2021 at 8:30pm Northern Arizona University's Martin-Springer Institute presents "Pogroms and Riots: Anti-Black and Anti-Jewish Massacres, a Martin-Springer Institute Zoom Series" comprised of four different speaker events. Join Jeffrey Kopstein as the third speaker of this series. Click for more info	26 The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers All Day (4 days) Workshops Starts May 24, 2021 Ends May 27, 2021 The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers, supported by The Warren Fellowship Fund, is developing a corps of educators who want to learn how to effectively teach about the Holocaust and other genocides. The fellowship takes place at Holocaust Museum Houston in Houston, Texas. Click for more info Undying Love. Stories of Romance, Marriage and Rebirth in Displaced Persons' Camps Undying Love. Stories of Romance, Marriage and Rebirth in Displaced Persons' Camps 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 26, 2021 at 11:00am Ends May 26, 2021 at 12:00pm "Undying Love" tells the poignant, enduring, and miraculous love stories of the survivors of World War II. Click for more info Dr. Robert Williams on Understanding and Responding to Antisemitism Dr. Robert Williams on Understanding and Responding to Antisemitism 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 26, 2021 at 6:00pm Ends May 26, 2021 at 7:00pm Join Holocaust Museum Houston and Dr. Robert Williams, Deputy Director for International Affairs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, for a conversation about understanding and responding to antisemitism. Click for more info	27 The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers All Day (4 days) Workshops Starts May 24, 2021 Ends May 27, 2021 The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers, supported by The Warren Fellowship Fund, is developing a corps of educators who want to learn how to effectively teach about the Holocaust and other genocides. The fellowship takes place at Holocaust Museum Houston in Houston, Texas. Click for more info Day of Action Against Antisemitism Day of Action Against Antisemitism 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts May 27, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends May 27, 2021 at 4:00pm During the Day of Action Against Antisemitism, the ADL will provide the tools to amplify your voice with thousands more to demand action and gather virtually for a rally at 3PM CDT to hear from prominent government officials as well as leaders from the Jewish community and civil rights organizations, among others. Click for more info	28	29
30	31 Memorial Day Holiday (Office Closed) Memorial Day Holiday (Office Closed) All Day General May 31, 2021 (All Day) The THGAAC office will be closed. Click for more info	1 Hidden Child: A Conversation with Survivor Sally Frishberg Hidden Child: A Conversation with Survivor Sally Frishberg 12:00pm - 1:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts Jun 1, 2021 at 12:00pm Ends Jun 1, 2021 at 1:00pm During this Echoes & Reflections webinar, you will hear from Sally Frishberg as she shares her incredible story of rescue. Click for more info	2 Jeanne Mammen (1890-1976) - A Life Dedicated to Art Jeanne Mammen (1890-1976) - A Life Dedicated to Art 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jun 2, 2021 at 11:00am Ends Jun 2, 2021 at 12:00pm The Berlin artist Jeanne Mammen (1890-1976) is best known for her depictions of strong, sensual women and Berlin city life. But there is much more to her 70 years of artistic output, with unique sketches, paintings and sculptures. Her studio on Kurfürstendamm 29, which she occupied from 1920 until the end of her life, is almost unchanged and allows us to come very close to this artist and her work. Click for more info	3 Heroines of the Holocaust Heroines of the Holocaust 11:00am - 12:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jun 3, 2021 at 11:00am Ends Jun 3, 2021 at 12:00pm Leading international scholars of the Holocaust and genocide will highlight women rescuers and resisters in daily life, in ghettos, forests, labor and death camps, including Jewish and non-Jewish women professionals and partisans. This symposium hopes to create a new narrative around agency in the Shoah and other genocides and to promote a rethinking of leadership in Holocaust resistance and rescue, which may inspire transformative activism today. Click for more info Teachers with Testimony: Focus on Rescuers Teachers with Testimony: Focus on Rescuers 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h) Workshops Starts Jun 3, 2021 at 3:00pm Ends Jun 3, 2021 at 4:00pm This Echoes & Reflections webinar, focused on the topic of rescuers, provides educators with key instructional strategies and tips to promote student learning. Click for more info Crucial Conversations: Confronting Antisemitism - Antisemitism in the United States Crucial Conversations: Confronting Antisemitism - Antisemitism in the United States 7:00pm - 8:00pm (1h) Speaking Engagements Starts Jun 3, 2021 at 7:00pm Ends Jun 3, 2021 at 8:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for the second session of a four-part series on antisemitism. Click for more info	4 For Survivors the Holocaust Is Personal: Why Comparisons Can Be Dangerous For Survivors the Holocaust Is Personal: Why Comparisons Can Be Dangerous 8:30am - 9:00am (30m) Workshops Starts Jun 4, 2021 at 8:30am Ends Jun 4, 2021 at 9:00am Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to hear survivors describe their personal experiences in video testimony, and explore how careless comparisons can be both painful and dangerous. Click for more info	5

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The Essence of Antisemitism

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Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Antisemitism: Its History and Legacy

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Greek Jewry and the Holocaust

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2021 Voices of Hope Virtual Speaker Series: Jeffrey Cymbler: Jewish Genealogy in Poland

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Curating a Centennial Exhibit on the Armenian Genocide in Paris: History, Images, and the Context of the Shoah Memorial

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The Holocaust & Dictatorship in Brazilian Literature

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France Divided: Understanding the WWII Occupation of France

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Holocaust Education on Social Media

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2021 Dr. Steinberger Outstanding Educator Award of $1,000 Submission Deadline

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2021 Friends of THGAAC Student Contests in Poetry & Visual Arts Submission Deadline

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Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil

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Post-Soviet Patriotism, Nationalism, and Russian Orthodoxy

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THGC May 2021 Quarterly Meeting

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Liberation75 Conference

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2021 Voices of Hope Virtual Speaker Series: Ariel Burger: "Witness: Lessons From Elie Wiesel’s Classroom"

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What did American Jewish New Yorkers Know?

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New Beginnings: Jewish Refugees after the Holocaust

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Intergenerational Trauma, Memory, and Stories Carried Forward

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The Myth of the Perfect Mother: Propaganda and Conspiracy Theories

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Using Art to Teach about the Holocaust

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The Ballerina of Auschwitz

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Crucial Conversations: Confronting Antisemitism - Starting the Conversation

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Thu, May 6, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Nuremberg and the Modern Laws of War

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Thu, May 6, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Confronting Antisemitism: Testimony from Channy Chhi Laux

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Thu, May 6, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

THGAAC Non-Profit Grant Summer 2021 Cycle Opens

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Mon, May 10 (all day)
Calendar: Grants & Contests

Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred - Moving Beyond Hatred

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Mon, May 10, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Chhange 2021 Virtual Colloquium "We Will Be Heard"

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Wed, May 12, 8:30am - 9:30am
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Facebook Live

2021 First Person Series: Theodora Klayman

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Wed, May 12, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: YouTube

Lunch & Learn: Women and the Holocaust: An Exploration through Original Poetry

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Thu, May 13, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Calendar: Workshops
Location: Zoom

American Political Leaders and Their Responses to the Holocaust

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Thu, May 13, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Legacy of Blood: Anti-Jewish Pogroms in Eastern Europe

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Thu, May 13, 7:30pm - 8:45pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Answering the Call of My Father, Elie Wiesel

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Fri, May 14, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Calendar: Commemorations
Location: Zoom

Drop-In Virtual Tour: Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers

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Sat, May 15, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Calendar: Workshops
Location: Zoom

Understanding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising through the Theatrical Musical "To Paint the Earth"

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Sun, May 16, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Calendar: Workshops
Location: Zoom

Lara's Treasures

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Sun, May 16, 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

THGAAC Holocaust Remembrance Week Grant Summer 2021 Cycle Opens

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Tue, May 18 (all day)
Calendar: Grants & Contests

Honoring Bravery during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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Wed, May 19, 9:00am - 9:30am
Calendar: Workshops
Location: Facebook Live

The 1942 "Race Study" of Jewish Families in the Tarnów Ghetto

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Wed, May 19, 10:30am - 11:30am
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Historical Trauma and Cultural Healing in 2021

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Wed, May 19, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Choices Matter: Complicity & Action during the Holocaust

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Wed, May 19, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Calendar: Workshops
Location: Zoom

The Incredible Danish Rescue - A Student Activity

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Thu, May 20, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Calendar: Workshops
Location: Zoom

Searching for Survivors: The Fate of the St. Louis Passengers

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Thu, May 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Calendar: Workshops
Location: Zoom

3GNY in Coversation with Tamir Goodman, "The Jewish Jordan"

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Sun, May 23, 9:30am - 10:30am
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers

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Mon, May 24 - Thu, May 27, 2021
Calendar: Workshops
Location: Virtual | Zoom

Unpacking "The Archive Thief"

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Mon, May 24, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

"Word, Blood, Redemption: The Essence of Antisemitism" by David Patterson

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Tue, May 25, 10:00am - 11:00am
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

The American Soldier Who Risked His Life to Save Jewish POWs

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Tue, May 25, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Calendar: Workshops
Location: Zoom

Evil Has a Name: Dinko Šakić

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Tue, May 25, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Beyond Anne Frank: Hidden Children in the Netherlands

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Tue, May 25, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Intimate Violence: Anti-Jewish Pogroms on the Eve of the Holocaust

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Tue, May 25, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Undying Love. Stories of Romance, Marriage and Rebirth in Displaced Persons' Camps

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Wed, May 26, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Dr. Robert Williams on Understanding and Responding to Antisemitism

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Wed, May 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Day of Action Against Antisemitism

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Thu, May 27, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Memorial Day Holiday (Office Closed)

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Mon, May 31 (all day)
Calendar: General

Hidden Child: A Conversation with Survivor Sally Frishberg

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Tue, Jun 1, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Calendar: Workshops
Location: Zoom

Jeanne Mammen (1890-1976) - A Life Dedicated to Art

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Wed, Jun 2, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Heroines of the Holocaust

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Thu, Jun 3, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

Teachers with Testimony: Focus on Rescuers

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Thu, Jun 3, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Calendar: Workshops
Location: Zoom

Crucial Conversations: Confronting Antisemitism - Antisemitism in the United States

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Thu, Jun 3, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom

For Survivors the Holocaust Is Personal: Why Comparisons Can Be Dangerous

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Fri, Jun 4, 8:30am - 9:00am
Calendar: Workshops
Location: Facebook Live

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