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Generations of the Shoah International Newsletter
October 2009
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Dear Members and Friends,
This month GSI celebrates its 7th anniversary. We started with nine people representing second generation groups in seven cities and now reach tens of thousands of people around the world. We are all volunteers and remain committed to sharing information and resources throughout the survivor community.
Membership is always free and there is no charge for posting public programs in our newsletters. We do not solicit money for ourselves but if you feel well served by GSI we encourage you to make a donation to the Holocaust organization / institutions of your choice. In these hard economic times the Jewish social service agencies that help needy survivors and the museums / memorials that help keep the legacy alive are having financial difficulties so anything you can donate would be helpful.
In addition to our newsletters, we offer a leadership listserv that connects representatives of survivor, second and third generation groups. We use this listserv to keep people informed on news that comes up between newsletters. Leaders in the survivor community can use this vehicle to communicate immediately and directly with each other. Groups are welcome to send a representative to join this listserv. Please contact us at gsi@genshoah.org.
We also offer an intergenerational Facebook group that allows members to communicate with each other. Everyone is welcome to join the Facebook group. There are instructions on how to join our Facebook group in the box below.
GSI is unique. Our growth and outreach reflect our dedication to the survivor community. In the last year we have expanded our connections and now work with diplomats and statesmen from various countries. A member of the GSI Coordinating Council had the honor of being the only representative from the survivor community speaking about caring for aging survivors from the perspective of our families at the Holocaust Era Assets Conference in Prague in June.
GSI-New Jersey was the first Holocaust survivor family group to hold a joint conference with a State Holocaust Commission in the USA. GSI has conducted speaker-training programs around the US to help children and grandchildren of survivors enhance their Holocaust presentations to schools and religious institutions. We regularly participate in international conferences. For years GSI has been the bridge between the survivor community and the major Holocaust-related organizations / institutions worldwide. This network continues to expand and strengthen.
We thank you for your support. Without word of mouth and your personal recommendations we would not have been able to reach so many people. We have worked hard to earn your respect and promise to continue to work for the survivor community. Please continue to spread the word about GSI. Please continue to spread the word about GSII and forward our newsletters to anyone who might find them interesting.
To ensure that our website is accurate and up to date, we ask survivor, second and third generation groups to please check our website at www.genshoah.org/2g3g.html. to see if the name of your group and your contact information are correct. If changes are necessary, please
Kristallnacht commemorations are coming so please send us your program information so we can include it in the next edition of the newsletter.
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Membership in our interactive leadership listserv is open to leaders / representatives of landsmanschaft groups. If your local survivor, second generation or third generation group has not yet delegated a representative to join the GSI interactive online discussion / listserv group, please join us now. We already have dozens of members throughout the US and from other countries. This global interactive listserv is the fastest way to reach the survivor community should issues / concerns arise: gsi@genshoah.org.
For event submissions: www.genshoah.org/contact_gsi.html. Please fill out the information requested in the text areas and submit it to us at gsi@genshoah.org. Kindly do not to wait until the last minute. Send us your information later than the 23rd of the month month if you wish for it to appear in the upcoming month’s issue.
Visit our GSI website at www.genshoah.org for updated information on new books, films, helpful links to Holocaust-related organizations and institutions, etc. Survivors, their children and grandchildren are welcome to post contact information for their local groups on our website.
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RESTITUTION
New York State Banking Department’s Holocaust Claims Processing Office Since 1996 the State of New York has played an integral role in helping individuals, of all backgrounds and regardless of their current residence, obtain a measure of just resolution for the theft of property during the reign of the Nazi regime. The Holocaust Claims Processing Office (“HCPO”) of the New York State Banking Department was created on June 25, 1997 to provide institutional assistance to individuals seeking to recover assets lost due to Nazi persecution.
The mission of the office is threefold: 1) recover assets deposited in banks; 2) recover proceeds of unpaid insurance policies issued by European insurers; and 3) recover art lost, looted, or sold under duress between 1933 and 1945. Moreover, all of our services are provided free of charge. There is no fee for a claimant to utilize our services, nor does the HCPO take a percentage of the value of the assets recovered. The goal of the HCPO is to advocate for claimants by helping to alleviate any cost and bureaucratic hardships they might encounter in trying to pursue claims on their own.
For more information about the HCPO or to initiate a claim please call 1-800-695-3318 or visit our website at www.claims.state.ny.us/index.htm.
From (US) Homeland Security
If you have documented proof of looted art that is offered for sale in the US you can contact the US Department of Homeland Security Immigration & Customs Enforcement office in New York. Contact Bonnie Goldblatt: bonnie.goldblatt@dhs.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
From Yad Vashem
Special Rosh Hashanah Message from Rabbi Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, drawing on biblical sources, delivers an inspirational drasha (homily) on the importance of commemorating the Jews who perished during the Shoah. Rabbi Lau, himself a child survivor of Buchenwald, calls upon Jews across the world to join Yad Vashem's efforts to recover the names of each individual Shoah victim by filling out Pages of Testimony in their memory and submitting them to Yad Vashem. This is a race against time. Act now before those who still remember them are gone forever. Search for information or submit names of people who perished during the Shoah on Yad Vashem's Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names.
The International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen, Germany
To see the ITS newsletter online: www.its-arolsen.org/index.php?L=1&id=144
The International Task Force'snewly reconstructed website is up and running www.holocausttaskforce.org.
From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Apply now for the Conscience Un-Conference: Using Social Media for Good, December 5, 2009. The Museum is co-hosting its first un-conference with the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. For more information, visit www.ushmm.org/social/blog.
The September eCommunity News is available online: www.kintera.org/cms.asp?id=850464&campaign_id=65423&tr=y&enString=hhSGQDXzLlLIIWMELbJNJ6NEI9IzFHQqPSRKNdMJKcKLK2OGLpG&auid=5359717
From the International Tracing Service (ITS) The latest newsletter, with various updates, is now available online: www.its-arolsen.org/index.php?L=1&id=144
The World Society of Czestochowa Jews and Their Descendants will hold its Third Reunion in Czestochowa, October 18 - October 20, 2009. For more information: http://czestochowajews.org/docs/reunion_en.pdf
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
- 9th Middle Tennessee State University Holocaust Studies Conference
- October 22-24, 2009
- Murfreesboro, TN
- For more: www.mtsu.edu/holocaust_studies/conference.shtml
- The Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference
- Holocaust Education in the 21st Century: Religious and Cultural Perspectives
- October 25 – 27, 2009
- Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
- For more: kaylor@setonhill.edu
- World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust Conference
- October 30 – November 2, 2009
- Newton, MA
- For more: www.wfjcsh.org
- The Global Impact of the Holocaust: 70 Years Later
- November 14 – 15, 2009
- Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA
- For more: www.holyfamily.edu/sas/holocaust/
- International Conference
Genocide and Human Experience: Raphael Lemkin's Thought and Vision - November 15, 2009 9:45 am - 7:00 pm
- Center for Jewish History 15 East 16th St, New York, NY
- For details and registration, visit www.cjh.org/lemkin
- You are the Messengers to a Time I Will Not See:
A Conversation with Gerda Weissmann Klein Videoconference - December 1, 2009 * 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET
- December 17, 2009 * 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET Supporting Your Students in their Service Learning Projects: Teacher Workshop Videoconference
- December - March: Student Service Learning Projects
- March 24, 2010 * 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Service Project Celebration: Student Sharing Videoconference Event. For more information / registration: www.magpi.net/programs/klein.html. For information: http://kleinfoundation.org/contact/
- Council of Holocaust Educators Seventh Annual Conference
Survivor Testimony: Bringing Voices
from the Past and the Present into the Classroom - December 3 - 4, 2009
- Brookdale Community College 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ
- For details and registration forms, see www.che-nj.org or www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/12030409test.pdf
- 40th Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches
- March 6 – 8, 2010
Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA - For information: www.sju.edu/academics/cas/resources/holocaust/ or e-mail asc@sju.edu
- Bearing Witness: Memory, Representation, and Pedagogy
in the Post-Holocaust Age - April 12-13, 2010
Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA - Call for Papers: Please send a 1-2 page, double-spaced abstract and CV by October 30, 2009 to: Petra Schweitzer, Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Holocaust Studies, Shenandoah University, 1460 University Drive, Henkell 213, Winchester, VA 22601 or e-mail to: pschweit@su.edu
- Children and War: Past and Present
- 30 September – 2 October 2010
- University of Salzburg, Austria
- Call for papers. Please send an abstract of 200-250 words, together with biographical background information of 50-100 words by 31 December 2009 to: J.D.Steinert@wlv.ac.uk
- Lessons and Legacies XI
- Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
November 4-7, 2010 - Interested scholars are invited to present proposals for individual papers or entire panels by October 31, 2009. Proposals should be sent by email to Professor Frank Nicosia, University of Vermont (francis.nicosia@uvm.edu), and Professor Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College (susannah.heschel@dartmouth.edu). For more information: sbrown-fleming@ushmm.org, schilling@denison.edu, or hearl@sympatico.ca
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
- Finding Refuge: The Holocaust and Latin America
- October 1, 2009 8:15 am - 3:15 pm
- College of Saint Elizabeth Holocaust Education Resource Center,
2 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ - To register: holocaust@cse.edu
- Mosaic of Victims: Non-Jews Persecuted and Murdered by the Nazis
- October 22, 2009 8:00 am-3:00 pm
- Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL
- For secondary school educators. Free. Registration required by October 8, 2009. www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/pages/secondary_educators__full_day_workshops/285.php
- Starting with the Past, Reflecting on the Present:
Introducing Lessons of the Holocaust to Younger Grades - November 4, 2009 8:00 am.-3:00 pm
- Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL
- For elementary school educators. Free. Call 847.967.4844 or e-mail education@ilhmec.org. www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/pages/secondary_educators__full_day_workshops/285.php Registration required by October 21, 2009:
- Generation to Generation: Bearers of the Holocaust and Heroism Legacy
- 3rd Seminar on "Witnesses of the Witnesses”
November 4, 2009 6:00 p.m.
Diaspora Museum, Israel - For information and registration: Tel: 054-2279775 or billie@laniado.co.il
- Symposium: Holocaust Survivors: Stories of Resilience
- November 12, 2009 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Perkins Prothro Great Hall – Theology Quad – Southern Methodist University campus
Dallas, TX - Holocaust historians, educators, and survivors, gerontologists, social workers and pastoral care clergy will discuss findings from a study on resilience, forgiveness, and survivorship among older Holocaust survivors. http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar%20of%20Upcoming%20Events.html
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Now - October 19, 2009 – International Tracing Service, Bad Arolsen, Germany
- Exhibit: Private Tolkatchev at the Gates of Hell, reproductions of paintings and drawings by the Russian-Jewish soldier and artist Zinovii Tolkatchev. For more: www.its-arolsen.org
- Now - November 15, 2009, Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library, SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX
- Loli Kantor Photography Exhibit: There Was a Forest: Jews in Eastern Europe Today. The exhibit documents the disappearing population of Holocaust survivors and their lives within the vanishing shtetls of Eastern Europe and also offers a glimpse into the reemergence of Jewish life and culture that is beginning to transform some of the larger communities. For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar of UpcomingEvents.html
- Now - November 19, 2009 – Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 E. 16th St, New York, NY
- Publishing in Exile: German-Language Literature in the U.S. in the 1940s. This exhibit presents books, photos and archival material focusing on the activities of German-language literary publishing in New York and Los Angeles by authors who fled Germany following the rise of National Socialism. For more information, www.cjh.org
- Now - November, 2009 – Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- Exhibitions: They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust, featuring the art of Mayer Kirshenblatt, recording Jewish life in a pre-war Polish town as seen through the eyes of an inquisitive boy. Also, Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman photographs taken in eastern Poland (now Belarus) during WWII. For more: www.galiciajewishmuseum.org
- Now - November 30, 2009 – Loudoun Public Library, Leesburg, VA
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibit: Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings. For more information: www.ushmm.org.
- Now - November 30, 2009 – Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL
- Exhibit: Darfur: Photojournalists Respond. Leora Kahn encourages social change through photography and education. For more information, see www.ilholocaustmuseum.org
- Now - January 3, 2010 – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- Exhibit: A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People
A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People is an interactive experience that allows visitors to follow in John Paul II's footsteps from his childhood to his role as head of the world's largest church. For more: www.hmh.org
- Now - January 4, 2010 – Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
- Exhibit: Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges: explores the challenges of life in the segregated South. For more information: www.mjhnyc.org/college/index.html
- Now - February 7, 2010 – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- Exhibit: Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews during the Holocaust, the heroic stories of Albanian Muslims who saved Jews - those of Albanian origin and refugees alike - from extermination during WWII despite great danger to themselves. For more: www.hmh.org.
- Now - February 14, 2010 – South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibit: Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race.
For more: www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/traveling/details/index.php?type=current&content=deadly_medicine
- Now - June 30, 2010 – 1 West 4th Street (between Broadway and Mercer St), New York, NY
- Argentinean artist Mirta Kupferminc creates a post-Holocaust cosmos of memory, allegory, and symbolism. Her large scale works on paper evoking dreams, mystery, and reality express a legacy of trauma and dislocation and the regenerative human capacity for survival and renewal. Photo ID required. For more: 212-824-2293: kmoscowitz@huc.edu, www.huc.edu/museum/ny
- October 1, 2009, 3:00 pm –Illinois Holocaust Museum, Skokie, IL
- After surviving the Holocaust, how do you reconcile the past and move forward? Explore the implications of history with the Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District in a private tour of the Illinois Holocaust Museum with Fern Schumer Chapman, author of Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust : A Daughter's Journey to Reclaim the Past followed by hors d'oeuvres and discussion led by Chapman at Corner Cooks in Winnetka. Fees. Reservation required: (847) 441-0134.
- October 1, 2009, 6:00 p.m. – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- Journey Around the World: One Survivor's Story. For more information, please call 713-527-1640 or e-mail membership@hmh.org.
- October 2, 2009 – New York's Cinema Village, New York, NY
- As Seen Through These Eyes, directed by Hilary Helstein and narrated by Maya Angelou, celebrates the art work created by children who were imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps, including Simon Wiesenthal. For times and more information, go to: www.AsSeenThroughTheseEyes.com
- October 5, 2009 – Consulate of Hungary, 227 East 52nd Street, New York, NY
- New Presentation of Wallenberg Musical Drama. To attend, please RSVP at 646 592 1708 or at threecrownslp@aol.com
- October 6, 2009, 6:30 pm – Holocaust Center of Northern California, 121 Steuart Street, San Francisco, CA
- The Lost Cellos of Lev Aronson book talk with author Francis Brent. The Lost Cellos is the story of Lev Aronson, the world-renowned cellist, Holocaust survivor and teacher, whose prized Amati cello was confiscated in Riga in 1941. His deep connection to the cello helped him preserve his sanity and identity while in the camps. RSVP required: (415) 777-9060 x 207 or rsvp@hcnc.org.
- October 8, 2009, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. – The 6th Floor Museum, Dealey Plaza, 411 Elm Street, Dallas, TX
- Beyond the Victim Monument with speaker Professor Kirk Savage, University of Pittsburgh, author of Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monuments in Nineteenth-Century America. For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar%20of%20Upcoming%20Events.html
- October 9, 2009, 11:00 a.m. – 3rd floor classroom, Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
- Meeting followed by lunch for all children of Holocaust survivors and refugees. If you can’t attend, but would like to have input – please email Bonnie@AceWalker.com with suggestions for what you would like to see from Generations After, how you would like to be involved with Generations After and with the Florida Holocaust Museum, what you see as the role of Generations After, or anything else you would like to propose.
- October 10, 2009, 2:00 p.m. – Seattle Art Museum’s Plestcheeff Auditorium, 1300 First Avenue, Seattle, WA
- The Music of Remembrance free Sparks of Glory concert-with-commentary Camp Songs. This concert-with-commentary series explores connections between Holocaust musicians and the museum’s exhibit, Burden of History. Live chamber music performances of Paul Schoenfield’s Camp Songs, Ernest Bloch’s Prayer for double bass, and Gideon Klein's Duo for violin and cello. For more information visit: www.musicofremembrance.org
- October 13, 2009, 7:15 pm – ICC 234, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
- Screening: The Reader opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. For more: cjcinfo@georgetown.edu
- October 14, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
- Racial Laws: Nuremberg and Jim Crow. Leading academics Robert Burt, Jonathan Holloway, and Henry Feingold will examine whether the Nuremberg and Jim Crow laws were motivating factors in the alliance between American Jews and blacks from World War II through the Civil Rights era. Fees. For more, www.mjhnyc.org/safrahall/visit_safra_hall.htm
- October 18, 2009, 10:00 am – Temple Emanuel, 87 Overlook Dr, Woodcliff Lake, NJ
- Mark it with a Stone: Sandy Rubenstein, daughter of Holocaust survivor Joseph Horn, will present a multi-media program incorporating video clips from her late father’s Shoah testimony and excerpts from his memoir, Mark It With a Stone, facilitating his testimony in a shared mission of Holocaust remembrance. For more information, SR@MarkItWithaStone.com
- October 18, 2009, 1:30 p.m. – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- World premiere film: The Holocaust by Bullets. Father Patrick Desbois, author of The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews, will speak. Professional credits will be awarded to teachers who attend. For information and to RSVP, contact: holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194>
- October 18, 2009, 2:00 pm – Monmouth County Library, 125 Symmes Dr, Manalapan, NJ
- The Story Behind A Journey to Life: A Tribute to Local Holocaust Survivors, presented by The Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale Community College. The Tribute includes Faces of Courage, a DVD, and the Tribute Book. Nelly Segal, Director of the Tribute, will speak. www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/101809journey.pdf
- October 18, 2009, 2:00 pm – Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL
- The Lost Cellos of Lev AronsonA Conversation with author Frances Brent. Frances Brent discusses the results of her research into the fate of one musician and his instruments in World War II. Book signing follows. Seating is limited. Free with Museum admission. Advance reservations recommended. For more, call 847.967.4889 or email Lillian.gerstner@ilhmec.org
- October 18, 2009, 6:00 pm – Sarratt Student Center Promenade (Reception) and Cinema (Talk), 2301 Vanderbilt Pl., Nashville, TN
- Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews in World War II. For information: shaiya.baer@vanderbilt.edu
- October 20, 2008 through July 26, 2009 – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- A One-Man Army: The Art of Arthur Szyk: exhibition of the work of the Polish Jewish artist who escaped to the US in 1940 and used art as a weapon to garner support for the social and political issues in which he believed. For more: www.hmh.org
- October 20, 2009, 7:00 pm – Center for Jewish History, 15 E. 16th St, New York, NY
- Film/Discussion: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research presents Rudolf Kasztner: Jewish Wallenberg or Nazi Collaborator? U.S. premiere of the documentary Killing Kasztner, the story of the Zionist operative in Budapest who engaged in direct negotiations with Adolph Eichmann that ultimately led to the survival of more than 1,600 Jews and then was accused of collaborating with the Nazis. Fees. www.cjh.org
- October 22, 2009, 4:30-6:30 pm – Austrian Cultural Forum, 11 East 52nd St, New York, NY
- Unraveling the Past: Archival Resources and the Nazi Era: A panel discussion of experts about different archival collections from Europe and the US and their significance for researchers.
Co-sponsors: The Holocaust Claims Processing Office and the Austrian Cultural Forum RSVP: HCPO 1-800-695-3318 or claimsques@banking.state.ny.us
- October 22, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Dallas Holocaust Museum, 211 N. Record Street #100, Dallas, TX
- The Holocaust in Contemporary Consciousness, Culture and Curriculum with speaker Elliott Dlin, Executive Director of the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance. A reception will follow the presentation. For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar of Upcoming Events.html
- October 25, 2009, TBD – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- Holocaust Council of MetroWest presents Meet the Authors Educators Conference with keynote speaker Jane Yolen, author of The Devil's Arithmetic and Briar Rose. Professional credits will be awarded to teachers who attend. For information and to RSVP, contact: holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194.
- October 25, 2009, 10:00* am – Congregation Beth Shalom, Potomac, MD
- Program with Dr. Maislinger of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service. For more information and to confirm the exact time*: etfinder@juno.com.
- October 28, 2009, 5:30 pm – 1 West 4th St (between Broadway and Mercer St), New York, NY
- Opening reception for Argentinean artist Mirta Kupferminc and her post-Holocaust art exhibit. RSVP and photo ID required: 212-824-2293: kmoscowitz@huc.edu, www.huc.edu/museum/ny
- October 28, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
- The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower: Complicity and Conflict on American Campuses. Professor Stephen H. Norwood will explore the indifferent and sometimes complicit attitudes of Ivy League and Seven Sisters schools toward the plight of European Jews. Fees. For more, www.mjhnyc.org/safrahall/visit_safra_hall.htm
- October 28, 2009, 7:30 p.m. – Learning Center Room 28, Drew University, Madison, NJ
- What Remains: Internationally acclaimed photojournalist Yuri Dojc presents his journey to Slovakia recording the stories of Slovak Jews who survived the Holocaust. Free. For more information or to RSVP, contact Drew Center for Holocaust/Genocide study at gsi@genshoah.org, 973/408-3600.
- October 30 to December 13, 2009 – Petaluma Historical Museum, Petaluma, CA
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibit: Schindler. For more information: www.ushmm.org.
- November 1, 2009, 1:30 pm – Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL
- Vilna Ghetto – History, Culture & Song: An Afternoon with Maria Krupoves. Chicago YIVO Society presents Maria Krupoves, lecturer in Yiddish Folklore, Culture and Musical Tradition, Vilnius Yiddish Institute, Lithuania. Free with Museum admission. Advance reservations required. For more information: 847.967.4889 or Lillian.gerstner@ilhmec.org
- November 1, 2009, 2:00 p.m. – Maurice Levin Theatre, Cooperman JCC, West Orange, NJ
- Third Annual Cafe Europa Community Celebration featuring Joshua Nelson: The Prince of Kosher Gospel Music. Dessert reception following the concert. Fees, but free of charge for Café Europa of MetroWest participants. For ticket information, call 973-765-9050 ext. 262
- November 1, 2009, 3:00 pm – The Stamford JCC, Jewish Arts and Film Festival, 1035 Newfield Ave., Stamford, CT
- Performance by Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company featuring works from Dorfman's critically acclaimed The Legacy Project, a celebrated body of works that honors her Eastern European Jewish roots as a daughter of Holocaust survivors. The program includes The Klezmer Sketch, Cats Cradle and her newest creation Tikkun. Tickets and information: Nancy Schiffman at (203) 487-0941 or nschiffman@stamfordjcc.org
- November 2-15, 2009 – Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, Annunciation Center, College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ
- Art Exhibit: Jersey City artist Aileen Bassis has used books to create art that interprets the story of the Holocaust. The results are sculptural objects containing fragmented images that draw the viewer in and offer them remnants of the past – and a terrible story. For information: contact Dr. Harriet Sepinwall: 973-290-4387 or hsepinwall@cse.edu. www.cse.edu/holocaustcenter
- November 3-30, 2009 – Cooperman JCC, 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ
- The One Soul Exhibition: When Humanity Fails, created in remembrance of the Holocaust and in recognition of the heroic American soldiers who liberated the survivors. For more information, please contact Carol Berman at 973.530.3421 or cberman@jccmetrowest.org.
- November 5, 2009, noon – Umphrey Lee Center Ballroom, SMU campus, Dallas, TX
- Lecture: Ethical Dilemmas Facing Defense Attorneys in War-Crime Trials by Professor Jenia Turner (SMU Dedman School of Law). For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar of Upcoming Events.html
- November 5, 2009, 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. – Perkins Prothro Great Hall, Theology Quad, SMU campus, Dallas, TX
- God on Trial: The Meaning of the Shoah for Jewish and Christian Theology Today, screening and discussion of the film God on Trial with Rabbi Ari Perl, and Professor John Holbert. For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar of Upcoming Events.html
- November 5, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – 333 SW 4th Ave., Boca Raton, FL
- Open meeting / program: documentary “The Danish Solution” Standing up to Evil – Scandinavia’s Response during the Holocaust with guest speaker Asa Loof, President, Swedish Women’s Educational Assn, Inc. Dessert reception. For more: www.nextgenerations.org
- November 8, 2009 - January 31, 2010 – Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, 310 Mount Corner Dr, Lincroft, NJ
- Multi Media Exhibit: A Journey to Life, presents the life experiences of local Holocaust survivors through documents, mementos, video and artifacts and features a global perspective of genocide through historical and contemporary genocides, current areas of crisis and suggestions for individual activism. For more: www.holocaustbcc.org, 732-224-2769.
- November 8, 2009, 10:00 am – Temple Beth Hillel - Beth El, Wynnewood, PA
- Screening of the film No. 4 Street of Our Lady, which tells the remarkable, yet little-known, story of Francisca Halamajowa, a Polish-Catholic woman who risked her life to save 15 Jews during the Holocaust. For more information, please contact: info@streetofourlady.org
- November 8, 2009, 1:30 pm – Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL
- Kristallnacht Commemoration & Remembrance for the Righteous: Names of rescuers will be dedicated on the Museum’s Fountain of the Righteous, followed by a commemoration program featuring an address by Rabbi Herman Schaalman. Registration requested. For more: 847.967.4842 or email Lillian.gerstner@ilhmec.org
- November 8, 2009, 3:00 p.m. – B’nai Israel Congregation, 6301 Montrose Rd, Rockville, MD
- Kristallnacht commemoration with speaker Dr. Ann Millin, US Holocaust Memorial Museum. For more information: leli18@verizon.net
- November 8, 2009, 7:00 pm – JCC of Northern Virginia, 8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax, VA
- New York Times bestselling author Neal Bascomb will discuss his riveting new book Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World’s Most Notorious Nazi, filled with startling new information. Fees. Call 703-323-0880 to register or for more information.
- November 9, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Jewish Community Center, 5700 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD
- Kristallnacht commemoration Keynote address: Reporting Kristallnacht: The Press and Propaganda in Germany and the United States by Dr. Ann Millin, US Holocaust Memorial Museum. For more information: jparmigiani@baltjc.org, www.baltjc.org
- November 9, 2009, 7:30 pm – Dolan Performance Hall, College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ
- 20th Annual Week of Holocaust Remembrance. Kristallnacht commemoration with guest speakers Fred Heyman and George Greene, eyewitnesses to Kristallnacht. The evening includes an interfaith service and music by the Elizabeth Singers under the direction of Carol and Roger Pisani. For information: contact Dr. Harriet Sepinwall: 973-290-4387 or hsepinwall@cse.edu. www.cse.edu/holocaustcenter
- November 9, 2009, 7:30 p.m. – Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 200 University Street, Seattle, WA
- The Music of Remembrance Fall Concert: Cantillations . For more information and to order tickets visit www.musicofremembrance.org, or call 206-365-7770.
- November 10, 2009, 12:00 noon – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- Holocaust Council of MetroWest Bagels and Books: discussion of The Avengers by Rich Cohen, about Jewish resistance fighters during and after World War II. RSVP / information: holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194
- November 10, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Assembly Chamber, State House, Trenton, NJ
- State of New Jersey Kristallnacht Commemoration: An Evening of Remembrance, with New Jersey State officials and guest speaker Ernest Kaufman, Kristallnacht survivor. For information: www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/111009krist.pdf
- November 11, 2009, 7:30 pm – Dolan Performance Hall, College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ
- Interfaith Dialogue: Internationally known theologians, Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, Reverend John Pawlikowski and Dr. Henry F. Knight will discuss Challenges and Opportunities in Jewish-Christian Dialogue. For information: contact Dr. Harriet Sepinwall: 973-290-4387 or hsepinwall@cse.edu. www.cse.edu/holocaustcenter
- November 12, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. – Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Drew University, Madison, NJ
- 17th Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration, Samuel Bak: Artist-Witness to the Holocaust, with keynote speaker Samuel Bak, workshops and exhibit. For more information, contact Drew Center for Holocaust/Genocide study at ctrholst@drew.edu.
- November 12, 2009, 8:15 pm – 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
- Jan Gross, the author of Neighbors, which detailed the brutal murder of the Jews of Jedwabne by their fellow townspeople, will speak on the killing and plunder of Jews carried out there and in other towns in Poland, and how new information, obtained from victims and victimizers, has altered the historical debate on Jewish fate in Nazi-occupied Poland. For more information and to purchase tickets: website
- November 13, 2009 - February 1, 2010 – University of Louisville, Kornhauser Health Science Library, Louisville, KY
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibit: Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race. For more information: www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/traveling/details/index.php?type=current&content=deadly_medicine
- November 15, 2009, 11:00 am – Congregation Kol Ami, Flower Mound, TX
- Kristallnacht program: Dan Spigel, producer and director of the film, House of the Generals, will speak about Fighting Hate through Film. He based his film on the lives of his mother's family, who lived through the Russian Revolution and the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. For more: world@swbell.net
- November 15, 2009, 1:30 pm – Westport Library, Westport, CT
- We will show a section of the film Defiance followed by a talk by Nechama Tec, author of the book the on which the film is based, and her son, who is one of the film’s producers. Free and open to the public, but please reserve your place by e-mailing: Joan Hume: jhume@westportlibrary.org or Agnes Vertes: amvertes@optonline.net
- November 16-May 9, 2009 – Yeshiva University Museum, Center for Jewish History, 15 E. 16th St, New York, NY
- Letters of Conscience: Raphael Lemkin and the Quest to End Genocide. This exhibit focuses on the activities and legacy of the Polish-American Jewish lawyer who coined the term genocide working to protect the rights and survival of specific groups targeted for destruction. Original correspondence and documents serve as a stirring reminder of an individual's ability to better humanity and the future. www.cjh.org
- November 19, 2009, 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. – Perkins Prothro Great Hall, Theology Quad, SMU, Dallas, TX
- Music Out of the Ashes with SMU Professors Virginia Dupuy, Christopher Anderson and John Holbert. This lecture/performance will focus on Victor Ullmann’s “Der Kaiser von Atlantis,” an opera written in Theresienstadt but not performed until the 1970s. The evening will include scenes from the opera interspersed with commentary about the camp, the music, and the composer. For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar of Upcoming Events.html
- November 19, 2009, 7:00 pm – University of Florida Hillel, Gainesville, FL
- Screening of the film No. 4 Street of Our Lady, which tells the remarkable, yet little-known, story of Francisca Halamajowa, a Polish-Catholic woman who risked her life to save 15 Jews during the Holocaust. For more information, please contact: info@streetofourlady.org
- November 23, 2009, 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. – Perkins Prothro Great Hall, Theology Quad, SMU, Dallas, TX
- Is Art Worth a Life? Hitler, War and the Monuments Men, an interactive presentation with Robert Edsel, author of Rescuing DaVinci and The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, co-producer of the documentary film Rape of Europa, and founding President of the Monuments Men Foundation, an organization dedicated to the recovery and preservation of Nazi-looted art. For more: http://smu.edu/humanrights/Calendar of Upcoming Events.html
- November 30, 2009, 7:50 p.m. – Wilkins Theater, Kean University, Union, NJ
- History and Catastrophe: The Secret Archives of the Warsaw Ghetto with Dr. Samuel Kassow, noted historian, author and Holocaust scholar. For more information, www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/113009ghetto.pdf
- December 5, 2009, 2:00 pm – Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle, WA
- The Music of Remembrance free Sparks of Glory concert-with-commentary Unconquered! For more information visit: www.musicofremembrance.org/
- December 6, 2009, 11:00 am – Mizner Court, South Party Room, SE 5th Ave, Boca Raton, FL
- Bagels & Books: The Book Thief with facilitator Greta Brewer, NEXT GENERATIONS VP of Education. www.nextgenerations.org
- December 9, 2009 - January 27, 2010– Vespasian Warner Public Library, Clinton, IL
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibit: Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings. For more information: www.ushmm.org.
KRISTALLNACHT COMMEMORATIONS
- November 8, 2009, 10:00 am – Temple Beth Hillel - Beth El, Wynnewood, PA
- Screening of the film No. 4 Street of Our Lady, which tells the remarkable, yet little-known, story of Francisca Halamajowa, a Polish-Catholic woman who risked her life to save 15 Jews during the Holocaust. For more information, please contact: info@streetofourlady.org
- November 8, 2009, 1:30 pm – Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL
- Kristallnacht Commemoration & Remembrance for the Righteous: Names of rescuers will be dedicated on the Museum’s Fountain of the Righteous, followed by a commemoration program featuring an address by Rabbi Herman Schaalman. Registration requested. For more: 847.967.4842 or email Lillian.gerstner@ilhmec.org
- November 8, 2009, 3:00 p.m. – B’nai Israel Congregation, 6301 Montrose Rd, Rockville, MD
- Kristallnacht commemoration with speaker Dr. Ann Millin, US Holocaust Memorial Museum. For more information: leli18@verizon.net
- November 9, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Jewish Community Center, 5700 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD
- Kristallnacht commemoration Keynote address: Reporting Kristallnacht: The Press and Propaganda in Germany and the United States by Dr. Ann Millin, US Holocaust Memorial Museum. For more information: jparmigiani@baltjc.org, www.baltjc.org
- November 9, 2009, 7:30 pm – Dolan Performance Hall, College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ
- 20th Annual Week of Holocaust Remembrance. Kristallnacht commemoration with guest speakers Fred Heyman and George Greene, eyewitnesses to Kristallnacht. The evening includes an interfaith service and music by the Elizabeth Singers under the direction of Carol and Roger Pisani. For information: contact Dr. Harriet Sepinwall: 973-290-4387 or hsepinwall@cse.edu. www.cse.edu/holocaustcenter
- November 10, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – Assembly Chamber, State House, Trenton, NJ
- State of New Jersey Kristallnacht Commemoration: An Evening of Remembrance, with New Jersey State officials and guest speaker Ernest Kaufman, Kristallnacht survivor. For information: www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/111009krist.pdf
- November 12, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. – Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Drew University, Madison, NJ
- 17th Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration, Samuel Bak: Artist-Witness to the Holocaust, with keynote speaker Samuel Bak, workshops and exhibit. For more information, contact Drew Center for Holocaust/Genocide study at ctrholst@drew.edu.
- November 15, 2009, 11:00 am – Congregation Kol Ami, Flower Mound, TX
- Kristallnacht program: Dan Spigel, producer and director of the film, House of the Generals, will speak about Fighting Hate through Film. He based his film on the lives of his mother's family, who lived through the Russian Revolution and the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. For more: world@swbell.net
FYI: For your information
- FYI… For information on the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research: www.holocausttaskforce.org
- FYI… Yad Vashem’s September 2009 Newsletters are available online:
www1.yadvashem.org/newsletter/september2009/newsletter_september2009.html?WT.mc_ev=EmailOpen
Shoah Victims' Names Recovery Project
www1.yadvashem.org/Boris/cynthia/september_2009/newsletter_september_2009_eng.html?WT.mc_ev=EmailOpen - FYI… For information on the Auschwitz Jewish Center: www.ajcf.org
- FYI… Four items from Paris, France:
1- The 2008 Report of the Shoah Memorial is available online at the following links: www.memorialdelashoah.org/upload/medias/fr/rapport_moral08.pdf
On the homepage: www.memorialdelashoah.org
2- For reparation measures in favor of orphans whose parents were victims of Anti-Semitic persecutions and died after having been deported and in favor of orphans whose parents were victims of barbarity in France during World War II. The address is: Ministère de la defense, Direction des statuts, des pensions et de la réinsertion sociale, Bureau des titres et statuts, BP 552, 14037 CAEN Cedex. To call: Tel 00 33 (0)2 31 38 45 21 /or 35
3- Social institutions like CASIP-COJASOR can help needy survivor living in France.
4- The best way for Holocaust survivors who lived in France during the Holocaust to know what is available is to contact Passerelles, a program created by the United Jewish Social Funds (FSJU). They help people in finding the appropriate organization and can help them through the processing. The phone number is: +33 (0) 800 39 45 00. For more information: www.fsju.org - FYI… The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is organizing a trip to Poland. For information: http://web.ushmm.org/site/c.klKQLcMVIqG/b.5379045/k.3690/Warsaw_Lublin_Zamosc_Belzec_and_Krakow_Poland.htm?tr=y&auid=5194318
- FYI… From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum: National Grandparents Trip
Join us November 14 and 15 for a special weekend of educational programs for grandparents and their grandchildren from around the country. More» - FYI… Making Holocaust Denial a Criminal Offense Listen to the interview »
- FYI… Museum of Family History is a virtual museum designed to honor and preserve the memory of our Jewish families and culture for the present and future generations: WWW.MUSEUMOFFAMILYHISTORY.COM.
- FYI… STARZ Channel to Air Simon Wiesenthal Center Documentaries in Honor of Holocaust Remembrance. For dates and times: Moriah films airing on STARZ Entertainment - www.starz.com/schedule?date=10/01/2009&#listview_tab. For links to film info on STARZ: Genocide, I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life And Legacy Of Simon Wiesenthal, Liberation, The Long Way Home, and Unlikely Heroes.
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- Second World War outbreak: 70th anniversary
www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/second-world-war-outbreak-70th-anniversary - Poland marks 70th anniversary of beginning of World War II
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/09/gn_090901_pl.shtml - Pope to attend concert marking WWII
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/30/1008217/pope-to-attend-concert-marking-wwii - Tests on skull fragment cast doubt on Adolf Hitler suicide ...:
- Project to properly bury Holocaust victims is planned
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/01/1007580/project-to-bury-holocaust-victims-planned - Kiev plans hotel at Babi Yar site
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/23/1008066/hotel-to-be-built-at-babi-yar-site - Kiev mayor vetoes plans for hotel on massacre site
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/09/gn_090929_ua.shtml - Insurance Is Focus of Holocaust Exhibit
www.theledger.com/article/20090906/REPORTER/909065004/-1/TRAVEL?Title=Insurance-Is-Focus-of-Holocaust-Exhibit - German parties pledge support to Jewish community
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/23/1008094/german-parties-pledge-support-to-jewish-community - Survivors Reenact Holocaust Train Ride to Safety
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133229 - Jews who escaped Nazis as kids recreate train trip
www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9AGG9JO0&show_article=1&catnum=-1 - ‘English Schindler’ to meet survivors
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/03/1007636/english-schindler-to-meet-survivors -
Evacuee gets to meet war rescuer (video after commercial)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/8239157.stm - Metro Views: A whimper, not a bang
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804553244&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull - Rioters rampage in Budapest’s Jewish district
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/06/1007658/rioters-rampage-in-budapests-jewish-district - A tale of two synagogues
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/07/1007641/a-tale-of-two-synagogues - On Sofia synagogue centenary, praise for Bulgarian resistance against Nazis
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/09/gn_090911_bg.shtml - At a Budapest shtiebel, a hunger to keep the faith
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/19/1007359/in-budapest-a-hunger-to-keep-the-faith - Gdansk synagogue returned to Jewish community on WWII anniversary
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/09/gn_090902_pl.shtml - Healing the wounds
www.northjersey.com/travel/Healing_the_wounds.html - Vilnius Jewish cemetery dispute settled
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/31/1007544/vilnius-jewish-cemetery-dispute-settled - Project to survey Holocaust-era mass graves
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/14/1007850/project-will-survey-holocaust-era-mass-graves - Holocaust monument erected in Dnepropetrovsk
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/30/1008226/holocaust-monument-erected-in-dnepropetrovsk - Ukrainian council condemned for defending Demjanjuk
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/24/1008118/ukrainian-council-condemned-for-defending-demjanjuk - US seeks deportation of suspected Nazi war criminal
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/09/gn_090901_us.shtml - Germany rehabilitates Nazi ‘traitors’
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/09/1007751/germany-rehabilitates-nazi-traitors - Hungarian prime minister denounces rise in extremism
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/09/gn_090908_hu.shtml - Hungarian neo-Nazi camps have large network
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/09/1007721/hungarian-neo-nazi-camps-have-large-network - Hungary questions accused Nazi collaborator
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/16/1007899/accused-nazi-collaborator-questioned-in-hungary - Kiev HIAS vandalized
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/15/1007878/kiev-hias-vandalized - Ukrainian Jews mark Babi Yar
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/29/1008185/ukrainian-jews-mark-babi-yar - UNRWA denies Holocaust quotes
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/08/1007697/unrwa-denies-holoacust-quotes - MSNBC removes Buchanan column defending Hitler
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/03/1007639/njdc-urges-msnbc-to-remove-pat-buchanans-column-defending-hitler - More swastikas appear near Montreal Jewish institutions
www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/200909012036/More-swastikas-appear-near-Montreal-Jewish-institutions.html - Spain indicts 3 alleged Nazi guards
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/22/1008030/spain-indicts-3-alleged-nazi-guards - Spanish newspaper to run interview with Holocaust denier David Irving
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/09/gn_090903_sp.shtml - AJC Protests Spanish Newspaper’s Portrayal of Holocaust Denier as “Expert”
www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=2818295&content_id=%7bAED74E53-C5ED-4258-ACFB-86D1F23775DF%7d¬oc=1 - Group facing charges for Holocaust-denying cartoon
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/02/1007600/dutch-cartoon-denies-the-holocaust-group-faces-charges - Radio host suspended over concentration camp remark
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/09/1007724/radio-host-fired-over-concentration-camp-remark - Hamas rips U.N. for teaching the Holocaust
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/31/1007549/hamas-condemns-un-for-teaching-the-holocaust - More on UNRWA, Hamas and Holocaust denial
http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/09/02/1007612/more-on-unrwa-hamas-and-holocaust-denial - Ahmadinejad calls Holocaust a ‘lie’
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/18/1007973/ahmadinejad-calls-holocaust-a-lie - Ahmadinejad likes irking West with Holocaust denial
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/21/1007973/ahmadinejad-calls-holocaust-a-lie - Holocaust museum shooter appears in court
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/02/1007602/holocaust-museum-shooter-appears-in-court -
Seattle synagogues defaced with swastikas
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/14/1007826/seattle-synagogues-defaced-with-swastikas - Swastikas painted on Seattle synagogues highlight need for education, tolerance
- Harvard Holocaust-denial ad due to ‘miscommunication’
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/13/1007804/harvard-holocaust-denial-ad-due-to-miscommunication - Skinheads arrested in Russian synagogue attack
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/14/1007827/skinheads-firebomb-russian-synagogue - Swastika unnerves local family
- Recession forces cuts to Holocaust education
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/31/1007560/recession-forces-cuts-to-holocaust-education - Holocaust education funding cut back
www.courierpostonline.com/article/20090903/NEWS01/909030338/1006/Holocaust--education-unding-cut-back - A Soldier's Voice Rediscovered
To listen to the recording on YouTube: YouTube www.youtube.com/ajcnyc. - Distorting the Holocaust: Why Numbers Matter
http://hnn.us/articles/100820.html - Health care Holocaust?
- A bittersweet farewell
http://njjewishnews.com/article/lifetimes/a-bittersweet-farewell/ - Who designed the Beetle?
http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/09/14/1007830/who-designed-the-beetle - He recovered art plundered by Nazis
www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090906/COMMUNITIES/90904051/1005/NEWS01 - AJC to Human Rights Watch: Why Let A Nazi Memorabilia Lover Bash Israel?
www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=2818289&content_id=%7b70A6029A-A0BD-426C-A0AB-B9697DBE5D76%7d¬oc=1 - Rights Group Comes Under Fire Over Analyst’s Nazi Memorabilia
- Tickling Leo: A Tale of Love and Loss
www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Tickling_Leo_A_Tale_of_Love_and_Loss.shtml - University head apologizes for Nazi costumes
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/21/1007993/university-head-apologizes-for-nazi-costumes - Tarantino does Tel Aviv
http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/09/16/1007902/tarantino-does-tel-aviv - Hunk looks for love on TV,with help from his mother
- Fighting Nazism Outside the Movies
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/31/1007543/fightingnazismoutsidethemovies - Hitler safe-sex ad pulled from YouTube
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/10/1007775/hitler-safe-sex-ad-pulled-from-youtube
- FYI… The efforts of one son of survivors, Syd Mandelbaum, have had an impact on thousands. To learn more: 'Rock and Wrap It Up' food recovery program brings leftovers to needy after concerts, games at U.S. venues www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/rock_and_wrap_it_up_food_recov.html Also, watch the video: http://videos.nj.com/star-ledger/2009/09/leftover_food_from_giants_stad.html
- FYI… To watch Legacy by Rocky Zweig:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xZcMY439bo - FYI… The Anne Frank Center USA in New York hosts: First Sundays Diary-Making Project on October 4, November 1, and December 6, 2009. Donations requested. RSVP Suggested. For more: (212) 431-7993 ext. 304 or email the Exhibits Manager at kbayles@annefrank.com.
- FYI… For information on Lo Tishkach Foundation, European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative: www.lo-tishkach.org or info@lo-tishkach.org
- GSI Coordinating Council:
Esther Finder, Anat Bar-Cohen [The Generation After, DC];- Klara Firestone [Second Generation, LA, CA]; Sandy Hoffman [Generations After, WI];
- Dina Cohen, Barbara Wind [Generations of the Shoah, NJ];
- Bonnie Stein [Generations After, Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg. FL];
- Ken Engel [CHAIM, MN]; Pepi Nichols [Second Generation of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in Houston, TX];
- Charles Silow [CHAIM, MI]; Daniel Brooks [3G NY];
- Doris Schwarz-Lisenbee [Second and Third Generation Programs Silicon Valley Holocaust Survivor Association];
- Webmaster: Anna Schiffer
- Klara Firestone [Second Generation, LA, CA]; Sandy Hoffman [Generations After, WI];