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Generations of the Shoah International Newsletter
November 2009
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Dear Members and Friends,
We would like to welcome the many new members who have joined us this month. Both our general membership and Facebook groups continue to grow. Thank you for sharing our newsletters and telling your family and friends about GSI.
You will find a long listing of Kristallnacht commemorations in the upcoming events section below.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
From the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen, Germany
Belgium Receives Digital Copies of ITS Documents
The National Archives of Belgium (Archives Générales du Royaume) in Brussels received data copies from the archives of the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen. Following Israel, the US, Poland and Luxembourg, Belgium can now make use of the extensive documentation on Nazi persecution. In accordance with the resolution by the International Commission responsible for overseeing the work of ITS, all eleven member states are entitled to digital copies of the documents archived in Bad Arolsen. For more: www.its-arolsen.org. See the ITS newsletter online at: www.its-arolsen.org/index.php?L=1&id=144
From Yad Vashem
Righteous Among the Nations from France Posthumously Recognized at Yad Vashem
In October, Louise Roger, a Righteous Among Nations from France, was posthumously honored at Yad Vashem. Her grandchildren, Robert Roger and Marie-Terese Roger, came from France to accept the medal and certificate of honor on her behalf. Attendees included Dr Ehud Leob, who was rescued by Louise Roger; Chairman of the Commission for the Designation of the Righteous Among the Nations, Justice (ret.) Jacob Turkel; Chairman of Yad Vashem Avner Shalev; French Ambassador to Israel Christophe Bigot; members of Aloumim, the Association of Jewish Children Hidden during the Holocaust; Holocaust survivors and French participants in an educators’ seminar at Yad Vashem. A memorial ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance preceded the awards ceremony and unveiling of the name in the Garden of the Righteous.
Special Film on 2,000 Years of Jewish Life & Culture Unveiled
A special multi-media presentation, “The World that Was,” which depicts the richness and vitality of 2,000 years of Jewish life and culture before the Holocaust, was unveiled in Yad Vashem’s Valley of the Communities. Fittingly it is screened in the Valley, a massive 2.5 acre memorial to the more than 5,000 Jewish communities decimated in the Holocaust. More than 100 stone walls tower above the ground, engraved with the names of each of those communities, a testament to what no longer exists.
Yad Vashem Magazine
The fall edition of the magazine Yad Vashem Jerusalem is now available online. Articles discuss how much the media knew about the Nazi's plans for the Jews; recent educational activities including a unique visit of Palestinian youth to Yad Vashem; the Third National Teachers' Conference; and a group of special seminars for ultra-orthodox teachers.
Official Visits at Yad Vashem
During October Yad Vashem hosted 3 Presidential visits- from President of Croatia, the President of Macedonia and the Prime Minister of Spain - in a short time span. Ambassador Susan Rice, US Permanent Representative to the UN, also paid an emotional visit to Yad Vashem.
From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
2010 – 2011 Fellowship Opportunities: Call for Applications
The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is now accepting fellowship applications for the 2010-2011 academic year. Fellowships are awarded to support significant research and writing about the Holocaust. Awards are granted on a competitive basis. The Center welcomes proposals from scholars in all relevant academic disciplines. For more: visitingscholars@ushmm.org
From the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
Artifacts and Personal Histories Needed
As the new Museum comes closer to completion, we are excitedly setting up our exhibition space. We are currently looking for documents, photos, letters, or other Holocaust-era artifacts that you would like to loan or donate to the Museum. We are especially interested in well-documented personal histories that touch on all aspects of the Holocaust, from the rise of Nazism through deportation or rescue. Please contact us as soon as possible if you have something to share. We would love to include your things: Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.
From the USC Shoah Foundation Institute News
Master Teacher Program begins with Teaching with Testimon workshop
Join the USC Shoah Foundation Institute's Teacher Innovation Network
Back-to-School Resources for Teachers:
Living Histories, Remembering Kristallnacht, Creating Character, Segments for the Classroom
Pyramid of Hate, Stories of Liberation, Voices from the Holocaust: Children Speak
Resources Available in the Following Languages: Czech, Croatian, a href="http://college.usc.edu/vhi/german/?utm_source=E-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=October%202009">German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian
Institute Delivers New Collections of Testimony to Sites in Russia, Poland, and the Czech Republic
Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center (Moscow, Russia)
University of Lodz (Lodz, Poland)
Terezín Memorial (Terezín, Czech Republic)
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
- 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
Deadline for papers extended to November 6, 2009
- Bearing Witness: Memory, Representation, and Pedagogy
in the Post-Holocaust Age - April 12-13, 2010
Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA - For more information, e-mail 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 - For more information: sbrown-fleming@ushmm.org, schilling@denison.edu, or hearl@sympatico.ca
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
- Gumpert Teacher's Workshop
- Justice in the Aftermath of Genocide: Does it Work?
- November 3, 2009 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Ramapo College Student Center
505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah, NJ - Free. For registration and more information: www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/110309gumpert.pdf
- 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
- 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
- Educating to End Prejudice:
The Holocaust and Hate Groups - November 7, 2009 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia - $50.00 cost includes curriculum materials and lunch. For registration and more information, www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/nlmFall09.pdf
- 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
- Fall workshop for K-8 Teachers
How Bystanders Become Upstanders: Using Tactics to
Prevent Bullying and Helping Rescue Jews During the Holocaust Years - November 19, 2009 9am - 1:30 pm
Rider University, 2083 Lawrenceville Rd, Lawrenceville, NJ - $15 fee, for more registration and more information: www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/111909bystanders.pdf
- Holocaust and Human Behavior: A Two-Day Introductory Workshop
- November 20 -21, 2009 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Channel Thirteen: 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY - For more: www2.facinghistory.org/campus/events.nsf/HTMLProfessionalDevelopment/4B5BAEA98EEE23398525760B006B0AC4?Opendocument
- New Jersey Voices Against Genocide
A workshop to re-engage our community - November 21, 2009 8:30 am - 2:15 pm
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck NJ - Fee. www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/112109voices.pdf or call 210 788-5425
- The Holocaust in the Soviet Union:
New Sources, New Perspective for Use in Teaching - January 4-8, 2010
- For information: university_programs@ushmm.org or learn more.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- 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 - December 13, 2009 – Petaluma Historical Museum, Petaluma, CA
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibit: Schindler. For more information: www.ushmm.org.
- Now - December 23, 2009 – International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation, 34 E 67th Street, New York, NY
- Exhibit: art by sculptor Ann Froman including a piece honoring Raoul Wallenberg. For more: www.raoulwallenberg.net
- Now - December 28, 2009 – Rockland Holocaust Museum, 17 S. Madison Ave, Spring Valley, NY
- 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 visit www.holocauststudies.org
- Now – December 31, 2009 – Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX
- Sarah Wiernicki: Art for My Grandfather: the artist was inspired by her grandfather's life as a Polish resistance fighter and his subsequent experiences in the death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Buchenwald-Ohrdruf. For more: www.hmh.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 – April 25, 2009 – Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
- Exhibit: Icons of Loss: Angels and the Warsaw Boy of Samuel Bak (Holocaust survivor). Opening reception on November 1st at 4:00 pm. For more information or to RSVP to the Opening, please contact Erin Blankenship at 727-820-0100, extension 271.
- Now - June 30, 2010 – Hebrew Union College, 1 West 4th Street (between Broadway and Mercer St), New York, NY
- Susan Silas: Helmbrechts Walk, 1998-2003, a photographic retracing of a Nazi forced death march by a daughter of survivors. The images, contextualized by Silas’ commentary, are paired with news clips from the same day in 1998, connecting the past and the present. Photo ID required. For more: 212-824-2293: kmoscowitz@huc.edu, www.huc.edu/museum/ny
- Now - July 2, 2010, 2010 – Hebrew Union College, 1 West 4th Street (between Broadway and Mercer St), New York, NY
- Mirta Kupferminc: Wanderings, a post-Holocaust cosmos of memory, allegory, and symbolism. A daughter of survivors, Kupferminc's art expresses 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
- Now - July 26, 2010 – 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
- 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 or email sheller@jfsmetrowest.org.
- November 1, 2009, 2:00 p.m. – Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Los Angeles, CA
- Shoah Enlightenment Series lecture:The Uses and Abuses of Memory in the Holocaust with speaker Dr. Michael Berenbaum. Fees. For more: Secondgenerationoflosangeles@gmail
- November 1, 2009, 3:00 pm – Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
- Terezín Chamber Music Foundation Gala featuring cellist Alisa Weilerstein. View an interactive video session at Alisa Weilerstein Interective Video Performance. To buy tickets or for more information: (857) 222-TCMF (8263) or email: info@terezinmusic.org
- 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 1, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – The Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, NJ
- Tenth Annual Rutgers NJ Film Festival: A Secret, the saga of a Jewish family in post-World War II Paris and the secret that ties their history to the Holocaust. Speaker: Professor Annette Insdorf, author and Director of Undergraduate Film Studies at Columbia University. For more: http://jewishstudies.rutgers.edu/link/filmfestival, 732-932-4166, or rujff@rci.rutgers.edu
- 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, 2009, 12 noon – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- Holocaust Council of MetroWest Lunch & Learn with speaker Nusha Wyner. Please bring a dairy lunch, beverage and cookies provided. For information and to RSVP, contact: holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194.
- November 3, 2009, 12:30 p.m. – The Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, NJ
- Tenth Annual Rutgers NJ Film Festival: Valentina's Mother, the story of an elderly Holocaust survivor and her obsession with her home-care aide who has the same name as a childhood friend. Speaker: Ariella Lang, Aresty Visiting Scholar, Bildner Center, Rutgers University. For more: http://jewishstudies.rutgers.edu/link/filmfestival, 732-932-4166, or rujff@rci.rutgers.edu
- November 3, 2009, 7:15 p.m. – ICC 234, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
- Screening of the film Defiance. For more: cjcinfo@georgetown.eduor call (202) 687-4245.
- November 3, 2009, 7:30 p.m. – The Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, NJ
- Tenth Annual Rutgers NJ Film Festival: And Along Came Tourists, the story of a young German who befriends a camp survivor. Preceded by the animated short documentary The Holocaust Tourist. Speaker: Michael Levine, Professor of German, Rutgers University. For more: http://jewishstudies.rutgers.edu/link/filmfestival, 732-932-4166, or rujff@rci.rutgers.edu
- November 3, 2009, 7:30 p.m. –Temple Shalom, Chevy Chase, MD
- A Tale of Three Cities: Vienna, Prague and Budapest: The Place of Austro-German Jewry in Central Europe with speaker Dr. Marsha Rozenblit. Please register in advance: 301-770-4787 or rsvp@foundjs.org
- November 4 - 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 4, 2009, 7:30 pm – BJE Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis St, San Francisco, CA
- Book-talk with author Suzanne Vromen: Hidden Children of the Holocaust. Professor Vromen will discuss this inspiring chronicle of the brave individuals who risked everything to protect innocent young strangers in Belgium. For more: info@hcnc.org
- November 5, 2009, 11:30 am – The Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, NJ
- Tenth Annual Rutgers NJ Film Festival: Amnon's Journey, the story of master violin maker Amnon Weinstein's restoration of violins played by Jews in the ghettos, camps, and forests during the Holocaust. Special guest appearance by Jean-Marie Hosatte, Director. For more: http://jewishstudies.rutgers.edu/link/filmfestival, 732-932-4166, or rujff@rci.rutgers.edu
- 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 5, 2009, 7:00 pm – Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
- Reflections on the Life of the Jewish Community in Thessaloniki and the Holocaust. Heinz Kounio, president of Thessaloniki's Assembly of the Jewish Community and a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, will speak about the recently completed documentation of the names of 50,000 Greek Jews who perished in the concentration camps. Tickets Required
- November 5, 2009, 7:30 p.m. – Lodzer Centre, 12 Heaton Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Screening of the filmGhetto, Polish with English subtitles. The film chronicles the history of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Ghetto uprising and is narrated by Marek Edelman, recently deceased commander of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB). For more information download poster.
- November 6 -12, 2009 – Avalon Theater, Washington, DC
- Film: A Woman in Berlin. Set in 1945 during the Red Army invasion of Berlin. German women are victims of rape and devastation. For show times: www.theavalon.org.
- November 6, 2009, 8:00 p.m. – Temple Beth Shalom, 193 E Mt Pleasant Ave Livingston NJ
- Kristallnacht Commemoration with guest speaker Ursula Pawel, survivor and author. For more information, please call 973 994 2541.
- November 7, 2009, 16:00 – Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- Meet with Henryk Czubaj, a former prisoner of German concentrations camps Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen and former member of the Grey Ranks. For more: www.galiciajewishmuseum.org
- November 7, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth, 4412 Washington Blvd., Wilmington, DE
- Halina Wind Preston Memorial Lecture on the Holocaust, The Search for Major Plagge: How Can One German Soldier’s Moral Courage During the Holocaust Guide Us Today? Michael Good, M.D., and Joerg Fiebelkorn, Retired German Army Officer, will tell the story of Karl Plagge, a Nazi who saved the lives of some 250 Jews in Vilna, Poland, including those of Good’s mother and her family. Refreshments. Please RSVP: 302-762-2705 or office@AKSE.org
- November 7, 2009, 8:00 p.m. – Magen David Sephardic Congregation, Rockville, MD
- Film screening: Woman from Sarajevo(In Hebrew with English subtitles) with guest speaker-filmmaker Ella Alterman. For more: 301-770-6818, magendavid@mdscbe.org
- November 8 – December 13, 2009 – Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, NY
- Holocaust survivor Theodore Bikel performs in Sholom Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears. For tickets: www.folksbiene.org or call 646-312-5073.
- 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, www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/110809013110journey, www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/110809013110journey.pdf
- November 8, 2009, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. – Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- Holocaust Remembrance Program: In Their Voices. Kristallnacht survivor Ruth Bachner will speak to student groups and the community-at-large. Free but reservations required for groups. For information: HAlalouf@aol.com or 917-941-7577.
- November 8, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – Church of the Redeemer, 36 South St, Morristown, NJ
- Holocaust Remembrance Service with guest speaker Gina Lanceter, Holocaust survivor. For more information, contact Rev. C. Melissa Hall at 973 539-0703 or redeemer30@verizon.net
- November 8, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – Trinity Episcopal Church, 555 Palisade Ave, Cliffside Park NJ
- Holocaust Remembrance Service with guest speaker Ursula Pawel, survivor and author. For more information please call Rev. Willie Smith at 201 943-1034.
- 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, 1:00 p.m. – The Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, NJ
- Tenth Annual Rutgers NJ Film Festival: A Secret. Speaker: Professor Annette Aronowicz, Chair of Judaic Studies, Franklin and Marshall College. For more: http://jewishstudies.rutgers.edu/link/filmfestival, 732-932-4166, or rujff@rci.rutgers.edu
- 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, 2:00 pm – Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- North American debut of the feature film Irena Sendler's Children (Dzieci Ireny Sendlerowej), the theatrical version of CBS' Hallmark Hall of Fame's The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, with guest speaker Emmy award-winning producer, director and co-author John Kent Harrison. Click for more information
- November 8, 2009, 2:00 pm – Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, 310 Mount Corner Dr, Freehold, NJ
- Kristallnacht commemoration in conjunction with opening of A Journey to Life exhibit. Fees. Call 732 252-6990 to reserve tickets. www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/110809krist.pdf
- November 8, 2009, 2:00 pm – Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Baltimore, MD
- Annual Kristallnacht Program presentation: Children of the Kindertransport - Personal Stories. Speakers: Alfred Traum, Emma Mogilensky, and Werner Cohen. For more: (443) 286-0424
- 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, 4:00 pm – Memorial to the Holocaust, 1360 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI
- Kristallnacht commemoration: outdoor remembrance ceremony followed by an interfaith commemoration service and program - Different Voices of Kristallnacht (Holocaust survivors and family members tell their stories;) featured speaker, Dr. Robert Skloot, University of WI - Madison, will speak about Kristallnacht as Early Warning: Signs of Genocide. For more: bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org or www.holocaustcentermilwaukee.org/events
- November 8, 2009, 5:30 pm – Wilmette Theater, Wilmette, IL
- Screening of the film: Blessed is the Match – The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh. For more about the film: www.blessedisthematch.com. Note: the Association of Descendants of the Shoah Illinois will meet afterwards for coffee and discussion. For details, including group ticket prices: tzippy_chs@sbcglobal.net
- November 8, 2009, 5:30 pm – Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA
- Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust’s 2009 Annual Dinner honoring Academy Award winning producer Branko Lustig; Dr. Andreas Maislinger, Founder and Chairman of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service; and Samuel A. Rauch, 2009 Student of the Year. Fees. To see the Printed Invitation, click here.
- 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 8, 2009, 7:30 p.m. – The Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, NJ
- Tenth Annual Rutgers NJ Film Festival: Valentina's Mother. Speaker: Ariella Lang, Aresty Visiting Scholar, Bildner Center, Rutgers University. For more: http://jewishstudies.rutgers.edu/link/filmfestival, 732-932-4166, or rujff@rci.rutgers.edu
- November 9, 2009 – January 31, 2010 – Katz Snyder Gallery, JCCSF, San Francisco, CA
- Exhibit: Letters to Sala: A Young Woman’s Life in Nazi Labor Camps featuring documents saved by one young woman during her five year ordeal of internment. For more: 415/244-9770 or Brenda@theatricalpr.com or www.jccsf.org/arts
- November 9, 2009, 9:30 – 11:30 am– Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- Holocaust Remembrance Program: In Their Voices. Lola Margulies, survivor of ghetto and hiding in Poland, will speak. Free but reservations required for groups. For information: HAlalouf@aol.com or 917-941-7577.
- November 9, 2009, 10:00 – 16:00 – Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- Multimedia presentation commemorating the tragic events of Kristallnacht From 18.30 - 20.30 the presentation will also be shown outside the Jewish Community Center (JCC, ul. Miodowa 24). For more: www.galiciajewishmuseum.org. At 16.00 – Jews in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1938 – lecture for students led by Anna Kulpa and Jakub Nowakowski from Galicia Jewish Museum’s Education Department. In Polish, free entry.
- November 9, 2009, 12:00 noon – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- UJC MetroWestAnnual Kristallnacht Commemoration in the Wilf Memorial with Kristallnacht survivors and Cantor Kathy Barr of Temple Shalom, Succausunna. For more information email: holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or call 973-929-3194.
- November 9, 2009, 2:00 pm – BCC Center for Social Justice, Burlington County College, Pemberton, NJ
- Kristallnacht /Veterans Memorial Service, including excerpts from the documentary More than Broken Glass: Memories of Kristallnacht, followed by scenes from the final episodes of Band of Brothers. www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/110909krist.pdf
- November 9, 2009, 6:30 pm – Trusteeship Council Chamber (UN Building), New York, NY
- UN Kristallnacht observance: screening of the film As Seen Through These Eyes followed by a conversation with Director Hilary Helstein. R.S.V.P. by 6 November by sending name and title of organization to: holocaustremembrance@un.org or by fax at (212).963.0536
- November 9, 2009, 6:30 pm – Holocaust Center of Northern California, San Francisco, CA
- Kristallnacht Commemoration: Shanghai, A Refuge for the Stateless. Program includes a panel discussion about life in Shanghai during this tumultuous period. Panelists include Shanghai survivor, Rabbi Ted Alexander, Vice Consul of the US in Shanghai from 1946-1949 and Mr. John H. Stutesman, in conversation with HCNC Director of Community Outreach Rachel Isquith. This event is free. RSVP required: (415) 777-9060 x207 or rsvp@hcnc.org
- 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 pm – Brookdale Community College, Student Life Center, Lincroft, NJ
- Bias and Hate Crimes in Our Backyard with speaker Detective David D'Amico, a pioneer in cultural and diversity training for law enforcement. To register, contact 732 224-2769 or nsherman@brookdalecc.edu. www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/110909bias.pdf
- 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 - 13, 2009 – Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Performances of the opera: And the Rat Laughed, a hidden child’s remembrance of the Holocaust. Hebrew with English surtitles. For information and tickets: 905 787-8811 www.richmondhill.ticketwindow.ca
- November 10, 2009, 9:30 – 11:30 am – Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- Holocaust Remembrance Program: In Their Voices. Survivor Marion Lazan, author of the memoir Four Perfect Pebbles, will speak. Free but reservations required for groups. For information: HAlalouf@aol.com or 917-941-7577.
- 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 10, 2009, 7:30 pm – Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- Holocaust Remembrance Program: In Their Voices. Speaker Ela Stein Weissberger who performed role of the Cat in the children’s opera ‘Brundibar’ in Teresienstadt camp. Free but reservations required for groups. For information: HAlalouf@aol.com or 917-941-7577.
- November 10, 2009, 7:30 pm – The Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick, NJ
- Tenth Annual Rutgers NJ Film Festival: Amnon's Journey. Special guest appearance by Jean-Marie Hosatte, director; performance by Israeli violinists Guy Figer and Shir Levy.For more: http://jewishstudies.rutgers.edu/link/filmfestival, 732-932-4166, or rujff@rci.rutgers.edu
- November 11, 2009 – IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave, New York, NY
- Theatrical world premiere: Four Seasons Lodge. Having lived through the Holocaust, a group of survivors built a vacation colony in the Catskills. For more contact The IFC Center.
- November 11, 2009, 9:30 – 11:30 am – Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- Holocaust Remembrance Program: In Their Voices. Speaker Al Corwin: veteran captain, camp liberation officer, and commander of six displaced persons camps in Germany. Free but reservations required for groups. For information: HAlalouf@aol.com or 917-941-7577.
- 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 11, 2009, 7:30 pm – Contra Costa Jewish Community Center, Walnut Creek, CA
- How can the experiences of German-Jews who lived through Kristallnacht help Americans tackle contemporary challenges? Author, Rabbi and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Berenbaum explores this and other issues related to the November 1938 pogrom. Fees. For tickets or more information: 510.318.6453 or www.jfed.org/book09
- 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, 9:30 - 11:30 am – Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- Holocaust Remembrance Program: In Their Voices. Kristallnacht survivor Bettina Graf will speak. Free but reservations required for groups. For more: HAlalouf@aol.com or 917-941-7577.
- November 12, 2009, 11:00 a.m. – Paramus High School, 99 E. Century Road, Paramus, NJ
- Riding the Storm Waves: The St. Louis Diary of Fred Buff. Please join Fred as his book about his experience aboard the St. Louis is dedicated to meeting the Holocaust/genocide mandate. www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/111209unveiling.pdf
- November 12, 2009, 12 noon – Mercer County College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, NJ
- Annual Film Series: Weapons of the Spirit, documentary about the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon which saved 5000 Jews. Followed by a panel discussion with Professor Emeritus Saul Goldwasser and Professor Emeritus Marvin Goldstein. For more information, http://www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/111209film.pdf
- November 12, 2009, 6:00 pm – Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
- The Enemy I Knew—German Jews in the Allied Military in World War II: an evening of film and discussion. Book signing follows program. Seating is limited. Reservations required. Fees. For more: Call 847.967.4844 or email Kelley.szany@ilhmec.org
- 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 13, 2009, 8:00 p.m. – Temple Emanu-El of West Essex, Livingston, NJ
- Kristallnacht Service and dedication of permanent Holocaust memorial in memory of those who perished and in honor of those who survived. Holocaust survivor Marsha Kreuzman will speak. For more information, please contact Robin Wolkoff, holocaust@emanuel.org
- November 14, 2009 – Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- The Traces of Resistance – Walking tour around Krakow. For time and other information: www.galiciajewishmuseum.org
- 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 15, 2009, 2:00 pm – Temple Har Zion, Mt. Holly, NJ
- The Jews of Berlin and Germany: Before, During and After the War German-Jewish members of the South Jersey community and beyond gather to connect, reconnect and share their stories, culture and survival with each other. For more: 609-267-0660 or www.templeharzion.org.
- 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 16, 2009, 6:30 pm – JCCSF, San Francisco, CA
- Talk with Ann Kirschner, Sala's daughter and the author of Sala’s Gift. A book signing and reception will follow. Free but pre-registration is required through the JCCSF Box Office 415.292.1233.
- November 17, 2009, 7:30 pm – The Shul, 9540 Collins Ave, Surfside, FL
- Dr. Efraim Zuroff, Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Jerusalem, will discuss his new book Operation Last Chance: One Man’s Quest to Bring Nazi Criminals to Justice. RSVP lslavin@wiesenthal.com
- November 19, 2009, 3:30 pm – Goodwin Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Cherry Hill, NJ
- Holocaust Remuneration Issues, a discussion with Hannah Lessing, Secretary General of the Austrian National Fund. For more information, www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/111909rem.pdf
- 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 – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- Holocaust Council of MetroWest Real to Reel Holocaust Film Series: Steal A Pencil for Me, with special guests Jack and Ina Polak, subjects of the film. Light refreshments will follow. For information and to RSVP, contact: holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194.
- 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 21, 2009, 16:00 – Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- Meet with Józef Mironiuk, recipient of the Righteous Among the Nations award and former member of the Home Army. For more: www.galiciajewishmuseum.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 24, 2009, 6:00 pm – ICC Auditorium, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
- Film: Being Jewish in France. Made for French TV, the film mainly concerns the Holocaust and the rampant revisionism that succeeded it. For more: cjcinfo@georgetown.eduor call (202) 687-4245.
- November 28, 2009 – Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- Women and Jewish Resistance – lecture by Jakub Nowakowski, Education Manager at Galicia Jewish Museum. In Polish. For more information: www.galiciajewishmuseum.org
- 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 5, 2009, 6:00 pm – DC JCC, Washington, DC
- Film: My Mother’s Courage (Mutter’s Courage*) preceded by The Legend of Mrs. Goldman and the Almighty God with guest Michael Verhoeven, Director / Recipient of the Washington Jewish Film Festival Visionary Awa rd. For information: www.wjff.org or 202-777-3231; for tickets -- www.boxofficetickets.com or 800-494-8497. *Subtitles.
- December 5, 2009, 9:30 pm – AFI Silver Theatre, Silver Spring, MD
- DC premiere: CYCLES Les Murs Porteurs, the story of a Holocaust survivor increasingly confusing past and present and her children who are “sandwiched” between generations. Subtitles. For more: www.wjff.org or 202-777-3231; tickets at www.boxofficetickets.com or 800-494-8497.
- 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 7, 2009, 6:00 pm – DC JCC, Washington, DC
- Film: Human Failure (Menschliches Versagen) with special guest Michael Verhoeven, Director. The film depicts the appropriation of assets from German Jews during the Third Reich by German tax officials and the bizarre competition that developed between bureaucrats as to how to organize the robbery of the Jews. For information: www.wjff.org or 202-777-3231; tickets at www.boxofficetickets.com or 800-494-8497.
- 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.
- December 9, 2009, 12 noon – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- Holocaust Council of MetroWest with speaker Arlette Cohen. Please bring a dairy lunch, beverage and cookies provided. For information and to RSVP, contact: holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or 973-929-3194.
- December 10, 2009, 10:00 am – Goodwin Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Cherry Hill, NJ
- Catskill Puppet Theater production of The Town That Fought Hate. For more information, www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/121009060310hate.pdf
- December 10, 2009, 7:00 pm – Goethe-Institut Washington, Washington, DC
- Screening of Stumbling Stone (Stolperstein) preceeded by a short, Through the Eyes of the Needle. Special Guests: Marsha Rehns, Writer/Editor, and Nina Shapiro-Perl, Director. Stolperstein describes the laying of markers–stolpersteins–engraved with the names of those taken during the Holocaust in front of their former homes. Through the Eye of the Needle is the story of a Holocaust survivor and seamstress who created an eyewitness account through art with her needle. For more: www.wjff.org or 202-777-3231; tickets at www.boxofficetickets.com or 800-494-8497.
- December 20, 2009, 2:00 pm – Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
- Screening of Who Was the Woman Who Wore the Hat? – A program for families about Artifacts & Identity: an afternoon of storytelling and activities. Free with Museum admission. Advance reservations requested. Recommended for children ages 8 to 11 accompanied by an adult family member. For more: 847.967.4889 or reserve seats online, www.ilholocaustmuseum.org
KRISTALLNACHT COMMEMORATIONS
- November 6, 2009, 8:00 p.m. – Temple Beth Shalom, 193 E Mt Pleasant Ave Livingston NJ
- Kristallnacht Commemoration with guest speaker Ursula Pawel, survivor and author. For more information, please call 973 994 2541.
- November 8, 2009, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. – Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- Holocaust Remembrance Program: In Their Voices. Kristallnacht survivor Ruth Bachner will speak to student groups and the community-at-large. Free but reservations required for groups. For information: HAlalouf@aol.com or 917-941-7577.
- November 8, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – Church of the Redeemer, 36 South St, Morristown, NJ
- Holocaust Remembrance Service with guest speaker Gina Lanceter, Holocaust survivor. For more information, contact Rev. C. Melissa Hall at 973 539-0703 or redeemer30@verizon.net
- November 8, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – Trinity Episcopal Church, 555 Palisade Ave, Cliffside Park NJ
- Holocaust Remembrance Service with guest speaker Ursula Pawel, survivor and author. For more information please call Rev. Willie Smith at 201 943-1034.
- 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, 2:00 pm – Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, 310 Mount Corner Dr, Freehold, NJ
- Kristallnacht commemoration in conjunction with opening of A Journey to Life exhibit. Fees. Call 732 252-6990 to reserve tickets. www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/110809krist.pdf
- November 8, 2009, 2:00 pm – Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Baltimore, MD
- Annual Kristallnacht Program presentation: Children of the Kindertransport - Personal Stories. Speakers: Alfred Traum, Emma Mogilensky, and Werner Cohen. For more: (443) 286-0424
- 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, 4:00 pm – Memorial to the Holocaust, 1360 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI
- Kristallnacht commemoration: outdoor remembrance ceremony followed by an interfaith commemoration service and program - Different Voices of Kristallnacht (Holocaust survivors and family members tell their stories;) featured speaker, Dr. Robert Skloot, University of WI - Madison, will speak about Kristallnacht as Early Warning: Signs of Genocide. For more: bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org or www.holocaustcentermilwaukee.org/events
- 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, 9:30 – 11:30 am– Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- Holocaust Remembrance Program: In Their Voices. Lola Margulies, survivor of ghetto and hiding in Poland, will speak. Free but reservations required for groups. For information: HAlalouf@aol.com or 917-941-7577.
- November 9, 2009, 10:00 – 16:00 – Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
- Multimedia presentation commemorating the tragic events of Kristallnacht From 18.30 - 20.30 the presentation will also be shown outside the Jewish Community Center (JCC, ul. Miodowa 24). For more: www.galiciajewishmuseum.org. At 16.00 – Jews in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1938 – lecture for students led by Anna Kulpa and Jakub Nowakowski from Galicia Jewish Museum’s Education Department. In Polish, free entry.
- November 9, 2009, 12:00 noon – Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ
- UJC MetroWestAnnual Kristallnacht Commemoration in the Wilf Memorial with Kristallnacht survivors and Cantor Kathy Barr of Temple Shalom, Succausunna. For more information email: holocaustcouncil@ujcnj.org or call 973-929-3194.
- November 9, 2009, 2:00 pm – BCC Center for Social Justice, Burlington County College, Pemberton, NJ
- Kristallnacht /Veterans Memorial Service, including excerpts from the documentary More than Broken Glass: Memories of Kristallnacht, followed by scenes from the final episodes of Band of Brothers. www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/programs/110909krist.pdf
- November 9, 2009, 6:30 pm – Trusteeship Council Chamber (UN Building), New York, NY
- UN Kristallnacht observance: screening of the film As Seen Through These Eyes followed by a conversation with Director Hilary Helstein. R.S.V.P. by 6 November by sending name and title of organization to: holocaustremembrance@un.org or by fax at (212).963.0536
- November 9, 2009, 6:30 pm – Holocaust Center of Northern California, San Francisco, CA
- Kristallnacht Commemoration: Shanghai, A Refuge for the Stateless. Program includes a panel discussion about life in Shanghai during this tumultuous period. Panelists include Shanghai survivor, Rabbi Ted Alexander, Vice Consul of the US in Shanghai from 1946-1949 and Mr. John H. Stutesman, in conversation with HCNC Director of Community Outreach Rachel Isquith. This event is free. RSVP required: (415) 777-9060 x207 or rsvp@hcnc.org
- 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 – Contra Costa Jewish Community Center, Walnut Creek, CA
- How can the experiences of German-Jews who lived through Kristallnacht help Americans tackle contemporary challenges? Author, Rabbi and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Berenbaum explores this and other issues related to the November 1938 pogrom. Fees. For tickets or more information: 510.318.6453 or www.jfed.org/book09
- 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, 9:30 – 11:30 am – Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- Holocaust Remembrance Program: In Their Voices. Kristallnacht survivor Bettina Graf will speak. Free but reservations required for groups. For more: HAlalouf@aol.com or 917-941-7577.
- 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… Online collection helps people remember Holocaust. Hundreds of thousands of Holocaust-related records are now searchable online through a project. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/09/29/online-collection-helps-people-remember-holocaust.aspx
- FYI… National Association of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors (NAHOS) newsletters are now online.
- FYI… … Holocaust Education Week in Toronto, Canada is November 1-11. Over 170 programs are offered in universities, synagogues, churches and other centres of learning. The program booklet can be downloaded online at www.holocausteducationweek.com/
- FYI… The Carl Lutz Foundation was established in 2005 as a non-profit, civil initiative supported by private donations and grants. Its main goal is to preserve the memory of Carl Lutz, the late Swiss vice-consul in Hungary, a Righteous Among the Nations and the memory of Jewish heroes’ deeds in the Glass House in Budapest.
The Carl Lutz Foundation established a Memorial Room with a permanent exhibition in the Glass House in 2005. Our traveling exhibition was opened in January, 2008, at the UN Headquarters in New York, and it has been traveling in the United States and Canada since then. The foundation also collects the names, the stories and documentation of survivors, and participates in Holocaust commemoration events. For more information in Hungarian, in English and Hebrew: www.uveghaz.org
- FYI… The Anne Frank Center USA, 38 Crosby St., 5th Floor, New York, NY, will hold a special diary making program for families on November 1 and December 6, 2009. The exhibit Anne Frank: A History for Today is on display in the gallery. For more: (212) 431-7993.
- FYI… The Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance, collaborating with Southern Methodist University, the University of Dallas and Texas Christian University, is offering a series of programs this fall to the public at no charge. Holocaust Legacies: Shoah as Turning Point marks the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War. It consists of twelve lectures, seminars, symposia and panel discussions that focus on the profound impacts and legacies of the Holocaust from across a broad range of disciplines. LEARN MORE
- FYI… The Holocaust-Era Reparations Discussion Group is an Internet chat group set up in 2005 in response to frustration with the ICHEIC settlement. The group provides members with mutual help and collects and disseminates information about restitution and compensation programs in countries where such programs exist or are being contemplated.
It has become instrumental in helping members improve the presentation of their initial claims and submit appeals. It also publishes a weekly email report on worldwide press coverage related to Holocaust-era reparations.
Membership is recommended for Holocaust survivors and the heirs of Holocaust victims. To subscribe, send a blank email message to h-justice-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Further information can be addressed to the group’s moderating team: h-justice@uol.com.br
- FYI… Go to www.maxkohn.com to listen to many interviews and reports, mostly from survivors, in Yiddish made by Max Kohn, a French psychoanalyst, professor at University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 and the International correspondent of SBS Radio Yiddish in Australia. www20.sbs.com.au/podcasting/index.php?action=feeddetails&feedid=16&catid=1
- Note: Links were active when the newsletter was written but some links may now have been deactivated by the publisher. If any link doesn't work, you can look for the story in a search engine, e.g., Google, Yahoo, Cuil or others.
- Hardship after the Holocaust: Having endured the worst, many survivors now face poverty, isolation
www.jweekly.com/article/full/40058/hardship-after-the-holocaust-having-endured-the-worst-many-survivors-now-fa/
- Holocaust Survivors At Higher Risk For All Cancers
- German ‘ghetto pension’ requests to be re-evaluated
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/21/1008633/german-ghetto-pension-requests-to-be-reevaluated - ITF Chair's Statement on President Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial (18/09/2009)
www.holocausttaskforce.org/news/148-itf-chair-statement-on-ahmadinejads-holocaust-denial-18-09-2009.html - Marek Edelman, Commander in Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Dies at 90
- Marek Edelman, Last Leader of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Has Died.
http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&cf=all&ncl=dh7vz9jo5brggTMvFSsuX5eWgY0NM - Marek Edelman has died
- Obituaries: Richard W. Sonnenfeldt, Nuremberg Interrogator, Is Dead at 86
- Richard Sonnenfeldt, Nuremberg interpreter, dies
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/12/1008437/richard-sonnenfeldt-nuremberg-interpreter-dies -
Museum posts video footage of Anne Frank on Web
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/02/1008284/museum-posts-video-footage-of-anne-frank-on-web - YouTube Shows Video of Anne Frank
- Seattle to get Anne Frank sapling
- Biden remembers ghetto uprising
www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1009/visiting_warsaw_memorial_012b8d06-99cd-42c4-85e3-eba65a799808.html - Polish Holocaust memorial vandalized
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/18/1008565/polish-holocaust-memorial-vandalized - Auschwitz reaches out to millions with launch of Facebook profile | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 16.10.2009
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4796605,00.html - General Marie-Pierre Koenig and the Jewish Brigade
http://jewishmag.com/138mag/koenig_jewish_brigade/koenig_jewish_brigade.htm - Exceptional shofar sounds again
- The Race to Give Nazi Mass Execution Victims a Jewish Burial - Jewish World - Israel News - Israel National News
- 'Hitler Youth' Synagogue Restored to Jews in Poland - Jewish World - Israel News - Israel National News
- During World War II, a Soldier Turned Cantor on the Battlefield - NYTimes.com
- NY Woman Honored for Saving Jews in WWII Amsterdam
- Conquering the Demons from the Holocaust
http://hnn.us/articles/117139.html - Off the Face of the Earth: The remarkable story of a group of Holocaust survivors who hid in one of the world's largest caves
www.aish.com/63053312.html - Book documents Holocaust in FSU
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/01/1008265/book-documents-holocaust-in-fsu - Jewish-cemetery foes dig in
www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/jewish_cemetery_foes_dig_in_qS2MAS8IDgE6SjY0OYOFFI - UNRWA to teach the Holocaust in Gaza
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/07/1008368/unrwa-will-teach-about-the-holocaust - New venue for 'never again'Gaza kids slated to learn lessons of the Shoah
- In Eastern Europe, advances toward accountability but more to do
- Romania to dedicate Holocaust memorial
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/05/1008302/holocaust-memorial-to-be-dedicated-in-bucharest - Ukraine’s first lady honors righteous gentiles
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/04/1008297/ukraines-first-lady-honors-righteous-gentiles - Ukraine lauded for nixing hotel near Babi Yar
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/06/1008326/commission-chairs-applaud-ukraines-decision-to-halt-construction-on-nazi-killing-ground - German court fines Bishop Williamson for Holocaust denial
- Demjanjuk trial date set for Nov. 30
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/08/1008396/demjanjuk-trial-date-set-for-nov-30 - Demjanjuk appeal rejected
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/21/1008645/demjanjuk-appeal-rejected - Traficant says he will testify for Demjanjuk
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/30/1008850/trafican-says-he-will-testify-for-demjanjuk - Former Nazi hit man put on trial on Germany
www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/main/showNews/id/8560 - Nazi seeks prosecutor’s ouster as trial begins
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/29/1008825/nazi-boere-on-trial-in-germany - Australian court: Extradite accused Nazi
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/08/1008386/australian-court-extradite-accused-nazi - Alleged Nazi Zentai arrested
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/22/1008653/alleged-nazi-zentai-arrested - Austria to rehabilitate World War II deserters
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/10/gn_091009_at.shtml - Rye Journal: A Believer in Heroism, to Jews' Lasting Gratitude
- BBC NEWS | UK | WWII rescue train trip recreated
- Dachau to twin with Israeli city
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/08/1008387/dachau-set-to-twin-with-israeli-city - Israeli mayor says Dachau is not sister city
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/12/1008441/israeli-mayor-said-dachau-not-sister-city - Romania Dedicates Memorial to Victims of the Holocaust
www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/world/europe/09romania.html?_r=1 - Czech men jailed for doing damage to Terezin memorial
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/10/gn_091013_cz.shtml - It took just one day
- Crayon project honored at dedication ceremony
www.northjersey.com/news/Crayon_project_honored_at_dedication_ceremony_.html - Survivors, families add to exhibit IF YOU GO
- Question time with our MEP Nick Griffin
- BNP leader Nick Griffin savaged by Question Time panellist Bonnie
- Best education money could buy but Nick Griffin didn't stand out
- Hitler banner in Thailand removed after protests
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/10/gn_091019_th.shtml - Kiwi students disciplined for dressing as Nazis
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/11/1008429/australian-students-disciplined-for-dressing-as-nazis - New Zealand students in trouble over Nazi antics
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/19/1008577/swastika-antics-get-new-zealand-students-in-trouble - Nazi photo schoolboys apologise to war veterans
- Perth police take alleged Nazi war criminal into custody Read more...
- Vancouver games inspire exhibit, school program on 1936 'Nazi Olympics'
- A spectacle no longer about sport
- Case of Ohio neo-Nazi heard before US Supreme Court
www.worldjewishcongress.org/news/globalnews/gn_archives/2009/10/gn_091013_us.shtml - Holocaust museum trip makes deep impression
- Wiesel addresses evangelical Christians
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/27/1008762/elie-wiesel-addresses-evangelical-christian-organization - The New Jewish Convert: A Muslim, a Mormon, a Baptist, a Protestant, a Chinese American, an African American, a Mexican American and the great-granddaughter of a Nazi officer tell their stories
- UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM TEACHER FORUM LEVERGAGES TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE QUALITY HOLOCAUST EDUCATION AVAILABLE STATEWIDE
- HOLOCAUST MUSEUM: Educators study non-Jewish Nazi atrocities
- Teachers learn from Holocaust survivor
- Holocaust benefactor honored by Pa. university
- Biennial Holocaust studies conference promotes education, remembrance
- Seton Hill to honor patron who gave $750000 for Holocaust studies
- Hollywood teen hoping to collect 6 million pennies to donate to Holocaust Education Center
- Polk teacher attends Holocaust Remembrance
- Hearts Open At QCC Holocaust Center
- Montreal Holocaust Education Series features task force chair
- Holocaust survivor shares story of escape
- Author tells of parents' survial
- Survivor helps author fill in her family history
http://njjewishnews.com/article/metrowest/survivor-helps-author-fill-in-her-family-history/ - Jews who survived in cave show triumph of human spirit
- Holocaust survivor visits campus
- Holocaust memory is passed down to teens in Hazlet
- Long Islander displays, takes down Nazi flag
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/27/1008761/long-island-man-displays-nazi-flag - Banish the Cyber-Bigots
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/24/AR2009092403932.html - Not another Hitler comparison… although this one does have a twist
http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/10/13/1008487/not-another-hitler-comparison-although-this - Land apologizes for Nazis comparison
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/18/1008558/land-apologizes-to-adl-for-nazis-comment - Why the silence?
http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/10/15/1008527/why-the-silence - Drop Holocaust references in public debate, religious leaders urge
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/22/1008663/religious-leaders-call-for-end-to-holocaust-references-in-public-debate - ‘From Hell to Hope’: Inside Berlin’s postwar Jewish DP camps
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/21/1008649/from-hell-to-hope-inside-berlins-postwar-jewish-dp-camps - Surviving the Angel of Death
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/reviews/angelofdeath.html - Jewish group seeks to bar Irving
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/13/1008483/jewish-group-seeks-to-bar-irving - AmEx yanks merchant privileges from author who denies Holocaust
- Memphis frat house painted with swastikas
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/14/1008501/memphis-zbt-house-painted-with-swastikas - Holocaust-denier hoodwinks Houston critics
- VisionTV commemorates Holocaust Education Week
- Study: US youth differ in perception of Jewish Identity
- Pittsburgh Ballet sheds 'Light' on Holocaust
- Caught in the partisan crossfire
- Holocaust Education Week to tell the story of child rights activist
- Nazi party Lincoln students see 'truth' at Holocaust centre
- Holocaust indignity recedes in prominence
- Hero's tale complicated by deal made with Nazis
http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/movies/64881892.html - Once Reviled as Nazi Collaborator, Now Hailed as a Savior
http://bit.ly/VGN4Hhttp://bit.ly/VGN4H - Sympathy For The Devil?
www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a17098/News/New_York.html - Jewish passivity (take that Tarantino)
http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/10/06/1008351/jewish-passivity-take-that-tarantino - A case never to be closed
- Secretary Clinton Appoints U.S. Delegation to the Prague Holocaust Era Assets Conference
www.montgomerycollege.edu/ctl/Resources/WENOct09.pdf - French comedian Dieudonné fined for hosting Holocaust denier on stage
www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/main/showNews/id/8553
- FYI… Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust announces the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE), a ground breaking initiative taking place in New York, Berlin, and Poland that challenges medical and law students to consider contemporary ethical issues facing their professions — using the Holocaust and the conduct of their professions in Nazi Germany as a framework for the study. FASPE is now accepting applications for the inaugural program, which will take place in summer 2010. Applications are available at www.mjhnyc.org/faspe. Deadline: December 15, 2009.
- FYI… Volunteers wanted for a research study conducted by an Argosy University, Chicago Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology. The study aims to examine the relationship between Holocaust survivors' communication of their Holocaust experience and their adult children's attachment styles and world views. Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires related to secondary traumatic stress, attachment styles, and world views. Participation may entail one meeting or completing questionnaires, which take approximately one hour, via mail. If either of your parents are survivors of the Holocaust you may be eligible to participate. To learn more, please email Jessica Heiman at Jess.heiman@gmail.com with your contact information.
- FYI… Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program: A Bridge to History June and July, 2010 Eight to ten postgraduate students will be selected based on demonstrated superior academic abilities as well as individual initiative and leadership skills. Applications from students with an interest in Holocaust studies, Jewish Studies, Polish-Jewish history, genocide prevention, and human rights are strongly encouraged. Applications due January 18, 2010: www.ajcf.org. For more information: Shiri Sandler, at (646) 437-4276 or ssandler@mjhnyc.org.
- FYI… Watch a short animation based on a Yiddish poem I saw a Mountain by Moische Schulstein and read by the filmmaker’s father, Yosef Schwartz a Holocaust survivor at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_IiYlsqKOM&feature=emaild
- FYI… The website of the new temporary exhibition of the Shoah Memorial "Benjamin Fondane: Roumanie, Paris, Auschwitz; 1898-1944" is now online.
www.memorialdelashoah.org/upload/minisites/fondane/index.htm
Benjamin Fondane was arrested by the French police on March 7, 1944, interned in Drancy and assassinated in Auschwitz in October 1944. The website contains a variety of documents about his life and works as well as information about the cultural programs related to the exhibition:
www.memorialdelashoah.org/upload/minisites/fondane/documents.htm
www.memorialdelashoah.org/upload/minisites/fondane/autour1.htm - FYI… Announcing the opening in Oslo at the Holocaust Center of a Norwegian version of the Exhibition "Dans les Pas des Disparus/I de Vorsvunnes Fotspor", photographs of Matt Mendelsohn. The exhibit, created by the Shoah Memorial and presented successfully in Paris in 2009, is the result of cooperation between the Memorial and Matt and Daniel Mendelsohn, based on the best-selling book The Lost. www.hlsenteret.no/248/Poster_-I_de....-.pdf
www.hlsenteret.no/Utstilling/Midlertidige_utstillinger/10014 [Norway announcement]. - FYI… Consider joining us on our Jewish-Christian Journey to Italy July 5-13, 2010. For more information: Anne Lukas, President, Kol Israel Generations (Families of Holocaust survivors organization), ALukas@ursuline.edu.
- 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];