Posts Tagged ‘Holocaust Center’
Holocaust Center Advisory Board Meeting
Board meeting #4 of 2020-2021 fiscal year (final meeting).
Read MoreYom HaShoah Commemoration
Annual community-wide Yom HaShoah program, by the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh.
Read MoreHolocaust Center Advisory Board Meeting
Board meeting #3 of 2020-2021 fiscal year.
Read MoreHolocaust Center Advisory Board Meeting
HC Advisory Board Meeting #2 of 2020-2021 fiscal year.
Read MoreKristallnacht Commemoration Reception & Concert
Please join the Holocaust Center for our annual Kristallnacht Commemoration program.
Read MoreHolocaust Center Program w/ Filmmaker Harvey Bravman
Program w/ “Soul Witness” filmmaker Harvey Bravman
Read MoreHolocaust Center of Pittsburgh 40th Anniversary Brunch
Brunch to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. More details to follow!
Read MoreHolocaust Center Program w/ Ted Comet
Conversation with Ted Comet, discussing trauma and his survivor wife’s tapestry work.
Read MoreHolocaust Center/ USHMM Program
Lunchtime program by USHMM in DC
Read MoreAmerica and the Holocaust: A Conversation with Dr. Barbara Burstin
Adolf Hitler vs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 1936 Olympics. American antisemitism during World War II. These are just a few of the topics that loom large in the conversation of America during the Holocaust. What role did Pittsburghers play in this larger story? In this conversation, preeminent scholar and professor Dr. Barbara Burstin talks with…
Read MoreHolocaust Center Marks 40 Years Since Founding
How prescient our founders were, when they appointed the first Holocaust Center director in September 1980, forty years ago this month.
Read MoreCommunity Gathering: Marking 40 Years of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, Past, Present, and Future
In the early 1990s, renowned Holocaust testimony expert Lawrence Langer conducted over 80 hours of interviews with Holocaust survivors residing in Brookline, Masachusetts. For over 20 years, they sat in a metal closet, waiting to be edited and produced into something usable for education purposes. Finally, in 2016, experienced producer R. Harvey Bravman was tasked…
Read MoreHolocaust Center Conversations Series: Betty Cruz
Our ongoing “Conversations” series features community members having a dialogue with Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh director Dr. Lauren Apter Bairnsfather. This summer’s conversations will center around the theme of “The Power of the Individual”. For this Conversation, Lauren will discuss various topics with Betty Cruz, the CEO and President of the World Affairs Council of…
Read MoreHolocaust Center Generations Speaker Series: Linda Hurwitz
Generations Speakers Series continues with former Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh Director Linda Hurwitz telling her parents’ story of survival.
Read MoreHolocaust Center Generations Speaker Series: Oscar Singer & Lee Fischbach
Generations Speakers Series continues online, featuring Auschwitz survivor and current Pittsburgh resident Oscar Singer, telling his story of survival alongside his daughter, Lee Fischbach
Read MoreHolocaust Center’s Generations Speaker Series: Chana Brody
Born in the Czech Republic, Chana and her parents, Ann & William Jakubovic, immigrated to the United States in 1969. The shadow of the Holocaust was ever-present in their household, even when it was not discussed. Chana feels that there is no better way to honor her parents’ memory than to tell their story.
Read MoreHolocaust Center Conversations Series: Jason England
Our ongoing “Conversations” series features community members having a dialogue with Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh director Dr. Lauren Apter Bairnsfather. This summer’s conversations will center around the theme of “The Power of the Individual”. Jason England is an Assistant Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University who has written extensively on race, sports, and societal…
Read MoreHolocaust Center Teacher Training: Creating an Emotionally Honest Classroom
2018 Holocaust Educator of the Year Nick Haberman will lead this training around creating an emotionally honest classroom. Educators will discuss best practices for developing a safe space to talk about Holocaust history and the connections to the difficult and necessary topics that 2020 has introduced into the conversation. Teachers will brainstorm ways to use…
Read MoreHolocaust Center Conversation Series: Zach Banner, Pittsburgh Steelers
CANCELED In this unprecedented time of social activism, there are many important voices advocating for well-overdue rights for Black individuals and all of those who have been marginalized in our society. Unfortunately, in some cases, popular figures have incorporated rhetoric into their activism that shifts the blame of racial oppression to Jews. As we know…
Read MoreHolocaust Center Teacher Training: Using Survivor Testimony
In the early 1990s, renowned Holocaust testimony expert Lawrence Langer conducted over 80 hours of interviews with Holocaust survivors residing in Brookline, MA. For over 20 years, they sat in a metal closet, waiting to be edited and produced into something usable for education purposes. Finally, in 2016, experienced producer R. Harvey Bravman was tasked…
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