Posts Tagged ‘Holocaust’
Holocaust Center “Lest We Forget” Luigi Toscano Exhibit Opening
Large-scale, outdoor photography exhibit “Lest We Forget” by artist Luigi Toscano, featuring photographs of local Holocaust survivors.
Read MoreHolocaust Center “Lest We Forget” Luigi Toscano Exhibit Opening
Opening of the large-scale, outdoor photography exhibit “Lest We Forget” by artist Luigi Toscano.
Read More Summer Teachers Institute:Teaching the Holocaust through a Local Lens – Introductory Track
Annual multi-day training for educators. Act 48 credit available, and lodging option is also available for educators who will be traveling. Note that this year, we are offering a three-day course for educators just starting to teach about the Holocaust (Intro Track, from July 29-31) and a five-day course for more experienced educators of the…
Read More Summer Teachers Institute:Teaching the Holocaust through a Local Lens — Advanced Track
Annual multi-day training for educators. Act 48 credit available, and lodging option is also available for educators who will be traveling. Note that this year, we are offering a three-day course for educators just starting to teach about the Holocaust (Intro Track, from July 29-31) and a five-day course for more experienced educators of the…
Read MoreOptic Voices Exhibit Opening & Screening of “Ghetto Steps” at Holocaust Center
Opening of new exhibit, “Optic Voices,” by Emmai Alaquiva. Will also be screening his short documentary “Ghetto Steps.”
Read MoreYoung Adult Zikaron BaSalon
Join our young adult community as we spend the evening listening to the personal story of a holocaust survivor and commemorate Yom HaShoah together.
Read MoreGenerations Speakers Series: Chana Brody
Registration is now closed. Walk-in attendees cannot be accommodated. Join the Holocaust Center and partner Adat Shalom for another installment of our wildly popular Generations Speakers Series! Chana Brody will present her parents’ stories of survival in the former Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust. Light refreshments will be served; talk will also be live-streamed. NOTE: due…
Read MoreGenerations Speakers Series with Lynn Ravas
Join the Holocaust Center for another program in our recurring Generations Speakers Series, where children and grandchildren of survivors tell their family’s stories! This will mark the first time the Holocaust Center presents in the South Hills.
Read MoreScreening of ‘Not the Last Butterfly’ and Q&A with Butterfly Project Founder Cheryl Rattner Price
Screening of award-winning documentary “Not the Last Butterfly,” about the Butterfly Project and its mission to pain 1.5 million butterflies in memory of the 1.5 million children murdered in the Holocaust. Following the film will be a Q&A with Butterfly Project founder, Cheryl Rattner Price. Fees: FREE
Read MoreHonoring Holocaust Victims, Fallen Soldiers, Israeli Independence, and So Much More
Passover ends and immediately the activity in the Jewish community starts to move at a frantic pace. The number of events, programs and meetings is beyond belief and is a testament to the kind of engaged and interested community we have. I would only mention one such event from this past week, the Yom Hashoah…
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