Tag Archives: holocaust education

Chai Life Group Presents “Irena Sendler: The Angel of the Warsaw Ghetto”

The Chai Life Group is Boulder's new group for single older adults (70+). Our next program, Irena Sendler: The Angel of the Warsaw Ghetto, is a one-woman show that will be performed at Congregation Har HaShem on Thursday, April 13.

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First Friday: Why Holocaust Education Matters for US Foreign Policy

Come join us at Bonai Shalom on March 3rd when Special Envoy Ellen Germain talks about diplomatic efforts in these areas past and present and how knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust informs current U.S. foreign policy.

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How A Teen, And Her New Book, Are Educating Her Peers About the Holocaust

Like many grandchildren of survivors, Suzette Sheft, 16, grew up hearing the horrific stories of her grandmother’s life during the Holocaust—the Nazis kicking down her door, the anguished separation from her mother in Vienna, the years of fear and dislocation, staying one step ahead of capture and deportation to a concentration camp.

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TikTok Holocaust Remembrance Series Reaches Over One Million Views in Less Than 24 Hours

Jewish influencer Montana Tucker, a TikTok sensation with 8.7 million followers, just launched a Holocaust Remembrance series called “How To: Never Forget.” Through the 10-part series on Tucker’s TikTok and Instagram, she retraces her grandparents’ steps through Poland during the Holocaust. Within 24 hours of launching the series, over one million viewers saw the premiere episode on both Instagram and Tiktok.

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Did Ken Burns Explain America and the Holocaust?

Finally we got the whole story: Americans hate Jews and others.  The nation's mood has not changed, the past is the present, the present is the past. This according to Ken Burns.

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Children of Holocaust Survivors Reflect on Their Traumatic Legacy in a New Collection of Essays

Kathryn Bernheimer shares her thoughts about growing up the child of survivors

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Grief: The Biography of a Holocaust Photograph – A Conversation with Professor David Shneer

Professor David Shneer will discuss his newly published book, "Grief: The Biography of a Holocaust Photograph" (Oxford, 2020), and show how a Soviet photojournalist used the image of a grieving woman to render this gruesome mass atrocity into a transcendentally human tragedy.

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Medicine and Morality in Times of War: 2019 Holocaust Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics Program

Photo by Keith Dannemiller

The Center for Bioethics and Humanities and the Program in Jewish Studies at CU Boulder present a public lecture titled “Medicine & Morality in Times of War” with Professor Len Rubenstein and Dr. Zaher Sahloul as part of the 2019 Holocaust Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics Program.

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Holocaust Education Fund Established at Boulder JCC

The Boulder JCC is honored to announce the establishment of the Ilona Irene Rosenschein Holocaust Education Fund (IIRHEF), an endowed fund housed at Rose Community Foundation on behalf of the Boulder JCC.

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DU’s Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week Events

The University of Denver’s student group Never Again!, partnering with the Center for Judaic Studies (CJS), is taking part in the national Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week, April 7 – 12.

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