HHREC MemoryKeeper Story Hour: Yuval Ehrenreich, GenerationsForward Speaker

Mar 05, 2025 7:00PM—8:00PM

Zoom

Yuval Ehrenreich, the son of a child sole survivor who knew little about his parents, and nothing about his extended family, will tell the story of his step-grandfather Jakob (Jacques) Samuel. Five years ago, he discovered a picture of him in an archive, learning for the first time what he looked like. Driven to know…

Nothing About Us Without Us: Understanding the Disability Rights Movement

Mar 12, 2025 12:00PM—1:00PM

Zoom

Event cosponsored by HHREC and the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center Approximately five hundred million persons throughout the world have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. Join James I. Charlton, Executive Vice President of Access Living in Chicago and author of Nothing About Us Without Us, for a discussion about historical and contemporary disability…

Communicating Atrocity: Memorializing Traumatic Histories

Apr 02, 2025 12:00PM—1:00PM

Kupferberg Holocaust Center @ Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Avenue Queens, NY 11364 or via Zoom https://tinyurl.com/z2p2hee2

Across the globe, memorial museums have been created as living spaces to commemorate and educate the public about past atrocities. Join Dr. Amy Sodaro, author of Exhibiting Atrocity: Memorial Museums and the Politics of Past Violence (2018) and Lifting the Shadow: Reshaping Memory, Race and Slavery in US Museums (2025), as she explores the interconnections between the…

Raising the Stakes: Assessing the Impact of Rising Antisemitism on Holocaust Education

Apr 24, 2025 6:00PM—7:00PM

In person Kupferberg Holocaust Center @ Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Avenue Queens, NY 11364 and on Zoom

In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, join us for a discussion about the implications for Holocaust education in the face of rising antisemitism, the impact of the October 7 terrorist attack, and the changing political landscape in the US and across the globe. Featuring Dr. Oren Stier, Professor of Religious Studies and Director…

HHREC Historical Mission to Germany and Poland: Tour of Berlin, Warsaw and Krakow 2025

Jun 20, 2025—Jul 06, 2025

Berlin and Warsaw, Germany and Krakow, Poland