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  • Film Screening of FOR THE LIVING

    Apr 23, 2025 6:30PM

    Iona University Ryan Library’s Romita Auditorium 715 North Ave New Rochelle, NY 10801

    Presented by HHREC and Iona University, this program will feature a presentation of the Susan J. Goldberg Memorial Teacher Award to Daniel Wolfe, a Social Studies Teacher at Denzel Washington School for the Arts in Mount Vernon.

  • Annual Westchester Countywide Yom HaShoah Commemoration

    Apr 24, 2025 12:00PM—1:00PM

    Garden of Remembrance, 148 Martine Ave, White Plains, NY

  • Eva’s Promise: Film Screening and Talkback Presented by HHREC and JCC Mid-Westchester

    Apr 24, 2025 7:00PM—9:00PM

    JCC Mid-Westchester 999 Wilmot Road Scarsdale,NY10583

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    A screening of the film Eva’s Promise hosted by JCC Mid-Westchester will be followed by a conversation with Producer Susan Kerner, Director Steve McCarthy, and HHREC Director of Education Steve Goldberg. This moving documentary tells the story of Eva Schloss, who, on a train to Auschwitz, made a promise to her seventeen-year-old brother Heinz—to retrieve…

  • Jacob Burns Film Center Jewish Film Festival

    Apr 24, 2025 4:00PM—9:00PM

    Jacob Burns Film Center 364 Manville Rd, Pleasantville, NY

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    HHREC is making introductory remarks for two films during the Jewish Film Festival at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville on April 24th. The first film Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire will be showing at 4:00pm, and the second, ADA—My Mother the Architect, will be showing at 7pm. Purchase tickets at the box office…

  • Agi Keleti: The Jewish Olympian’s Story of Survival and Triumph – Exhibit and Presentation by Michael Gyory

    Apr 24, 2025 6:30PM—8:00PM

    JCC Mid-Westchester 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale, NY

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    From Holocaust survivor to Olympic champion—discover the extraordinary journey of Agi Keleti, the most decorated female Jewish Olympian in history. Teens are invited to view this special presentation by HHREC GenerationsForward Speaker and Board Vice Chairperson Michael Gyory and exhibit presented in partnership with JCC Mid-Westchester.

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Film Screening of FOR THE LIVING

Apr 23, 2025 6:30PM

Iona University Ryan Library’s Romita Auditorium 715 North Ave New Rochelle, NY 10801

Presented by HHREC and Iona University, this program will feature a presentation of the Susan J. Goldberg Memorial Teacher Award to Daniel Wolfe, a Social Studies Teacher at Denzel Washington School for the Arts in Mount Vernon.

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Jacob Burns Film Center Jewish Film Festival

Apr 24, 2025 4:00PM—9:00PM

Jacob Burns Film Center 364 Manville Rd, Pleasantville, NY

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HHREC is making introductory remarks for two films during the Jewish Film Festival at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville on April 24th. The first film Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire will be showing at 4:00pm, and the second, ADA—My Mother the Architect, will be showing at 7pm. Purchase tickets at the box office…

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Agi Keleti: The Jewish Olympian’s Story of Survival and Triumph – Exhibit and Presentation by Michael Gyory

Apr 24, 2025 6:30PM—8:00PM

JCC Mid-Westchester 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale, NY

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From Holocaust survivor to Olympic champion—discover the extraordinary journey of Agi Keleti, the most decorated female Jewish Olympian in history. Teens are invited to view this special presentation by HHREC GenerationsForward Speaker and Board Vice Chairperson Michael Gyory and exhibit presented in partnership with JCC Mid-Westchester.

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Eva’s Promise: Film Screening and Talkback Presented by HHREC and JCC Mid-Westchester

Apr 24, 2025 7:00PM—9:00PM

JCC Mid-Westchester 999 Wilmot Road Scarsdale,NY10583

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A screening of the film Eva’s Promise hosted by JCC Mid-Westchester will be followed by a conversation with Producer Susan Kerner, Director Steve McCarthy, and HHREC Director of Education Steve Goldberg. This moving documentary tells the story of Eva Schloss, who, on a train to Auschwitz, made a promise to her seventeen-year-old brother Heinz—to retrieve…

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Annual Gathering of Remembrance at Museum of Jewish Heritage

Apr 27, 2025 2:00PM—5:00PM

Temple Emanu-El 1 East 65th Street New York, NY 10065

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Event presented by The Museum of Jewish Heritage Co-Sponsored by HHREC. Every year, the Museum of Jewish Heritage brings together thousands of New Yorkers at their Annual Gathering of Remembrance to collectively vow to never forget. Delivered by a city with one of the world’s largest communities of Holocaust survivors, this annual tribute has power…

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HHREC MemoryKeeper Story Hour: Audrey Reich

May 07, 2025 7:00PM—8:00PM

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Join us for a fascinating talk with Audrey Reich, a member of the HHREC Advisory Board, as she shares the remarkable story of her mother’s childhood in Shanghai, China. Born into a Russian Jewish family that fled the Russian Revolution in search of safety and opportunity, her family’s journey took them from Harbin to Shanghai,…

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HHREC Annual Spring Luncheon

May 15, 2025 11:30AM—1:00PM

Bet Am Shalom Synagogue 295 Soundview Ave. White Plains, NY 10606

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On Thursday, May 15th the HHREC Annual Spring Luncheon will be held at the beautiful Bet Am Shalom Synagogue in White Plains. This year our program will feature a presentation: Relentless by our GenerationsForward Speaker Debby Ziering. Debby is the daughter of two Holocaust survivors. Her father Herman was born in Kassel Germany and was…

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Past | Archive

HHREC MemoryKeeper Story Hour: Jeanette Cohen

Apr 09, 2025 7:00PM—8:00PM

Zoom

The Rescue of History: Uncovering Help for Jews in the Holocaust

Apr 08, 2025 6:30PM—8:00PM

Purchase College Humanities Theater, 735 Anderson Hill Road Purchase, NY 10577

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