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Smyrna: Paradise is Burning, The Asa K. Jennings Story
Mar 23, 2023 7:00PM—9:00PM
Iona University Campus Romita Auditorium, Ryan Library 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY
This film screening is presented by the Iona University Driscoll Professorship in Jewish-Catholic Studies and the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center. The film tells the story of how a frail YMCA employee fed, sheltered and led an evacuation of 350,000 people from the port city of Smyrna, which became Ground Zero for one of…
View MoreUnderstanding the History of Antisemitism
Mar 26, 2023 10:30AM—12:00PM
Greenburgh Hebrew Center 515 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
Presentation and Q&A With Steven Goldberg Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center Director of Education Steven Goldberg will speak about the History of Antisemitism and engage in a Q&A with attendees following his talk and presentation.
View MoreMemory Keeper Story Hour: William Zimmerman, GenerationsForward
Apr 13, 2023 7:00PM—8:00PM
Zoom
RegisterWilliam is member of Second Generation, the son of Polish Jews who survived the hardships and trauma of the Nazi era. His parents met and were married in Belgium shortly after the war and came to America in 1950. William was born in the Bronx in 1951, grew up in Queens, attended college in Manhattan…
View MoreHolocaust Remembrance Lecture at Purchase College
Apr 17, 2023 6:00PM—8:00PM
Purchase College Humanities Center
Register“The Jewish Refugees Whose Intelligence Helped Win the War: Camp Ritchie and Its Graduates” Professor David Frey, Professor of History and Founding Director of the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, West Point, will speak at this annual Holocaust Remembrance Lecture presented by Purchase College and the Holocaust & Human Rights…
View MoreHHREC and Westchester Jewish Council Annual Yom Hashoah Event at Garden of Remembrance
Apr 18, 2023 12:00PM—1:00PM
Garden of Remembrance 148 Martine Avenue White Plains, NY
William H. Donah Shoah Commemoration at Iona University with Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Deborah Dwork
Apr 25, 2023 7:30PM—9:30PM
Iona University Ryan Library, Romita Auditorium 715 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10801
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center and Iona College-William H. Donat Shoah Commemoration with distinguished lecturer Dr. Deborah Dwork, founding director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and is distinguished professor of Holocaust History at Clark University. Dr. Dwork will discuss “Holding on Through Letters: Jewish Families During the Holocaust.” This…
View MoreZAIDA- Award Winning Documentary Film About Holocaust Survivor
Apr 26, 2023 7:00PM—9:00PM
Zoom
RegisterHenri Parens escaped from the Holocaust at the age of 12, and went on to become a globally recognized psychoanalyst, dedicating his life’s work to the prevention of prejudice. ZAIDA, the documentary film about his life, made by his granddaughter, has reached audiences across the country, screening at The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival, The Boston Jewish Film Festival, Indy…
View MoreMemory Keepers Story Hour: Yonat Assayag, GenerationsForward
May 25, 2023 7:00PM—8:00PM
Zoom
RegisterYonat Assayag is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Helen Gottesman (née Klein) and Alex Gottesman. Yonat tells the story of her grandmother Helen, who she adoringly called “Bobby.” Bobby was born in Strobochova, Czechoslovakia in 1924, where she and her family lived comfortably until the Nazi occupation in 1939. Yonat shares how, at 16, Bobby…
View MoreHHREC National Educators’ Study Tour 2023
Jun 24, 2023—Jul 09, 2023
Berlin, Germany; Warsaw and Krakow, Poland
RegisterThe Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center invites teachers and anyone interested in learning about the history of the Holocaust to join us for our National Educators’ Trip to Germany & Poland June 24-July 9, 2023. Join Steve Goldberg, HHREC Director of Education and Gerrit Book, professional tour guide formerly of the Goethe Institut on…
View MoreHHREC 2023 Annual Benefit
Oct 26, 2023 6:30PM—9:00PM
Westchester Country Club, Rye, New York
The HHREC community will gather once again for our Annual Benefit on Thursday evening October 26th at the beautiful Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York. Cost and details to be announced.
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