Amalia Hoffman grew up in Jerusalem, Israel. Both her parents lost their entire families during the Holocaust. She is an author, illustrator and storyteller.  She will share personal reflections during the Memory Keeper Story Hour. In her picture book biography, The Brave Cyclist: The True Story of a Holocaust Hero (Capstone Editions, 2019) she shares her story (ages 8+)…

Come to Queensborough Community College’s Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) to experience the KHC’s original exhibition, The Concentration Camps: Inside the Nazi System of Incarceration and Genocide. Doors open for self-guided tours at 6:00pm with remarks by Dr. Laura Cohen, the KHC’s Executive Director, at 6:30pm. Event ends at 8:00pm. 

The New Rochelle Public Library is one of 29 libraries across the country selected to participate in The Yiddish Book Center’s “Stories of Exile” Reading Groups for Public Libraries program. The program uses excerpts from translated Yiddish works, and other books related to the experience of the community, to bring people together for healthy discussions…

Event presented on Zoom, co-sponsored by HHREC

Note: Online sales will stop one hour before the start of the presentation but tickets may be purchased at the door.

Presented by Iona University in Partnership with HHREC

How do archival collections and their commercialization frame contemporary American narratives of belonging? Join us for this roundtable discussion examining the archives of nostalgic American pasts, including memorabilia related to antebellum, postwar affluence, and idealized suburbia. The conversation features Dr. Erin Thompson, Professor of Art Crimes at John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CUNY; Dr. Tim…

Safeguarding Our Shared History The HHREC community will gather for our Annual Benefit on Thursday evening October 26th at the beautiful Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York.  This year we will honor Sam Rosmarin and Kathy Zaltas, who will be presented with the HHREC Eugene M. & Emily Grant Spirit of Humanity Awards. Our…

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center invites you to join us in solidarity tomorrow for the Bring Them Home Vigil at the Garden of Remembrance in White Plains to call for the immediate release of the hostages held by Hamas.