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Winter 2022- 5782

Dear Friends,

During winter’s chill and ongoing health concerns about in-person programming, we encourage you to explore the following virtual programs in our community. Several are in honor of U.N. International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Some will be recorded for later viewing by registrants since there is considerable overlap in scheduling.

Warm regards,

Josey G. Fisher, Editor
Holocaust Education Consultant

COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING

Gratz College

People Love Dead Jews: An Evening with Author Dara Horn

Thursday, January 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Co-sponsored by Gratz College and Drexel University

To register: Dara Horn Program

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An American Chaplain in Buchenwald                (Rabbi Admiral Aaron Landes Lecture Series)

Wednesday, February 9, 7:00 p.m.

With Rafael Medoff, Ph.D., Director, David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies.

To register: American Chaplain in Buchenwald

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Fighting for Rights: Conscription and Jewish Emancipation in Modern History              (Rabbi Admiral Aaron Landes Lecture Series)

Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

With Derek J. Penslar, Ph.D., William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University.

To register:  Fighting for Rights

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The Holocaust Awareness and Education Center (HAMEC)

Recovering the Past: Researching the Fate of One’s Family in the Shoah

Wednesday, January 26  l   7:00 p.m.

Presented by Jerry Zaks, a child of survivors.

To register: Recovering the Past

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An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era: From Papiamentu to German

Sunday, February 6  l  2:00-3:00 p.m.,             Q&A for Teachers and Students 3:00-3:30 PM

With author Mary L. Romney-Schaab. Co-sponsored with the office of Philadelphia City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas in honor of Black History Month.

To register: Afro-Caribbean in Nazi Era

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Institute of Jewish-Catholic Relations, Saint Joseph’s University

Nazis of Copley Square: The Forgotten Story of the Christian Front, 1939-1945

Monday, February 7  l  7:00 p.m.

With author Dr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., Boston College.

For more information: SJU IJCR Events

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Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation

Count Their Names: The Nazi Persecution of LGBTQ People

Thursday, January 27  l  7:00 p.m.

Did you know the persecution of gay people in Nazi Germany did not end after World War II?  

Learn about LGBTQ victims of the Holocaust with historian Jake Newsome, together with J.Proud Program Manager Galia Godel and Sophie Don, Senior Manager of Programs and Operations at the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation.

Sponsored by pRiSm (the RS LGBTQ+ connection group), JProud, a program of Jewish Family and Children Services of Greater Philadelphia and PHRF.
 
To register: Count Their Names

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Camaraderie, Competition and Commemoration: A Conversation with the Eintracht Museum

Thursday, Feb 10  l  12:00 p.m.
 
Join a lunchtime conversation with Director Matthias Thoma who will explore how sports in general and his museum specifically work to combat contemporary antisemitism and bigotry.
 
 
This program is part of PHRF's quarterly Holocaust Education Series in partnership with the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Center in Milwaukee and the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights in Boise.
 
Other upcoming programs also include: 
 
By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream
 
Sunday, February 6  l  3:00 p.m.
 
To register:  Grace of the Game
 
Mutual Survival: Black-Jewish Relations in the 21st Century
 
Thursday, February 17  l  8:00 pm
 
To register: Mutual Survival
 
 

 

JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL PROGRAMMING

HOW THE BULGARIAN JEWS SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST

Wednesday, January 26  l  7:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

With Dr. Joseph Benatov, University of Pennsylvania, and Judge Ramy Djerassi, reflecting on his family’s survival, in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.      (No recording will be available.)

Co-Sponsored with AJC Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey.

To register: Bulgarian Jewry Program

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ECHOES AND REFLECTIONS CURRICULUM WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS

Wednesday, March 9  l  3:00-6:00 p.m.

Co-sponsored by JCRC, Gratz College & ADL

This professional development session will give you the tools to teach and initiate important discussions about the complex lessons of the Holocaust. Examine new instructional enhancements to support student learning through inquiry and a Social-Emotional Learning lens. Explore Dimensions in Testimony, a new holographic option, and discuss strategies to utilize this technology in the classroom.

To register: E & R Workshop Mar 9

For more info contact:                                              Randi Boyette, rboyette@adl.org
PA Teachers seeking ACT 48 credits, please email Mindy Blechman, mblechman@gratz.edu

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MORDECHAI ANIELEWICZ CREATIVE ARTS COMPETITION 2022

For Students Grades 7-12                      Deadline April 1, 2022

Students from all backgrounds and schools are invited to respond to their studies about the Holocaust by means of creative expression by submitting original, creative responses in the form of poetry, prose, painting, sculpture, music, dance, and video.  Students eligible for this competition must live or attend school in the 5-county Greater Philadelphia Region: Bucks County, Chester County, Delaware County, Montgomery County, and the city of Philadelphia.

Submission Deadline is April 1

For entry link & details go to: 
Anielewicz Creative Arts Competition 2022

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Save the Date

Annual Philadelphia Holocaust Memorial Ceremony 

Sunday, April 14  l  1:00 p.m.

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Contact for JCRC programs, Arts Competition,  or to schedule a Holocaust Survivor speaker:
Beth Razin at (215) 832-0536 or brazin@jewishphilly.org

Contact For Holocaust Education Consultation: Josey G. Fisher at jfisher@jewishphilly.org

Ms. Fisher is available to support your curriculum, answer questions and recommend age-appropriate resources and materials for your classes.

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Anielewicz Competition 2021 
Past Winners

1st Place, 7th-8th Grade 2D Art
'Hello, my name is...'
Sage Ondik, 8th G, Newtown Middle School

 

2nd Prize, 11th-12th Grade, 2D Art
'There are no Butterflies in the Ghetto (1)'
Gabrielle Kedziora,12th G, Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School

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