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.
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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.
Mutual Survival: Black-Jewish Relations in the 21st Century
Thursday, February 17 l 8:00 pm