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SUMMARY:Light In the Dark CWB Partner Event
DESCRIPTION:Embrace the Spotlight\n50% Off with CWB at Pittsburgh Ballet Theater’s Light in the Dark!\nUse promo code CWBFRIENDS to SAVE 50%!\nChoreography: Jennifer Archibald\, Sasha Janes\, Barak Marshall and Anabelle Lopez Ochoa | Music: Samuel Barber\, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi \nOur season opener tells powerful stories of tragedy\, hope and human connection. The program’s central work\, Sounds of the Sun\, is a world premiere by Jennifer Archibald\, which celebrates the life of Florence Waren\, a Jewish dancer who lived in Paris and worked with the French Resistance during World War II. Also included in this momentous production is the emotional Monger\, created by award-winning Israeli American choreographer Barak Marshall. Monger follows the lives of a group of people trapped in the house of an abusive mistress. Completing this stunning program are two incredibly gorgeous and intense ballets – Loss by Sasha Janes and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Lacrimosa. \n \n\nBUY ONLINE PBT.ORG \nCALL 412-454-9101\nThe world premiere by Jennifer Archibald is presented in partnership with Violins of Hope Greater Pittsburgh.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/light-in-the-dark-cw-partner-event/2023-10-28/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T213000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
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SUMMARY:Light In the Dark CWB Partner Event
DESCRIPTION:Embrace the Spotlight\n50% Off with CWB at Pittsburgh Ballet Theater’s Light in the Dark!\nUse promo code CWBFRIENDS to SAVE 50%!\nChoreography: Jennifer Archibald\, Sasha Janes\, Barak Marshall and Anabelle Lopez Ochoa | Music: Samuel Barber\, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi \nOur season opener tells powerful stories of tragedy\, hope and human connection. The program’s central work\, Sounds of the Sun\, is a world premiere by Jennifer Archibald\, which celebrates the life of Florence Waren\, a Jewish dancer who lived in Paris and worked with the French Resistance during World War II. Also included in this momentous production is the emotional Monger\, created by award-winning Israeli American choreographer Barak Marshall. Monger follows the lives of a group of people trapped in the house of an abusive mistress. Completing this stunning program are two incredibly gorgeous and intense ballets – Loss by Sasha Janes and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Lacrimosa. \n \n\nBUY ONLINE PBT.ORG \nCALL 412-454-9101\nThe world premiere by Jennifer Archibald is presented in partnership with Violins of Hope Greater Pittsburgh.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/light-in-the-dark-cw-partner-event/2023-10-27/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T153000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
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SUMMARY:The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry
DESCRIPTION:An 8 Part Series exploring the multifaceted discipline of Holocaust Studies through unique and previously unexplored lenses\n  \nClassrooms Without Borders\, in coordination with Tali Nates\, Founder and Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, Madene Shachar\, Director\, “Talking Memory” online lecture series & International Educational Programs the Ghetto Fighters’ House\, Esther Toporek Finder\, member of the GSI Coordinating Council\, Generations of the Shoah and in partnership with Liberation75 is pleased to embark on this new innovative series “The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry”. \nThis 8 part series will engage with scholars and experts who grapple with themes related to Holocaust studies. The series will explore the multifaceted discipline of Holocaust Studies through different lenses. The series will include scholars whose research and publications shed new light in this field of study that continues to grow and develop. Our experts will challenge us to understand the causes\, impacts\, and legacies of the Holocaust. \nOctober’s Event will feature:\nGendering the Holocaust with Andrea Pető\nAn introduction to the rich history of researching the Holocaust. Research on women and the Holocaust developed driven by the political strategy formulated by Joan Ringelheim in 1983 that in failing to recognize that men and women suffer differently we “lose the lives of women for a second time”. A strong professional alliance was built between the second wave of the women’s movement and those who wanted to rewrite or revise women’s history. I analyze the consequences that the scholarship on women and the Holocaust followed the same epistemological route as women’s history writing in general. It started to collect the facts – making women visible and collecting evidence – and establish the history of women’s participation in\, for example\, the ghetto and among the Jewish resistance movements building up a considerable scholarship by now. The talk closes by analyzing the causes and actors of the recent illiberal challenge on Holocaust Studies and its consequences on gendering the Holocaust.  \nAndrea Pető \n \nAndrea Pető is Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University\, Vienna\, Austria\, and a Doctor of Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Her works on gender\, politics\, Holocaust and war have been translated into 23 languages. She edited three pioneering books in the field of Jewish Studies with Louise Hecht\, Karoline Krasuska Women and Holocaust: New Perspectives and Challenges. IBL\, Warsawa\, 2015.\, and with Szapor\, Judith\, Hametz\, Maura\, Calloni\, Marina\, Jewish Intellectual Women in Central Europe 1860-2000. The Edwin Mellen Press\, 2012.\, with Helga Thorson The Future of Holocaust Memorialisation. Confronting Racism\, Anti-Semitism\, and Homophobia Through Memory Work. Tom Lantos Institute\, Budapest\, 2015. Her recent monographs are: Women in the Arrow Cross Party (Palgrave\, 2020)\, Forgotten Massacre\, Budapest in 1944 (DeGruyter 2021). She the editor-in-chief of East European Holocaust Studies (DeGruyter). In 2018 she was awarded the 2018 All European Academies (ALLEA) Madame de Staël Prize for Cultural Values and 2022 University of Oslo Human Rights Award. She is Doctor Honoris Causa of Södertörn University\, Stockholm\, Sweden.  \n \nTali Nates is the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC) and Chair of the South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation (SAHGF). She is a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust and genocide education\, memory\, reconciliation\, and human rights. Born to a family of Holocaust survivors\, her father and uncle were saved by Oskar Schindler. Tali has been involved in the creation and production of dozens of documentary films\, published many articles and contributed chapters to different books among them God\, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors (2015)\, Remembering The Holocaust in Educational Settings (2018)\, Conceptualizing Mass Violence\, Representations\, Recollections\, and Reinterpretations (2021) and The Routledge Handbook of Memory Activism (2023). \nIn 2021 she was part of the 12-member Expert Group of the Malmö Forum\, serving in an advisory capacity to the Secretariat of the Malmö Forum on their programme on Holocaust remembrance\, education and actions to combat antisemitism. Tali serves on many Advisory and Academic Boards including that of the Contested Histories Initiative\, the Interdisciplinary Academic Journal of Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center and the Academic Advisory Group of the School of Social and Health Sciences\, Monash University (IIEMSA)\, South Africa. \nIn 2010\, Tali was chosen as one of the top 100 newsworthy and noteworthy women in \nSouth Africa by the Mail & Guardian newspaper and won many awards including the Kia Community Service Award (South Africa\, 2015)\, the Gratias Agit Award (2020\, Czech Republic)\, the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award (2021) and the Goethe Medal (2022\, Germany). \nThank you to our Partners:\n \n \n \n \n \nFinal Events in this Series:  \n\nNovember 16 2023 Memory Studies: Museums and Memorials\n\nPast Events in this Series: \n\nFebruary 23 2023 Psychiatry and the Holocaust\nMarch 23 2023  Ethics and Law\nApril 27 2023 Education\nMay 18 2023 Film\nJune 15 2023 German Professionals and the Holocaust \nSept 21 Jewish studies
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/the-holocaust-as-an-interdisciplinary-tapestry-8/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T153000
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SUMMARY:Israel Update with Avi Ben-Hur
DESCRIPTION:Israel Update with Avi Ben-Hur\n\n\nEach update will be dynamic in nature\, and our CWB Scholar will provide insightful analysis into this complex war as it unfolds.\n\n\nAvi Ben-Hur \nScholar in Residence \nA Brooklyn native\, Avi Ben-Hur moved to Israel in 1983. From 2003-2008 Avi was Director of the Archaeological Seminars School for Israeli Tour Guides. In 2008 Avi participated in re-writing the curriculum of the National Guiding courses for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. As a “Scholar in Residence\, Avi has lectured\, taught and facilitated workshops in the US\, Warsaw\, Prague\, Berlin and Greece. From 1996-2000\, Avi taught in Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies. As a guide\, Avi has specialized working with organizations focusing on political issues (such as AIPAC & CIJA)\, inter-faith programs and Holocaust studies. At Present\, Avi is an examiner for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism Licensing Boards and is the ongoing scholar in residence of Classrooms Without Borders \n\n\n\nHere are the four dates for the upcoming series: \n\nOctober 25th 2pm ET\nNovember 1st 2pm ET\nNovember 8th 2pm ET\nNovember 15th 2pm ET
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/israel-update-with-avi-ben-hur-8/2023-10-25/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T154500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T171500
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
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SUMMARY:CHRISTIANS & JEWS – FROM CONFLICT TO COEXISTENCE
DESCRIPTION:Today\, the nexus between Judaism and Christianity marks a high point in the history of Jewish-Christian relations. \nBut this was not always the case. Since the C2nd CE\, mainstream Christianity was resolutely anti-Jewish.\nThe myth of Jews as Christ-killers fuelled anti-Judaism and antisemitism through the Christian centuries and it was not until after the Holocaust that the Church embarked on a path towards reconciliation with the Jewish people.\nIn this short course we will trace the trajectory of Jewish-Christian relations from a position of conflict to one of coexistence. \nFor more than a decade\, Paul Forgasz was principal of the secondary (grades 7-12) campus of Mt Scopus College\, a large K-12 Jewish day school in Melbourne\, Australia. He also lectured in Bible and Jewish history at Monash University’s Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation and taught about Jewish education\, as well as school leadership\, in the university’s Faculty of Education. Since 2010\, Paul has also curated and led Jewish study tours to various European destinations under the auspices of the Jewish Museum of Australia. For most of his professional life\, Paul has also been actively involved in Jewish-Christian dialogue and he also works closely with teachers in the Catholic education sector.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/christians-jews-from-conflict-to-coexistence-2023-10-24/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231022T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231022T200000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
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SUMMARY:Daring to Decide: when Ordinary People make Extraordinary Decisions
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we hear the stories of seemingly ordinary people\, turned extraordinary\, as they bravely navigated life-altering choices during World War II\, saving tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Among them were Righteous Among Nations Sergeant Roddie Edmunds\, for whom one of the violins has been dedicated and Ho Feng Shan\, consul-general in Vienna during World War II. \nOur four distinguished guests\, will share their experiences and family stories in a panel discussion moderated by CLP President & Director Andrew Medlar \n\nDr. David Frey\, Founding Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point Academy\nPastor Christopher Edmunds\, son of Sergeant Roddie Edmonds\nBettie Pei-Wen Ho Carlson\, granddaughter of Ho Feng Shan\nBrenda Tate\, retired Pittsburgh Police Officer\n\nFollowed by an audience Q&A \nPresented in partnership with Violins of Hope. The first 100 attendees will receive a copy of No Surrender: A Father\, A Son\, and an Extraordinary Act of Heroism That Continues to Live on Today by Christopher Edmunds and Douglas Century. \n \nCarnegie Library Lecture Hall\n4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh\, PA 15213\nOn street Parking or Carnegie Museum lot behind Museum
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/daring-to-decide-when-ordinary-people-make-extraordinary-decisions/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231017T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231017T200000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
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SUMMARY:Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life Free Community Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join WQED for a free screening of Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life\, a Not in Our Town film\, followed by a panel discussion.\n \n\n \nTuesday\, October 17  |  6:30 – 8:00PM \nMcConomy Auditorium\nJared L. Cohon University Center\n5032 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh\, PA 15213 \n\nDoors open at 6:00 pm\nScreening at 6:30 pm\nPanel Q&A at 7:15 pm\n\nComplimentary light refreshments will be served. \nFollowing the film\, there will be a panel discussion including the filmmaker\, survivor and community leaders portrayed in the film \n \nFilmmaker Patrice O’Neill \n \nMemorials to the victims at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the days after the shooting \n \nMan holding a “Disarm Hate” sign at Pittsburgh rally
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/repairing-the-world-stories-from-the-tree-of-life-free-community-screening/
LOCATION:McConomy Auditorium Jared L. Cohon University Center 5032 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh\, PA 15213\, 5032 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231016T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231016T210000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
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SUMMARY:FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT: MOSAICS INSPIRED BY TRAGEDY
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nFree and open to the public\nRSVPs to our opening reception are requested\nPresented by Rodef Shalom Congregation in collaboration with Violins of Hope\, this exhibit features mosaics from artists around the world created in response to the October 2018 attack on three Pittsburgh congregations. Through their pieces\, these artists tackle themes ranging from antisemitism and injustice\, to hope\, resilience\, and peace. \nThe exhibit will be on display through November 27\, 2023.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/from-darkness-to-light-mosaics-inspired-by-tragedy/
LOCATION:Rodef Shalom Congregation Falk Library 4905 Fifth Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15213\, 4905 Fifth Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T183000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
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SUMMARY:Music that Survived the Nazis
DESCRIPTION:Music that Survived the Nazis with Professor Shirli Gilbert\, University College London\nAn extraordinary range of musical activities\, both forced and voluntary\, took place in the Nazi ghettos and camps\, from the earliest internment centres established in 1933 until the liberation in 1945. The musical works created there by prisoners are extraordinary documents from the time. In this talk\, Professor Shirli Gilbert will present original songs from this period\, including some rare post-war recordings. The songs offer rich insight into victims’ experiences\, conveying the uncertain and shifting perspectives of prisoner communities as they made sense of lived reality. \nModerated by Michal Rose Friedman (Jack Buncher Professor of Jewish Studies\, Dept of History\, CMU) & Rachel Kranson (Pitt Jewish Studies) \nMusic opens a unique window on to the internal world of those communities\, offering insight into how they understood\, interpreted\, and responded to their experiences at the time. \nProf Shirli Gilbert \n\nProfessor Shirli Gilbert is a specialist in modern Jewish history\, with particular interest in the Holocaust and its legacies\, modern Jewish identity\, and Jews in South Africa. She holds a D. Phil in Modern History from the University of Oxford and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society of Fellows at the University of Michigan. Before coming to UCL\, she was Karten Professor of Modern History and Director of the Parkes Institute for Jewish/ non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton. \nHer book Music in the Holocaust (Oxford University Press\, 2005) examines the role of music in the Nazi ghettos and camps and the insight it offers into victims’ responses. The book was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. It was also the basis for the large-scale educational website Music and the Holocaust\, a documentary feature on BBC Radio 3\, and concerts at London’s Wigmore Hall and the Hampstead Arts Festival.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/music-that-survived-the-nazis/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T153000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
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SUMMARY:Israel Update with Avi Ben Hur
DESCRIPTION:Israel Update with Avi Ben Hur\n\n\nIn the early hours of Saturday\, October 7\, 2023\, fifty years and one day since Egypt and Syria surprise attacked Israel on Yom Kippur in 1973\, Hamas launched a terrorist invasion into the South of Israel. \nThe Gazans who infiltrated Israel attacked civilians and military personnel. They were undeterred by age\, gender\, ability\, and even religion. Elderly were butchered\, children were murdered\, and even Arab Muslim citizens of Israel were executed. Israeli civilians as well as soldiers were kidnapped and dragged into the Gaza Strip. As of this writing\, at least 700 Israelis\, most of them civilians\, have been killed and more than 2300 have been injured in these attacks. The numbers rise as time goes by. \nThese actions by Hamas were not a military operation\, but a pogrom. Military operations do not target civilians and hold them hostage in foreign territory. As such\, Hamas\, Islamic Jihad\, and other Gazans who invaded Israel crossed a line that civilized people do not cross. Israel has every moral and legal right to defend its people and national sovereignty\, and to use all measures necessary to retrieve its captured citizens. Israel also has the basic human right of self-defense\, promised to all people and states via the Universal Declaration of Human Rights\, which the United Nations ratified after World War II and the independence of Israel. \nThe attacks by Gazans and the response by the Israeli Defense Forces are ongoing. This is the start of a vicious conflict that will exact the loss of many innocent lives in both Israel and the Gaza Strip. \nAvi Ben-Hur\n \nCWB Scholar in Residence \nA Brooklyn native\, Avi Ben-Hur moved to Israel in 1983. From 2003-2008 Avi was Director of the Archaeological Seminars School for Israeli Tour Guides. In 2008 Avi participated in re-writing the curriculum of the National Guiding courses for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. As a “Scholar in Residence\, Avi has lectured\, taught and facilitated workshops in the US\, Warsaw\, Prague\, Berlin and Greece. From 1996-2000\, Avi taught in Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies. As a guide\, Avi has specialized working with organizations focusing on political issues (such as AIPAC & CIJA)\, inter-faith programs and Holocaust studies. At Present\, Avi is an examiner for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism Licensing Boards and is the ongoing scholar in residence of Classrooms Without Borders. From September 2021 to June 2022\, Avi led a course on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Avi’s course aimed to unravel its causes and core issues. Designed for educators\, the course made this complex subject accessible and equipped participants with tools to address it in their classrooms and engage with breaking news. Q & A sessions after each lecture allowed for in-depth discussions\, and suggested resources encouraged further exploration. Avi’s unique approach intersected critical angles\, offering a comprehensive understanding of the complexities. \n\n\nCover photo credit: Joel Carillet
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/israel-update-with-avi-ben-hur-10-11/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T154500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T171500
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
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SUMMARY:CHRISTIANS & JEWS – FROM CONFLICT TO COEXISTENCE
DESCRIPTION:Today\, the nexus between Judaism and Christianity marks a high point in the history of Jewish-Christian relations. \nBut this was not always the case. Since the C2nd CE\, mainstream Christianity was resolutely anti-Jewish.\nThe myth of Jews as Christ-killers fuelled anti-Judaism and antisemitism through the Christian centuries and it was not until after the Holocaust that the Church embarked on a path towards reconciliation with the Jewish people.\nIn this short course we will trace the trajectory of Jewish-Christian relations from a position of conflict to one of coexistence. \nFor more than a decade\, Paul Forgasz was principal of the secondary (grades 7-12) campus of Mt Scopus College\, a large K-12 Jewish day school in Melbourne\, Australia. He also lectured in Bible and Jewish history at Monash University’s Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation and taught about Jewish education\, as well as school leadership\, in the university’s Faculty of Education. Since 2010\, Paul has also curated and led Jewish study tours to various European destinations under the auspices of the Jewish Museum of Australia. For most of his professional life\, Paul has also been actively involved in Jewish-Christian dialogue and he also works closely with teachers in the Catholic education sector.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/christians-jews-from-conflict-to-coexistence-2023-10-10/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231007T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231121T200000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
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SUMMARY:Violins of Hope Greater Pittsburgh Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Violins of Hope\nGreater Pittsburgh Exhibit\n  \nViolins of Hope Greater Pittsburgh\, is a landmark community project centered on the valuable lessons of diversity\, equity\, and inclusion. Over the course of two months\, through educational and cultural programs\, this unique project will use lessons of the Holocaust to demonstrate humanity’s amazing ability to rebound from even the darkest depravity. The centerpiece of this project will be an exhibit of stringed instruments that were played by Jewish prisoners in the concentration camps during the Holocaust. This exhibit will be free to the public and housed at the Posner Center on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University. There\, trained docents will facilitate an understanding of the role that music played in the life of prisoners\, whether as a mechanism for survival\, mental escape\, or even resistance. The mere existence of each instrument merits a story of hope and survival. Together\, we are tuning out prejudice and building bridges that last. \nOver the course of two months\, through educational and cultural programs and exhibits\, this unique project will\, through lessons of the Holocaust\, demonstrate humanity’s amazing ability to rebound from even the darkest depravity. The centerpiece of this event is the Violins of Hope Exhibit\, which showcases violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. Each instrument has a unique emotional history that tells a story of perseverance and hope. \nEDUCATORS & SCHOOLS CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAIL \nPittsburgh has long been known as the City of Bridges\, with a multitude of these unique and colorful structures that connect our communities and our diverse backgrounds. These connectors have enabled us to come together to celebrate our shared cultural\, educational\, social\, and vocational activities. \nHow better to underscore these shared values than through a landmark collaboration of the arts\, religious institutions\, community organizations\, education professionals\, and musicians. Violins of Hope Greater Pittsburgh will present impactful programming throughout our community\, reinforcing the valuable lessons of diversity\, equity\, and inclusion that are essential to our future. \n\nViolins of Hope Greater Pittsburgh Exhibit\nOctober 7 through November 21\, 2023\nPosner Center\, Carnegie Mellon University Campus\n\nLearn more and see a full listing of events at www.violinsofhopepittsburgh.com
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/violins-of-hope-greater-pittsburgh-exhibit/
LOCATION:Posner Center\, Carnegie Mellon University Campus\, Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T170000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230915T170539Z
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SUMMARY:Jewish Genealogy Society of Pittsburgh First Annual Special Interest Week
DESCRIPTION:Jewish Genealogy Society of Pittsburgh in Partnership with the Rauh Jewish Archives host First Annual Special Interest Week \nThousands of Jewish immigrants from historic Galicia (including parts of present-day Poland and Ukraine) settled in Western Pennsylvania at the turn of the 20th century. For our first annual “Special Interest Days\,” the Jewish Genealogy Society of Pittsburgh and the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center are celebrating these ancestors of the community. \nCome for:\n• a display of rare materials from local Galitzianer organizations\, including Machsikei Hadas Congregation\,\n• one-on-one no-appointment research assistance with directors of the Jewish Genealogy Society\,\n• a take-home pocket guide to the historic Galitzianer community throughout Western Pennsylvania\,\n• a chance to connect with other local Galitzianers.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/jewish-genealogy-society-of-pittsburgh-first-annual-special-interest-week/2023-10-04/
LOCATION:Heinz History Center\, 1212 Smallman Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15222\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T154500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T171500
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230804T125710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T172721Z
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SUMMARY:CHRISTIANS & JEWS – FROM CONFLICT TO COEXISTENCE
DESCRIPTION:Today\, the nexus between Judaism and Christianity marks a high point in the history of Jewish-Christian relations. \nBut this was not always the case. Since the C2nd CE\, mainstream Christianity was resolutely anti-Jewish.\nThe myth of Jews as Christ-killers fuelled anti-Judaism and antisemitism through the Christian centuries and it was not until after the Holocaust that the Church embarked on a path towards reconciliation with the Jewish people.\nIn this short course we will trace the trajectory of Jewish-Christian relations from a position of conflict to one of coexistence. \nFor more than a decade\, Paul Forgasz was principal of the secondary (grades 7-12) campus of Mt Scopus College\, a large K-12 Jewish day school in Melbourne\, Australia. He also lectured in Bible and Jewish history at Monash University’s Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation and taught about Jewish education\, as well as school leadership\, in the university’s Faculty of Education. Since 2010\, Paul has also curated and led Jewish study tours to various European destinations under the auspices of the Jewish Museum of Australia. For most of his professional life\, Paul has also been actively involved in Jewish-Christian dialogue and he also works closely with teachers in the Catholic education sector.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/christians-jews-from-conflict-to-coexistence/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231001T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231001T183000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230907T120041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230907T124829Z
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SUMMARY:Truman and Israel: and The Behind-the-Scenes Story of US Support for Statehood in 1948
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Dr. Robert P. Watson in Conversation with Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff\n  \nJoin the Holocaust Institute at the University of Miami\, School of Education & Human Development kick off the 2023-2024 Sunday Salon Series with author\, historian\, professor and lecturer\, Dr. Robert Watson\, in an intriguing & enlightening virtual program about President Harry Truman and his role in the United States’ recognition of the statehood of Israel. \nThe long-awaited moment arrived in 1948. Yet\, there was considerable opposition to statehood abroad and the new fledgling state would need not only political credibility around the world\, but support from the US\, international trading partners\, investment\, a military\, and more. Using extensive interviews with former aides to Truman and archival research\, Dr. Watson explores the important and productive relationship between Harry Truman and leaders such as Dr. Chaim Weizmann\, Abba Eban\, and David Ben-Gurion\, with emphasis given to both the political and diplomatic deal- making that occurred behind the scenes and the moral courage demonstrated during that critical decision. \n \nDr. Robert P. Watson is an award-winning author who has published over 45 books and 200 scholarly articles and essays on topics in political and military history\, as well as two multi-edition\, multi-volume encyclopedia sets on the presidents and first ladies. Watson co-convened several national conferences\, co-founded the annual Truman Legacy Symposium for the Truman Presidential Library\, and served on the boards of numerous academic associations\, community organizations\, and the Harry Truman Foundation\, Calvin Coolidge Foundation\, and George McGovern Center for Leadership. Watson was the editor of the journal White House Studies\, assistant editor/reviews editor of The Social Science Journal\, and Presidency Book Series editor for SUNY Press. He has been a visiting scholar/lecturer with such historic sites as the Truman Presidential Library\, Ford Presidential Museum\, Illinois Holocaust Museum\, West Point\, National Archives\, Smithsonian Institution\, Pentagon\, Museum of the American Revolution\, American Revolution Institute\, Gilder-Lehrman Institute\, National Museum of the US Navy\, George Washington’s Mount Vernon\, Society of the Cincinnati\, James Madison’s Montpelier\, Frances Tavern Museum\, US Capitol Historical Society\, National Civil War Museum\, Gettysburg National Battlefield\, National Institutes of Health\, Mount Rushmore\, and Andersonville Historic Site. He is one of a select group of historians invited to rank the U.S. presidents. \nAs a community leader\, Watson has hosted many voter registration drives\, workshops for social studies teachers\, and civic education programs for schools\, and served as a judge for History Day contests\, pronouncer for spelling bees\, and moderator for political debates and community town halls. He co-founded three non-profits dedicated to civic engagement\, political reform\, and fact-checking political ads and\, with his then-teenage son\, hosted an annual writing contest for five years for students in Florida. \nDr. Watson is the recipient of many awards for his contributions to the study of the presidency\, election commentary\, community service\, civics programs\, and efforts to combat anti-Semitism and incivility. Robert was born in Harrisburg\, Pennsylvania\, attended public schools in nearby Hershey\, and educated at Virginia Tech\, where he lettered on the football and track teams. He holds the titles Distinguished Professor of American History\, Avron Fogelman Research Professor\, and Director of Project Civitas at Lynn University and Senior Fellow with Senator Bob Graham’s Florida Joint Center for Citizenship. He is the proud father of Alexander and Isabella.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/truman-and-israel-and-the-behind-the-scenes-story-of-us-support-for-statehood-in-1948/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230927T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230927T163000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230913T142710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230913T142710Z
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SUMMARY:Salvaged Pages: Teaching Young Writers’ Diaries in the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Salvaged Pages: Teaching Young Writers’ Diaries in the Classroom\n  \nAlexandra Zapruder\, author of Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust will speak about teaching youth diaries as historical and literary records in the classroom. She will describe her research\, the diversity and scope of youth diaries from the Holocaust\, and the particular significance of adolescent writings. She will offer a framework for thinking about the value of these primary sources for teachers\, and will share resources\, including those from Echoes & Reflections. Finally\, she will discuss her ongoing work to study the writings of young people throughout history and into the present. \nThis webinar connects to the Studying the Holocaust and The Ghettos units on the Echoes & Reflections website.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/salvaged-pages-teaching-young-writers-diaries-in-the-classroom/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T153000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230511T152247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230928T232614Z
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SUMMARY:The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry
DESCRIPTION:An 8 Part Series exploring the multifaceted discipline of Holocaust Studies through unique and previously unexplored lenses\nClassrooms Without Borders\, in coordination with Tali Nates\, Founder and Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre\, Madene Shachar\, Director\, “Talking Memory” online lecture series & International Educational Programs the Ghetto Fighters’ House\, Esther Toporek Finder\, member of the GSI Coordinating Council\, Generations of the Shoah and in partnership with Liberation75 is pleased to embark on this new innovative series “The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry”. \nThis 8 part series will engage with scholars and experts who grapple with themes related to Holocaust studies. The series will explore the multifaceted discipline of Holocaust Studies through different lenses. The series will include scholars whose research and publications shed new light in this field of study that continues to grow and develop. Our experts will challenge us to understand the causes\, impacts\, and legacies of the Holocaust. \nOur sixth event in this series will feature a talk on Jewish Studies with Prof Shirli Gilbert (Director\, Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre and Prof at UCL)\, Prof Adam Mendelsohn (Director\, Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research\, UCT) and Prof Yael Siman (Associate Professor\, the Iberoamericana University\, Mexico) \nShirli Gilbert \nShirli Gilbert is Professor of Modern Jewish History at University College London and the co-editor of Jewish Historical Studies. She holds a D. Phil in Modern History from the University of Oxford and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society of Fellows at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the Holocaust and its legacies\, modern Jewish identity\, and Jews in South Africa\, and her books include Music in the Holocaust (2005)\, From Things Lost: Forgotten Letters and the Legacy of the Holocaust (2017) and most recently\, with Avril Alba\, Holocaust Memory and Racism in the Postwar World (2017). \nAdam D. Mendelsohn \n \nAdam D. Mendelsohn is Director of the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Associate Professor of History at the University of Cape Town. The Centre\, the only of its kind in Africa\, conducts research focused on Jews in southern Africa\, past and present. He is the co-author of a recent report on racism\, xenophobia\, and antisemitism on social media in South Africa conducted in collaboration with the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and KAS Media Africa. \nYael Siman  \n \nYael Siman has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago. She is the academic coordinator of the graduate program in social and political sciences at Iberoamericana University Mexico City. She is a member of the Mexican National Council of Science and an affiliated researcher of the Center for Advanced Genocide Research. She has investigated the displacement and migration trajectories of Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Mexico and is currently working on an edited volume on the Holocaust and Latin America. \n \nTali Nates is the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC) and Chair of the South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation (SAHGF). She is a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust and genocide education\, memory\, reconciliation\, and human rights. Born to a family of Holocaust survivors\, her father and uncle were saved by Oskar Schindler. Tali has been involved in the creation and production of dozens of documentary films\, published many articles and contributed chapters to different books among them God\, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors (2015)\, Remembering The Holocaust in Educational Settings (2018)\, Conceptualizing Mass Violence\, Representations\, Recollections\, and Reinterpretations (2021) and The Routledge Handbook of Memory Activism (2023). \nIn 2021 she was part of the 12-member Expert Group of the Malmö Forum\, serving in an advisory capacity to the Secretariat of the Malmö Forum on their programme on Holocaust remembrance\, education and actions to combat antisemitism. Tali serves on many Advisory and Academic Boards including that of the Contested Histories Initiative\, the Interdisciplinary Academic Journal of Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center and the Academic Advisory Group of the School of Social and Health Sciences\, Monash University (IIEMSA)\, South Africa. \nIn 2010\, Tali was chosen as one of the top 100 newsworthy and noteworthy women in \nSouth Africa by the Mail & Guardian newspaper and won many awards including the Kia Community Service Award (South Africa\, 2015)\, the Gratias Agit Award (2020\, Czech Republic)\, the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award (2021) and the Goethe Medal (2022\, Germany). \nThank you to our Partners:\n \n \n \n \n \nFuture Events in this Series:  \n\nOctober 26 2023 Gender Studies\nNovember 16 2023 Memory Studies: Museums and Memorials\n\nPast Events in this Series: \n\nFebruary 23 2023 Psychiatry and the Holocaust\nMarch 23 2023  Ethics and Law\nApril 27 2023 Education\nMay 18 2023 Film \nJune 15 2023 German Professionals and the Holocaust
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/the-holocaust-as-an-interdisciplinary-tapestry-7/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230920T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230920T173000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230821T151441Z
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SUMMARY:Empowering Educators: The Defiant Requiem Foundation's Innovative Teacher Training Program
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an immersive journey into the past and present\, empowering you to enrich your teaching with resilience and creativity.\n\n\nSession 1: September 13th \nIn the first part of a two-part series\, The Defiant Requiem Foundation will introduce educators to the little-known but meaningful story of Jewish conductor Rafael Schächter and a group of prisoners in Terezín concentration camp who learned to sing Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem Mass as an act of creative resistance. Participants will watch the 45 minute classroom-length version of the Defiant Requiem documentary film together and then join in a discussion with Foundation President Murry Sidlin. Maestro Sidlin will take questions about the story of Defiant Requiem and put it in the larger context of creative\, artistic\, and intellectual life in Terezín. \nSession 2: September 20th \nIn the second part of the two-part series\, Education Director Alexandra Zapruder will introduce educators to Defiant Requiem’s curriculum materials and programs\, focusing especially on modules designed for high school teachers in a variety of disciplines including social studies\, English language arts\, music\, and art. Through small group work and discussion\, teachers will also be introduced to several stories of contemporary acts of cultural resistance and will learn how they can bring these inspiring stories to their students. \n\n\nConductor\, Defiant Requiem Foundation \nMurry Sidlin\, a conductor with a unique gift for engaging audiences\, continues a diverse and distinctive musical career. He is the president and creative director of The Defiant Requiem Foundation\, an organization that sponsors live concert performances of Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín and Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer; as well as other projects including the documentary film\, Defiant Requiem; a new docudrama called Mass Appeal\, 1943\, which was premiered in June 2017; and The Rafael Schächter Institute for Arts and Humanities at Terezín. In addition\, he lectures extensively on the arts and humanities as practiced by the prisoners in the Theresienstadt (Terezín) Concentration Camp. \nMr. Sidlin began his career as assistant conductor of the Baltimore Symphony under Sergiu Comissiona and then was appointed resident conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra by Antal Doráti. He has served as music director of the New Haven and Long Beach (California) Symphonies\, the Tulsa Philharmonic\, and the Connecticut Ballet. \n\n\n\nAlexandra Zapruder \nAlexandra Zapruder began her career as a member of the founding staff of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington\, D.C. A graduate of Smith College\, she served on the curatorial team for the museum’s exhibition for young visitors\, Remember The Children\, Daniel’s Story. She earned her Ed.M. in Education at Harvard University in 1995. \nIn 2002\, Alexandra completed her first book\, Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust\, which was published by Yale University Press and won the National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category. It has since been published in Dutch and Italian. She wrote and co-produced I’m Still Here\, a documentary film for young audiences based on her book\, which aired on MTV in May 2005 and was nominated for two Emmy awards. In the fall of 2015\, she completed a second paperback edition and a multimedia edition of Salvaged Pages and\, in conjunction with Facing History and Ourselves\, published related educational materials designed for middle and high school teachers. She contributed an essay about young writers’ diaries to the Anne Frank House Permanent Catalogue\, which was published in eight languages. \nIn November 2016\, she published her second book\, Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film\, which tells the story of her grandfather’s home movie of President Kennedy’s assassination. She curated a permanent exhibition titled And Still I Write: Young Diarists on War and Genocide which opened at Holocaust Museum Houston in 2019. In 2020\, in partnership with EIHR\, she launched a project called Dispatches from Quarantine which provided a platform for young people to document their real-time experiences of life during the Covid-19 Pandemic and published an online gallery showcasing their contributions in prose\, poetry\, photography\, art\, and song. In 2021-22\, she ghostwrote a forthcoming memoir about a German-Jewish refugee family during the Holocaust and consulted on an online-exhibition at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research on the diary of Yitskhok Rudashevski from the Vilna Ghetto. \nAlexandra serves as the Education Director of The Defiant Requiem Foundation. She also sits on the Board of Directors for the Educators’ Institute for Human Rights (EIHR)\, a nonprofit that develops partnerships with teachers in post-conflict countries to provide training in best practices on human rights\, genocide prevention\, and Holocaust education. \nShe has been published in Parade\, LitHub\, Smithsonian\, and The New York Times.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/empowering-educators-the-defiant-requiem-foundations-innovative-teacher-training-program/2023-09-20/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230919T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230919T173000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
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SUMMARY:"War and Harmony: Leonard Cohen's Yom Kippur Reflections"-with Rabbi Jonty Blackman
DESCRIPTION:As Yom Kippur approaches and we commemorate 50 years since the Yom Kippur War\, join us for a unique and soul-stirring event that weaves together music\, history\, and art. Delve into the heart of the war through the lens of legendary musician Leonard Cohen and his compositions that resonate with the tumultuous times. Drawing inspiration from the book shared by Matti Friedman\, we’ll explore Cohen’s profound connection to the war and the soulful notes he created during that period. This session offers a fresh perspective on the significance of Yom Kippur\, inviting you to reflect and connect in a way that’s both thought-provoking and deeply moving. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the power of music and storytelling as we prepare for the Fast. \nJoin Rabbi Jonty Blackman for an illuminating event\n\n\n\nJonty has led many seminars and missions in Poland and Israel and is a gifted educator and a fascinating storyteller. Jonty has a unique way of connecting his teachings to his audience\, such that their experience of learning leaves a deep and enduring impact on their lives. He weaves together Jewish history with philosophy\, culture with archaeology\, and the tragedy of the Holocaust with probing\, source-based theological questions. His intricate knowledge of Jewish history and the Holocaust\, combined with his analytical and sensitive approach to challenging philosophical questions offers students a profound educational experience.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/war-and-harmony-with-rabbi-jonty-blackman/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230919T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230919T163000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230808T114253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T114253Z
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SUMMARY:ONE SHTETL’S STORY: A MICROCOSM OF THE LIFE AND FATE OF JEWISH CIVILIZATION IN EUROPE
DESCRIPTION:On the eve of the Holocaust there were hundreds of little Jewish towns (shtetls) in Europe.\n \nWhat was life in them like? \nDuring the Holocaust\, each and every one of these shtetls was erased and their Jews murdered. How did this occur? \nYad Vashem educator Shifra Waxman will explore the culture\, life\, and fate of the shtetl of Parczew as a microcosm to tell the broader story of the history and destiny of Eastern European Jewry. This webinar connects to the Echoes & Reflections Prewar Jewish Life and Final Solution units.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/one-shtetls-story-a-microcosm-of-the-life-and-fate-of-jewish-civilization-in-europe/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T173000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230821T151441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T171719Z
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SUMMARY:Empowering Educators: The Defiant Requiem Foundation's Innovative Teacher Training Program
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an immersive journey into the past and present\, empowering you to enrich your teaching with resilience and creativity.\n\n\nSession 1: September 13th \nIn the first part of a two-part series\, The Defiant Requiem Foundation will introduce educators to the little-known but meaningful story of Jewish conductor Rafael Schächter and a group of prisoners in Terezín concentration camp who learned to sing Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem Mass as an act of creative resistance. Participants will watch the 45 minute classroom-length version of the Defiant Requiem documentary film together and then join in a discussion with Foundation President Murry Sidlin. Maestro Sidlin will take questions about the story of Defiant Requiem and put it in the larger context of creative\, artistic\, and intellectual life in Terezín. \nSession 2: September 20th \nIn the second part of the two-part series\, Education Director Alexandra Zapruder will introduce educators to Defiant Requiem’s curriculum materials and programs\, focusing especially on modules designed for high school teachers in a variety of disciplines including social studies\, English language arts\, music\, and art. Through small group work and discussion\, teachers will also be introduced to several stories of contemporary acts of cultural resistance and will learn how they can bring these inspiring stories to their students. \n\n\nConductor\, Defiant Requiem Foundation \nMurry Sidlin\, a conductor with a unique gift for engaging audiences\, continues a diverse and distinctive musical career. He is the president and creative director of The Defiant Requiem Foundation\, an organization that sponsors live concert performances of Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín and Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer; as well as other projects including the documentary film\, Defiant Requiem; a new docudrama called Mass Appeal\, 1943\, which was premiered in June 2017; and The Rafael Schächter Institute for Arts and Humanities at Terezín. In addition\, he lectures extensively on the arts and humanities as practiced by the prisoners in the Theresienstadt (Terezín) Concentration Camp. \nMr. Sidlin began his career as assistant conductor of the Baltimore Symphony under Sergiu Comissiona and then was appointed resident conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra by Antal Doráti. He has served as music director of the New Haven and Long Beach (California) Symphonies\, the Tulsa Philharmonic\, and the Connecticut Ballet. \n\n\n\nAlexandra Zapruder \nAlexandra Zapruder began her career as a member of the founding staff of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington\, D.C. A graduate of Smith College\, she served on the curatorial team for the museum’s exhibition for young visitors\, Remember The Children\, Daniel’s Story. She earned her Ed.M. in Education at Harvard University in 1995. \nIn 2002\, Alexandra completed her first book\, Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust\, which was published by Yale University Press and won the National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category. It has since been published in Dutch and Italian. She wrote and co-produced I’m Still Here\, a documentary film for young audiences based on her book\, which aired on MTV in May 2005 and was nominated for two Emmy awards. In the fall of 2015\, she completed a second paperback edition and a multimedia edition of Salvaged Pages and\, in conjunction with Facing History and Ourselves\, published related educational materials designed for middle and high school teachers. She contributed an essay about young writers’ diaries to the Anne Frank House Permanent Catalogue\, which was published in eight languages. \nIn November 2016\, she published her second book\, Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film\, which tells the story of her grandfather’s home movie of President Kennedy’s assassination. She curated a permanent exhibition titled And Still I Write: Young Diarists on War and Genocide which opened at Holocaust Museum Houston in 2019. In 2020\, in partnership with EIHR\, she launched a project called Dispatches from Quarantine which provided a platform for young people to document their real-time experiences of life during the Covid-19 Pandemic and published an online gallery showcasing their contributions in prose\, poetry\, photography\, art\, and song. In 2021-22\, she ghostwrote a forthcoming memoir about a German-Jewish refugee family during the Holocaust and consulted on an online-exhibition at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research on the diary of Yitskhok Rudashevski from the Vilna Ghetto. \nAlexandra serves as the Education Director of The Defiant Requiem Foundation. She also sits on the Board of Directors for the Educators’ Institute for Human Rights (EIHR)\, a nonprofit that develops partnerships with teachers in post-conflict countries to provide training in best practices on human rights\, genocide prevention\, and Holocaust education. \nShe has been published in Parade\, LitHub\, Smithsonian\, and The New York Times.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/empowering-educators-the-defiant-requiem-foundations-innovative-teacher-training-program/2023-09-13/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T143000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230907T150924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230907T151132Z
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SUMMARY:America and the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:Join the author\, Barbara Stern Burstin\, and the illustrator\, Fred Carlson\,  of the graphic booklet\, America and the Holocaust. as they relay the interesting process of its creation and publication as well as how to use this colorful and engaging resource with middle and high school students. \nThis session focuses on the American perspective of the Holocaust and how to convey an understanding of its history and challenges today. Participants will receive a free copy of the graphic booklet. \n \nView the WQED session HERE: \nThe Holocaust: Reaching a New Generation \n“America and the Holocaust” is a new approach to teaching the lessons learned from history\, while reaching a younger\, broader audience. Written by historian Barbara Burstin\, who teaches at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University\, the “graphic booklet” focuses on the need to combat hate and bigotry. It also examines what the United States did – and didn’t do – for European Jews.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/america-and-the-holocaust/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230911T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230926T210000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230815T190221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230815T190221Z
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SUMMARY:Examining & Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture and Society\, September 2023
DESCRIPTION:Participate in this asynchronous online course for a guided\, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching strategies to help your students understand contemporary antisemitism. We applaud your commitment to teaching this topic and are eager to support you to ensure your students are able to engage in thoughtful\, engaging\, and historically accurate learning. \nCourse Details: \n\nCourse opens on September 11th at 7AM EST; approximately 4 hours to complete in total – at no cost\nProceed at your own pace each week\, be supported by an instructor\, and enjoy interaction with other educators\nComplete all activities for a 4-hour certificate\nGraduate credit available through the University of the Pacific. Please visit their site for more information.\n\nAfter completing this course\, you will be able to: \n\nDefine contemporary manifestations of antisemitism\, both different and the same as traditional forms of antisemitism present before and during the Holocaust.\nDiscover and utilize classroom lessons and resources to help students explore the persistence\, particularity\, and impact of antisemitism worldwide including how antisemitism animates white nationalism.\nExplore ways to support students’ commitment and ability to respond to and prevent antisemitism and other forms of prejudice.\nUnderstand that all hatred is intertwined\, reflect on the skills needed for students to respond effectively to antisemitism and other forms of bias.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/examining-responding-to-antisemitism-in-american-culture-and-society-september-2023/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T170000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
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SUMMARY:Marching Down Freedom's Road  2023 Reunion and Open House
DESCRIPTION:Join CWB for an Afternoon of Inspiration\n\n\nMarching Down Freedom’s Road Open House Seminar 2024 &\nReunion 2023!\n  \nClassrooms Without Borders invites you to join us for an inspiring gathering to reconnect with friends and continue the conversations on bringing the seminar learning back to your schools and communities! \nSunday September 10\, 2023 \n3:00 – 5:00  pm \nRodef Shalom Congregation \nALC 1 4905 Fifth Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15213
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/marching-down-freedoms-road-2023-reunion-and-open-house/
LOCATION:Rodef Shalom Congregation  ALC 1\, 4905 Fifth Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T210000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230808T135502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T140637Z
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SUMMARY:SNEAK PEAK Golda
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Academy Award® winner Guy Nattiv\, Golda is a ticking-clock thriller set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973.\n  \nIsraeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren)\, faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction\, must navigate overwhelming odds\, a skeptical cabinet\, and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Liev Schreiber)\, with millions of lives in the balance. Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world. \nThis special event\, held two days before its nationwide release (August 25) will feature an exclusive Q&A with Helen Mirren and director Guy Nattiv.\n \n\n \nIN PERSON EVENT ONLY: DOORS OPEN at 6:30pm ET \nAMC Waterfront 22\n300 West Waterfront Dr.\, West Homestead\, Pennsylvania 15120
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/sneak-peak-golda/
LOCATION:AMC Waterfront 22\, AMC Waterfront 22 300 West Waterfront Dr.\, West\, Homestead\, Pennsylvania 15120\, 15120\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230822T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230822T123000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230711T010913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T143651Z
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SUMMARY:The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) and Reverberations for The 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:  The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) and Reverberations for The 21st Century\n  \nThis workshop highlights lessons on the Armenian Genocide on how the Armenians preserve their culture since the genocide and how current geopolitics in the Middle East perpetuate early 20th century hatreds.  The workshop leaders\, Jackie Kemper and Mary Johnson\, attended the inaugural study tour of the Genocide Education Project in the summer of 2022 and will share information on the Genocide Education Project as well as lesson plans focusing on the legacy of the Armenian Genocide. \nJackie Kemper:  Jackie teaches in York\, PA.  Over her 25 year career she has taught middle and high school history at all levels (Honors\, Academic and Dual enrollment).  She is currently teaching World History\, Honors Government\, Holocaust Literature\, Modern 20th Century and a WW2/Holocaust elective. She has been teaching the Holocaust since 2001 and has created three courses that focus on the Holocaust and Genocide.  Her commitment to Holocaust Education led her to earn a MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies in 2016 from Gratz College.  She was appointed as a United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellow for 2018-2019.  In the summer of 2022 she participated bin the Genocide Education Armenian Fellowship in Armenia and has committed to sharing her experience with other educators. \nMary Johnson\, Ph.D.:  Mary began her career as a Peace Corps Volunteer Teacher in Northern Nigeria.  She earned her Masters and Doctoral degrees from Washington University.  Following graduate school she taught Women’s Studies and European History at Washington University and Temple University and spent two years as a visiting fellow at the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women.  From 1983 til 2020\, she was the Senior Historian for Facing History and Ourselves\, facilitating seminars and workshops\, writing curricula and conducting research.  Currently\, she is an affiliate and adjunct professor for the Masters in Holocaust and Genocide Program at Stockton University.  Her recent research focuses on the Nanjing atrocities and the Comfort Women and connections between Climate Change and Mass Violence/Genocide.  She is also in the process of writing Teaching Tough Topics: Holocaust and Genocide Education in the 21st Century (2023 expected publication). \nJoin from PC\, Mac\, Linux\, iOS or Android: https://stockton.zoom.us/j/95831653943 \nNo passcode is necessary.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/the-armenian-genocide-1915-23-and-reverberations-for-the-21st-century/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230814T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230814T163000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T114004Z
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SUMMARY:THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FINAL SOLUTION
DESCRIPTION:How did the Nazis plan the Holocaust?\n\n\nThis webinar will explore the systematic mass murder of the Jews that came to be known as the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.”\n\nUsing primary sources\, Yad Vashem educator Jonathan Matthews will take us through the progression of critical decisions that led to the genocide of European Jewry.\n\nThis webinar connects to the Echoes & Reflections Final Solution Unit.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/the-development-of-the-final-solution/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230813T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230813T203000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230808T193849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T201627Z
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SUMMARY:Modeling and Teaching Peace: Bringing Big Concepts into Everyday Life
DESCRIPTION:Modeling and Teaching Peace:\nBringing Big Concepts into Everyday Life\nHow do we introduce peace-building language? \n \nJess Kavinsky brings us an overview of conflict\, systems thinking\, and a breakdown of the Institute for Economics and Peace’s Eight Pillars of Peace. \n \nWe’ll learn about different models for building sustainable peace\, geared toward educators who wish to teach concepts of peace-building with their students.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/modeling-and-teaching-peace-bringing-big-concepts-into-everyday-life/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230801T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230801T210000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230703T163752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230703T163810Z
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SUMMARY:Villa Maria Education & Spirituality Center 10th Annual Nostra Aetate 
DESCRIPTION:The 10th Annual Nostra Aetate \n\nTuesday\, August 1\, 2023 at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm with Dr. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal \n\nNostra aetate (from Latin: “In our time”) is the Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions of the Second Vatican Council. Passed by a vote of 2\,221 to 88 of the assembled bishops\, this declaration was promulgated on 28 October 1965 by Pope Paul VI. It is the shortest of the 16 final documents of the Council and “the first in Catholic history to focus on the relationship that Catholics have with Jews.” It “reveres the work of God in all the major faith traditions.” It begins by stating its purpose of reflecting on what humankind has in common in these times when people are being drawn closer together. \nDr. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal  will present two lectures: \n\nThe Rabbi who was a Monk: On Christians Monasticism and the Babylonian Talmud at 2:00 pm\nWhen a Heretic and a Rabbi Meet: On Jewish-Christian Dialogues over Scripture at 7:00 pm.\n\nThis event is free. An optional dinner is being offered for $10 per person at 5:25 pm. \nEvent is co-sponsored by Rev. George Balasko and Rabbi Joseph P. Schonberger. \nMichal Bar-Asher Siegal is a scholar of rabbinic Judaism. Her work focuses on aspects of Jewish-Christian interactions in the ancient world and compares between Early Christian and rabbinic sources. She is a faculty member at The Goldstein-Goren Department of Jewish Thought\, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev\, and was an elected member of the Israel Young Academy of Sciences. She is the Horace Goldsmith Visiting Professor in Judaic Studies\, Yale University Associate Professor.  Her first book is Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud (Cambridge University Press\, 2013\, winner of the 2014 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award). Her second book is Jewish – Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity: Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud (Cambridge University Press\, 2019\, a finalist\, National Jewish Book Award \, 2019). \nRegistration is preferred. \nLecture Cost: Free to the public – Optional Dinner Cost: $10 \nFor more information: vmesc.org or call 724-964-8886. \nVMESC is in Villa Maria\, PA\, approximately one mile from the Pennsylvania/Ohio state line. From Ohio\, travel 422 East\, turn right onto Evergreen Road.  From Pennsylvania\, travel 422 West\, turn left onto Evergreen Road\, travel one mile and turn right onto Villa Marie Road and follow the signage for 225 Villa Marie Road. It’s about an hour from Pittsburgh.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/villa-maria-education-spirituality-center-10th-annual-nostra-aetate/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230730T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230730T213000
DTSTAMP:20260708T222129
CREATED:20230505T171009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230505T171155Z
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SUMMARY:KNOWbodies: Knowledge Through Perspective Speaker Series Welcomes Steven Pressman\, Director/Producer of the documentary\, 'The Levys of Monticello' Sunday\, July 30th\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Steven Pressman\, Director/Producer of the documentary\, ‘The Levys of Monticello’\n  \nA history enthusiast and admirer of Jefferson\, Pressman loves telling “great Jewish stories no one has ever heart of – Little known episodes in American History.” \n  \n \nWhen Thomas Jefferson died in 1826\, he left behind a mountain of personal debt\, which forced his heirs to sell his beloved Monticello and all of its possessions. ‘The Levys of Monticello’ is a documentary film that tells the little-known story of the Levy family\, who owned and carefully preserved Monticello for nearly a century – far longer than Jefferson or his descendants. This remarkable story also addresses the criticism and antisemitism they faced as they tirelessly worked to preserve the historic estate for the education of generations to come. \nShowing of the Levys of Monticello\, followed by a talk with Mr. Pressman and Q&A. \nLauri Ann West Community Center Members: $10 \nNon Members: $15 \n\nAdvance registration is required. \n*Food will be available to purchase from Aspinwall Everyday Gourmet Cafe \nPlease direct all questions to Nadine Ostrowski at nfostrowski@lauriannwestcc.org or 412-828-8566. \n 
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/knowbodies-knowledge-through-perspective-speaker/
LOCATION:Lauri Ann West Community Center 1220 Powers Run Road Pittsburgh\, PA 15238\, 1220 Powers Run Road\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15238\, United States
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