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SUMMARY:FAITH DURING THE HOLOCAUST
DESCRIPTION:Where was God in the Holocaust?  \nAmidst the horrors of the Shoah\, could Jews hold on to their faith and practices?  \nIn this webinar Dr. David Deutsch\, Yad Vashem educator\, will explore Jewish observance and how it adapted in the darkness of the ghettos and the camps.  \nThrough oral testimony of survivors\, we will hear to what extent Jewish people maintained their faith. \n \n \nOur webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust history\, explore and access classroom-ready content\, and support instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of this complex history and its lasting effect on the world.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/faith-during-the-holocaust/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T183000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
CREATED:20221026T124434Z
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SUMMARY:The Nazi Titanic The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II
DESCRIPTION:The Holocaust Teacher Institute Is Proud to Announce The Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Foundation\nHolocaust/Jewish Themed Sunday Salon Series \nThe Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II\nDr. Robert P. Watson in Conversation with Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff \n \nBuilt in 1927\, the German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the RMS Titanic and one of the most celebrated luxury liners in the world. When the Nazis seized control in Germany\, she was stripped down for use as a floating barracks and troop transport. Although the British government sealed many documents pertaining to the ship’s sinking\, Dr. Watson has unearthed forgotten records\, conducted many interviews\, and used over 100 sources\, including diaries and oral histories\, to expose this story. As a result\, The Nazi Titanic is a riveting and astonishing account of an enigmatic ship that played a devastating role in World War II and the Holocaust.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/the-nazi-titanic-the-incredible-untold-story-of-a-doomed-ship-in-world-war-ii/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T153000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:November 20\, 2022 Children's Village Open House Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about our 2023 Children’s Village Teen Service Program\n\n\nUntil then\, visit our webpage to learn more: https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/seminar/2023-childrens-village-volunteer-to-make-an-impact/
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/november-20-2022-childrens-village-open-house-meeting/
LOCATION:Rodef Shalom Congregation: Levy Hall\, 4905 Fifth Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T153000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
CREATED:20221108T130442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221108T130442Z
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SUMMARY:The Witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto:  The Archives and the Streets
DESCRIPTION:The Ghetto Fighters’ House invites you to a new three part series marking the 75th Anniversary of the Jewish Historical Institute \nThe Oneg Shabbat Archives and Beyond: Documenting and Preserving the History of European Jewry at the Jewish Historical Institute  \nJoin us for the second program on Sunday\, November 20th \nThe Witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto:  The Archives and the Streets  \nGuest Speaker: \nDr. Eleonora Bergman \nDr. Eleonora Bergman joined the Jewish Historical Institute in 1991\, serving as its deputy director between 1996-1997 and 2001-2006. She was director from 2007 to 2011.  In this program\, our guest speaker will discuss her involvement in the recently published volume on clandestine education and children that reflects not only their fate but is a record of civil resistance. It contains 47 archival items including several dozen documents – essays\, drawings\, texts for learning\, invitations to performances\, songs\, and other. \nAnother initiative that Bergman will discuss is the project to mark the ghetto borders so that both residents and visitors can experience the size of the ghetto\, can try to imagine the old sites\, even if nothing is left of them\, and to recall the people who once lived and died there. \nThis program is in partnership with the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw\, the Polish Institute in Tel-Aviv\, the Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre in Lublin\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center\, Liberation 75\, Classrooms without Borders\, and the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University. \n2 PM EST | 8 PM CET | 9 PM SAST | 9 PM Israel
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/the-witnesses-of-the-warsaw-ghetto-the-archives-and-the-streets/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T190000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
CREATED:20221025T174513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T185138Z
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SUMMARY:November 16\, 2022 Germany Close Up Open House and Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:Get a first-hand look at the CWB Germany Close Up Seminar!\n\n\nJoin Classrooms Without Borders at our Open House for Germany Close Up 2023 at The Forge in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. This event is for interested applicants of the Classrooms Without Borders Germany Close Up Travel Study Seminar taking place July 16 – 27\, 2023. Applicants and attendees must be between the ages of 18-39 to attend Germany Close Up and the Open House. \nSpaces for this event are limited. Register today to save your spot! \n\n\nFor more information about Germany Close Up\, please see the seminar page here: https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/seminar/2023-germany-close-up/
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/november-16-2022-germany-close-up-open-house/
LOCATION:The Forge\, 3345 Penn Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T153000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:Update on Israel Elections 2022
DESCRIPTION:Israel’s 5th National Elections in 4 years – Where do things stand now?\n\n\nIsrael finds itself at an inflection point as the country has just had its 5th election in 4 years. For the first time in it’s short history\, two political parties on opposite ends of the spectrum can become king-makers; An Islamic Arab party on the left and a radical Jewish religious party on the right. \nOur scholar in residence Avi Ben-Hur will help us unravel the complexities of Israel’s current political malaise. \n\n\n\nAvi Ben-Hur: CWB 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.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/update-on-israel-elections-2022/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T163000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:Post Film Discussion After Munich
DESCRIPTION:Post Film Discussion After Munich with Francine Zuckerman & Moderated by Avi Ben Hur\n\n\nWhether you witnessed it live\, learnt about it or never even heard of the Munich Massacre at all — this event changed your life. September 5th 1972\, the tenth day of the Munich Olympics\, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September stormed the Israeli athletes’ quarters. The world watched live on television as eleven hostages were taken and later killed. \nFour women were directly impacted by that day: An athlete\, a widow\, and two undercover agents. Their lives changed. Their fates redirected. Their well-being and views impacted by the trauma. But they weren’t the only ones. \n\n\nFEATURING! \n \nShaul Ladany: Survivor Of Holocaust and the 1972 Munich Olympics \nThey call him the ultimate survivor: Shaul Ladany lived through a Nazi concentration camp and escaped the massacre of 11 fellow Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. He will join our Film Discussion. \nFrancine Zuckerman \nA former Montrealer now living in Toronto\, Francine’s work as a director is inspired by her profound connection to French Canada. She graduated from film at McGill University; studied directing at Columbia University\, NYC and writing at Script Factory\, London. She has won numerous awards and been recognized at film festivals around the world. Her strong cinematic vision and her love for working with actors is evident in her films\, THE ATWOOD STORIES; PUNCH ME IN THE STOMACH; PASSENGERS and MR. BERNSTEIN and her documentaries HALF THE KINGDOM; EXPOSURE; WE ARE HERE and AFTER MUNICH has taken her to New Zealand\, England\, Sweden\, Poland\, Germany and Israel. \nShe has recently completed her feature documentary AFTER MUNICH about the aftermath of the Munich Olympic massacre of eleven Israeli athletes in 1972 and how four women’s lives are changed forever\, now in distribution with Go2Films\, this year commemorating the 50th anniversary of the massacre. \nShe is in development on a dramatic series based on world renown writer Margaret Atwood’s first novel THE EDIBLE WOMAN with Entertainment One and a feature non-fiction animated co-pro\, ALMA ROSE\, who was born into a famous musical elite family in turn of the century Vienna but her life changes when she’s interned in the dreaded Auschwitz concentration camp but to save her life and the lives of many others\, Alma becomes the conductor of the legendary Auschwitz women’s orchestra. \n\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. \n\n\n\nThank you to our partners:
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/post-film-discussion-after-munich/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T143000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
CREATED:20221020T165639Z
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SUMMARY:Kristallnacht: A Teachable Moment
DESCRIPTION:Kristallnacht: A Teachable Moment\nEchoes and Reflection’s webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust history\, explore and access classroom-ready content\, and support instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of this complex history and its lasting effect on the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKristallnacht is often viewed as a turning point. On the night of November 9\, 1938\, the persecution of the Jews became dramatically visible and undeniable.\nMarking the anniversary of Kristallnacht presents a unique teachable moment:\n\nWhat happens when people are deprived of basic rights and others stand by without taking action?\nHow does escalation occur?\nWhy is it so important to fight hatred?\n\nYour classroom is invited to join Sheryl Ochayon of Yad Vashem\, who will explore these issues in this webinar.\n\nSheryl Ochayon is Project Director of Echoes and Reflections for Yad Vashem: The World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. The program helps teachers and students understand\, process and navigate the complexities of the Holocaust using dynamic materials. As an expert in women and the Holocaust and a dynamic educator\, Ochayon speaks at seminars and international conferences. She has presented most recently at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach. She earned her law degree from Harvard University and practiced law in New York before making aliyah.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/kristallnacht-a-teachable-moment/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T170000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:November 6\, 2022 Vienna-Prague Study Seminar Open House Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about our 2023 Vienna-Prague Travel Study Seminar!\n\nThis program is only for educators and individuals interested in travelling and learning with CWB in July 2023.\n\n\nUntil then\, visit our webpage to learn more: https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/seminar/2023-vienna-prague-study-seminar/
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/november-6-2022-vienna-prague-study-seminar-open-house-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T153000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
CREATED:20220818T181830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221115T173555Z
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SUMMARY:November 6\, 2022 Poland Personally Open House Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about our 2023 Poland Personally Travel Study Seminar!\n\nThis program is only for educators and individuals interested in travelling and learning with CWB in June 2023.\n\nUntil then\, visit our webpage to learn more: https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/seminar/2023-poland-personally-a-study-seminar-to-poland/
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/november-6-2022-poland-personally-open-house-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T153000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
CREATED:20221025T120010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221031T103947Z
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SUMMARY:Let the World Read and Know": The Oneg Shabbat Archives
DESCRIPTION:The Ghetto Fighters’ House invites you to a new three part series marking the 75th Anniversary of the Jewish Historical Institute\n  \nThe Oneg Shabbat Archives and Beyond: Documenting and Preserving the History of European Jewry at the Jewish Historical Institute \n“Let the World Read and Know”: The Oneg Shabbat Archives \nOpening Remarks: \nMonika Krawczyk\, Director of the Jewish Historical Institute (JHI) \nGuest Speakers: \nDr. Natalia Aleksiun  \nWho were they?  Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oneg Shabbat Writers  \nDr. Katarzyna Person   \nThe Ringelblum Archive and the Jewish Historical Institute \nFrom the moment that its existence became widely known\, the Ringelblum Archive (also known as the Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto) was widely regarded as a collection of unusual significance. Under the initiative of historian Emanual Ringelblum\, a group of social activists incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto created the archive between 1940 and 1943 with the aim to document the persecution of Jews in occupied Poland. Emulating the working principles of YIVO (Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut\, Yiddish Scientific Institute)\, the Warsaw group gathered and produced a total of 35\,000 pages of documents\, in Polish\, Yiddish\, Hebrew\, and German and stowed them away secretly within the Ghetto. Among the documents were diaries\, accounts from approximately 300 Jewish communities from the whole territory of occupied Poland\, school essays\, research works\, and official German documents: like posters\, identification cards\, and food ration cards. There were also some 70 photographs and over 300 drawings and paintings.  \nThe Archive was retrieved in parts from the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto: Part I (concealed on August 3\, 1942) was found on September 18\, 1946\, and Part II (concealed in early February 1943) was found on December 1\, 1950.   \nWho were the people who created this archive?  Dr. Natalia Aleksiun will share with us her research on the main contributors to one of the most important archives that was written as the events were happening.  \nIn her presentation\, Dr. Katarzyna Person will discuss the academic significance of the archive and the methods used to bring this extraordinary collection to the wider public.  \nThis program is in partnership with the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw\, the Polish Institute in Tel-Aviv\, the Grodzka Gate – NN Theatr in Lublin\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center\, Classrooms without Borders\, and the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University.  \n2 PM EST | 7 PM GMT | 8 PM SAST | 9 PM Israel
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/let-the-world-read-and-know-the-oneg-shabbat-archives/
LOCATION:ZOOM | Registration required and closes 30 minutes prior to the start of the program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T140000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:November 6\, 2022 Marching Down "Freedom's Road" Open House Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about our 2023 Marching Down “Freedom’s Road”: Civil Rights to the Black Freedom Movement Travel Study Seminar!\n\nThis program is only for educators and individuals interested in travelling and learning with CWB in June 2023.\n\n\nUntil then\, visit our webpage to learn more: https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/seminar/marching-down-freedoms-road-civil-rights-to-the-black-freedom-movement-2023/
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/november-6-2022-marching-down-freedoms-road-open-house-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T164000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T180000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
CREATED:20221012T175408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221012T175949Z
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SUMMARY:"The United States and World Fascism: Human Rights from the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond"
DESCRIPTION:The following workshop is open to CMU faculty\, students and community members.\nTHIS IS AN IN PERSON EVENT!\nCarnegie Mellon University\nHamerschlag Hall\, Hamerschlag Dr\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15213\nROOM #B131\n\n\nThe United States and World Fascism: Human Rights from the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop\, offered by the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA)\, introduces a carefully curated set of compelling primary sources allowing teachers to develop a history-based curriculum about human rights and world fascism\, starting with the experience of antifascist US volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39)\, through World War II and the Cold War to the present day. ALBA’s workshops encourage teachers and students to focus on ten essential questions: Why should we care about events that happen far away\, or that happened a long time ago? How do we decide who is on the right side of an armed conflict? When do we stand up for what we believe in? What are our obligations in the face of injustice? How do we resolve competing loyalties? When is it right\, or necessary\, for a powerful country like the US to intervene in a conflict going on elsewhere? How do images and texts shape our view of the world—and how can we use them to shape others’ views? How can we understand people and events of the past in their context? When—and how—is it appropriate to judge people and events in the past? When do historical analogies apply? And what does fascism look like today? \n\nSebastiaan Faber is chair of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives\, an educational nonprofit in New York. A professor of Hispanic Studies at Oberlin College\, he regularly contributes to US and Spanish media. His most recent book is Exhuming Franco: Spain’s Second Transition (Vanderbilt).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nsebastiaanfaber.com\n@sebasfaber\n\n\nNew book: Franco desenterrado. La segunda Transición española. Pasado & Presente\, 2022. (Bookshop.org) | Exhuming Franco: Spain’s Second Transition. Vanderbilt UP\, 2021. (Bookshop.org | Amazon.com | Vanderbilt UP | Kindle | Epub)\nREGISTRATION CLOSES October 23\, 2022
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/the-united-states-and-world-fascism-human-rights-from-the-spanish-civil-war-to-nuremberg-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Carnegie Mellon University\, 5000 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221101T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221101T173000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:Talk Back Session  America and the Holocaust  With Michael Berenbaum
DESCRIPTION:Talk Back Session America and the Holocaust With Michael Berenbaum\n\n\nFor three nights running PBS has broadcast the six hour documentary on American and the Holocaust by Ken Burns\, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein. \nThe series raises complex and controversial issues not only about the past but about America today and in the future. \nIt provokes many questions. Classrooms Without Borders invites to you to a conversation with Michael Berenbaum who has written extensively on this issue. \nThis event will allow you to ask your questions and rise to the challenge on engaging with the documentary. \nJoin us for an interesting and most timely conversation. \n\n\n\nDr. Michael Berenbaum is a writer\, lecturer\, and teacher consulting in the conceptual development of museums and historical films. He is director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust at the American Jewish University\, where he is also a Professor of Jewish Studies. \nHe was the Executive Editor of the Second Edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica that reworked\, transformed\, improved\, broadened and deepened\, the now classic 1972 work and consists of 22 volumes\, sixteen million words with 25\,000 individual contributions to Jewish knowledge. For three years\, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. He was the Director of the United States Holocaust Research Institute at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Hymen Goldman Adjunct Professor of Theology at Georgetown University in Washington\, D.C. From 1988–93 he served as Project Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\, overseeing its creation. He also served as Deputy Director of the President’s Commission on the Holocaust\, where he authored its Report to the President. \nBerenbaum is the author and editor of twenty books\, scores of scholarly articles\, and hundreds of journalistic pieces. His most recent books include: Not Your Father’s Antisemitism\, A Promise to Remember: The Holocaust in the Words and Voices of Its Survivors and After the Passion Has Passed: American Religious Consequences\, a collection of essays on Jews\, Judaism and Christianity\, Religious Tolerance and Pluralism occasioned by the controversy that swirled around Mel Gibson’s film\, The Passion. He was the conceptual developer on the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Educational Center and played a similar function as conceptual developer and chief curator of the Belzec Memorial at the site of the Death Camp. He is currently at work on the Memorial Museum to Macedonian Jewry in Skopje\, the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum\, and the Holocaust and Humanity Center in Cincinnati\, Ohio.
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SUMMARY:The Inextinguishable Symphony A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany as told by author Martin Goldsmith in Conversation with Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff
DESCRIPTION:The Holocaust Teacher Institute Is Proud to Announce \nThe Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Foundation Holocaust/Jewish Themed Sunday Salon Series \nThe Inextinguishable Symphony\nA True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany as told by author Martin Goldsmith in Conversation with Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff\nNational Public Radio commentator Martin Goldsmith\, takes us from the cafés of Frankfurt\, where Rosemarie and Günther\, musicians and parents of author Martin Goldsmith fell in love\, to the concert halls that offered solace and hope for the beleaguered Jews\, to the United States\, where the two made a new life for themselves as musicians in famous concert halls that would nevertheless remain shadowed by the fate of their families. \n \nMartin Goldsmith \n\nMartin Goldsmith is the author of The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany\, which tells the riveting story of the Kulturbund\, an all-Jewish performing arts ensemble maintained by the Nazis between 1933 and 1941\, an ensemble that included Mr. Goldsmith’s parents. The Inextinguishable Symphony is the basis of the acclaimed 2019 film Winter Journey\, co-written by Mr. Goldsmith\, directed by Anders Ostergaard\, and starring Bruno Ganz in his very last film. Mr. Goldsmith is also the author of Alex’s Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and a Journey of Remembrance\, the story of his grandfather and uncle\, who were two of the more than 900 passengers on the ill-fated Jewish refugee ship St. Louis in 1939\, and his own six-week journey in their footsteps in 2011. Mr. Goldsmith also wrote and performed six Composer Portraits (in-depth stories of the lives and music of Mozart\, Beethoven\, Brahms\, Tchaikovsky\, Dvorak\, and Copland) on stage at the John F. Kennedy Center with conductor Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra. Martin Goldsmith has been a classical music radio programmer and presenter for more than fifty years. He semi-retired three years ago from Sirius XM Satellite Radio in Washington\, DC\, where he now hosts music programs on weekend afternoons. He was the company’s initial Director of classical music programming\, beginning in 2000. For ten years\, from 1989 to 1999\, he served as the host of “Performance Today\,” National Public Radio’s daily classical music program. During Mr. Goldsmith’s tenure as host\, PT won the coveted Peabody Award for broadcasting. \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T153000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Umschlagplatz:  Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto
DESCRIPTION:The Ghetto Fighters’ House \nTalking Memory Series presents: \nGrossaktion Warsaw:  80 Years Later \nJoin us for the fourth and final program on Sunday\, October 23rd \nBeyond the Umschlagplatz: Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto \nGuest Moderator: \nProf. Liat Steir-Livny \nIn conversation with: \nDr. Maria Ferenc \nSlawomir Grunberg \nEric Bednarski \nIn the fourth and final program in the series Grossaktion Warsaw:  80 Years Later\, we will examine the ways in which the Warsaw ghetto is remembered and commemorated.  Prof. Liat Steir-Livny\, an expert on Holocaust commemoration\, will moderate a discussion with a panel of speakers who are the agents of memory today.  Dr. Maria Ferenc researches the real-time information\, such as rumours and false news\, disseminated in the Warsaw ghetto and its surroundings and how they affect what Jews in the ghetto know about the Holocaust as it was happening.  Slawomir Grunberg and Eric Bednarski have directed prize winning documentary films based on authentic documents\, real-time film and testimonies of survivors in order to create a tangible commemoration of Jewish Warsaw and the Warsaw ghetto. Together\, they will discuss how they are using authentic material in order to remember a community that is almost non-existent 80 years later. \nAs part of this event\, there will be a limited screening of two films that deal with the Warsaw ghetto and were directed by Grunberg (Karski & the Lords of Humanity) and Bednarski (Warsaw:  A City Divided). \nAll registrants will receive a link to see the films in a separate e-mail on Thursday\, October 20th that will be open for screening until October 23rd. \n \nYou can watch the trailers here: \nKarski & the Lords of Humanity: \n \n\n \nWarsaw:  A City Divided: \n \n\n \nThis program is in partnership with Classrooms Without Borders\, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center\, the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University\, Moreshet Holocaust & Research Center\, the Institute for the History of Polish Jewry at the University of Tel Aviv\, the Polish Institute in Tel Aviv\, and the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.
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LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221020T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221020T153000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:Holocaust Museums and Memorials Around the World: Museums of the Future
DESCRIPTION:Classrooms Without Borders\, in coordination with Tali Nates\, Founder and Director of the Johannesburg Genocide & Holocaust Centre\, and in partnership with the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage\, Liberation75\,  and the USC Shoah Foundation is pleased to embark on this new innovative Museums and Memorial series where we will highlight different angles of complex memory; grappling with the the challenges faced in defining representation of both Lived Memory and Historical Memory. \n\nAlongside CWB Scholars we will travel with Museum historians\, experts\, and contemporary witnesses to 10 different regions. We will explore the history behind the exhibits\, discuss the nature of memory and memorials\, and discover how the world remembers the Shoah and honors the lives we lost. We will also explore how that memory is interconnected to genocides\, both past and present. Our experts will challenge us to grapple with issues of cultural identity\, responsibility to community\, and decision-making\, as well as ways in which individuals and nations responded\, or failed to respond\, to the crisis through close examination of the Museum’s artifacts and memorials. \nOur October Event in this Series: Museums of the Future\nTali Nates \n \nTali Nates is the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and chair of the South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation. She is a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust education\, genocide prevention\, reconciliation and human rights. Tali has presented at numerous international conferences including at the United Nations (2016 & 2020). She published articles and contributed chapters to many 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) and Conceptualizing Mass Violence\, Representations\, Recollections\, and Reinterpretations (2021). In 2010\, Tali was chosen as one of the top 100 newsworthy and noteworthy women in South Africa\, by the Mail & Guardian. She won many awards including the Kia Community Service Award (South Africa\, 2015) and the Agit Gratias Award (2020\, Czech Republic). Tali serves on the Academic Advisory Group of the School of Social and Health Sciences\, Monash University (IIEMSA)\, South Africa. She was one of the founders of the Holocaust and Tutsi Genocide Survivors groups in Johannesburg. Born to a family of Holocaust survivors\, her father and uncle were saved by Oskar Schindler. The rest of the family was murdered. \nDr. Michael Berenbaum \n \nDr. Michael Berenbaum is a writer\, lecturer\, and teacher consulting in the conceptual development of museums and historical films. He is director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust at the American Jewish University\, where he is also a Professor of Jewish Studies. \nHe was the Executive Editor of the Second Edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica that reworked\, transformed\, improved\, broadened and deepened\, the now classic 1972 work and consists of 22 volumes\, sixteen million words with 25\,000 individual contributions to Jewish knowledge. For three years\, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. He was the Director of the United States Holocaust Research Institute at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Hymen Goldman Adjunct Professor of Theology at Georgetown University in Washington\, D.C. From 1988–93 he served as Project Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\, overseeing its creation. He also served as Deputy Director of the President’s Commission on the Holocaust\, where he authored its Report to the President. \nBerenbaum is the author and editor of twenty books\, scores of scholarly articles\, and hundreds of journalistic pieces. His most recent books include: Not Your Father’s Antisemitism\, A Promise to Remember: The Holocaust in the Words and Voices of Its Survivors and After the Passion Has Passed: American Religious Consequences\, a collection of essays on Jews\, Judaism and Christianity\, Religious Tolerance and Pluralism occasioned by the controversy that swirled around Mel Gibson’s film\, The Passion. He was the conceptual developer on the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Educational Center and played a similar function as conceptual developer and chief curator of the Belzec Memorial at the site of the Death Camp. He is currently at work on the Memorial Museum to Macedonian Jewry in Skopje\, the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum\, and the Holocaust and Humanity Center in Cincinnati\, Ohio. \nAlice Herscovitch The Montreal Holocaust Museum \n \nAlice Herscovitch is currently a Consultant on Donor and Government Relations at the Montreal Holocaust Museum. She retired as the Museum’s Executive Director in 2019\, after 11 years in which the organisation grew considerably in terms of audience\, programming and funding. Among achievements by the MHM team during her leadership\, the Museum tripled its collection\, more than doubled its visitorship\, developed over 20 pedagogical tools\, created local\, national and international partnerships\, led a national teacher training program\, digitised and catalogued its oral history collection\, and led an initiative which successfully digitised and catalogued almost all Canadian collections of recorded survivor testimony. Faced with increasing interest and growth in its publics\, Ms. Herscovitch currently works with the Museum to assure a major expansion and its relocation to the downtown core. Having garnered significant private and government support\, the new Montreal Holocaust Museum will open in a vibrant downtown neighbourhood in Fall 2025. \nMs. Herscovitch is the former Director of Social Development at the Conférence régionale des élus\, a para-public organization devoted to the social\, economic and cultural development of the Montreal region. She was previously the Executive Director of Project Genesis\, a community advocacy organisation working on issues of social rights of marginalized populations\, from 1987 to 2003. She taught for many years at the McGill School of Social Work in social policy and was a member of the Executive Committee of Centraide of Greater Montreal\, as well as the NDG Community Council and a Board member of the Fondation du Grand Montréal. She has worked for over 30 years with people and organizations to promote progressive change on issues of social justice and to sustain non-profit organisations. \n\nPrevious Sessions in this Series: \n\nSeptember 23\, 2021 Holocaust Museums and Memorials: Session #1 ‘Generation to Generation: The Evolution of Memorialization’ With Dr. Michael Berenbaum and Tali Nates in conversation with Stephen Smith and James Young\nOctober 25th\, 2021 ‘Remembering the killing sites 80 years later’ Tali Nates alongside\, Omer Bartov\, Faina Kukliansky\, Robert Jan van Pelt.\nNovember 18th\, 2021 at 1pm ET/19h00 SAST “Memory\, Memorials and Museums of the Holocaust and the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda: A view from the African Continent”.Tali Nates alonside Myra Osrin\, Mary Kluk\, Owen Griffiths\, and Freddy Mutanguha \nJanuary 20\, 2022 “Remembering the Holocaust in Poland” Tali Nates; Featuring: Edyta Gawron (Schindler’s Museum)\, Jakub Nowakowski (Galicia Jewish Museum)\, Tomasz Kuncewicz (Director Of The Auschwitz Jewish Center)\, and Dariusz Popiela (memorials in the smaller town of Western Galicia)\nFebruary 24\, 2022 “Museums in Context – Creating a new Museum and Memorial”: Michael Berenbaum (many new museums)\, Tali Nates (Johannesburg)\, Marco Gonzalez (Guatemala)\, Rabbi Andrew Baker (Belzec). \nMarch 24\, 2022 “The Landscape of Memory in Germany”: with Dr. Florian Kemmelmeier\, Memorials in Berlin (Topography of Terror\, and an overview of the landscape of memorials). Dr. Matthias Hass\, Deputy Director House of Wannsee Conference\, Dr.  Matthias Heyl\, Director of Education\, Ravensbruck & Tali Nates (Johannesburg)\nMay 26\, 2022 ‘Remembering the Holocaust in Austria’. featuring Hannah M. Lessing\, Dr Albert Lichtblau & Tali Nates. \nSeptember 29\, 2022 Remembering the Holocaust in the United Kingdom featuring James Bulgin\, Michael Newman\, & Stephen Smith\n\nThank you to our partners: \nThe full inclusion of people of all abilities is a core value of Classrooms Without Borders. For questions or to make requests for special accommodations contact compliance@classroomswithoutborders.org
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/holocaust-museums-and-memorials-around-the-world-8/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T160000
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SUMMARY:HIDDEN CHILDREN IN CATHOLIC FRANCE: BETWEEN TRAUMA AND NORMALCY
DESCRIPTION:During the Holocaust\, Jewish children of all ages were at times hidden among other students within Catholic institutions as seen in films such as Au Revoir Les Enfants. Their lives were completely uprooted as they were placed in a religious environment completely different from what they knew.\n\nEliot Nidam Orvieto\, Yad Vashem researcher\, will discuss the challenges and coping strategies of these children and their rescuers living under the threat of discovery.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/hidden-children-in-catholic-france-between-trauma-and-normalcy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T163000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:Post Film Discussion Reckonings with Roberta Grossman: Writer\, Director and Producer\, Karen Heilig: Producer & July Hodara\, Co-Producer Moderated by Professor Michael Bazyler
DESCRIPTION:In the aftermath of the Holocaust\, the unprecedented destruction and plight of\nsurvivors prompts the unthinkable\n\n\nSynopsis \nThey met in secret to negotiate the unthinkable – compensation for the survivors of the largest mass genocide in history. Survivors were in urgent need of help\, but how could reparations be determined for the unprecedented destruction and suffering of a people? \nReckonings explores this untold true story set in the aftermath of the Holocaust. \nDirected by award-winning filmmaker Roberta Grossman\, Reckonings recounts the tense negotiations between Jewish and German leaders. Under the constant threat of violence\, they forged ahead\, knowing it would never be enough but hoping it could at least be an acknowledgement and a step towards healing. \n\n\n \n\n \nRoberta Grossman \nWriter\, Director and Producer \nAn award-winning filmmaker with a passion for history and social justice\, Roberta Grossman has written\, directed and produced more than 40 hours of film and television. What sets her films apart are high production values\, beautiful cinematic craftsmanship and inspiring protagonists. Grossman’s films tell stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the name of justice. According to Grossman\, “making a documentary is like pushing Sisyphus’ rock up a steep mountain. The only way to summit is to have a sense of personal responsibility to tell a story that would otherwise remain untold.” \n\n\n\nKaren Heilig \nProducer \nKaren Heilig serves as the Assistant Executive Vice President of the Claims Conference and General Counsel. Since 1999 she has participated in negotiations between the Claims Conference and the German Government\, the Austrian Government and negotiations on unpaid Holocaust era insurance policies. She broke ground as the first female representative for the Claims Conference in negotiations. Understanding 70 years of compensation agreements from a personal\, legal and historical perspective\, inside the negotiating room and interacting with those who negotiated the Luxembourg Agreements – Karen was uniquely positioned to help bring this important film to life. \n\n\n\nJuly Hodara \nCo-Producer \nA native of France\, film producer and storyteller July Hodara completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California\, Berkeley before joining Katahdin Productions in 2011. The first film she produced and directed was Hidden (2006)\, an American adaptation of French documentary Les Enfants Cachés (1998) about Jewish children who survived WWII in hiding. July’s first project at Katahdin Productions was Hava Nagila (The Movie) (2012) with director Roberta Grossman. She stayed on to associate produce Above and Beyond (2014) with producer Nancy Spielberg\, On The Map (2016) with director Dani Menkin\, and Netflix Original 2018 Sundance selection Seeing Allred (2018). She co-produced 2019 Berlinale selection Who Will Write Our History (2018). \nAfter her work on those five award-winning documentary features\, she pursued her Master’s in Cinema and Media Studies at the USC School of Cinematic Arts\, graduating in 2020. July founded New Moons Productions in 2019\, a media company through which she develops various projects\, with a particular interest for women’s stories. She came on as co-producer for Katahdin features Vishniac (2023) with director Laura Bialis\, and Reckonings (2022) with the Claims Conference and the German Ministry of Finance as production partners. \n\n\n\nModerator: Professor Michael Bazyler \nProfessor Bazyler is professor of law and the 1939 Law Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law. He is the author of seven books and more than two dozen law review articles\, book chapters and essays on subjects covering law and the Holocaust\, restitution following genocide and other mass atrocities\, public international law\, international human rights law\, and international trade law and comparative law. His book\, Holocaust\, Genocide and the Law: A Quest for Justice in a Post-Holocaust World (Oxford University Press) is a winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award. \n \n\n\nThank you to our partners:
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/post-film-discussion-reckonings/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T160000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:FIGHTING BACK: COMMEMORATING THE JEWISH UPRISINGS AT SOBIBOR AND AUSCHWITZ
DESCRIPTION:The month of October marks the anniversaries of the uprisings that Jewish prisoners carried out at two Nazi death camps. In commemoration of these stunning acts of bravery\, we will discuss these events\, and resistance more broadly. \nYad Vashem educator Lori Gerson will explore stories of profound courage that reveal the essence of the human spirit.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/fighting-back-commemorating-the-jewish-uprisings-at-sobibor-and-auschwitz/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T153000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:Holocaust Museums and Memorials Around the World: Remembering the Holocaust in the United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Classrooms Without Borders\, in coordination with Tali Nates\, Founder and Director of the Johannesburg Genocide & Holocaust Centre\, and in partnership with the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage\, Liberation75\,  and the USC Shoah Foundation is pleased to embark on this new innovative Museums and Memorial series where we will highlight different angles of complex memory; grappling with the the challenges faced in defining representation of both Lived Memory and Historical Memory. \n\nAlongside CWB Scholars we will travel with Museum historians\, experts\, and contemporary witnesses to 10 different regions. We will explore the history behind the exhibits\, discuss the nature of memory and memorials\, and discover how the world remembers the Shoah and honors the lives we lost. We will also explore how that memory is interconnected to genocides\, both past and present. Our experts will challenge us to grapple with issues of cultural identity\, responsibility to community\, and decision-making\, as well as ways in which individuals and nations responded\, or failed to respond\, to the crisis through close examination of the Museum’s artifacts and memorials. \nOur September Event in this Series: Remembering the Holocaust in the United Kingdom\nTali Nates \n \nTali Nates is the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and chair of the South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation. She is a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust education\, genocide prevention\, reconciliation and human rights. Tali has presented at numerous international conferences including at the United Nations (2016 & 2020). She published articles and contributed chapters to many 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) and Conceptualizing Mass Violence\, Representations\, Recollections\, and Reinterpretations (2021). In 2010\, Tali was chosen as one of the top 100 newsworthy and noteworthy women in South Africa\, by the Mail & Guardian. She won many awards including the Kia Community Service Award (South Africa\, 2015) and the Agit Gratias Award (2020\, Czech Republic). Tali serves on the Academic Advisory Group of the School of Social and Health Sciences\, Monash University (IIEMSA)\, South Africa. She was one of the founders of the Holocaust and Tutsi Genocide Survivors groups in Johannesburg. Born to a family of Holocaust survivors\, her father and uncle were saved by Oskar Schindler. The rest of the family was murdered. \nJames Bulgin \n \nJames Bulgin is Head of Content for the new Holocaust Galleries at Imperial War Museums. He started work on the project in 2016. Before joining IWM James worked as a commercial theatre producer and director\, with work in the West End and on national tour. His BA was in English and his MA — for which he was awarded a distinction – is in Holocaust Studies. He is currently completing a PhD under the Crosslands scholarship at Royal Holloway College\, University of London\, on ideas of apocalypse in Holocaust and Cold War history. His academic research focuses on issues of representation in Holocaust literature and film. \nMichael Newman \n \nMichael Newman is Chief Executive of the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR)\, which represents and supports Holocaust refugees and survivors in Great Britain.\nA previous Chair of the Communications Working Group\, he is a member of the UK delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).\nAs well as being an advisor on Holocaust-era restitution issues\, guiding Holocaust survivors and refugees\, and their families\, with applications for compensation and the recovery of Holocaust era assets\, he worked with the UK government to create the position of UK Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues and now advises incumbent Lord Eric Pickles.\nOutside of work\, Michael is President of the Anglo-Jewish Association (AJA)\, which supports Jewish students to attend higher and further education and is a founding member of the Claims Conference of which Michael is a Director.\nHe is the co-editor of Contemporary Human Rights Challenges: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its Continuing Relevance\, an edited collection of new essays by leading international human rights experts.\nPreviously\, Michael was a consultant to the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC) and was a researcher at the Holocaust Educational Trust\, the Britain-Israel Parliamentary Group and the Inter Parliamentary Council Against Anti-Semitism.\nHe was awarded on OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2021. \nStephen Smith  \n \nStephen D. Smith is Executive Chairman and co-founder of StoryFile\, the world’s first AI Conversational Video platform that brings video to life. \nStephen is an international speaker and oral historian who specializes in immersive media. \nIn addition to his role at StoryFile\, Stephen serves as Executive Director Emeritus of USC Shoah Foundation\, the archive founded by Steven Spielberg to document the Holocaust and global genocides. He is a theologian by training and in that capacity is USC Visiting Professor of Religion\, where he researches genocide related testimony. \nStephen has authored several books and has two titles forthcoming in 2022: The Trajectory of Memory and Holocaust XR. \nStephen is a member of the order of the British Empire. \nPrevious Sessions in this Series: \n\nSeptember 23\, 2021 Holocaust Museums and Memorials: ‘Generation to Generation: The Evolution of Memorialization’ With Dr. Michael Berenbaum and Tali Nates in conversation with Stephen Smith and James Young\nOctober 25th\, 2021 ‘Remembering the killing sites 80 years later’ Tali Nates alongside\, Omer Bartov\, Faina Kukliansky\, Robert Jan van Pelt.\nNovember 18th\, 2021 “Memory\, Memorials and Museums of the Holocaust and the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda: A view from the African Continent”.Tali Nates alonside Myra Osrin\, Mary Kluk\, Owen Griffiths\, and Freddy Mutanguha \nJanuary 20\, 2022 “Remembering the Holocaust in Poland” Tali Nates; Featuring: Edyta Gawron (Schindler’s Museum)\, Jakub Nowakowski (Galicia Jewish Museum)\, Tomasz Kuncewicz (Director Of The Auschwitz Jewish Center)\, and Dariusz Popiela (memorials in the smaller town of Western Galicia)\nFebruary 24\, 2022 “Museums in Context – Creating a new Museum and Memorial”: Michael Berenbaum (many new museums)\, Tali Nates (Johannesburg)\, Marco Gonzalez (Guatemala)\, Rabbi Andrew Baker (Belzec). \nMarch 24\, 2022 “The Landscape of Memory in Germany”: with Dr. Florian Kemmelmeier\, Memorials in Berlin (Topography of Terror\, and an overview of the landscape of memorials). Dr. Matthias Hass\, Deputy Director House of Wannsee Conference\, Dr.  Matthias Heyl\, Director of Education\, Ravensbruck & Tali Nates (Johannesburg) \nMay 26\, 2022 ‘Remembering the Holocaust in Austria’ Hannah M. Lessing\, Dr Albert Lichtblau & Tali Nates (Johannesburg)\n\nUpcoming Events:\n\nJoin us in October for our final session.\n\nThank you to our partners:
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/holocaust-museums-and-memorials-around-the-world/
LOCATION:ZOOM | Registration required and closes 30 minutes prior to the start of the program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220922T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220922T163000
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SUMMARY:Czech Embassy Series: Featuring Novelist\, Poet and Translator Marek Toman
DESCRIPTION:Czech Embassy Series: \nThrough this series\, the Embassy of the Czech Republic brings a broad selection of Czech artists\, intellectuals and professionals connected to Jewish life\, history\, art and culture to engage\, educate and inspire audiences in the United States and beyond. The series will incorporate book talks\, film screenings\, lectures\, musical performances\, exhibitions\, and more. This series began on June 1\, 2021 and runs once a month. \nThe Embassy of the Czech Republic\, in collaboration with Classrooms without Borders\, invites you to the online discussion with Novelist\, Poet and Translator Marek Toman. \n \nNovelist\, poet and translator Marek Toman is passionately dedicated to Jewish culture—the culture of his father\, whom he lost early in life. Born in 1967\, Toman studied philosophy at Charles University\, then he worked as an art editor on Czech Radio. Since 1997 he has been employed at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 2000 and 2010\, Toman worked as a diplomat in Estonia and Hungary. \nIn his novels\, he mainly devotes himself to historical topics. He is happy to surprise readers with forgotten episodes of Czech and European history which he researches thoroughly. In his works for children\, he loves to present classics of world literature\, showing children the magic power of reading. As for example in his prizewinning Cross-Eyed Jim’s Coffeehouse.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/czech-embassy-series-featuring-novelist-poet-and-translator-marek-toman/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220919T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220919T160000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
CREATED:20220828T150550Z
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SUMMARY:The Establishment of the Ghettos
DESCRIPTION:Why did the Germans create ghettos throughout Eastern Europe?  \nWhat functions did they fulfill for the Germans?  \nFor two and a half years\, Jews from all over Poland were herded into ghettos and forced to live in terrible conditions of overcrowding\, hunger\, and disease. \nYiftach Meiri\, Yad Vashem educator\, will lead this presentation. \n \nThis program is facilitated by Echoes and Reflections
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/the-establishment-of-the-ghettos/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220918T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220918T153000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
CREATED:20220824T113530Z
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SUMMARY:The Hippocratic Oath at the Umschlagplatz: The Jewish Doctors of the Warsaw Ghetto
DESCRIPTION:The program will be moderated by Tali Nates\, Founding Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center.\n\nFor this program\, there will be a limited pre-screening of the documentary film No One Told Me \, which was directed by Sean O’Sullivan. The movie is based on the story of Luc Albinski’s mother\, Wanda Albińska and his brave grandmother\, Dr Halina Rotstein\, who was murdered in Treblinka in 1942\, after deportation from the Warsaw ghetto\n\nGuest Speakers: \nDr. Maria Ciesielska MD PhD\, Medical Review Auschwitz Project \nDr. Maria Ciesielska will present her findings from the most detailed study ever undertaken into the fate of more than 800 Jewish doctors who devoted themselves\, in many cases until the day they died\, to the care of the sick and the dying in the Warsaw Ghetto. \nLuc Albins­ki Grandson of Dr Halina Rotstein \nLuc Albins­ki is a second generation Holocaust survivor whose mother escaped the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942 and was hid¬den in an orphanage out-ide Warsaw for the remainder of the war. He will discuss his personal story and how his journey led to the making of the film “Nobody Told Me ” about his mother\, Wanda Albińska\, and his grandmother\, Dr. Rotstein. a dedicated doctor in the Warsaw Ghetto\, who decided to accompany her patients to the Treblinka death camp. \n\nFor this program\, all registrants will receive a link to see the film Nobody Told Us in a separate e-mail on Thursday\, September 15th that will be open for screening until September 18th.\n\n \n\n \n\n\nThis program is in partnership with Classrooms Without Borders\, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center\, the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University\, Moreshet Holocaust & Research Center\, the Institute for the History of Polish Jewry at the University of Tel Aviv\, the Polish Institute in Tel Aviv and the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/the-hippocratic-oath-at-the-umschlagplatz-the-jewish-doctors-of-the-warsaw-ghetto/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T200000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:Keeping Up With Kindness Interest Night and Returning Volunteers Hang
DESCRIPTION:Join us on zoom to learn about Classrooms Without Borders’ Keeping Up With Kindness program and how you can get involved! This event is for high school students only.\n\nIn the meantime\, be sure to apply to volunteer with us this year here: https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/forms/keeping-up-with-kindness-volunteer-application/\n\n\nThe Keeping Up With Kindness program was created by Lauren Haffner in response to the tragic shooting on October 27\, 2018 at the Tree of Life Synagogue building. This initiative brings exemplary teen role models to K-5th grade classrooms to teach and engage children in mindful group discussions and lessons focusing on the importance of being kind to one another\, embracing diversity and standing up against bullying. \nThe program is built as a four part classroom series where teen volunteers\, bringing a passion for promoting acts of kindness\, facilitate an engaging\, interactive\, and collaborative conversation with young students in a safe\, communicative and friendly academic environment to teach and nurture a more just society that values\, above all\, kindness and respect for each other. \nAt this meeting\, we’ll learn a bit more about the program and have the opportunity to meet returning volunteers!
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/keeping-up-with-kindness-interest-night-and-returning-volunteers-hang/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T163000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:Post Film Discussion The Students of Umberto Primo with Director Alessandra Maioletti & Executive Producer Diane Boulanger; Moderated by Avi Ben Hur
DESCRIPTION:Post Film Discussion The Students of Umberto Primo with Director Alessandra Maioletti Moderated by Avi Ben Hur\nA Sneak Peak!\nThe link to watch the film prior to the discussion will be sent out 3 days prior to the Film Discussion. \nWe urge you to watch the film prior to the event.\n\n\nBased on discovered documents that had been long forgotten\, this docudrama tells the stories of nine Greek-Italian Jewish primary school students who were among the hundreds of Jewish children studying at Thessaloniki’s Public Italian school\, Umberto Primo\, until the 1941-1942 school year … when Nazi soldiers entered the region and forever changed the course of their histories. \nSome survived. Tragically\, some did not. \nThis Event is part of a week long series of events:  \n“Agape and Hope Resurrected in Hripsime’s Agony\, Athena’s Mourning\, and Rachel’s Heartbreak” \nClassrooms Without Borders is proud to partner with the Greek and Armenian Communities of Greater Pittsburgh on this week long series of events.  \n\n\n – ABOUT THE FILM – \nThe beautifully filmed docudrama\, The Students of Umberto Primo\, brings to life the stories of nine young Jewish students studying at the Italian school\, Umberto Primo\, in Thessaloniki\, Greece\, during the time of Nazi occupation. The project is the result of a discovery by Antonio Crescenzi of students’ essays\, graduation diplomas\, and other documents of historical importance\, that had been long forgotten in the basement of the Italian Institute of Thessaloniki (formerly the location of Italian School of Umberto Primo). Sadly\, these students never received their graduation diplomas\, or their papers\, because of Nazi persecution. Thanks to Crescenzi’s discovery and subsequent work\, 157 diplomas were presented to survivors and/or their families in January 2017. \nCrescenzi and director\, Alessandra Maoiletti\, collaborated to lovingly and respectfully research and recreate the lives of these young boys and girls\, who were just “coming of age\,” depicting their dreams and aspirations for the future and the exuberance of their youth – a youth cut short for the sole reason that they were Jewish. Some survived the Holocaust. Sadly\, some did not. \nInitially\, The Students of Umberto Primo debuted as a theatre production\, also directed by Maioletti\, which had a highly acclaimed and successful run throughout Greece. The film seeks to not only bring more life to the story\, but to also reach a broader audience with a work of important cultural and historical significance. \nIt is important now\, perhaps more than ever\, to understand the evil that lurks in this world\, and to remind people of what can happen when totalitarianism\, isolationism\, nationalism and fanatic-ideological beliefs overcome the core values and compassion of the “regular citizen.” \nDirector Alessandra Maioletti \nBorn in Athens and raised in Rome\, Alessandra Maioletti has worked as a casting director and assistant director for French\, Italian\, Greek\, and American production companies\, and as a production director for documentaries. She has collaborated with many Greek directors\, including Nikos Koundouros\, Tasos Boulmetis\, Michael Marmarinos\, Menelaos Karamagiilis\, Stelios Pavlidis\, and Dimitris lndares. \nShe is the Director\, writer and producer for “The Students of Umberto Primo”. \n \nDiane Boulanger\, Executive Producer \n \nDiane currently lives and works in both Athens\, Greece and Boston\, MA. She graduated from Boston University’s College of Communications in 1990 with a degree in Broadcasting/Film\, and moved to Greece soon thereafter\, working as a magazine editor for the English-language monthly magazine\, The Athenian. \nHer career took a different trajectory when she moved back to the States in the late 90s\, and began a career in advertising/marketing\, working for (among other ad agencies)\, the legendary Leo Burnett. Currently\, she is the principal of Kickstarter Communications\, an agency that helps smaller enterprises “get off the ground” with branding\, website design\, and other tools to help them succeed. \nDuring a visit back to Greece\, Diane reconnected with Alessandra Maioletti and met Antonio Crescenzi\, who shared with her the storyboards and vision for the film production of The Students of Umberto Primo. She fell in love with the stories and the passion behind this remarkable film and was confident that she could engender support for it from the States; and that crowdfunding would be a good way to go about it. The campaign was a success and contributed to the additional support that was garnered by the hard work of Crescenzi and Maioletti. She also provided website design and social media support to augment the campaign\, as well as her own monetary investment. \nThis incredible film has reignited a passion for great storytelling and beautiful cinematography\, and she is grateful to be a part of the talented team of people who brought these long-forgotten stories to life. \nAvi Ben-Hur\nScholar in Residence \n \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. \n\n\n \n\n \n\n\nThank you to our partners:
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/post-film-discussion-the-students-of-umberto-primo/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T203000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:Pulling back the curtain – Etty Hillesum
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Sept 13th at 7pm for\nPulling Back the Curtain – Etty Hillesum\n\n\nClassrooms Without Borders is proud to partner with the Greek and Armenian Communities of Greater Pittsburgh on our week long series of events: \n“Agape and Hope Resurrected in Hripsime’s Agony\, Athena’s Mourning\, and Rachel’s Heartbreak” \nTHIS EVENT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON ZOOM!\n  \n  \nCombining performance and discussion\, playwright and actor Susan Stein introduces us to Etty Hillesum and the original play\, Etty\, crafted using only Hillesum’s words\, which she tours to theaters\, universities\, school and prisons throughout the US and UK. She discusses her research\, and takes us through her discoveries\, including meeting Holocaust survivors and people in Etty’s life. She will also walk us through her own story of finding Etty. She invites the audience to join the conversation that Etty began in her diaries and letters. \nTo learn more about Etty Hillesum or Etty Project\, please visit www.ettyproject.org/. \n\n\n\nThe photo credit\, Ricardo Barros \nAbout Susan Stein \nSusan Stein is an actor\, playwright and teaching artist in New York City. Stein has spent the past 12 years touring her original one-woman play\, Etty\, to theatres\, universities\, schools and prisons throughout the United States and parts of Europe. Stein has been a visiting Artist/Scholar at Cambridge University\, Boston College\, Vanderbilt\, Colby\, St Norberts and Chapman University. She leads workshops in writing and acting throughout the US and UK. \nAs an actor\, some of Stein’s recent credits include Neil Simon’s Broadway Bound at Beck Center forthe Arts; Dominique Morisseau’s Pipeline\, and the premiere of Meridith  Friedman’s The Luckiest People. Susan studied acting at NYU Graduate School and SUNY Purchase. She was on the faculty of Princeton Day school for 13 years\, and currently is an Artist/Scholar at Classrooms Without Borders and teaches Performing History at Duquesne University which brings incarcerated men and police officers together to work towards police justice. \n\n\n\nLearn more: https://ettyproject.org/
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/etty-writing-as-resistance/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220912T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220912T160000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:The Fate of Jewish Children Under Nazi Control
DESCRIPTION:How did the Holocaust impact on society’s most vulnerable?  \nDr. Sharon Kangisser Cohen of Yad Vashem\, will present some of the experiences of Jewish children under Nazi rule. \nBased on primary sources and post-war testimonies\, this presentation will explore some of the challenges children faced and ways in which they attempted to cope with their increasingly violent reality. \n \nThis program is facilitated by Echoes and Reflections
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/the-fate-of-jewish-children-under-nazi-control/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220919
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:Armenian\, Greek and Jewish Community Week Long Event
DESCRIPTION: “Agape and Hope Resurrected in Hripsime’s Agony\, Athena’s Mourning\, and Rachel’s Heartbreak”\n  \n“Who\, after all\, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?”\, roared Hitler in his speech to his chief commanders in 1939 just one week before the Nazi invasion of Poland and the planned extermination of Jews. \n2022 represents the 100th year from one of humanity’s darkest periods\, a time point that inspired and ignited what eventually resulted in one of humankind’s bleakest moments. 1922 was the peak of the period between 1915-1923\, when Christians and Jews were systematically targeted for their faith and culture. The western world’s general indifference to the genocide of Christians and Jews in Anatolia\, the Pontus\, and Asia Minor would soon be used by the Nazis as the basis of their plan to exterminate the Jewish people.  \nThe Greek\, Armenian\, and Jewish Communities of Western Pennsylvania\, on account of this sad moment in our histories\, and on occasion of this marker in time\, 100 years from 1922\, are coming together in the month of September 2022 in a broad educational outreach to all of Western Pennsylvania\, in art\, music\, literature\, and history\, to first commemorate those who perished brutally and inhumanely at the hands of perpetrators\, but second\, to use this milestone in our histories to show that in the face of despair and death\, creation and inspiration for a more tolerant world was fostered and nurtured.  \nOur three communities will dedicate the month of September to the music\, literature\, and artwork that was created by those who either perished in\, or survived the genocide of Christians and Jews in Anatolia\, the Pontus\, and Asia Minor between 1915-1923 and by those who perished in\, or survived the brutal concentration camps of the Holocaust during World War II.  \nAdditionally\, the month of September will be dedicated to the music\, literature\, and artwork that was inspired by these sad moments in humankind’s history\, in the post-World War II Armenian\, Greek\, and Jewish cultures.  \nAmong the planned activities are: More details and registration to come!  \n\nExhibits of artworks of\, and inspired by the period\, by Armenians\, Greeks\, and Jews – those who perished in the genocide or the Holocaust as well as by those who were inspired by their lives and sacrifice. These artworks will be on display in a number of art galleries in Pittsburgh for the entire month of September 2022\, and accessible by the public. Webpage With Links: HERE\nSoirees of literature and poetry that will bring together members of the Armenian\, Jewish\, and Greek community of Western Pennsylvania\, especially those of the younger generation (high school and college students) who will present excerpts from literary works as well as complete poems written by those who perished and/or survived those dark periods as well as excerpts of literary works and poems inspired by their lives and sacrifice. These soirees are planned for every evening of the week between the 11th – 18th of September Webpage With Links: HERE\nA series of lectures by scholars and historians as well as by living witnesses and/or their descendants\, who will describe those dark times together with inspired commentary by community members in outreach to people of Western Pennsylvania to sensitize them that history does repeat and it is critical that those lessons direct our region and country to prevent that darkness from ever falling over the world again. Additionally\, to present how these terrible moments in time and experience shaped the cultures of the Armenian\, Greek and Jewish peoples. These events will be mostly virtual during the week of the 11th – 18th of September. Webpage With Links: HERE\n\nA concert that will bring together Armenian\, Jewish\, and Greek musicians who will present music written by those who perished and/or survived those dark periods as well as music that was inspired by their lives and sacrifice. The concert is planned for the early evening of Sunday the 18th of September and\, depending on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic\, may be an in-person event\, or virtual.  \nWebpage With Links: HERE
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/armenian-greek-and-jewish-community-week-long-event/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220901T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220909T230000
DTSTAMP:20260709T180846
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SUMMARY:Three Minutes in Pittsburgh
DESCRIPTION:Three Minutes – A Lengthening\n(Directed by Bianca Stigter)\, a new\, award-winning\, high-profile documentary about the Holocaust\, is opening at \nThe Manor Theater: Pittsburgh PA\nstarting Friday\, September 2nd and playing for at least a week. \n\n\nDon’t miss seeing this ground-breaking new documentary during its PITTSBURGH THEATRICAL RELEASE!\n\nCo-Produced by Steve McQueen (Director\, ‘12 Years a Slave‘). Narrated by Academy-Award nominated Actress\, Helena Bonham Carter.\n\n\n\n\n\nWorld Premiere at the 2021 Venice Film Festival followed by Telluride\, Toronto and 2022 Sundance Film Festival.\n\n\nPittsburgh Premiere at the 2022 Film Pittsburgh JFilm Festival.\n\n\nThe original home movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938 Poland is archived at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.\n\n\nWinner of the 2022 DocAviv Yad Vashem Award for an Outstanding Holocaust-related Documentary\, \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\nAbout the film:\n\nThree minutes of home movie footage\, mostly in color\, shot by David Kurtz in 1938\, are the only known moving images left of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk\, Poland\, before the Holocaust. Those precious minutes are examined in intricate detail to unravel the human stories hidden in the celluloid. Tracing the story of those three minutes begins with the journey of Glenn Kurtz to discover more about his grandfather’s film\, ultimately leading to identifying people and places otherwise erased from history\, and helping to connect a Holocaust Survivor with his lost childhood.\n \nWinner of the 2022 Brussels International Film Festival European Young Jury Award and a Special Mention\, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Jury Award for Best Doc\, and Virgin Dublin International Film Festival Award for Best Doc.\n\nRead the reviews in the NY Times\, npr\, JTA News\, and The Washington Post.\n\nFollow the film on Facebook here.\n\nPlease note: The film does not have graphic content or violence on screen.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/three-minutes-in-pittsburgh/
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