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SUMMARY:The Panama Affair: Financial Scandal\, Political Corruption and the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism in 19th century France
DESCRIPTION:The French anti-Semitic movement of the 1890s- typically associated with the Dreyfus affair- was in fact launched by a different scandal. In the 1892-93 Panama scandal\, the anti-Semitic movement first coalesced over a broadly shared outrage about a corrupt foreign investment scheme in which hundreds of thousands of ordinary investors lost their fortunes. Seeing the scandal as revealing Jews’ nefarious control of France’s democratic institutions\, anti- Semitic leaders channeled the populist impulse in France into a politically potent kind of anti- Jewish xenophobia. This presentation looks anew at the affair as a formative moment in the history of anti-Semitism\, and provides a new perspective on anti-Semitic movement’s critique of liberal democracy\, capitalism\, and globalization. \nWith Lisa Leff\, Professor of History\, American University and Director\, Mandel Center for Advanced Holocause Studies\, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum \n \nBefore joining the Museum\, she spent nearly two decades as a professor\, first at Southwestern University in Georgetown\, Texas\, and then at American University in Washington\, DC\, where she is still on the faculty as a Professor of History. At American\, she also served as acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and acting dean of Academic Affairs and senior vice provost. She won teaching awards at Southwestern in 2007 and at American in 2017\, when she was named Scholar-Teacher of the Year. \nDr. Leff is a historian of modern European and modern Jewish history. Her research focuses on the Jews of modern France from the time of the French Revolution to the present. She is especially interested in the history of archives\, modern political ideas\, nationalism\, internationalism\, imperialism\, and antisemitism. She has presented her work widely around the world\, in both academic and nonacademic settings. \nDr. Leff is a past president of the Society for French Historical Studies and is a member of the American Historical Association and the Association for Jewish Studies. She currently serves on the editorial board of the journals Jewish Quarterly Review\, Jewish Social Studies\, and Jewish History. She is also an elected fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research. \nModerated by Michal Rose Friedman\, Jack Buncher Professor of Jewish Studies\, Department of History\, Carnegie Mellon University
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/the-panama-affair-financial-scandal-political-corruption-and-the-rise-of-modern-anti-semitism-in-19th-century-france/
LOCATION:100 Porter Hall\, Carnegie Mellon University\, 4815 Frew St\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15213
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SUMMARY:“Bridge Over Troubled Water”: Solidarity and Civic Responsibility in Times of Crisis Session 1: A Nation Takes Action: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Rescue of the Jews in Denmark During the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:NEW DATE NOVEMBER 19TH\, 2023\n  \n“Bridge Over Troubled Water”: Solidarity and Civic Responsibility in Times of Crisis\nSession 1:\nA Nation Takes Action: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Rescue of the Jews in Denmark During the Holocaust\n\n\nIn these turbulent times\, we find strength in the bonds we share with our friends as well as in our commitment to a mission of education\, sharing inspiring stories of bravery and resilience\, and eliminating all forms of hatred. \nThe museum’s doors are currently closed to the public\, and due to our location near the Israeli northern border we had to move our unique and original collections to a safe shelter\, however we are operating our behind-the-scenes efforts to the best of our capacity. We decided to step outside the museum and meet face-to-face with people\, especially with individuals who have been forced to abandon their homes\, becoming refugees in their own country. Some of our employees\, including our CEO\, Yigal Cohen\, found themselves in this situation. We’ve taken the initiative to create a live performance centered on music and storytelling\, with the intent of presenting it to them in the hotels and community centers where they now reside\, in the hopes of offering consolation and lifting their spirits. \n\nThe new Talking Memory series represents our unwavering commitment to maintaining meaningful connections with you\, our friends from around the world\, with the intention of cultivating a shared sense of unity among us. We believe that this series represents a powerful response to current events\, while also serving as a profound testament to the strength of civil society today.\nThe first session\, taking place on November 19\, 2023\, will feature the following lineup:Opening Remarks:\nAmbassador of Denmark\, H.E. Thomas Winkler\n\nGuest Speakers:\nDr. Bo Lidegaard\nDr. Judith S. Goldstein\nRabbi Jair Melchior \nScreening: Voices in the Void \nProgram Description:\nWe are honored to have the Ambassador of Denmark\, H.E. Thomas Winkler to open this special commemoration program about a most incredible act of rescue. Almost all the seven thousand Jews living in Nazi occupied Denmark\, managed to escape the Holocaust. What made Denmark the exception to the systemized horror? Bo Lidegaard\, an historian who has researched the subject\, presents a new explanation of the rescue based on more than ten years of historical research. Dr. Judith Goldstein\, Founder and Executive Director Emeritus of ”Humanity in Action”\, will introduce us to the work of the non profit organization\, including the production of the animated documentary ”Voices in the Void”\, which is part of the film series Traces: Portraits of Resistance\, Survival and Resolve. We will have the opportunity to see a screening of the film during the program. Afterwards\, Rabbi Jair Melchior\, Chief Rabbi of Denmark\, will share the story of his grandfather\, Rabbi Bent Melchior who was rescued on one of the fishing boats who sailed to Sweden\, in relation to the moral lessons and insights gained by learning about this unique example of rescue during the Holocaust. \nThis program is in partnership with the Embassy of Denmark in Tel Aviv\, Humanity in Action\, the Danish Jewish Museum\, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center\, Classrooms without Borders\, and the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University. \nMay peaceful days come soon. \n\n2 PM EST | 8 PM CEST | 9 PM Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231116T140000
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SUMMARY:The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry
DESCRIPTION:Join CWB for our Final Event in our 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”. \nThe 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. \nNovember’s Event will feature:\nMemory Studies: Museums and Memorials with Mirjam Zadoff \n \nMirjam Zadoff is Director of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism\, and lecturer at the University of Munich. Previously she held the Alvin H. Rosenfeld Chair for Jewish Studies and History at Indiana University Bloomington. She was visiting faculty at ETH Zurich\, UC Berkeley\, HU Berlin and Augsburg University. She is a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and the University Council at the Academy of Fine Arts\, Munich. She has co-curated\, among others\, the following exhibitions: Materializing: Contemporary Polish Art and the Shoa; “More important than life”: The Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto; TO BE SEEN. Queer Lives 1900-1950; Tell me about yesterday tomorrow. \nAmong her recent publications are: Gewalt und Gedächtnis. Globale Erinnerung im 21. Jahrhundert (forthcoming); Four Years After. Ethnonationalism\, Antisemitism\, and Racism in Trump’s America (2020\, edited together with Noam Zadoff and Stefanie Schüler-Springorum); Tell me about yesterday tomorrow (2020\, edited together with Nicolaus Schafhausen); Werner Scholem. A German Life (2018). \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 \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 \nOctober 26 Gendering the Holocaust
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T150000
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SUMMARY:Reflections from the Israeli Homefront 2023 with Rabbi Jonty Blackman
DESCRIPTION:Reflections from the Israeli Homefront 2023\nA glimpse into the stories behind the headlines.\n\n\nA glimpse into the stories behind the headlines. As Israel deals with its blackest day in terms of loss of civilian lives and a blow to its sense of security; and as it calls up an unprecedented number of reservists; what has been the reaction of the man on the street and how is the ordinary individual coping? \nWe will share some stories of shock and despair and some stories of heroism – all stories displaying the Israeli spirit in its multifaceted ways.. \nStep into a solemn exploration during our upcoming virtual talk. As Israel confronts one of its most sorrow-laden days\, marked by the loss of innocent lives and a profound shattering of its security\, together with an unprecedented mobilization of reservists\, we will plumb the depths of the collective response from ordinary citizens. \nJoin us for an introspective experience where we’ll recount stories of deep shock and despair\, as well as narratives of remarkable heroism\, all of which poignantly reflect the intricate tapestry of the Israeli spirit in these trying times. \n\n\nRabbi Jonty Blackman \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. \nThis series is planned for consecutive Mondays starting Oct 30th\, 2023. \nNext events: \n\nNovember 14th\, 2023
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/reflections-from-the-israeli-homefront-2023-2023-11-14/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231112T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231112T120000
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SUMMARY:Poland 2023 Reunion and Open House
DESCRIPTION:Join CWB for an Afternoon of Inspiration\n\n\nOpen House 2024 Poland Personally and 2023 Reunion!\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 November 12\, 2023 \n10:00 am-12:00pm \nJoan Clark Davis Center for Interdisciplinary Learning at Winchester Thurston\n4951 Centre Avenue\nPittsburgh\, PA 15213
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/poland-2023-reunion-and-open-house/
LOCATION:Joan Clark Davis Center for Interdisciplinary Learning at Winchester Thurston\, 4951 Centre Avenue\, PITTSBURGH\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231108T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231108T153000
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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\nPast Events: \n\nOctober 25th 2pm ET\nNovember 1st 2pm ET\n\nUpcoming Events: \n\nNovember 8th 2pm ET\nDecember 13th 2pm ET
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/israel-update-with-avi-ben-hur-10/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231108T100000
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SUMMARY:For its 100th production\, Quantum Theatre returns to Rodef Shalom Congregation with The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk (The Chagall Muscial).
DESCRIPTION:The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk is a remarkable Klezmer musical based on the love story of artist Marc Chagall and his poet wife\, Bella. Paired with Violins of Hope\, Pittsburgh’s exhibition of instruments rescued from the Holocaust\, our show depicts the lives of these survivors of the 20th century’s darkest times and offers an educational exploration of theatre\, art\, music\, and history in a non-traditional way.  \nStudent matinees will be staged in the Rodef Shalom Congregation on \nNovember 8 and 15\, Wednesdays  at 10 AM. \n  \nStudents will participate in a short question and answer session post show\, and leave with a greater understanding of how historical issues have contemporary relevance \nFor its 100th production\, Quantum Theatre returns to Rodef Shalom Congregation with The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk (The Chagall Muscial). \nOctober 28 – November 26\, 2023\nWednesday\, Thursday\, Saturday\, and Sunday at 8pm\nSunday matinee at 2pmDirected and Choreographed by Gustavo Zajac with Music Direction by Douglas Levine\, The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk (The Chagall Musical)\, is a remarkable Klezmer musical by Daniel Jamieson and Ian Ross based on the love story of artist Marc Chagall and his poet wife\, Bella. The fantasy fairytale takes its name from the Lithuanian city in which Chagall was born in 1887 and for the relationship memorialized in countless of his paintings. On whimsical sets\, Marc and Bella are the picture of romance\, floating over a Russian village or the Eiffel Tower. Although they are often seen flying on canvases\, in life they sloughed through some of the most devastating years of Jewish history\, navigating pogroms\, the Russian Revolution\, and the Holocaust. \nSpecial Events\nOctober 17 at 7pm: A symposium with speakers who will survey Marc Chagall’s works\, examine the challenging time during which he lived\, and explore the historical devastation of the Holocaust and how lessons of history resonate inside the contemporary issues of equality\, tolerance\, and hope.\n\nOctober 28: Opening Night with a post-show champagne reception\nOctober 29: Sunday Q&A with the cast and crew\nNovember 1 at 6:30 pm: Social Q pre-show reception at Butterjoint\nNovember 2 at 7pm: Pre-show wine tasting with the Quantum Quaff\nNovember 18: Psychological post-show discussion of the characters at Quantum on the Couch\n\n\nViolins of Hope\nThe show will be paired with Violins of Hope Greater Pittsburgh\, Pittsburgh’s exhibition of instruments rescued from the Holocaust. Each instrument has a unique and emotional history that tells the story of perseverance and hope\, and one of them\, special to the Pittsburgh community\, will be played live in the show. The project depicts the triumphant survivors of the 20th century’s darkest times while celebrating humanity’s ability to rebound from even the hardest depravity. The marriage of these two works is sure to create an educational and impactful journey for audience members to enjoy.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/for-its-100th-production-quantum-theatre-returns-to-rodef-shalom-congregation-with-the-flying-lovers-of-vitebsk-the-chagall-muscial/2023-11-08/
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SUMMARY:Reflections from the Israeli Homefront 2023 with Rabbi Jonty Blackman
DESCRIPTION:Reflections from the Israeli Homefront 2023\nA glimpse into the stories behind the headlines.\n\n\nA glimpse into the stories behind the headlines. As Israel deals with its blackest day in terms of loss of civilian lives and a blow to its sense of security; and as it calls up an unprecedented number of reservists; what has been the reaction of the man on the street and how is the ordinary individual coping? \nWe will share some stories of shock and despair and some stories of heroism – all stories displaying the Israeli spirit in its multifaceted ways.. \nStep into a solemn exploration during our upcoming virtual talk. As Israel confronts one of its most sorrow-laden days\, marked by the loss of innocent lives and a profound shattering of its security\, together with an unprecedented mobilization of reservists\, we will plumb the depths of the collective response from ordinary citizens. \nJoin us for an introspective experience where we’ll recount stories of deep shock and despair\, as well as narratives of remarkable heroism\, all of which poignantly reflect the intricate tapestry of the Israeli spirit in these trying times. \n\n\nRabbi Jonty Blackman \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. \nThis series is planned for consecutive Mondays starting Oct 30th\, 2023. \nNext events: \n\nNovember 6th\, 2023\nNovember 14th\, 2023
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/reflections-from-the-israeli-homefront-2023-2023-11-06/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231105T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231105T183000
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SUMMARY:Sunday Salon Series: Code Name Sapphire: A Virtual Evening with Author Pam Jenoff
DESCRIPTION:The Holocaust Teacher Institute Is Proud to Announce\nThe Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Foundation\nHolocaust/Jewish Themed Sunday Salon Series\n\nCode Name Sapphire: A Virtual Evening with Author\nPam Jenoff\nfrom the bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris\n \n  \n \n1942. Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fiancé was killed in a pogrom. When her ship bound for America is turned away at port\, she has nowhere to go but to her cousin Lily\, who lives with her family in Brussels. Fearful for her life\, Hannah is desperate to get out of occupied Europe. But with no safe way to leave\, she must return to the dangerous underground work she thought she had left behind. \nSeeking help\, Hannah joins the Sapphire Line\, a secret resistance network led by a mysterious woman named Micheline and her enigmatic brother Mateo. But when a grave mistake causes Lily’s family to be arrested and slated for deportation to Auschwitz\, Hannah finds herself torn between her loyalties. How much is Hannah willing to sacrifice to save the people she loves? \nInspired by incredible true stories of courage and sacrifice\, Code Name Sapphire is a powerful novel about love\, family and the unshakable resilience of women in even the hardest of times.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/sunday-salon-series-pam-jenoff-author-of-code-name-sapphire/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231101T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231101T153000
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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\nPast Events: \n\nOctober 25th 2pm ET\n\nUpcoming Events: \n\nNovember 1st 2pm ET\nNovember 8th 2pm ET\nNovember 15th 2pm ET
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231030T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231030T163000
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SUMMARY:Reflections from the Israeli Homefront 2023 with Rabbi Jonty Blackman
DESCRIPTION:Reflections from the Israeli Homefront 2023\nA glimpse into the stories behind the headlines.\n\n\nA glimpse into the stories behind the headlines. As Israel deals with its blackest day in terms of loss of civilian lives and a blow to its sense of security; and as it calls up an unprecedented number of reservists; what has been the reaction of the man on the street and how is the ordinary individual coping? \nWe will share some stories of shock and despair and some stories of heroism – all stories displaying the Israeli spirit in its multifaceted ways.. \nStep into a solemn exploration during our upcoming virtual talk. As Israel confronts one of its most sorrow-laden days\, marked by the loss of innocent lives and a profound shattering of its security\, together with an unprecedented mobilization of reservists\, we will plumb the depths of the collective response from ordinary citizens. \nJoin us for an introspective experience where we’ll recount stories of deep shock and despair\, as well as narratives of remarkable heroism\, all of which poignantly reflect the intricate tapestry of the Israeli spirit in these trying times. \n\n\nRabbi Jonty Blackman \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. \nThis series is planned for consecutive Mondays starting Oct 30th\, 2023. \nNext events: \n\nNovember 6th\, 2023\nNovember 14th\, 2023
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/reflections-from-the-israeli-homefront-2023/2023-10-30/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231029T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231029T170000
DTSTAMP:20260708T221925
CREATED:20230911T200907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T205604Z
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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/2023-10-29/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231028T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231028T213000
DTSTAMP:20260708T221925
CREATED:20230911T200907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T205604Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T213000
DTSTAMP:20260708T221925
CREATED:20230911T200907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T205604Z
UID:10000902-1698435000-1698442200@cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net
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/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T153000
DTSTAMP:20260708T221925
CREATED:20230511T161411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231026T210658Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260708T221925
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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:20260708T221925
CREATED:20230804T125710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T184039Z
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231022T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231022T200000
DTSTAMP:20260708T221925
CREATED:20230816T150141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T200633Z
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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:20260708T221925
CREATED:20230928T004737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230928T101909Z
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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:20260708T221925
CREATED:20231011T141839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T142231Z
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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:20260708T221925
CREATED:20230927T234157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230927T234921Z
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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:20260708T221925
CREATED:20231009T184108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T170923Z
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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:20260708T221925
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T172820Z
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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:20260708T221925
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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:20260708T221925
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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:20260708T221925
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:20260708T221925
CREATED:20230907T120041Z
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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:20260708T221925
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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:20260708T221925
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:20260708T221925
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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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