SOLD OUT: Resistance and Resilience: Surviving the Nazis in Amsterdam
Thursday, September 19, 7pm
Jewish Association on Aging (200 JHF Dr, Pittsburgh, PA, 15217)
Join the Holocaust Center in discussing the book When A Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew… with its author, Hendrika de Vries. Ms. de Vries will be sharing segments from her memoir and reflecting on the significance of a young girl’s memories of Nazi oppression in WWII Amsterdam for today’s world.
Learn More: https://hcofpgh.org/resistance-and-resilience/
Registration for this event has now closed.
Teaching the Holocaust Through Theater
Friday, October 4, 9am-3pm
Allegheny Intermediate Unit (475 E Waterfront Dr, Homestead, PA 15120)
In partnership with Prime Stage Theater, the Holocaust Center will hold this day-long Teacher Training twice, on October 4, 2019 and March 6, 2020. Act 48 credit is available.
Learn More: https://hcofpgh.org/theatertraining/
Register: https://jfedpgh.org/theater-teacher-training-1920
“Lest We Forget” Opening
Thursday, October 17, 4:30pm-6pm
Cathedral of Learning Lawn, University of Pittsburgh (4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260)
Join us for the opening of Luigi Toscano’s latest iteration of Lest We Forget. This internationally renowned exhibit that has travelled from Berlin to New York City is coming to the University of Pittsburgh campus October 2019.
Learn More: https://hcofpgh.org/lest-we-forget/
Register: https://jfedpgh.org/luigi-toscano
CHUTZ-POW! Volume IV Launch Party
Wednesday, October 30, 6pm
Chatham University (Mellon Boardroom, Woodland Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15232)
Join us as we celebrate the launch of CHUTZ-POW! Volume IV: Women’s Stories.
Learn More: https://hcofpgh.org/cp4kickoff/
Register: https://jfedpgh.org/chutz-pow
2019 Kristallnacht Commemoration: Etty
Saturday, November 9, 7:30pm
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall (4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213)
Etty is a touring one-woman play based on the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum, adapted and performed by Susan Stein.
Learn More: https://hcofpgh.org/kristallnacht19/
Register: https://jfedpgh.org/kristallnacht
Antisemitism, Hate, and Social Responsibility
Sunday and Monday, November 10-11
Rodef Shalom (4905 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213)
This conference will feature lectures by renowned scholars and workshops that will equip teachers to educate and inspire their students to identify and combat hate, antisemitism and racism of all kinds.
Learn more: https://classroomswithoutborders.org/events/show.php?229
Register: https://jfedpgh.org/antisemitism-hate-and-social-responsibility
Book a hotel with our group rate: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1562071809696&key=GRP&app=resvlink
CHUTZ-POW! Volume IV Launch Party –South Hills Edition
Tuesday, November 19, 7pm
JCC South Hills (345 Kane Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15243)
Join us as we celebrate the launch of CHUTZ-POW! Volume IV: Women’s Stories in the South Hills.
Learn More: https://hcofpgh.org/cp4kickoff/
Register: https://jfedpgh.org/chutz-pow
Teaching the Holocaust Through Theater
Friday, March 6, 9am-3pm
Allegheny Intermediate Unit (475 E Waterfront Dr, Homestead, PA 15120)
In partnership with Prime Stage Theater, the Holocaust Center will hold this day-long Teacher Training twice, on October 4, 2019 and March 6, 2020. Act 48 credit is available.
Learn More: https://hcofpgh.org/theatertraining/