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SUMMARY:An Afternoon with Author Deborah Dwork in Conversation with Emily Loeb
DESCRIPTION:“We hope you will join us to hear from Deborah Dwork about her new book\, Saints and Liars. She will be joined in conversation by Emily Loeb who works at the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. After the discussion\, there will be a time for Q&A with the audience and book signing. Read more about the book and author below! \nWant to pre-order your copy of the book? You can do so here. Please designate in the memo field if you will pick it up at the event. \nRegister here! \nAbout the book: \nA gripping history that plumbs the extraordinary stories of American relief and rescue workers during World War II. \nLong before their country officially joined the war\, American aid workers were active in rescue efforts across Europe. Two such Americans were Martha and Waitstill Sharp\, who were originally sent to Prague as part of a relief effort but turned immediately to helping Jews and dissidents after the 1939 invasion by Germany. \nThey were not the only ones. Renowned historian Debórah Dwork follows the story of rescue workers in five major cities as the refugee crisis expanded to Vilna\, Shanghai\, Marseille\, and Lisbon. Followed by Nazi agents\, spiriting people across borders\, they learned secrecy. \nOthers negotiated with government representatives\, like Laura Margolis\, who worked with the Japanese\, to get enough food and warm shelter for the refugees in Shanghai. Yet\, the women also often faced lack of support from their agencies; if part of a couple\, they fought to get paid even at a low salary despite working as long and hard as their husbands. \nMoving and revelatory\, Saints and Liars illuminates the unpredictable circumstances and often fast-changing historical events with which these aid workers contended\, while revealing the moral questions they encountered and the devastating decisions they had to make. \nDrawing on a multitude of archival documents\, from letters to diaries and memos\, Dwork offers us a rare glimpse into the lives of individuals who—at times with their organizations’ backing\, but sometimes against their directives—sought to help people find safe haven from persecution. \nAbout the author: \nDebórah Dwork is director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust\, Genocide\, and Crimes Against Humanity at the Graduate Center—CUNY. Author (with Robert Jan van Pelt) of Flight from the Reich\, Holocaust\, and Auschwitz\, among other works\, she lives in New York. \nhttps://deborahdwork.com \nAbout the conversation partner: \nA granddaughter of Holocaust survivors\, Emily became involved with the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh in 2018\, when she started volunteering as a Generations Speaker. Since early 2023\, Emily has served as the Director of Programs and Education\, in which she oversees the Holocaust Center’s public and education programs\, as well as fundraising and the annual budget. Prior to joining the Holocaust Center\, for over a decade\, Emily ran the Gendler Grapevine Project\, a sunset initiative established to honor the work and vision of Rabbi Everett Gendler that funded initiatives that celebrated the deep connections between Jewish traditions\, social justice\, and the environment. She is currently writing a book about Rabbi Gendler’s life. Prior to that\, she worked for a Native American-owned and focused consulting company\, where she served as a project manager\, proposal writer\, and editor. With the goal of centering her professional and volunteer work around causes she believes in\, in 2017\, she founded Shattering Glass Ceilings Scholarship for women who are first-generation college students. Emily grew up in Kansas City\, where her grandmother was a Survivor Speaker for the local Holocaust center. Emily earned her bachelor’s degree at Colgate University\, studying Geography and Peace Studies\, and a master’s degree in Geography from the University of British Columbia. She lives in Pittsburgh with her husband\, two teenaged kids\, and two Boston Terriers. She loves being with her family\, hiking\, gardening\, writing\, and doing what she can to make the world a better place.”
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/an-afternoon-with-author-deborah-dwork-in-conversation-with-emily-loeb/
LOCATION:Riverstone Books\, 5841 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15217\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featuring HC Staff
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SUMMARY:Author Chris Heath in Conversation with Emily Loeb
DESCRIPTION:Author Chris Heath visits Riverstone Books to talk about his new book\, No Roads Leading Back\, with Emily Loeb. Join us for this discussion\, followed by a time for Q&A and book signing. \nWant to pre-order your copy of the book? You can do so here. Please note in the order comments that you plan to pick it up at the event. \nAbout the book: \nThis by turns shattering and hope-giving account of prisoners who dug their way to freedom from the Nazis is both a stunning escape narrative and an object lesson in the ways we remember and continually forget the particulars of the Holocaust. \nNo Road Leading Back is the remarkable story of a dozen prisoners who escaped from the site where more than 70\,000 Jews were shot in the Lithuanian forest of Ponar after the Nazi invasion of Eastern Europe in 1941. Anxious to hide the incriminating evidence of the murders\, the S.S. later in the war enslaved a group of Jews to exhume every one of the bodies and incinerate them all in a months-long labor—an episode whose specifics are staggering and disturbing\, even within the context of the Holocaust. From within that dire circumstance emerges the improbable escape made by some of the men\, who dug a tunnel with bare hands and spoons while they were trapped and guarded day and night—an act not just of bravery and desperation but of awesome imagination. Based on first-person accounts of the escapees and on each scrap of evidence that has been documented\, repressed\, or amplified since\, this book resurrects their lives\, while also providing a complex\, urgent analysis of why their story has rarely been told\, and never accurately. Heath explores the cultural use and misuse of Holocaust testimony and the need for us to face it—and all uncomfortable historical truths—with honesty and accuracy. \nAbout the author: \nAward-winning journalist CHRIS HEATH has written about a wide array of subjects for GQ\, The Atlantic\, Esquire and Vanity Fair. His story “18 Tigers\, 17 Lions\, 8 Bears\, 3 Cougars\, 2 Wolves\, 1 Baboon\, 1 Macaque\, and 1 Man Dead in Ohio.” won the 2013 National Magazine Award for Reporting; his story “The Militiamen\, the Governor and the Kidnapping That Wasn’t” was nominated for the 2023 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing. He has also written about popular culture\, including the books Pet Shop Boys\, Literally and the 2004 UK bestseller Feel\, about British pop star Robbie Williams. He co-wrote the lyrics for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Boy in the Dress\, which premiered in Stratford in November 2019. Based in Brooklyn\, Heath grew up south of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. \nAbout the conversation partner: \nA granddaughter of Holocaust survivors\, Emily became involved with the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh in 2018\, when she started volunteering as a Generations Speaker. Since early 2023\, Emily has served as the Director of Programs and Education\, in which she oversees the Holocaust Center’s public and education programs\, as well as fundraising and the annual budget. Prior to joining the Holocaust Center\, for over a decade\, Emily ran the Gendler Grapevine Project\, a sunset initiative established to honor the work and vision of Rabbi Everett Gendler that funded initiatives that celebrated the deep connections between Jewish traditions\, social justice\, and the environment. She is currently writing a book about Rabbi Gendler’s life. Prior to that\, she worked for a Native American-owned and focused consulting company\, where she served as a project manager\, proposal writer\, and editor. With the goal of centering her professional and volunteer work around causes she believes in\, in 2017\, she founded Shattering Glass Ceilings Scholarship for women who are first-generation college students. Emily grew up in Kansas City\, where her grandmother was a Survivor Speaker for the local Holocaust center. Emily earned her bachelor’s degree at Colgate University\, studying Geography and Peace Studies\, and a master’s degree in Geography from the University of British Columbia. She lives in Pittsburgh with her husband\, two teenaged kids\, and two Boston Terriers. She loves being with her family\, hiking\, gardening\, writing\, and doing what she can to make the world a better place. \n\nRSVP here.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/author-chris-heath-in-conversation-with-emily-loeb/
LOCATION:Riverstone Books\, 5841 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15217\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featuring HC Staff
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SUMMARY:Ilsa’s Story: A Personal History of the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:Ilsa Dahl Cole was born in 1916 in northwest Germany. She was raised in a small farming community and attended a Catholic high school before the Nazis rose to power in 1933. Ilsa’s granddaughter\, Emily Loeb (Director of Programs & Education at the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh)\, tells her story of survival and immigrating to America\, sharing Ilsa’s reflections of a changing society as antisemitism spread throughout Germany. \nDoors open at 5:30 pm. Reservations Required. Costs $10.00 (includes meal). Learn more and RSVP by calling the Connellsville Canteen at 724-216-4518. \nGenerations programming is generously supported by the Sylvia & Martin Snow Family Fund.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/ilsas-story-a-personal-history-of-the-holocaust-2/
LOCATION:Connellsville Canteen Café and Museum\, 131 West Crawford Avenue\, Connellsville\, PA\, 15425\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featuring HC Staff,Generations Talk
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SUMMARY:Ilsa's Story: A Personal History of the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:“A story of tragedy\, family\, and survival. \nThe library is honored to host Emily Loeb of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh for a special picture presentation about her grandmother’s experience as a Holocaust survivor. As Director of Programs and Education of HCPgh\, Ms. Loeb will answer questions about the organization\, the type of work they do\, and how the tragedies of the Holocaust are still felt in communities today. \nRefreshments will be provided. \nBio: A granddaughter of Holocaust survivors\, Emily was born and raised in Kansas City\, Missouri\, where her grandmother used to share her story of survival with school groups and community members. Emily moved to Pittsburgh in 2011 and became involved with the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh in 2018\, when she started volunteering as a Generations Speaker. In late 2022\, she was hired by the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and now serves as its Director of Programs and Education\, allowing her to combine a cause she cares about with her professional skills. Emily lives in Pittsburgh with her husband\, two teenaged kids\, and her Boston Terrier. She loves being with her family\, hiking\, gardening\, writing\, and doing what she can to make the world a better place.” \nRegistration: https://tockify.com/whitehall.public.library/detail/656/1700002800000
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/ilsas-story-a-personal-history-of-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Whitehall Public Library\, 100 Borough Park Drive\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15236\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featuring HC Staff,Generations Talk
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SUMMARY:Holocaust Survivors of Lawrence County: Stories of Resilience and Rebuilding
DESCRIPTION:“Learn about three Holocaust survivors who immigrated to and settled in Lawrence County; how these survivors started families\, owned and operated businesses\, served as faith leaders and pillars of their communities\, and truly became a part of the fabric of the New Castle area. Although each survivor suffered unfathomable loss and trauma\, their stories show their own resilience and the endurance of the human spirit. \nBy learning their stories\, we all can do our part to “never forget” as we honor their lives and memories. \nEvent presenter: Christina Sahovey\, Operations Manager of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh\, where she has worked since 2016. In this education presentation\, she shares her knowledge and research of the Holocaust. \nRESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. Payment can be made at the event.”
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/holocaust-survivors-of-lawrence-county-stories-of-resilience-and-rebuilding/
LOCATION:LCHS Annex building\, 408 N Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featuring HC Staff
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