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SUMMARY:Holocaust Testimony in the Age of AI: History\, Memory\, and Ethics
DESCRIPTION:What happens to Holocaust memory when the last survivors are gone? As the generation of firsthand witnesses passes\, new technologies\, including AI-powered interactive testimony\, are transforming how we preserve\, access\, and engage with survivor stories. In this lecture\, Dr. Todd Presner will trace the history of preserving survivor testimony from earlier technologies to today’s AI-driven platforms\, exploring both the possibilities and ethical challenges of Holocaust memory in the digital age\, including what it means to use technology to “speak” for the dead. \nOwens Science Hall\, 3M Auditorium (room 150) – click here for campus map\nUniversity of St. Thomas\, St. Paul campus\nFree and open to the public – click here for registration (optional)\nclick here for visitor parking information \nTodd Presner\, Ph.D.\, is Chair and Professor of European Languages and Transcultural Studies at the University of California\, Los Angeles\, where he holds the Michael and Irene Ross Chair in the Humanities. A scholar of European intellectual history\, Holocaust studies\, and digital humanities\, he explores how computational tools can expand how we see\, read\, and listen to Holocaust testimonies. He is the author of Ethics of the Algorithm: Digital Humanities and Holocaust Memory (Princeton University Press\, 2024) and HyperCities: Thick Mapping in the Digital Humanities (Harvard University Press\, 2014)\, among other books. He co-edited Probing the Ethics of Holocaust Culture (Harvard University Press\, 2016) and received one of the first digital media prizes from the MacArthur Foundation. His current work investigates the ethical challenges and possibilities of preserving Holocaust memory in the age of AI. \n\n\nOrganized and sponsored by the Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies\, Museum Studies\, Holocaust and Genocide Studies\, and the College of Arts and Sciences\, in coordination with the Faculty and Staff Innovations Fellows program.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/holocaust-testimony-in-the-age-of-ai-history-memory-and-ethics/
LOCATION:University of St. Thomas\, 2115 Summit Avenue\, St. Paul\, 55105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T190000
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SUMMARY:Minnesota and the Dakotas Yom HaShoah Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:Minnesota and the Dakotas Yom HaShoah Commemoration \nMonday\, April 13\, 2026 | 26 Nisan 5786 | 7:00 PM \nMinnesota and the Dakotas Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration at Mount Zion Temple\, St. Paul\, 1300 Summit Avenue\, St. Paul\, MN 55105. \nImmigration and the American refugee experience are deeply intertwined with the Jewish values of freedom and welcoming the stranger. This theme is particularly poignant during Yom HaShoah\, as it reflects on the historical context of welcoming refugees and the ongoing challenges faced by immigrants today.\n \nThe impact of these experiences and the challenges faced by Holocaust survivors who immigrated only a generation or two ago are part of the fabric of the local survivor and descendant community. This year’s keynote speakers\, Adela Peskorz and Ben Cohen will reflect on their family members’ memories of survival and immigration.\n \nThe community commemoration will include the presentation of the Leo Weiss Courage to Teach Award to Monica David\, English teacher at Breck Middle School.\nAll are welcome to this free and public service. Registration is required. Please leave bags at home and arrive early for entry and check-in. \nREGISTER TO ATTEND \nThe Yom HaShoah Commemoration is co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Minnesota and the Dakotas\, Children of Holocaust Survivors Association in Minnesota (CHAIM)\, Mount Zion Temple\, the Minneapolis Jewish Federation\, the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul\, Generations After MNDAK\, and the Micki and Mort Naiman Holocaust Education Fund.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/2026-yom-hashoah-commemoration/
LOCATION:Mount Zion Temple\, 1300 Summit Avenue\, St. Paul\, MN\, 55105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T150000
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SUMMARY:Yom Hashoah Film Screening: For the Living
DESCRIPTION:In January 1945\, ten-year-old Holocaust survivor Marcel Zielinski made a treacherous 60-mile journey on foot from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Kraków\, Poland\, in search of his family. Decades later\, 250 cyclists from 12 countries retraced his path in an empathetic mission called Ride for the Living\, created and run by JCC Krakow. This powerful documentary draws parallels between Marcel’s harrowing experience and the cyclists’ journey\, sparking an urgent conversation about our ongoing struggle between dehumanization and empathy. \nThis special screening will include the attendance of Co-Director Tim Roper and Producer Lisa Effress who will introduce the film and participate in a Q&A after the screening. \nCOST: $14 GENERAL ADMISSION • $12 STUDENTS/SENIORS \nTICKETS \nPresented in partnership by the Minnesota JCC and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC).
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/yom-hashoah-film-screening-for-the-living/
LOCATION:Capp Center St. Paul\, 1375 St. Paul Ave\, St. Paul\, 55116
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T120000
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SUMMARY:Lessons From Holocaust Perpetrators & Rwanda Peacekeepers: Why should people entrusted with using deadly force study the Holocaust and genocides?
DESCRIPTION:Drawing from his research and books on the leadership and ethics of Nazi soldiers and Rwanda peacekeepers\, Dr. David Frey will explore decisions made by German officers serving in occupied Soviet lands in 1941 as well as choices made by Major General Roméo Dallaire\, who was Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. \n\nFree! Members of the public welcome at either talk on Wednesday\, February 11:\nUniversity of St. Thomas \nNoon – 1 PM \nMcNeely Hall\, Room 100 (St. Paul Campus) \nRegister here \n  \nSt. Cloud University \n5:30 – 6:30 PM \nAtwood Theatre (Atwood Memorial Center) \nRegister Here \n\nBio \nDr. David Frey is Professor of History at the US Military Academy at West Point. He earned his Ph.D. in Central European History at Columbia University in 2003\, taught there for a year\, and then began what is now a 22-year tenure at West Point.  \nHe is the author of Jews\, Nazis\, and the Cinema of Hungary: The Tragedy of Success\, 1929-44 (IB Tauris\, 2017)\, which won the 2019 biennial Hungarian Studies Association Book Award; co-author of Least-Worst Decisions: The Leadership of LGen Roméo Dallaire during the Genocide in Rwanda (forthcoming); and co-author of Ordinary Soldiers: A Study in Law\, Ethics and Leadership (USHMM\, 2014).  \nHis current research focuses on Jewish refugees who joined the US Army military intelligence during World War II and contributed to reshaping concepts of American citizenship and belonging. In 2020 he won West Point’s highest award for teaching and scholarship\, the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Peter L. Zhu Scholastic Achievement Award. \nDr. Frey founded and from 2010-25\, directed the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies (RCHGS). Through the Center\, he spearheaded efforts to increase Defense Department understanding of\, research into\, and efforts to mitigate mass atrocity. He has appeared on 60 Minutes\, testified in the Senate\, and advised multiple government agencies on matters related to mass atrocities\, human rights\, and more.  \nIn 2018\, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum honored him as one of eight international agents of change and in 2023 the Museum named the Resnick Center and other global partners winners of its prestigious Elie Wiesel Award.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/what-you-do-matters-lessons-from-holocaust-perpetrators-peacekeepers-in-rwanda/
LOCATION:University of St. Thomas\, 2115 Summit Avenue\, St. Paul\, 55105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T183000
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SUMMARY:Dietrich Bonhoeffer - A Life and Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a three-part evening series exploring the extraordinary life\, faith\, and moral courage of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. A Lutheran\, German pastor and theologian\, Dietrich was executed by the Nazis in April 1945\, just two weeks before Allied forces liberated the Flossenbürg concentration camp where he spent his final hours. \nWhat could lead a young\, conservative Lutheran from an erudite\, influential Berlin family to join a plot against Adolf Hitler? Why do Bonhoeffer’s writings continue to challenge and inspire people across political\, theological\, and cultural divides today? And how might his story help us wrestle with questions of conscience\, community\, and courage in our own time? \nLed by Rev. John Matthews\, past president of the International Bonhoeffer Society (English Language Section) and retired ELCA pastor and religion instructor at Augsburg University\, this series will trace Bonhoeffer’s remarkable journey and the enduring impact of his thought. Rev. Matthews knew members of Bonhoeffer’s family and colleagues from the Confessing Church\, offering rare personal insight into his life and legacy. \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nSession I – Ambiguous Inspiration (Nov. 18)\nWe begin with Bonhoeffer’s biography: his family roots\, early education\, theological formation\, and work within the Confessing Church. His eventual involvement in military counterintelligence and his death by hanging in April 1945 reveals a life full of conviction and contradiction. His story offers what Rev. Matthews calls it “ambiguous inspiration.” \nSession II – A Tapestry of Opposites (Nov. 25) \nThis session delves into the personal and theological tensions that defined Bonhoeffer’s life and the conflicting experiences within his family\, friendships\, education\, vocation and theology\, examining Bonhoeffer as a “tapestry of opposites. \nSession III – Enlightened Patriot or Misguided Traitor? (Dec. 2) \nIn his final years\, Bonhoeffer moved from pacifist theologian to active participant in the resistance. His choice to cooperate with military intelligence opens up the question for us to ask: Was Bonhoeffer an enlightened patriot or a misguided traitor? Together\, we’ll explore the complexity of his final act of conscience and its continuing relevance for today.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/dietrich-bonhoeffer-a-life-and-legacy/2025-12-02/
LOCATION:St Paul College\, 235 Marshall Ave\, St Paul\, MN\, 55102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T183000
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SUMMARY:Dietrich Bonhoeffer - A Life and Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a three-part evening series exploring the extraordinary life\, faith\, and moral courage of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. A Lutheran\, German pastor and theologian\, Dietrich was executed by the Nazis in April 1945\, just two weeks before Allied forces liberated the Flossenbürg concentration camp where he spent his final hours. \nWhat could lead a young\, conservative Lutheran from an erudite\, influential Berlin family to join a plot against Adolf Hitler? Why do Bonhoeffer’s writings continue to challenge and inspire people across political\, theological\, and cultural divides today? And how might his story help us wrestle with questions of conscience\, community\, and courage in our own time? \nLed by Rev. John Matthews\, past president of the International Bonhoeffer Society (English Language Section) and retired ELCA pastor and religion instructor at Augsburg University\, this series will trace Bonhoeffer’s remarkable journey and the enduring impact of his thought. Rev. Matthews knew members of Bonhoeffer’s family and colleagues from the Confessing Church\, offering rare personal insight into his life and legacy. \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nSession I – Ambiguous Inspiration (Nov. 18)\nWe begin with Bonhoeffer’s biography: his family roots\, early education\, theological formation\, and work within the Confessing Church. His eventual involvement in military counterintelligence and his death by hanging in April 1945 reveals a life full of conviction and contradiction. His story offers what Rev. Matthews calls it “ambiguous inspiration.” \nSession II – A Tapestry of Opposites (Nov. 25) \nThis session delves into the personal and theological tensions that defined Bonhoeffer’s life and the conflicting experiences within his family\, friendships\, education\, vocation and theology\, examining Bonhoeffer as a “tapestry of opposites. \nSession III – Enlightened Patriot or Misguided Traitor? (Dec. 2) \nIn his final years\, Bonhoeffer moved from pacifist theologian to active participant in the resistance. His choice to cooperate with military intelligence opens up the question for us to ask: Was Bonhoeffer an enlightened patriot or a misguided traitor? Together\, we’ll explore the complexity of his final act of conscience and its continuing relevance for today.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/dietrich-bonhoeffer-a-life-and-legacy/2025-11-25/
LOCATION:St Paul College\, 235 Marshall Ave\, St Paul\, MN\, 55102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T183000
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SUMMARY:Dietrich Bonhoeffer - A Life and Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a three-part evening series exploring the extraordinary life\, faith\, and moral courage of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. A Lutheran\, German pastor and theologian\, Dietrich was executed by the Nazis in April 1945\, just two weeks before Allied forces liberated the Flossenbürg concentration camp where he spent his final hours. \nWhat could lead a young\, conservative Lutheran from an erudite\, influential Berlin family to join a plot against Adolf Hitler? Why do Bonhoeffer’s writings continue to challenge and inspire people across political\, theological\, and cultural divides today? And how might his story help us wrestle with questions of conscience\, community\, and courage in our own time? \nLed by Rev. John Matthews\, past president of the International Bonhoeffer Society (English Language Section) and retired ELCA pastor and religion instructor at Augsburg University\, this series will trace Bonhoeffer’s remarkable journey and the enduring impact of his thought. Rev. Matthews knew members of Bonhoeffer’s family and colleagues from the Confessing Church\, offering rare personal insight into his life and legacy. \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nSession I – Ambiguous Inspiration (Nov. 18)\nWe begin with Bonhoeffer’s biography: his family roots\, early education\, theological formation\, and work within the Confessing Church. His eventual involvement in military counterintelligence and his death by hanging in April 1945 reveals a life full of conviction and contradiction. His story offers what Rev. Matthews calls it “ambiguous inspiration.” \nSession II – A Tapestry of Opposites (Nov. 25) \nThis session delves into the personal and theological tensions that defined Bonhoeffer’s life and the conflicting experiences within his family\, friendships\, education\, vocation and theology\, examining Bonhoeffer as a “tapestry of opposites. \nSession III – Enlightened Patriot or Misguided Traitor? (Dec. 2) \nIn his final years\, Bonhoeffer moved from pacifist theologian to active participant in the resistance. His choice to cooperate with military intelligence opens up the question for us to ask: Was Bonhoeffer an enlightened patriot or a misguided traitor? Together\, we’ll explore the complexity of his final act of conscience and its continuing relevance for today.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/dietrich-bonhoeffer-a-life-and-legacy/2025-11-18/
LOCATION:St Paul College\, 235 Marshall Ave\, St Paul\, MN\, 55102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T160000
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SUMMARY:Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival: Milkweed: A Sneak Peek
DESCRIPTION:Milkweed: A Sneak Peek\n\n\n\nBe among the first to experience a preview of Milkweed\, the first feature-length animation ever created in Minnesota (slated for completion in 2027). Based on Jerry Spinelli’s award-winning novel\, the film is set in the Warsaw Ghetto in the years leading up to the Holocaust—its message of empathy and courage resonates with renewed urgency today. \nYou’ll hear from producer Gail Rosenblum\, meet the animation and music teams\, and discover how a film evolves from conceptual art and “animatic” to full production. You’ll also hear from Pondie Taylor\, executive director of the Courage Coalition\, which brings Milkweed and its teaching resources on Holocaust history\, empathy\, and Upstander behavior to schools across North America. \n Co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/twin-cities-jewish-film-festival-milkweed-a-sneak-peek/
LOCATION:Capp Center St. Paul\, 1375 St. Paul Ave\, St. Paul\, 55116
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T130000
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SUMMARY:Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival: Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
DESCRIPTION:Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe life and career of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman are vividly illustrated in this penetrating biography\, showcasing how his trailblazing graphic novel Maus redefined the medium. Deeply influenced by his Holocaust-survivor parents and personal tragedies\, Spiegelman’s oeuvre boldly confronts themes of trauma\, historical memory\, and identity with uncompromising honesty. From his early days co-creating underground comics to his provocative\, iconic New Yorker covers\, he steadily pushed boundaries\, legitimizing comics as a serious art form. Rich illustrations\, personal archives\, incisive interviews\, and sharp analyses illuminate Spiegelman’s artistic process\, his enduring influence\, and his outspoken fight against censorship and fascism’s resurgence in today’s political landscape.\n\nPOST-SCREENING Q&A FEATURING \nPhilip Dolin & Molly Bernstein (Virtual) \nDirectors\, Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse \n  \nCo-sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas. \nThis screening is made possible through the generous support of Katherine & Jeff Tane. We are deeply grateful for their role in bringing powerful stories to our community.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/twin-cities-jewish-film-festival-art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse/
LOCATION:Open Book\, 1011 Washington Avenue South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55415\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T132201
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SUMMARY:Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival: The Safe House
DESCRIPTION:The Safe House\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this impeccably art-directed\, Wes Anderson-esque film based on Christophe Boltanski’s memoir La Cache\, a nine-year-old boy and his eccentric\, artistic family witness the turbulence of Paris in May ’68 from the relative safety of their multigenerational home. When an illustrious guest seeks shelter in their venerated hideout\, the family is forced to confront long-buried history and unexpected revelations.\n\n\n\nCast includes: Dominique Reymond\, Michel Blanc\, William Lebghil\, Aurélien Gabrielli\, Liliane Rovère\, Ethan Chimienti\, Adrien Barazzone\, and Larisa Faber. \n Co-sponsored by the Alliance Française.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/twin-cities-jewish-film-festival-the-safe-house/
LOCATION:Alliance Française\, 227 Colfax Avenue N\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55405\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T150000
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SUMMARY:Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival: Never Alone
DESCRIPTION:Never Alone\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBased on real events\, Never Alone reveals a little-known chapter of World War II: the fate of Jewish refugees in Finland. Directed by Klaus Härö—the acclaimed filmmaker behind Oscar-shortlisted The Fencer and Golden Globe–nominated My Sailor\, My Love—this powerful drama centers on Abraham Stiller\, a businessman and philanthropist who risked everything to protect Jews fleeing Nazi persecution. As Finland navigates an uneasy alliance with Nazi Germany and deportations to Auschwitz loom\, Stiller battles both external threats and internal opposition to save lives. A gripping portrait of courage and moral conviction\, Never Alone is a moving testament to resilience\, sacrifice\, and the enduring power of hope in the darkest of times.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas. \nCo-sponsored by the Finnish American Association.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/twin-cities-jewish-film-festival-never-alone/
LOCATION:Capp Center St. Paul\, 1375 St. Paul Ave\, St. Paul\, 55116
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251027T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251027T160000
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SUMMARY:Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival: Among Neighbors
DESCRIPTION:Among Neighbors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCombining magical realism and evocative hand-drawn animation with revelatory interviews and verité footage\, Among Neighbors examines the story of a small\, rural town where Jews and Polish Catholics lived side by side for centuries before World War II. The film brings the Polish response to the Holocaust to life through the last living eyewitnesses\, revealing both love and betrayal as it zeroes in on the only living Holocaust survivor from the town\, and an aging eyewitness who saw Jews murdered there — not by Nazis\, but by her own Polish neighbors. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Yoav Potash (“Crime After Crime\,” Sundance Film Festival). \nPOST-SCREENING Q&A FEATURING \nYoav Potash (virtual) \nDirector\, Among Neighbors \n \nCo-sponsored with the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/twin-cities-jewish-film-festival-among-neighbors/
LOCATION:Minnesota JCC Sabes Center (Minneapolis)\, 4330 Cedar Lake Rd S Minneapolis\, MN 55416 United States\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55416\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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SUMMARY:Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival: Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire
DESCRIPTION:Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire\n\n\nWith his unforgettable and shattering 1958 memoir Night\, Elie Wiesel forever changed the way the Holocaust would be written about. A survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald as a teenager\, the Romanian-born Wiesel became an international spokesperson and renowned author\, eloquently transforming his trauma into literature of the highest and most profound order. In this enthralling new documentary\, filmmaker Oren Rudavsky goes deeper into Wiesel’s philosophically abundant inner life\, depicted with nuance and tenderness\, and enriched by access to his personal archives. In many ways a private man despite being one of the most public voices of Holocaust remembrance\, Wiesel is presented here in newly intimate ways known only to his closest friends. Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire stands as a crucial testament to an extraordinary man who helped shape our collective memory of the darkest chapter of the 20th century.\n\n\n\nPOST-SCREENING Q&A FEATURING \nKristin Thompson \nFounding Director of the Humanus Network \n  \n Co-sponsored with the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/twin-cities-jewish-film-festival-elie-wiesel-soul-on-fire/
LOCATION:Capp Center St. Paul\, 1375 St. Paul Ave\, St. Paul\, 55116
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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SUMMARY:The Power of Place: 2025 JCRC European Summer Institute for Holocaust Educators
DESCRIPTION:The Power of Place\n2025 JCRC European Summer Institute for Holocaust Educators\nJune 13 – June 24\, 2025  \n“Space stands as a witness to what happened.”\n– Yitskhok Rudashevski\, diary excerpt\, Salvaged Pages \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us as we travel to historical sites to better understand the events of the Holocaust\, WWII\, antisemitism\, as well as Jewish life today. Research has shown that traveling to authentic sites is an effective tool in moving people from empathy to action. In addition to gaining personal insight and knowledge\, your students and community will benefit as you bring the lessons and experience home.  \nPower of Place educators institute in Europe is an experiential professional development for teachers where learning unfolds as we tour historical sites across Europe in order to transform our understanding of the Holocaust\, WWII\, antisemitism\, and Jewish life today. Power of Place is planned and co-led by Humanus Network on behalf of JCRC and generously supported by the Minnesota Vikings\, the Tankenoff Families Foundation\, and Allianz of America Corporation. \nProfessional/Continuing Education credits for K-12 educators available through Minnesota State University\, Mankato. \nApplications for summer 2025 due by Friday\, November 15\, 2024 (application below) \n\n2025 DAILY ITINERARY – Power of Place\n \nFull payment for double occupancy $2775 \nFull payment for single occupancy $3775 \n$500 scholarships are available\n \nIncluded in trip costs: \n\nAccommodations each night \nBreakfast daily at the hotel and any other meals listed on itinerary\nTransportation between each European country (includes coach bus and airfare while in Europe)\nTours and local guides as listed on the itinerary\nSite entry costs\n\nExcluded: \n\nRoundtrip Transcontinental Airfare (From U.S. to Europe; We can help you with options and purchasing.)\nIf you are flying from a city other than Minneapolis where the group will depart\, and if your flight time is not coordinated with the group\, you will be responsible for arranging and paying for your transportation between airport/hotel on arrival and departure.\nMost lunches and dinners (see itinerary for meals included and those on your own)\nItems of any personal nature\nOptional (highly recommended) Trip Insurance\n\n2025 trip leaders:  \nSusie Greenberg\nDirector of Holocaust Education and Programming\, Jewish Community Relations Council of MN and the Dakotas (JCRC)\n \nSusie Greenberg\, Director of Holocaust Education\, has spent the last 15 years working at the JCRC\, devoting much of her time planning\, facilitating\, and implementing programming around Holocaust education and remembrance. Susie focuses on the Twin Cities community and beyond  via an active speakers’ bureau\, community trainings\, charter trips to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum\, the annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration (Holocaust Remembrance Day)\, and more. Additionally\, she co-curated Transfer of Memory\, a traveling photography exhibit about Minnesota Holocaust survivors\, and coordinated and supervised the exhibition\, Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War in Minneapolis and curated the accompanying local component\, The Story is Here.  \nKristin Thompson  \nFounding Director\,  Humanus Network\, Holocaust and Human Rights Education Consulting \nKristin is contracted by the JCRC to plan the trip itinerary and co-lead the experience in Europe.  She is currently the founding director of Humanus Network\, a consulting firm  dedicated to professional development training and creating Holocaust and human rights educational resources.   Prior to this work\, she was a classroom history teacher in MN for 19-years and Education Program Coordinator at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington\, D.C.  for 5 1/2 yrs where her primary task was training teachers in Holocaust education.  \nLaura Zelle\nDirector of Content\, Emissary | Former Director of Holocaust Education\, Jewish Community Relations Council of MN and the Dakotas (JCRC) \nLaura Zelle is the former Director of Holocaust education at the JCRC. Currently\, she is the Director of Content at Emissary\, a mobile app platform designed to address the dramatic rise in antisemitism and combat hate speech.  Laura oversees content management\, curation\, influencer initiatives and the content advisory council.  \n  \nQuestions? Contact: Susie Greenberg at susie@minndakjcrc.org \n  \nPlanned and co-led by the following on behalf of JCRC
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/the-power-of-place-2025-jcrc-educator-european-summer-institute/
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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SUMMARY:Yom HaShoah 2025/5785: Holocaust Remembrance Day
DESCRIPTION:Photo courtesy of Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum \nMinnesota and the Dakotas Yom HaShoah Commemoration – 80th Anniversary of Liberation\nWednesday\, April 23\, 2025\n25 Nisan\, 5785\n7:00 PM\, Beth El Synagogue\n7:00 PM: Yom HaShoah Commemoration\, Beth El Synagogue\nMinnesota and the Dakotas Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration. All are welcome to this free and public service. Please register to attend. \nAdditional opportunity available:\n6:00 PM: Zikaron BaSalon\, Beth El Synagogue\nZikaron BaSalon is a tradition started in Israel in 2011 – a way to commemorate the Holocaust in more intimate gatherings\, taking place every year in thousands of private living rooms and public settings. In small groups\, you will hear from a child or grandchild of a survivor to remember the Holocaust and the valuable lessons we’ve learned from it. Please register to attend Zikaron BaSalon by April 9 to allow us to plan how many speakers will be needed. If Zikaron BaSalon tickets are sold out and you’d like to inquire if open spots are available\, please email meira@minndakjcrc.org. \nREGISTER TO ATTEND \nThere will be ticket options for both the main commemoration service at 7:00 pm and the additional program offered at 6:00 pm\, immediately prior to the commemoration service\, called Zikaron BaSalon. Both are free and open to the public with registration. \nWATCH RECORDING \nThe Yom HaShoah Commemoration is co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Minnesota and the Dakotas\, Children of Holocaust Survivors Association in Minnesota (CHAIM)\, Beth El Synagogue\, the Minneapolis Jewish Federation\, the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul\, Generations After MN\, and the Micki and Mort Naiman Holocaust Education Fund.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/yomhashoah2025/
LOCATION:Beth El Synagogue\, 5225 Barry St W\, St. Louis Park\, MN\, 55416\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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SUMMARY:Book Club: Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz with Ari Richter
DESCRIPTION:Program \nAri Richter will present his book in an opening talk\, with questions and discussion to follow. Even if you have not read his work\, you are invited to attend the opening talk\, ask questions\, and be part of the discussion. \n\nFinding the Book: \nDirectly From the Publisher \nAmazon\, both in print and for Kindle \nThe book can also be ordered through other bookstores. Copies can also now be checked out of many larger library systems \n\n\nAbout Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz: A Graphic Family Memoir of Trauma & Inheritance \nIn this debut graphic memoir\, New York-based artist Ari Richter weaves together two haunting stories – his grand- and great-grandparents’ imprisonment in Dachau\, Buchenwald\, and Auschwitz\, and his own awakening to the contemporary rise of authoritarianism and the continuing crisis of anti-Semitism – with delicacy\, immediacy\, and an attention to surreal detail. \nNever Again Will I Visit Auschwitz is an act of self-discovery and the resuscitation of historical memory. At its heart is the intersection of a genocidal political moment in 20th century history and the author’s own family history. Told from the perspectives of four generations of the author’s family\, spanning pre-war Germany to post-Trump America\, it is both a celebration of Jewish cultural resilience and a warning of democracy’s fragility in the face of the seductive forces of authoritarianism. Part travelogue\, part memoir\, part historic retelling\, author Ari Richter recreates his family’s journey leading up to and extending beyond the Holocaust. \nRelying on extensive genealogical research and his family’s archiving\, Richter illustrates the lives of his grandparents while reflecting on the burden of a storyteller to carry on these legacies. It is a rare glimpse into the firsthand stories of both Holocaust survivors and their descendants\, told as an intertwined tapestry of faith\, grief\, and ultimately\, survival. Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz is an intimate reflection on coming to grips with the past. Harrowing and humorous in equal measure\, this evocatively drawn graphic novel will be discussed for generations to come. \n\nAri Richter is a New York-based visual artist and comics creator\, born in Tampa\, FL in 1983. He received a fully public education from grade school to grad school\, and is currently a Professor of Fine Arts at LaGuardia Community College in The City University of New York. Hi debut book\, Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz: A Graphic Family Memoir of Trauma & Inheritance is out now from Fantagraphics Books. \nRichter has received fellowships from the Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies\, and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture\, multiple project grants from the CUNY Research Foundation\, and residencies from the Vermont Studio Center\, the Woodward Residency and the University of Texas at Dallas. His drawings\, sculptures\, videos and performances have been presented at The Skirball Cultural Center\, The National Museum of American Jewish History\, The Tampa Museum of Art\, The Spartanburg Art Museum\, The Weatherspoon Art Museum\, The Bruce High Quality Foundation University\, Flux Factory\, CentralTrak\, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art\, Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art\, and Celebrate Brooklyn! festival. His graphic work has been featured in Hyperallergic and Tablet Magazine. \n  \n\n\nJCRC is pleased to co-sponsor this program / book club in conjunction with Leo Baeck Institute. Ari Richter’s grandfather\, one of the characters in his graphic novel\, served as rabbi in Sioux Falls\, SD\, upon fleeing Europe.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/book-club-never-again-will-i-visit-auschwitz-with-ari-richter/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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SUMMARY:The Power of Place: 2024 JCRC Educator European Summer Institute
DESCRIPTION:The Power of Place\n2024 JCRC Educator European Summer Institute\nJune 17 – 29\, 2024\nVisit Warsaw\, Berlin and Prague \nApplications due Feb. 25\, 2024 \n“Space stands as a witness to what happened.”\n– Yitskhok Rudashevski\, diary excerpt\, Salvaged Pages \n\n\n\n\n\n$2\,425.00 + international airfare per person\n(based on double room occupancy for hotel stays)\n+ mandatory travel insurance \n\n\n\n\n$3\,425.00 + international airfare per person\n(based on single room occupancy for hotel stays)\n+ mandatory travel insurance \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessional/Continuing Education credits for K-12 educators available through Minnesota State University\, Mankato.\nEach participant will be contacted by a trip leader to arrange airfare and must purchase their own travel insurance.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us as we travel to authentic\, historical sites to better understand the events of the Holocaust\, WWII\, antisemitism\, as well as Jewish life today. Research has shown that traveling to authentic sites is an effective tool in moving people from empathy to action. In addition to gaining personal insight and knowledge\, your students and community will benefit as you bring the lessons and experience home.   \n JUNE 2024 ITINERARY: \nJune 17 (overnight flight from U.S. to Warsaw) \nJune 18 – 28 (on the ground in Europe) \nJune 29 (flight home from Prague to U.S.)   \n Warsaw\, Poland: 4 nights (Sofitel Warsaw Victoria)\nBerlin\, Germany: 4 nights (Westin Grand Berlin)\nPrague\, Czech Republic: 3 nights (Hotel Rott Prague) \nBreakfast included daily at each hotel.   \nWe will have walking tours in each city with professional\, local guides. Charter busses will transfer us to additional sites and will also be our transportation between countries. \nWARSAW: \nWarsaw Ghetto remnants\, Treblinka Museum (former killing center in Nazi-occupied Poland)\, Jewish Historical Institute – Emanuel Ringelblum Archive\, Żabiński villa (original villa from “The Zoo Keeper’s Wife”)\, POLIN Museum of Jewish History\, Lodz   \nYAHAD-IN UNUM (“Holocaust by Bullets” – Father Patrick Desbois) – Spend one full day in the field with Yahad-In Unum staff members as we trace the footsteps of Jews who lived in Polish communities that were destroyed by the Nazis. Through archival research and in-field investigations\, which include interviews with non-Jewish eyewitnesses to the Nazi crimes\, they seek to identify each execution site and mass grave – remembering that each person has a name and a story and deserves to be remembered and memorialized. To this day\, the organization has interviewed 7\,925 non-Jewish eyewitnesses across Eastern Europe\, and it has identified 3\,293 mass graves. The one day in the field will give us an opportunity to investigate the fate of  two specific Jewish communities: to visit the sites of their life and death\, to analyze the archival sources and to listen to eyewitness testimonies. \nYIU – Father Patrick Desbois – His story \nBERLIN: \nSite of Nazi Book Burning\, Checkpoint Charlie\, Reichstag\, Topography of Terror\, Wannsee House (where Nazi leaders met to discuss “The Final Solution”)\, Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Site\, Kindertransport Memorial\, Berlin Jewish Museum \nPRAGUE:  \nJewish Quarter\, Terezin Memorial and Ghetto Museum – spend a full day here with Education staff and guides\, Lidice\, and end our European Summer Institute with a 2-hour private river cruise along the Vltava River.   \nPrerequisite includes attending three intro sessions via zoom beginning in 2024. Post requisite asks participants to design a project and/or program that furthers Holocaust awareness in their own community and communicate with the JCRC through photos\, summaries\, and reflections. \nMeet your trip leaders:  \nLaura Zelle\nDirector of Holocaust Education\, Jewish Community Relations Council of MN and the Dakotas (JCRC) \nLaura is director of Tolerance MN and Holocaust Education at JCRC where she has been on staff since 2005. Laura oversees programming including writing grants and delivering curriculum\, educator workshops\, speakers\, and film showings. She has been responsible for the vision and creation of numerous educational resources. Tolerance Minnesota was awarded the 2018 “Presidents’ Community Partner Award” from Normandale Community College. \n  \nKristin Thompson  \nFounding Director\,  Humanus Network\, Holocaust and Human Rights Education Consulting \nKristin is currently the founding director of Humanus Network. Previously\, she was a classroom history teacher (19-yrs) in MN and Education Program Coordinator at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington\, D.C. (5 1/2 yrs) where her primary task was training teachers in Holocaust education. \n  \nKyle Ward  \nDirector of Social Studies Education at Minnesota State University\, Mankato\n \nKyle Ward is the Director of Social Studies Education at Minnesota State University\, Mankato.  Along with working with future Social Studies teachers\, he also teaches classes on US History and World War II and the Holocaust.  He began his career as a middle/high school Social Studies teacher before working at the university level.  He earned his PhD from Indiana State University and has written on\, and researched topics related to World War II and historiography/historical thinking.   \n  \nSusie Greenberg\nAssociate Director of Holocaust Education\n \nSusie Greenberg\, Associate Director of Holocaust Education\, has spent the last 15 years working at the JCRC\, devoting much of her time planning\, facilitating\, and implementing programming around Holocaust education and remembrance. Susie focuses on the Twin Cities community and beyond  via an active speakers’ bureau\, community trainings\, charter trips to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum\, the annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration (Holocaust Remembrance Day)\, and more. Additionally\, she co-curated Transfer of Memory\, a traveling photography exhibit about Minnesota Holocaust survivors\, and coordinated and supervised the exhibition\, Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War in Minneapolis and curated the accompanying local component\, The Story is Here.  \n  \nFor more info contact:  Laura@minndakjcrc.org
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/the-power-of-place-2024-jcrc-educator-european-summer-institute/
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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SUMMARY:Yom HaShoah 2024/5784: Holocaust Remembrance Day
DESCRIPTION:Register for Yom HaShoah\, Minnesota and the Dakotas’ annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration\nSunday\, May 5\, 2024\nBet Shalom Congregation\nView recording\nThe Yom HaShoah Commemoration is co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas\, Children of Holocaust Survivors Association in Minnesota (CHAIM)\, Bet Shalom Congregation\, the Minneapolis Jewish Federation\, the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul\, Generations After MN\, and the Micki and Mort Naiman Holocaust Education Fund. \nA livestream option will be available here
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/yom-hashoah-2024-5784-holocaust-remembrance-day/
LOCATION:Bet Shalom Congregation\, 13613 Orchard Rd\, Minnetonka\, MN\, 55305
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T203000
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SUMMARY:Yom HaShoah 2023/5783: Holocaust Remembrance Day
DESCRIPTION:JCRC and Beth Jacob Congregation invite you to Yom HaShoah\, Minnesota and the Dakotas’ annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration. \nRegister\n6:30 p.m. Pre-program Recitation of Names: Unto Every Person There is a Name \n7:00 p.m. Community-wide Commemoration Service \nMasks encouraged. Free and open to the public but registration is required. \nCant’s join in-person? Livestream via Beth Jacob Congregation \nThe Yom HaShoah Commemoration is co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas\, Beth Jacob Congregation\, Children of Holocaust Survivors Association of Minnesota (CHAIM)\, Minneapolis Jewish Federation\, St. Paul Jewish Federation\, Generations After MN\, and the Micki and Mort Naiman Holocaust Education Fund.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/yh2023/
LOCATION:Beth Jacob Congregation
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230328
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230329
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SUMMARY:One Day Trip to Washington D.C. (USHMM)
DESCRIPTION:Register by Feb. 7\n2023 Trip Flyer\nSince 1996\, the JCRC’s annual trip to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. has educated participants about the atrocities of the Holocaust. \nCollege and High School students\, teachers\, police and law enforcement personnel\, National Guard members\, as well as unaffiliated community members\, join us each year to visit the museum\, spending an immersive day learning about the Holocaust and the dangers of unchecked hatred. \nParticipants must be 12 years and older. Under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Cost includes airline ticket\, transportation in Washington\, DC\, and admission to the museum. \nPlease contact Susie Greenberg for more info.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/one-day-trip-to-washington-d-c-ushmm/
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230127T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230127T143000
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SUMMARY:International Holocaust Remembrance Day
DESCRIPTION:International Holocaust Remembrance Day: A Conversation with Rebecca Erbelding and Steve Hunegs\nIn honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day\, hosted by JCRC\, a conversation with historian Rebecca Erbelding and JCRC Executive Director Steve Hunegs around “The US and the Holocaust” a film by Ken Burns\, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein. \nRegister via Eventbrite\nGuests are encouraged to watch the full 3 episodes of “The US and the Holocaust” before attending the conversation. “The US and the Holocaust” can be found on TPT.org via TPT Passport or on TPT2. \n#101 – The Golden Door (Beginnings – 1938) | Friday\, Jan 13 at 8pm TPT 2 \n#102 – Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 – 1942) | Friday\, Jan 20 at 8pm TPT 2 \n#103 – The Homeless\, The Tempest-Tossed (1942- )| Friday\, Jan 27 at 8pm TPT2 \nAdditional broadcast dates can be found on TPT.org. \nPARTNERS:
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/international-holocaust-remembrance-day/
LOCATION:Plymouth Congregational Church\, 1900 Nicollet Avenue\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55403
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221109T210000
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SUMMARY:Special Kristallnacht Commemoration – An Evening with Nick Winton
DESCRIPTION:Kristallnacht\, the Night of Broken Glass\, brought terror to Germany and Jews worldwide on Nov. 9\, 1938 as synagogues were torched\, Jewish homes and schools were vandalized\, and tens of thousands were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. \nWe welcome you to join a special Kristallnacht commemoration at Beth El Synagogue\, featuring Nick Winton. Nick will travel from England to share the story of his father\, Sir Nicholas George Winton\, a British humanitarian credited with organizing a Kindertransport of 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II. \nWhat made 29-year-old Nicholas give up his skiing holiday to rescue these children from the Nazis and how did he do it? Winton’s son Nick will tell his father’s inspiring story about the life-changing events that transformed the destiny of so many. \nThis event is free to attend\, but registration is required. \nSpecial Kristallnacht Commemoration with Nick Winton\nWednesday\, Nov. 9 / 7:00 PM / Beth El Synagogue\n\nSOLD OUT – ATTEND VIA LIVESTREAM\n\nNick will also speak in Williston\, North Dakota\, Nov. 6-7 to high school students\, teachers\, and community members.\n  \n \nNick Winton grew up learning about ethics\, values\, and the importance of making a contribution to the community in which you live.  Over many conversations during his childhood\, Nick was encouraged to hear the facts and to then make up his own mind rather than being (mis)guided by the opinion of others.  Nick himself has wide experience of the roller-coaster of life and speaks with candor about his father\, living with tragedy and the importance of keeping focused on what is important in life. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n \nThis event is co-sponsored by The Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota & the Dakotas and Beth El Synagogue.  We are proud to have Nick Winton speak to our community in association with last year’s Kindertransport exhibit.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/special-kristallnacht-commemoration-an-evening-with-nick-winton/
LOCATION:Beth El Synagogue\, 5225 Barry St W\, St. Louis Park\, MN\, 55416\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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SUMMARY:Ken Burns: U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST -- Hybrid Advanced Screening
DESCRIPTION:JCRC is partnering with Pioneer PBS and the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum to host a special advance screening of THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST — a new PBS series directed and produced by Ken Burns\, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein.  The hybrid event will be held on Thursday\, September 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum Bomber Hangar’s Voices of Valor Theater and the Quonset Briefing Room where excerpts from the forthcoming three-part\, six-hour series will be shown.  The event will also be accessible as a Zoom webinar. The event is free and open to the public.  Seating is limited and RSVPs are requested clicking below. \nRegister to attend in-person in Granite Falls\nRegister to attend via Zoom\nWritten by Geoffrey Ward\, the film examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global anti-Semitism and racism\, the eugenics movement in the United States and race laws in the American south. Following the preview of the series\, a presentation and discussion will be led by Steve Hunegs\, JCRC Executive Director. \nThe Fagen Fighters WWII Museum features fully functional iconic WWII aircraft and ground equipment and vehicles as well as a WWII library and theater.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/ken-burns-u-s-and-the-holocaust-hybrid-advanced-screening/
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T183000
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SUMMARY:Culture Coalition: Through the Narrows with Native American and Jewish Youth
DESCRIPTION:A showcase of student work followed by an audio drama by Z Puppets Rosenschnoz about finding the next step forward in life’s narrow places. \nIn a year-long\, cross cultural exchange\, Native American youth from Takoda Prep High School and Jewish youth from Bet Shalom Congregation have been exploring and sharing their ideas about roots\, identity\, and resiliency. \nHear the youths’ collaboratively-written Land Acknowledgement and see animated video shorts they made with Minneapolis artists Z Puppets Rosenschnoz. \nThen\, listen and watch as Z Puppets’ audio drama with images intertwines a story of a 3500-year old Jewish woman crossing the Red Sea with a 6 year old Cherokee boy bearing witness to the Trail of Tears in Through the Narrows. \nAt the end of the program\, you are welcome to stay for Q & A with Culture Coalition youth artists and leaders and Z Puppets. \nSupported by the RUM fund at the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas. \nRegister via Zoom
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/culture-coalition-through-the-narrows-with-native-american-and-jewish-youth/
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210412T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T141500
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SUMMARY:Lessons from the Holocaust: History for Contemporary Learners
DESCRIPTION:What can we learn from the events leading up to and culminating in the Holocaust? How did the Nazis gain control of Germany and use their power to commit the greatest crime of the 20th century? What are our responsibilities as witnesses to this history? \nJoin a community of learners from across Minnesota and the Dakotas to explore these questions\, and much more. This flexible 15-course program allows participants to choose which classes to attend. \nRegister via Zoom\nSpring 2021 Course Schedule (all classes presented 1:00 – 2:15 PM) \nWeek 1\nApr. 12 European Jewish Life Before WWII\nApr. 13 Antisemitism History\nApr. 14 Rise of Nazism\nApr. 15 Power of Propaganda\nApr. 16 Collaboration & Complicity\n────\nWeek 2\nApr. 19 Role of Law & Conformity\nApr. 20 Challenges of Emigration & Immigration\nApr. 21 Holocaust by Bullets: Einsatzgruppen\nApr. 22 Wannsee Conference & The Final Solution\nApr. 23 Americans & the Holocaust\n────\nWeek 3\nApr. 26 Rescue & Resistance\nApr. 27 Liberation\, Displaced Persons\, and Nuremberg Trials\nApr. 28 Justice Delayed: Survivor Descendent Testimony\nApr. 29 Bearing Witness\nApr. 30 Contemporary Issues
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/lessons-from-the-holocaust-history-for-contemporary-learners/2021-04-12/
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210408T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210408T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T132201
CREATED:20210211T205540Z
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SUMMARY:Yom HaShoah 5781/2021: Holocaust Remembrance Day
DESCRIPTION:Join people from across Minnesota and the Dakotas to commemorate Yom HaShoah. \n6:00 PM – Name-reading ceremony led by families of survivors and community members \n7:00 PM – Commemorative community service \nRegister via Zoom\nYom HaShoah – survivor descendant testimony. \n—\n\n\nThe Yom HaShoah Commemoration is co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas\, Children of Holocaust Survivors Association of Minnesota (CHAIM)\, Temple of Aaron\, Minneapolis Jewish Federation\, St. Paul Jewish Federation\, Generations After MN\, and the Micki and Mort Naiman Holocaust Education Fund.
URL:https://minndakjcrc.org/event/yomhashoah/
CATEGORIES:Holocaust Education & Remembrance
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