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Election 2008: New Coalitions at Home, New Directions Abroad?
10/6/2008 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Becker Theater, The Emery/Weiner School, 9825 Stella Link Road
Speaker: Ronald Brownstein
Regardless of the winner, the 2008 elections could significantly impact the United States’ relationship with Israel, as well as other issues of particular interest to American Jews. Ronald Brownstein is the political director for Atlantic Media Co., with responsibility for coordinating overall political coverage at its publications, which include the Atlantic, National Journal, the Hotline and Congress Daily. He writes a weekly column on politics and policy which appears simultaneously in National Journal and the Los Angeles Times. He has appeared frequently on “Meet the Press,” “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” and other television programs. Brownstein, a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, will discuss the potential effects of the November elections in this free public lecture. Seating is limited and advance registration is required. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 100 or e-mail
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Teacher Training on Kristallnacht and “Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust”
10/6/2008 09:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Location: Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center
Speaker: Dr. Mary Lee Webeck and Cynthia Capers
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the massive pogrom against the Jewish people in Germany and Austria that took place Nov. 9-10, 1938 – a night known as Kristallnacht or the “Night of the Broken Glass.” Join Holocaust Museum Houston as we explore the events of this night and work through resources teachers may use in their classrooms as they teach about Kristallnacht. Afternoon sessions will focus on “Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust,” edited by Alexandra Zapruder. This session will focus on how to use these primary sources in the classroom as well as the use of the video that was made using the book “I’m Still Here.” The content learned in this session could be used not only to teach history, but also to deepen and enrich a study of civics and literature. The session is geared toward K-12 teachers and college professors. Registration fee is $30, and includes a copy of “Salvaged Pages,” resources and lunch. Visit www.hmh.org/register.asp by Sept. 24 to register online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 123 or e-mail
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Yom Kippur
10/9/2008 09:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Morgan Family Center
Holocaust Museum Houston will be closed to the public on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, in observance of Yom Kippur.
"Adopt-a-Butterfly Day" at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
10/11/2008 09:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Houston Museum of Natural Science, Cockrell Butterfly Center, 1 Hermann Circle Drive, Houston, TX 77030
Cultural Bridges, an outreach program of Holocaust Museum Houston, will join the Cockrell Butterfly Center at the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) during its "Adopt a Butterfly day." Cultural Bridges members and guests will be creating arts-and-crafts butterflies for Holocaust Museum Houston’s Butterfly Project. More than 1.5 million innocent children perished in the Holocaust. In an effort to remember them, the Museum is collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies. The butterflies will eventually comprise a breath-taking exhibition, currently scheduled for Spring 2012, for all to remember. As of Summer 2008, an estimated 400,000 butterflies had already been collected. Guests will also have an opportunity to Adopt a Butterfly and release it into the Cockrell Butterfly Center, Houston’s most densely populated butterfly habitat. HMNS celebrates the addition of several hundred new several hundred new inhabitants during "Adopt-a-Butterfly Day." Receive your adoption certificate, a commemorative gift and find your name on the HMNS Web site as a "Butterfly Parent" when you participate in this inspirational day. All proceeds benefit the Cockrell Butterfly Center. Limited to 500 adoptions. This event is appropriate for children age 4 and over. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 312 or e-mail
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Teaching Training for the Curriculum Trunk Program (Middle Schools)
10/11/2008 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center
Holocaust Museum Houston invites teachers to familiarize themselves with our dynamic curriculum trunk program and to request trunks for use in class. Trunks are designed especially for use by elementary school, middle school, high school and college educators to assist them in teaching, not only the historical facts relating to the Holocaust, but more importantly, the lessons of prejudice awareness and the consequences of apathy in society. Training is provided at all levels of proficiency of Holocaust knowledge, and trunks are shipped nationwide and around the world to requesting teachers on a first-come, first-served basis. Training is free but teachers must register one week prior to the event. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 118 or e-mail
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Bonhoeffer Tours
10/12/2008 3:00 PM
Location: Morgan Family Center
Free tours of the Holocaust Museum Houston Permanent Exhibition focusing on the ministry of Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the context of the events of the Holocaust will be offered each Sunday in October beginning at 3 p.m. at Holocaust Museum Houston. Call Visitor Services at 713-942-8000, ext. 102, to book a tour for 10 or more or e-mail
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Cultivating Coexistence: Student Forums for Middle and High Schools (Middle School)
10/15/2008 09:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center
The Cultivating Coexistence forums are interactive, student-engaged programs that bring together students from different schools to learn about ways to create a more peaceful and coexistent learning and community environment. The program includes a tour of Holocaust Museum Houston, a panel discussion of community leaders and time to focus on prejudice reduction and peaceful coexistence in students' schools and living communities. Middle school forums are offered on Oct. 15 and Dec. 3. High school forums are scheduled for Oct. 22 and Nov. 19. Sessions are free, and lunch is provided for participating students and faculty, with bus travel reimbursement of up to $150. Schools must register by Sept. 12 to participate. For more information or to register, call 713-942-8000, ext. 118 or e-mail
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Shmal'tsovniki: Bounty Hunters in German-Occupied Ukraine, 1941-1944
10/16/2008 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
Speaker: Jeffrey Burds
Among the most notorious forms of collaboration with the German occupation of Poland and Ukraine were the so-called shmal'tsovniki, bounty hunters who betrayed Jews to the German police in return for cash rewards, apartments and other incentives. In his close study of archives from District Galicia, professor Jeffrey Burds of Northeastern University has traced the nefarious roles played by these local collaborators in the Holocaust. In a multimedia presentation that will integrate film, photographs, leaflets, and posters from the era of the German occupation in the east, Burds will outline the political economy of genocide in western Ukraine, tracing the extraordinary story of the transformation of relations between neighbors into a predatory hunt for Jewish men, women and children who had been driven into hiding. Drawing from years of research in post-Soviet archives, Burds will show how bounty hunters preyed not just on Jews, but also on well-meaning Poles and Ukrainians whose acts of kindness were turned against them in the upside-down world of the German occupation. In this way, the Germans were able to generate a mass culture of hate and suspicion that facilitated the roundup of the Jews. Admission is free, but seating is limited and advance registration is required. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 104 or e-mail
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Opening Reception for “A One-Man Army: The Art of Arthur Szyk”
10/19/2008 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: Mincberg Gallery
Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) was described by Eleanor Roosevelt as a “one-man army,” using art as a weapon to garner support for the social and political issues in which he believed. Szyk believed his art could make a difference in the world and became one of the 20th century’s most important political propagandists.Throughout his work, Szyk portrayed the Jewish people not as victims but as strong, patriotic and heroic. He called for a Jewish homeland in Palestine – a campaign that he continued after the end of World War II. He called for the United States to enter the war against Germany and he created many powerful anti-Nazi and anti-axis cartoons. “A One-Man Army: The Art of Arthur Szyk” will highlight the private collection of Gregg and Michelle Philipson, and will include loans of important works from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the United States Naval Academy Museum. The public is invited to a free opening reception on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008 from 5 to 7 p.m. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail
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Bonhoeffer Tours
10/19/2008 3:00 PM
Location: Morgan Family Center
Free tours of the Holocaust Museum Houston Permanent Exhibition focusing on the ministry of Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the context of the events of the Holocaust will be offered each Sunday in October beginning at 3 p.m. at Holocaust Museum Houston. Call Visitor Services at 713-942-8000, ext. 102, to book a tour for 10 or more or e-mail
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Cultivating Coexistence: Student Forums for Middle and High Schools (High School)
10/22/2008 09:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center
The Cultivating Coexistence forums are interactive, student-engaged programs that bring together students from different schools to learn about ways to create a more peaceful and coexistent learning and community environment. The program includes a tour of Holocaust Museum Houston, a panel discussion of community leaders and time to focus on prejudice reduction and peaceful coexistence in students' schools and living communities. Middle school forums are offered on Oct. 15 and Dec. 3. High school forums are scheduled for Oct. 22 and Nov. 19. Sessions are free, and lunch is provided for participating students and faculty, with bus travel reimbursement of up to $150. Schools must register by Sept. 12 to participate. For more information or to register, call 713-942-8000, ext. 118 or e-mail
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Law Enforcement in Society: Lessons of the Holocaust
10/23/2008 08:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center
Holocaust Museum Houston, the Anti-Defamation League Southwest Region and the Houston Police Department work together to offer training for recruit, in-service and command-level law enforcement officers in this day-long session. The program offered in Houston is based on a model developed at the national level by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the ADL. The resulting program in Houston, Law Enforcement in Society: Lessons of the Holocaust examines the history of the Holocaust and the role of modern law enforcement in society against the backdrop of local law enforcement during the Holocaust. The course encourages law enforcement officials to reflect upon their professional and personal responsibilities in our pluralistic and democratic society. Attendees earn 8 hours of TCLEOSE credit. This free course is open to law enforcement officers and others who are interested in learning about the roles of law enforcement in the Holocaust and how law enforcement officers are pivotal in upholding democratic values today. For more information, contact 713-942-8000, ext. 118 or e-mail education@hmh.org. Law enforcement personnel interested in registering to attend should call 713-627-3490, ext. 134, or e-mail ADL's law enforcement liaison at
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Bonhoeffer Tours
10/26/2008 3:00 PM
Location: Morgan Family Center
Free tours of the Holocaust Museum Houston Permanent Exhibition focusing on the ministry of Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the context of the events of the Holocaust will be offered each Sunday in October beginning at 3 p.m. at Holocaust Museum Houston. Call Visitor Services at 713-942-8000, ext. 102, to book a tour for 10 or more or e-mail
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Upcoming Events in November
Teacher Training for “Where Is My Family”
11/3/2008 09:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Location: Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center
Speaker: Dr. Mary Lee Webeck and Cynthia Capers
Holocaust Museum Houston’s permanent exhibit “Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers” culminates with a video of survivor testimonies. To facilitate the use of survivor testimony in educational classrooms the Museum created a special DVD and curriculum guide entitled “Where Is My Family?” This DVD contains survivor testimony segmented chronologically so that it may be used daily during a Holocaust teaching unit. This special teacher training will focus on the use of “Where Is My Family?” as well as allow teachers to meet the survivors whose testimony is contained within the DVD. Training will be geared to K-12 teachers and college professors who want more resources on video survivor testimony in their classrooms. The content learned in this session could be used not only to teach history, but also to deepen and enrich a study of literature. Registration fee is $30, and includes a copy of the DVD, the accompanying curriculum guide and lunch. Visit www.hmh.org/register.asp by Oct. 27 to register online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 123 or e-mail
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Proyecto Mariposa
En un esfuerzo por recordar a un millón y medio de niños inocentes que perecieron en el Holocausto, el Museo del Holocausto de Houston está recolectando un millón y medio de mariposas.
Proyecto Mariposa
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Texas Holocaust Survivor Registry
Holocaust Museum Houston is embarking on a timely and urgent project of establishing a registry of Holocaust survivors who settled in Texas. Your help in providing your own information and letting others know about the registry is greatly needed. For registration forms or further information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 107.
Butterfly Project
In an effort to remember the 1.5 million innocent children who perished in the Holocaust, Holocaust Museum Houston is collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies.
The Butterfly Project
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Yom Kippur
10/9/2008
Location: Morgan Family Center
Holocaust Museum Houston will be closed on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, in observance of Yom Kippur.
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The Laurie and Milton Boniuk Resource Center and Library is also open to the public seven days a week.
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