Start the year off right by joining Boniuk Library Book Club. Whether your new year’s resolution involved getting more informed, trying new things, joining a social group, or just reading more- we can help! Join us on January 9 for a discussion of Antonio Iturbe’s, “The Librarian of Auschwitz.” With Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, […]
Start the year off right by joining Boniuk Library Book Club. Whether your new year’s resolution involved getting more informed, trying new things, joining a social group, or just reading more- we can help! Join us on January 9 for a discussion of Antonio Iturbe’s, “The Librarian of Auschwitz.” With Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, […]
The Remuh Synagogue in Krakow, Poland. Photo courtesy of Polish National Tourism Board. Learn more about the Museum’s upcoming trip to the Lithuania and Poland. Some highlights from the trip include: Take an in-depth tour of Vilnius’ old Jewish Quarter, including the beautifully restored Choral Synagogue, the Holocaust Museum, and the cemetery where the most […]
Holocaust Museum Houston is honored to present Community Changemakers: Join the Conversation Breakfast featuring Dolores Huerta on Friday, December 6th from 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. At 89 years of age, Huerta is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century and a living civil rights icon. She will speak about her […]
Join us for a one-day Holocaust 101 education workshop for teachers. Educators will learn how to approach the subject of the Holocaust in the classroom. The workshop will use Holocaust Museum Houston’s galleries to introduce the Holocaust and will provide a variety of resources to utilize in the classroom. Topics include the long and short term causes […]
Join GHJGS this December for the ultimate Jewish holiday celebration: We will reminisce how, once again, someone tried to destroy our ancestors, over plates of wonderful food based on recipes that have been passed on from one generation to another… Our evening will start with a presentation from Charlie Burns, GHJGS member, who has been documenting […]
Join Dancing with the Stars' Dmitry Chaplin and his grandmother, Vera Levitskaya, as she tells her story. She was the only one to survive the Holocaust in the town of Khashevatoe in Ukraine.
Join Holocaust Museum Houston and the Rothko Chapel for an early celebration of International Human Rights Day. Human Rights Day is observed every year on the December 10th, which is the anniversary of the day that the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The evening will begin with […]
Join us for a conversation with Dolores Huerta about her life and work as a revolutionary and inspirational leader dedicated to social justice and the future of America. Dolores Huerta was the cofounder of the United Farm Workers Association and is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century, as well as […]
Join Boniuk Library Book Club for a special meeting in honor of Universal Human Rights month. This month we will be discussing MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient Valeria Luiselli’s book: “Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay In Forty Questions.” This short, impactful collection is the result of the author’s work as a volunteer interpreter for […]