David Syme, American concert pianist living in Ireland, has had a long and colorful career. An alumnus of Julliard and Indiana University, he has performed in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall, and in 17 European countries, Canada and Mexico. He has performed all over the Czech Republic and toured extensively in the […]
Human Rights Day is observed every year on December 10— the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is a milestone document that proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, color, religion, sex, language, […]
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a one-day educator workshop on supporting Holocaust education in schools during Holocaust Remembrance Week. Educators will be introduced to the Holocaust through tours of HMHs Galleries and learn approaches to teaching the Holocaust using activities and resources designed for the classroom. Participants will receive HMH's Holocaust Remembrance Toolkit containing lessons […]
What happens inside our prisons? What’s Prison For? examines the “incarceration” part of “mass incarceration.” What happens inside prisons and jails, where nearly two million Americans are held? Bill Keller, one of America’s most accomplished journalists, has spent years immersed in the subject. He argues that the most important role of prisons is preparing incarcerated […]
Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943) was a talented Berlin-born artist who was murdered at Auschwitz, while four months pregnant, at the age of 26. Her main body of work, a sequence of nearly 800 gouache images entitled Leben? or Theater? (Life? or Theatre?) and created while seeking refuge in the South of France, is an ambitious fictive […]
Mark Toubin, ADL Southwest Regional Director Holocaust Museum Houston’s Moving Forward Lecture Series kicks off with a presentation and discussion with Mark Toubin, ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League) Southwest Regional Director. Learn more about the rise of antisemitism, how it manifests in our community, and strategies to respond.
Join Brave Little Company, Holocaust Museum Houston, and the Montrose Center for, “Our Stories Belong: Rainbow Storytime for ALL of Houston’s Kids.” Our Stories Belong is a free, in-person book club packed with creative activities, ideal for families with kids aged 5-10. A boy who wants to be a mermaid? A girl who wants to […]
In this 90-minute online exploration of stories from Ukraine, Centropa will share user-friendly resources for teaching about Ukraine in the 20th and 21st centuries, which include: Centropa’s interviews with over 200 elderly Jews in Ukraine, conducted 2000-2009; old family photographs from before, during, and after the Holocaust from those interviewees; short multimedia films based on […]
Axiom Quartet, Holocaust Museum Houston and Consulate General of Poland join forces to present a powerful and intriguing program of chamber music written by Polish and Polish-born composers. Experience the rarely heard string quartets by Mieczysław Weinberg and Mark Nowakowski, along with the colorful impressionist work by Karol Szymanowski: Mieczysław Weinberg: String Quartet No 5 […]
All times are listed in Central Time. Holocaust Museum Houston is a proud Community Partner for this event. Award-winning novelist Dara Horn will discuss her book, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present. In this remarkable collection of essays, Horn presents a unique perspective on modern-day antisemitism. Drawing on her extensive research, she […]