• Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award Virtual Event

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    LBJ DINNER GOING VIRTUAL THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020 HMH’s annual dinner is its largest fundraising event of the year and raises critical funds to support the institution. Due to the continually evolving COVID-19 situation, we’ve made the decision to turn our 2020 LBJ Moral Courage Award Dinner into a virtual event. We are planning an […]

  • Zikaron Ba’Salon

    Zoom

    Join us to commemorate the Holocaust in a different way. In partnership with Holocaust Museum Houston's NEXTGen, The Jewish Federation’s annual Zikaron Ba’Salon or “Memories in the Living Room” will now take place virtually in the comfort of your own living room. Be a part of this unique remembrance where you will hear the personal […]

  • Yom HaShoah Virtual Observance

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    Please join the Museum in observance of Yom HaShoah, a day of remembrance for the 6 million Jewish people who lost their lives during the Holocaust. During this annual commemoration, marked by the 75th anniversary of liberation, we will mourn the loss of all who perished, honor those who survived and come together as a […]

  • Virtual Butterfly Workshop

    Facebook Live

    In 1996, “The Butterfly,” a poem written by Pavel Friedmann in the Terezin Concentration Camp, inspired Museum staff and supporters to create the Butterfly Project, facilitating a connection between a new generation of children with the children who perished in World War II. During this virtual workshop, we will guide you and your child through […]

  • Canceled CANCELED: Who Speaks for Us Here: Poetry and Resistance with Leslie Contreras Schwartz

    Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

    Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a memorable night of social justice, poetry, and art, featuring author Leslie Contreras Schwartz. Interweaving readings from her new book, "Who Speaks for Us Here," with discussion, Contreras Schwartz will captivate audiences with an exploration of poetry and art as tools for nonviolent resistance and for healing. Newly released from […]

  • Virtual Butterfly Workshop

    Facebook Live

    In 1996, “The Butterfly,” a poem written by Pavel Friedmann in the Terezin Concentration Camp, inspired Museum staff and supporters to create the Butterfly Project, facilitating a connection between a new generation of children with the children who perished in World War II. During this virtual workshop, we will guide you and your child through […]

  • Creating Possibility | Disallowing Hatred – Antisemitism Today

    Zoom

    Living, as we do, in a time of unmitigated hatred, hate crimes, acts of antisemitism and extremism, we must take steps of awareness and action. With programming, to include social media posts and a six-part workshop series (offered virtually), Holocaust Museum Houston takes on a new kind of leadership and outreach. The goal of the Creating Possibility […]

  • CANCELED: The Story of You: Piecing Together Your Family History – Part 1

    Boniuk Library

    Join Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) and the Greater Houston Jewish Genealogical Society (GHJGS) for a three-part series covering research and writing techniques to help craft the story of you. Sessions will cover research methods; source documents; regional history; and turning all that information into a shareable story. Create an engaging narrative that you can share […]

  • CANCELED: Downward Dog for a Cause

    Dogwood Houston

    Holocaust Museum Houston’s young professional group, NEXTGen, invites you to Downward Dog for a Cause at Dogwood Houston. Join us as instructors from YogaWorks leads us through a fun yoga class open to all levels. NEXTGen will provide complimentary water, but please don’t forget your yoga mat and towel. Following the class, brunch and drink […]

  • Canceled CANCELED: Film Screening – “Black Honey: The Life and Poetry of Avraham Sutzkever”

    Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

    Russian-born poet Avraham Sutzkever is, by many accounts, the greatest Yiddish writer of modern times. He wrote with wit, passion, and vitality through the darkness of the Holocaust, and led the Paper Brigade, an underground resistance group that hid a cache of Jewish cultural items to protect them from destruction at the hands of the […]