BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Holocaust Museum Houston - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hmh.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Holocaust Museum Houston REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240411T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240411T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175053 CREATED:20240206T203107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T203142Z UID:10000892-1712858400-1712865600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Project Shema Public Workshop on Antisemitism DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Project Shema is a training and support organization built by progressives to help the Jewish community and allies challenge anti-Jewish ideas. This training aims to deepen understanding across lines of difference by nurturing empathy for Jewish identity\, traumas and lived experiences. \nIn this workshop\, participants will learn: \n\nHow Jews understand their identity and history\nWhat contemporary antisemitism is and how it operates\nWhy anti-Jewish motifs and dehumanizing rhetoric about Jews and others is spreading and presenting itself in this unique moment\nHow to spot harmful rhetoric and be an ally to the Jewish community while honoring the dignity of all\n\nThis workshop is co-sponsored by Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston and Holocaust Museum Houston. URL:https://hmh.org/event/project-shema-public-workshop-on-antisemitism/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/WEB-Project-Shema.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240215T160427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T160516Z UID:10000896-1713465000-1713472200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Film Screening | "The Survivor" DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n After surviving years of being forced to fight fellow inmates in death matches at Auschwitz\, Harry Haft attempts to rebuild his life with what fragments are left. Plagued with survivors guilt and PTSD\, Harry makes a small living by boxing in New York City following the Holocaust. In an attempt to find a lost lover from before the war\, Harry organizes one last heavily publicized fight as a way to let those that he had been separated from know that he had survived. Ben Foster stars in this Emmy-nominated film about survival\, healing\, and redemption. \nFollowing the film will be a short talkback with Harry’s son\, Alan\, about the life of his father\, and the legacy of remembering those who survived the Shoah. URL:https://hmh.org/event/film-screening-the-survivor/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/WEB-The-Survivor.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240502T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240502T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240405T150126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T141947Z UID:10000908-1714674600-1714681800@hmh.org SUMMARY:Zikaron BaSalon DESCRIPTION:RSVP FOR IN PERSON\n \n RSVP FOR VIRTUAL\n \n \n \n \n \n Zikaron BaSalon\, “Remembering in the Living Room” in Hebrew\, is an initiative which started in 2011 with the goal to commemorate the Holocaust and its victims on a more personal and individualistic level. Focusing much more on survivors sharing their unique experiences and promoting conversation between survivors and those listening\, Zikaron BaSalon distinguishes itself from other Holocaust Education initiatives by focusing entirely on the human impact that can only be shared in a smaller\, well-connected setting\, with Holocaust survivors and their descendants. \nJoin Holocaust Museum Houston’s Zikaron BaSalon conversation\, as a small panel of survivors and descendants discuss their experiences\, and the importance of preserving the memory of the Holocaust L’dor v’dor (From Generation to Generation). This event will be happening alongside the citywide Zikaron BaSalon presented by the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston on Monday\, May 6. URL:https://hmh.org/event/zikaron-basalon-3/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/WEB-Zikaron-Basalon.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240215T162034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T162041Z UID:10000898-1714910400-1714928400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Yom HaShoah/Walter Kase Free Admission Day DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Museum admission fees will be waived on Sunday\, May 5\, 2024 in honor of Holocaust survivor Walter Kase\, z”l and Yom HaShoah. \nWhen Germany invaded Poland in September 1939\, it soon became clear that Walter’s family’s lives would never be the same again. At the end of 1940\, Walter\, his parents and his sister\, Rysia\, were herded into a Jewish ghetto. One day in 1941\, the ghetto residents were told to gather in the city square. There\, in front of her family\, Rysia was lined up with other young children and shot to death. Twelve-year-old Walter was sent with his father to the labor camp of Pionki\, later to Auschwitz and Sosnowiec\, and finally to Mauthausen and two of its sub-camps. \nWalter and his father were liberated by the 71st Infantry Division of the United States Army on May 5\, 1945. Taken to a hospital to recuperate\, Walter regained his strength\, but his father succumbed a month later. Walter made his way back to Poland\, where he was reunited with his mother. In 1947\, Walter came to the United States\, settling in Kansas City\, Missouri. There\, he finished his schooling\, started a career in sales and was drafted and served proudly during the Korean War. Walter was able to bring his mother to the United States\, where she settled in Washington\, DC. \nWalter moved to Houston\, where he established a successful import business. He was active in Jewish causes\, sitting on the boards of the Anti-Defamation League and Holocaust Museum Houston. The Anti-Defamation League established a Teachers’ Award in Walter’s name\, and he was the first recipient of the St. Augustine Award from St. Thomas University in recognition of his life-changing impact on others. URL:https://hmh.org/event/yom-hashoah-walter-kase-free-admission-day/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/WEB-Kase.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T163000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240122T170028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240122T203119Z UID:10000887-1714921200-1714926600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Citywide Yom HaShoah Observance DESCRIPTION:Please join us in observance of Yom HaShoah\, a day of remembrance for the 6\,000\,000 Jewish people who lost their lives during the Holocaust. During this annual commemoration\, we will mourn the loss of all who perished\, honor those who survived and come together as a community to remember and reflect. \nCoordinated by the Yom HaShoah Steering Committee and Holocaust Museum Houston \nFunding for this service is generously provided by:The Morgan Family Endowment Fund\, the Morgan Family Center and the Morgan Family Foundation \nTo live stream this event please visit:https://www.bethyeshurun.org/ URL:https://hmh.org/event/citywide-yom-hashoah-observance-2/ LOCATION:Congregation Beth Yeshurun – 4525 Beechnut St.\, Houston\, TX 77096 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/HMH-02958-Yom-HaShoah-2024-1014x676-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240509T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240509T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240402T152629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T152636Z UID:10000907-1715279400-1715286600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Shang-Chai DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Join us as Israeli journalist Dvir Bar-Gal shares his decades of research into the story of the Shanghai Ghetto\, and how it served not only as a refuge for European Jews\, but also became an important center for Jewish culture and history in an uncertain time. \nIn 1930’s Nazi Germany\, Jews and other communities targeted by the Reich found themselves desperate to find refuge in foreign lands. Due to antisemitism and strict immigration laws at that time\, many Jews were trapped and unable to escape to safety. One of the few\, and one of the most unknown places in which Jews were able to find shelter\, was the Chinese Port City of Shanghai.  URL:https://hmh.org/event/shang-chai/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/WEB-Shang-Chai.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240515T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240515T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240215T161303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T161312Z UID:10000897-1715767200-1715792400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Stefi Altman Free Admission Day DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Museum admission will be waived on Wednesday\, May 15\, 2024 in honor of Holocaust survivor Stefi Altman\, z”l. \nStefi Altman was just 13 years old when Germany overran Poland in September 1939. Soon after\, Stefi’s two older brothers were arrested and sent to a labor camp\, and Nazi soldiers brutuall beat her fater and drove the family from their house. They fled to Stefi’s grandfather’s farm\, taking shelter in the barn. \nThe family remained together until 1940\, when Stefi was sent to the labor camp of Jastkov. Later she was sent to Treblinka and Majdanek. Next\, she was sent to the camp of Dorohucza. Although Dorohucza had neither gas chambers nor crematoria of the other camps\, death always hovered nearby. Like Stefi\, many of the inmates were only half alive by the time they got there. At the end of 1943\, Stefi discovered that her sister\, Kayla\, had also been sent to Dorohucza. But relief soon turned to horror when Kayla was brutally murdered. \nStefi managed\, against all odds\, to escape Dorohucza. For the remainder of the war\, she hid in a coffin-like space underneath a barn that belonged to a sympathetic Polish farmer. After she was liberated by the Soviets\, she learned that her entire family had been murdered. \nStefi Altman\, z”l\, passed away in December 2017. URL:https://hmh.org/event/stefi-altman-free-admission-day/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/WEB-Stefi.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240522T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240522T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240221T173010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T173017Z UID:10000900-1716402600-1716408000@hmh.org SUMMARY:Warren Fellowship Public Lecture | Antisemitism Here and Now – Mark Weitzman DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Mark Weitzman is Chief Operating Officer for the World Jewish Restitution Organization where he plays a leading role in organization’s advocacy and negotiations efforts to recover Jewish properties in Europe in pursuit of a measure of justice for Holocaust survivors\, their families\, and Jewish communities. \nPreviously he was Director of Government Affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center and is also Chief Representative of the Center to the United Nations in New York. He is a member of the official US delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Authority(IHRA) where he chaired the Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial and is currently chairing the Working Group on Holocaust Museums and Memorials.  URL:https://hmh.org/event/warren-fellowship-public-lecture-antisemitism-here-and-now-mark-weitzman/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/WEB-Mark-Weitzman.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240529T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240529T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240325T192830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240516T190220Z UID:10000906-1717007400-1717014600@hmh.org SUMMARY:The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Join the Museum for a free lecture and book signing from Tim Madigan\, author of The Burning: Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. \nOn the night of May 31 through June 1\, 1921\, following an alleged assault on a white woman\, a mob of hundreds of white supremacists descended upon the Greenwood District of Tulsa\, Oklahoma. Known at that time as Black Wall Street\, Greenwood was one of the most prosperous African American neighborhoods in the nation. By the end of the race riot\, hundreds of buildings had been laid to waste\, over 10\,000 Greenwood residents were left homeless\, and up to 300 people had been murdered. Following the massacre\, the Greenwood district remained a shadow of itself\, and reports of the attack were largely unheard of for nearly a century.  \nAuthor Tim Madigan’s work gives an in -depth and haunting look into the events of that fateful day. Shedding light not only on the barbarism of the perpetrators in Tulsa\, but also exposing America’s long history of countless race massacres that occurred in the latter half of the nineteenth\, and first half of the twentieth\, centuries in the United States.   URL:https://hmh.org/event/the-burning-the-tulsa-race-massacre-of-1921/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/WEB-The-Burning.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240619T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240619T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240314T201844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240516T190653Z UID:10000905-1718791200-1718823600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Juneteenth presented by H-E-B DESCRIPTION:GET TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n Museum admission will be free in observance of the anniversary of Union General Gordon Granger arriving in Galveston\, Texas to inform enslaved African Americans about their emancipation\, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation passed. URL:https://hmh.org/event/free-admission-juneteenth-present-by-h-e-b/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/WEB-Juneteenth.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240716T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240716T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240123T224031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240604T143227Z UID:10000888-1721120400-1721145600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Introduction to Teaching the Holocaust: Lessons and Resources for Educators DESCRIPTION:EVENT IS AT CAPACITY \nJoin Holocaust Museum Houston for a one-day educator workshop on teaching the Holocaust. \nEducators will learn approaches to teaching the Holocaust using activities and resources designed for the classroom. Educators will be introduced to the Holocaust through tours of HMH’s Galleries and gain instructional strategies and resources to support Holocaust education in their classrooms. \nParticipants will receive HMH’s Holocaust Remembrance Toolkit containing lessons plans\, primary sources\, and student worksheets to utilize in their classroom. Lesson plans included in the Toolkit will be modeled and educators will obtain more information on free school programs and resources available through the Museum. \nTeachers from the 6th-12th grade\, in all subject areas\, are encouraged to participate in this FREE workshop.    \nThis workshop will credit 7 CPE and 6 GT hours.  \nFor more information contact The Education Department at education@hmh.org or 713-527-1642. URL:https://hmh.org/event/introduction-to-teaching-the-holocaust-lessons-and-resources-for-educators-2/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston Classroom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/WEB-Teaching-the-Holocaust.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240718T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240718T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240516T145934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240702T160417Z UID:10000909-1721327400-1721332800@hmh.org SUMMARY:Gerald S. Kaplan Endowed Lecture | We Share the Same Sky with Rachael Cerrotti DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Rachael Cerrotti is an award-winning author\, educator\, and curator. Through an interdisciplinary practice\, she explores stories rooted in the humanity of grief and inherited memory. Her flagship project\, We Share The Same Sky\, is a decade-long story following her grandmother’s wartime history. She is now a fellow with The Witness Institute and New America\, and hosts the Along The Seam podcast. \nRachael Cerrotti will sign books after the lecture. \nThis lecture will feature closed captioning. \nIf you need accommodations to attend this program\, please contact Heather Cornejo at hcornejo@hmh.org. URL:https://hmh.org/event/gerald-s-kaplan-endowed-lecture-we-share-the-same-sky-with-rachael-cerrotti/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/WEB-Kaplan-Lecture.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240725T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240725T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240626T162726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240702T215704Z UID:10000912-1721919600-1721923200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Bilingual Storytime - Spanish Is the Language of My Family DESCRIPTION:Join us for a bilingual storytime in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino’s Young Ambassador Program. \nAn intergenerational story of family ties\, cultural pride\, and spelling bee victory following a young boy who bonds with his beloved abuela over a love of Spanish. As a boy prepares for his school’s Spanish spelling bee\, he asks his grandmother for help with some of the words he doesn’t know how to spell yet. When she studies with him\, she tells him how different things were back when she was a girl\, when she was only allowed to speak English in school. This only inspires him to study even harder and make his family proud. Based on stories author Michael Genhart heard from his mother as a child\, Spanish is the Language of My Family is about the joy of sharing cultural heritage with our families\, inspired by the generations of Latino people who were punished for speaking Spanish and the many ways new generations are rejuvenating the language. \nThis program is free and open to the public with admission. \nIf you need accommodations to attend this program\, please contact Heather Cornejo at hcornejo@hmh.org. URL:https://hmh.org/event/bilingual-storytime-spanish-is-the-language-of-my-family/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Storytime-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240901 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240724T203936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T142638Z UID:10000914-1722470400-1725148799@hmh.org SUMMARY:National Deli Month DESCRIPTION:During National Delicatessen Month\, August 1-31\, Kenny and Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen & Restaurant is offering a multi-choice\, three-course menu during lunch and dinner for $45\, plus tax and gratuity\, with 10 percent of each meal sold going to HMH to fund the Museum’s education programs. \nAs an added incentive\, HMH will offer anyone who purchases a National Deli Month meal a buy one\, get one free admission ticket. \nFor more information\, visit www.delimonth.com. \n \n See the menu URL:https://hmh.org/event/national-deli-month-7/ LOCATION:Kenny and Ziggy’s – 1743 Post Oak Blvd. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/ziggy_1975.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240801T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240801T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240620T164423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240710T190036Z UID:10000911-1722535200-1722542400@hmh.org SUMMARY:"Facing Survival | David Kassan" Exhibition Opening DESCRIPTION:David Kassan\, Ruth Steinfeld\, 2024. Oil on panel\, 30 x 25 in. Photo courtesy of the artist. \n \n RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Please join us for the opening of this compelling and transformative exhibition featuring the masterful paintings and drawings of acclaimed artist David Kassan\, capturing the poignant stories and portraits of Holocaust survivors. \nFacing Survival stands as a profound testament to the enduring power of art in narrating the untold stories of resilience and survival. Through the evocative paintings and sketches meticulously crafted by Kassan\, the exhibition unveils the profound journey of more than two dozen Holocaust survivors. By intertwining the visual representation of the survivors with the sketches revealing Kassan’s artistic process\, this exhibition transcends conventional forms of testimony\, forging a poignant visual language that surpasses the limitations of spoken or written word. \nIf you need accommodations to attend this program\, please contact Heather Cornejo at hcornejo@hmh.org. URL:https://hmh.org/event/facing-survival-david-kassan-exhibition-opening/ LOCATION:Josef and Edith Mincberg Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Facing-Survival-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240829T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240829T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240807T185739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240807T185902Z UID:10000921-1724956200-1724961600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Holocaust Survivor Talk featuring Ruth Steinfeld DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Join Holocaust Museum Houston as Holocaust Survivor Ruth Steinfeld shares her story. Ruth and her sister Lea lived in Sinsheim\, Germany when Hitler came to power. The family was deported to the Gurs interment camp in 1940\, and their mother was faced with a very difficult decision: to let a Jewish philanthropic organization called Oeuvres de Secours aux Enfants (OSE) take her daughters to safety\, or keep them with her. Ruth and her sister’s lives were forever altered after that moment. \nDavid Kassan\, Ruth Steinfeld\, 2024. Oil on panel\, 30 x 25 in. Photo courtesy of the artist. URL:https://hmh.org/event/holocaust-survivor-talk-featuring-ruth-steinfeld/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Facing-Survival-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240912T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240912T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240823T194842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240906T203011Z UID:10000926-1726164000-1726171200@hmh.org SUMMARY:"The Bias Inside Us" Exhibition Opening DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for the opening reception The Bias Inside Us. Through compelling images\, hands-on interactives and powerful testimonials and videos\, the exhibition unpacks and demystifies the concept of bias. Interactive elements display how implicit and explicit bias show up in the world and how bias influences systems and policies that have consequences for many people and communities. \nThe Bias Inside Us is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Major support is provided by The Otto Bremer Trust. URL:https://hmh.org/event/the-bias-inside-us-exhibition-opening/ LOCATION:Lester and Sue Smith Human Rights Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Bias-Inside-Us-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240914T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240914T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240726T210611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T185922Z UID:10000915-1726308000-1726333200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Latinx Heritage Month – Day of Action DESCRIPTION:GET FREE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n Holocaust Museum Houston is thrilled to host our first annual Latinx Heritage Month – Day of Action event. As a free day for families and community members\, this event celebrates Latinx Heritage Month by uplifting the history\, narratives\, and culture of Houston’s Latinx community. \nThe event will feature information about local community organizations serving the Latinx community\, bilingual (English/Spanish) tours\, family activities\, a film screening of Dolores\, and panel discussions around issues impacting the Latinx community. Throughout our day of action event\, community members will learn more about HMH’s Latinx Initiatives Program which provides year-round education programs\, public programs\, exhibits\, Spanish outreach\, and community partnerships dedicated to serving Houston’s Latinx community. \nEnglish and Spanish Tours \n\n11:00 a.m. – English\n12:00 p.m. – Spanish\n1:00 p.m. – English\n2:00 p.m. – Spanish\n\nTheater Schedule \n10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Welcome Remarks and Introduction to HMH’s Latinx Initiatives Program and Latinx Initiatives Advisory Committee \n11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Segundo Barrio Children’s Chorus Performance on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage \n\nSegundo Barrio Children’s Chorus is Houston’s First and Only Bilingual Choir for Children. Based out of Houston’s historic Second Ward (Segundo Barrio) neighborhood\, SBCC offers tuition-free access to music and vocal instruction\, as well as transformative performance opportunities which increase representation in the arts for our community while celebrating the culture\, language\, and traditions of its members and their families.\n\n1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Fighting on Two Fronts: The Chicano Movement in the West Texas Borderlands with Dr. Jesse Esparza \n\nDrawing on insights from personal testimonies\, this lecture will briefly summarize the activism of the Chicano Movement in the city of Del Rio\, a borderlands community in west Texas. This talk details the Mexican American experience in this community\, including their efforts to combat police brutality\, eradicate poverty\, and secure political liberation. This talk will reveal a heterogeneous experience ripe with conflict and cooperation\, suggesting that Chicanos exercised myriad forms of activism throughout the city. Additionally\, this talk will address the recent attacks on humanities programs and curricula throughout the state.\n\n2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | The Power of Collaboration – Latinx Artists Working Together \n\nArtists-Curator Conversation: Visual Artists Beatriz Bellorin and Carolina Otero\, and Curator Rosa Ana Orlando\nThe focus of this conversation is to explore artistic collaboration through the experiences of Houston-based artists Beatriz Bellorin and Carolina Otero. We will discuss the different forms that collaboration can take\, and how it is part of these artists’ creative processes. We will also talk about what happens when artists come together to exchange ideas\, inspire one another\, and push the boundaries of their respective practices. Through collaborative undertakings\, these visual artists explore new avenues of expression\, ignite fresh ideas\, and investigate themes and concepts that transcend individual perspectives.\n\n3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Latinos in STEM Higher Education – Adelante! \n\nModerator: Marcela Strane\, UH Environmental Engineering PhD Candidate\nPanelists: Jennifer Ruiz\, UH Ecology PhD Student; Dr. Martin Nuñez\, UH Ecology Professor; Dr. Greg Morrison\, UH Physics Professor; Dr. Sergio Lira\, Former HISD Board Member\, LULAC #4607 President\nJoin us for an insightful conversation on Latinos in higher education featuring panelists from diverse academic and personal backgrounds. This discussion will range from panelists describing their experiences overcoming challenges in this setting to addressing the inherently leaky pipeline that exists in education from K through college. Together we will seguir adelante!\n\n4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Claiming the Power in Our Numbers \n\nHarris County Precinct 2 Student 2 Government Civic Leadership Academy Student Panel moderated by Student 2 Government Academy Creator\, Mario Salinas\nStudent 2 Government Teen Leadership Academy is designed to help teens foster a culture of civic leadership and inspire youth to become agents of positive change while making a difference in their communities through volunteerism\, public service\, and active participation in the electoral process. URL:https://hmh.org/event/latinx-heritage-month-day-of-action/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/DSC4149.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240918T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240918T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240801T192442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T203124Z UID:10000918-1726684200-1726689600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Searching for Belonging: Being Jewish and Latina/o/x in Postwar America DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation explores the histories and experiences of Latin American Jewish immigrants in the United States. Comparing two cities—Miami and Houston—Dr. Mark Goldberg will examine what it has meant to belong to two ethnic communities as immigrants in the late 20th century. In both places\, Jewish Latina/o/xs built tight-knit\, vibrant communities where they could embrace both their Jewish and Latin American heritage. Together\, these stories enrich our understanding of Jewish\, Latinx\, and American history. \nThis event is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. \nHolocaust Museum Houston would like to thank our Partner Sponsors\, Amigos Meat Distributors\, LP\, and Bank of Texas for generously supporting our Latinx Heritage Month programs. URL:https://hmh.org/event/searching-for-belonging-being-jewish-and-latina-o-x-in-in-postwar-america/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Mark-Goldberg-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240926T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240926T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240731T212742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T203028Z UID:10000917-1727375400-1727382600@hmh.org SUMMARY:2024 Ruth Vinn Hendler Lack Lecture with Walter Ulrich of Medical Bridges DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Join Holocaust Museum Houston for the 2024 Ruth Vinn Hendler Lack Lecture with Walter Ulrich\, President & CEO of the nonprofit organization Medical Bridges. Medical Bridges is a leader in global health equity and a life-changing and lifesaving nonprofit serving the global poor by providing needed medical supplies and equipment to clinics and hospitals. In the last 24 months\, Medical Bridges prepared\, staged\, and shipped nearly 500 tons of desperately needed medical supplies and equipment valued at more than $22 million to conflict areas and developing countries in the Americas\, Africa\, and Asia while also providing PPE to support rural clinics and charitable hospitals in Texas. Medical Bridges was named the Astros Foundation Charity of the Year for 2022. \nUlrich will share how organizations like Medical Bridges serve as a quintessential part of ensuring the protection of human rights around the globe by supplying badly needed medical supplies to those who need them most\, and by creating stability and opportunities for peaceful and democratic societies to flourish. We all benefit by ensuring that access to quality medical supplies remains open to all. URL:https://hmh.org/event/2024-ruth-lack-lecture-with-walter-ulrich-of-medical-bridges/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Ruth-Lack-Lecture-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241005T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241005T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240731T200831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240826T163401Z UID:10000916-1728126000-1728133200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Community Altar Workshop DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Join Holocaust Museum Houston in partnership with HTX Art in the Heart for our fourth annual Día de los Muertos Community Altar Workshop.  \nParticipants at this family-friendly event will explore the meaning and significance of Día De Los Muertos and learn about the altar making process. Attendees will have the opportunity to create crafts in celebration of Día de los Muertos. \nThis event is free and open to the public\, but registration is required due to limited seating. This is a bilingual friendly program with services available in English and Spanish. \nHTX Art in the Heart’s mission is to break down barriers and empower communities through creative expression. They envision a community in which everyone has access to the knowledge\, inspiration\, comfort\, enrichment\, and cultural complexity of the arts. URL:https://hmh.org/event/community-altar-workshop-2/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston Classroom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/4-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241007T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241007T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240911T170057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240911T170104Z UID:10000930-1728328500-1728333000@hmh.org SUMMARY:October 7 Community Vigil DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Holocaust Museum Houston is proud to partner with close to 40 other local nonprofit Jewish organizations to host a community-wide vigil to commemorate the tragedy of October 7\, 2023. This event is free and open to the public. It will be held on Monday\, October 7 at 7:15 PM at Congregation Beth Yeshurun. Registration is required and can be done online. The evening’s program will be focused on “Remembrance\, Unity\, and Hope” and include songs\, prayers\, and remarks from community leaders. URL:https://hmh.org/event/october-7-community-vigil/ LOCATION:Congregation Beth Yeshurun – 4525 Beechnut St.\, Houston\, TX 77096 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Oct-7-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241010T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241010T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240807T160932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T211842Z UID:10000920-1728585000-1728592200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Troll Storm: Combating Hate in a Digital World with Tanya Gersh DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n In the midst of the Unite the Right Rally aftermath and the meteoric rise of White Nationalist figure Richard Spencer\, a Jewish mother from Whitefish\, Montana finds herself and her family targeted by a Neo-Nazi troll storm. In the face of an alarming growth of American fascism\, Tanya Gersh finds solidarity with her community by standing up\, fighting back and ultimately filing a landmark case for the First Amendment\, setting a precedent that could shape America’s future\, and the fight against hatred in a digital age. \nThis free film screening will be followed by a talkback with Tanya Gersh. URL:https://hmh.org/event/troll-storm-combating-hate-in-a-digital-world-with-tanya-gersh/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Troll-storm-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241014T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241014T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240801T195857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T190419Z UID:10000919-1728930600-1728936000@hmh.org SUMMARY:Holocaust Survivor Talk featuring Lucy Katz DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n As a high school student in Philadelphia\, Lucy Taus Katz became a voice for the six million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust. When Lucy’s English teacher encouraged her to enter an essay competition entitled “Why I Am Proud to Be an American\,” she wrote about her experience as a Hidden Child during the Nazi occupation in Poland. Since that time\, Lucy has been speaking throughout the country at middle schools\, high schools\, universities\, and military bases. Her mission is to educate students\, their parents\, and the greater community about the Holocaust and genocide. She strives to inspire everyone with a sense of responsibility to uphold human value and to prevent future atrocities. \nAlthough busy with a career in home building and remodeling\, in years past Lucy has chaired numerous Yom HaShoah programs\, bringing the Jewish and non-Jewish communities together. She is a founding member of The Descendants of Holocaust Survivors in Central Texas\, lifetime director of the Texas Association of Homebuilders and the National Association of Homebuilders\, and past president of both the National Association of Remodelers Industry and the National Kitchen and Bath Association. Lucy attended Temple University in Philadelphia. She resides in Austin\, Texas and serves as a Commissioner on the Texas Holocaust\, Genocide and Antisemitism Advisory Commission. \nThis program is free and open to the public but advanced registration is required. URL:https://hmh.org/event/holocaust-survivor-talk-featuring-lucy-katz/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Lucy-Katz-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241107T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241107T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240925T161004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T190416Z UID:10000931-1731004200-1731011400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Film Screening | A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n In October of 2018\, the Tree of Life – Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania suffered the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history. “A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting” tells the story of the events on that harrowing day\, and how a broken community attempted to find some semblance of healing and action following the tragedy. \nJoin Holocaust Museum Houston\, along with family members of victims of this attack\, for a screening of this powerful film. This event is in partnership with the Texas Jewish Historical Society and the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Southwest Regional Office. The ADL will hold a short clinic afterwards on how communities can prevent/respond to the hateful rhetoric that led to this catastrophe. \nPrior to the event will be a brief catered reception\, where a relative of victims will be in attendance. URL:https://hmh.org/event/film-screening-a-tree-of-life-the-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Tree-of-Life-720-x-440-px-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241109T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241109T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20241008T155709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241008T155753Z UID:10000934-1731180600-1731186000@hmh.org SUMMARY:ERJCC Jewish Book & Arts Festival | Mitch Albom DESCRIPTION:Very few seats remain for Mitch Albom. We do expect that seats will become available as we get closer to the event. If you are interested in adding your name to the waiting list for this event\, please RSVP with the number of people in your party and correct contact information. We will contact you by email/phone when a seat has opened up and you will have 24 hours to respond to claim your seat(s). \n \n JOIN THE WAITLIST\n \n \n \n \n \n \nCome along for an enthralling journey in this powerful novel of redemption\, written by one of America’s most beloved authors\, Mitch Albom. When Nazis invade 11-year-old Nico Krispis’ town\, they offer him a chance to save his family by simply reassuring his neighbors that the trains are taking them to safety. It is only when he sees his own family being loaded into a boxcar that Nico realizes he has been duped\, and that the Nazis have taken advantage of his honest reputation to send not only friends and neighbors\, but his own family\, to their doom.  \n\n\nHolocaust Museum Houston is proud Community Partner for this event. URL:https://hmh.org/event/erjcc-jewish-book-arts-festival-mitch-albom/ LOCATION:Kaplan Theatre at the ERJCC – 5601 S. Braeswood Blvd ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Mitch-Albom-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241113T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241113T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240807T200446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240807T200609Z UID:10000922-1731519000-1731524400@hmh.org SUMMARY:The Shoes on the Danube: An interactive lesson exploring the memorialization of a massacre DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n All times are in Central Standard Time. \nJoin Holocaust Museum Houston\, Centropa\, and the Holocaust Center for Humanity for a free webinar for teachers. Through this interactive webinar\, educators will learn how to teach about memory and the memorialization of historic events; engage students in a geography-based approach around what the Holocaust was and how it was humanly possible; and explore how personal stories—coupled with geography—can inform our learning about the Holocaust in specific places. \nUsing Google Earth\, film clips\, and primary source interview excerpts from Centropa\, participants will study the placement of the memorial\, explore its efficacy as a public remembrance\, and discuss what it teaches us about the actions of Hungarians against their Jewish neighbors. Attendees will receive all materials needed to teach this lesson\, which they will be able to use to build context for reading books such as The Yellow Star House\, by Paul Regelbrugge\, one of the presenters. These resources are appropriate and desinged for grades 6-12. \nCentropa\, a historical institute based in Vienna\, interviewed 1\,200 elderly Jews living in 15 European countries. Our respondents shared their entire life stories spanning the 20th c. as they showed us their old family photographs\, which we digitized. Centropa offers teachers primary sources (annotated photos\, interviews)\, and secondary sources (short films\, podcasts\, websites) teachers use to create projects for teaching digital literacy\, critical thinking\, and global awareness. All resources are free. \nHolocaust Museum Houston is dedicated to educating people about the Holocaust\, remembering the 6 million Jews and other innocent victims\, and honoring the survivors’ legacy. Using the lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides\, we teach the dangers of hatred\, prejudice\, and apathy. URL:https://hmh.org/event/the-shoes-on-the-danube-an-interactive-lesson-exploring-the-memorialization-of-a-massacre/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Centropa-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241113T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241113T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20241007T191615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T134524Z UID:10000933-1731526200-1731531600@hmh.org SUMMARY:ERJCC Jewish Book & Arts Festival | Lee Yaron DESCRIPTION:GET TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n Lee Yaron examines the profound experiences of 100 people whose lives were forever changed by the attacks on October 7\, 2023. Through intimate and evocative stories\, Yaron captures the emotions\, resilience and humanity of individuals navigating moments of joy\, loss and transformation. This compelling anthology commemorates a day of historical significance and explores the broader implications of a generations-old conflict. It offers a window into the shared human experience\, making it a must-read for anyone yearning to understand the lasting effects of pivotal historical events on personal lives. \n\nPatron Sponsors:  Mitzi Shure and Jerry Wische  \nHolocaust Museum Houston is a proud Community Partner of this event. URL:https://hmh.org/event/erjcc-jewish-book-arts-festival-lee-haron/ LOCATION:Kaplan Theatre at the ERJCC – 5601 S. Braeswood Blvd ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Lee-Yaron-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241121T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241121T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20241001T204415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T204422Z UID:10000932-1732213800-1732221000@hmh.org SUMMARY:Film Screening | Family Treasures Lost and Found DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a free screening of the documentary Family Treasures Lost and Found. In the film\, journalist Karen A. Frenkel channels the driving force of discovery to investigate her parents’ unspoken WWII stories. Her research leads her to astonishing revelations of her family’s journeys through Europe\, Cuba\, Mexico\, and New York\, and sheds light on the hidden truths surrounding the tragic losses experienced by several of her family members. Through the act of documenting their histories\, these relatives cease to be mere names when their stories are fully uncovered. These riveting stories of survival\, luck\, and loss have the power to captivate viewers of all generations and serve as an inspiration for many to delve into their own family histories. URL:https://hmh.org/event/film-screening-family-treasures-lost-and-found/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Family-Treasures-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241207T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241207T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T175054 CREATED:20240808T200115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241202T155649Z UID:10000923-1733565600-1733572800@hmh.org SUMMARY:Introduction to Teaching the Holocaust for Holocaust Remembrance Week (Elementary Focus) DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \n \n \n In preparation for Holocaust Remembrance Week\, join Holocaust Museum Houston for a half-day educator workshop on teaching the Holocaust. This workshop is designed for elementary school teachers. \nEducators will learn approaches to teaching the Holocaust in age-appropriate ways by focusing on leadership\, upstander behavior\, and character-building. Educators will tour our galleries and gain instructional strategies and resources to support Holocaust education in elementary school classrooms. \nParticipants will receive HMH’s Young Upstanders Toolkit containing activities\, resources\, and student worksheets that can be utilized in their classrooms. The toolkit includes information on free school programs and resources available through the Museum. \nTeachers from the 1st-5th grade\, in all subject areas\, are encouraged to participate in this FREE workshop.    \nThis workshop will credit 2 CPE and 1 GT hours.  \nFor more information contact The Education Department at education@hmh.org or 713-527-1611. URL:https://hmh.org/event/introduction-to-teaching-the-holocaust-for-holocaust-remembrance-week-elementary-focus/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston Classroom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/Elementary-720-x-440-px.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR