• Human Rights Celebration

    Human Rights Day
    Holocaust Museum Houston

    In addition to free admission on Tuesday, December 10, Holocaust Museum Houston will celebrate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with free admission, featured human rights organizations, tours in English and Spanish, and a Holocaust Survivor Talk on Sunday, December 14.

  • Resilience and Resistance During the Holocaust: Lessons for Today with Dr. Michael Berenbaum

    Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage

    Join us for a very special evening with Dr. Michael Berenbaum as he presents the Spector/Warren Fellowship Public Lecture: Resilience and Resistance During the Holocaust: Lessons for Today. Dr. Berenbaum is the Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, American Jewish University.  Dr. Berenbaum is also a writer, lecturer, and conceptual […]

  • International Holocaust Remembrance Day

    Holocaust Museum Houston

    The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 – the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau – as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. HMH will commemorate and honor the six million Jews and other innocent victims of the Holocaust with free admission on Tuesday, January 27.

  • International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration – Beyond Duty: Righteous Among the Nations Exhibition and Panel Discussion

    Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage

    Doors Open 6:00 pm Please join Holocaust Museum Houston, The Consulate General of Israel and AJC Houston in honoring diplomats who risked their lives to save thousands of Jewish men, women, and children during the Holocaust. Guests will be able to view the exhibit that features the stories of diplomats who used their influence to […]

  • Exhibition Opening | Boris Lurie: Nothing To Do But To Try

    Josef and Edith Mincberg Gallery

    Through visual testimony and the context of art history, Nothing To Do But To Try is a first-of-its-kind exhibition about Boris Lurie, an acclaimed artist, writer, and Holocaust survivor. Centered around Lurie’s […]

  • Genealogy Workshop | Documenting Your Family History: A Call to Action

    Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage

    Please join Freedman’s Town Museum in a Genealogy Workshop that highlights the importance of beginning or continuing family research using valuable archival records in Harris County. Session 1 | Documenting Your African […]

  • Boris Lurie: Echoes of Memory

    Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage

    Join Holocaust Museum Houston for this program featuring music from distinguished violinist Ilana Zaks Nederlander with a lecture by Boris Lurie Art Foundation Executive Director Stephanie Stebich. The evening will […]

  • Music at Emanu El: Bubby’s Kitchen

    Kaplan Theatre at the ERJCC - 5601 S. Braeswood Blvd

    BUBBY’S KITCHEN, CREATED AND PERFORMED BY SHIRA GINSBURG Presented by Music at Emanu El and the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC In partnership with Holocaust Museum Houston Kaplan Theater, ERJCC$36 Reserved SeatingCantor Shira Ginsburg […]

  • “Passage to Sweden” Film Screening and Director Talkback

    Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage

      Between 1940-1945 the sheer luck of where you were living made a world of difference to the Jews of Scandinavia.  For unique political and geographic reasons, the Scandinavian Jews […]