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Thursday, February 23, 2023

VIRTUAL EVENTS @ THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE


 


 

 

Spring Theater with The Braid: The Matzo Ball Diaries

Thursday, February 23 | 7:00 PM ET

$26 for Museum members | $36 for nonmembers.
Purchase the entire series of Spring Theater with the Braid.

 

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The Rosenstrasse Protest: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary
Sunday, February 26 | 3:00 PM ET

 

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COMING UP

 

 

The Voices of the Second Generation: From Personal Memory to Creative Endeavors
Tuesday, February 28 | 1:30 PM ET


The second segment in the Museum’s series about the writing of the second generation will host speakers from two writing groups from Israel and the U.S.

 

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Di Shvester - The Sisters: Eleanor Reissa and Cilla Owens with the Paul Shapiro Quartet

Sunday, March 5 | 3:00 PM ET



Those Who Forget: My Family's Story in Nazi Europe with Géraldine Schwarz

Thursday, March 9 | 6:30 PM ET

Members receive $5 off.

 


 

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Thursday, March 9

Join us for our annual Spring Women's Luncheon event in support of Holocaust education for students. Elizabeth Bellak, a hidden child of the Holocaust, will be in conversation with Mattie Kahn, a grandchild of survivors and award-winning writer.

 

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Object Spotlight for Members: Passover Stories
Friday, March 31 | 10:30 AM ET  

In this exclusive program for members, take a closer look at several remarkable objects in The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do that relate to Passover and explore the unforgettable stories behind them. This program will be led by Rebecca Frank, Curatorial Research Assistant.

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Seder Plate Made in a Displaced Persons camp, Germany, 1948. Collection of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1999.A.1004


 

TRAVEL WITH US

 

Virtual Travel: Vienna, Austria

Sunday, February 26 | 11:00 AM ET

$18 for Museum members | $36 for nonmembers

Virtual Travel: From Paupers to Prime Ministers in Jewish Whitechapel

Sunday, March 5 | 11:00 AM ET

$18 for Museum members | $36 for nonmembers

 


 

 

Jewish Heritage Travel
Denmark & Sweden: Copenhagen, Odense, Malmo, & Stockholm

August 17-27


Ahead of Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark (opening fall 2023), travel to Denmark and Sweden with Therkel Straede, an expert advisor for the Museum's exhibition and scholarly guide for this trip. 

 

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JewishGen Talks: American Jews in The First World War
Wednesday, February 22 | 2:00 PM ET


Jordan Auslander will illuminate the WWI era as well as demonstrate techniques and resources for documenting an ancestor’s military service and exploring the genealogically rich cases against slackers (draft dodgers) and “enemy aliens."

 

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MJH RECOMMENDS

The Sorrow and the Pity | Film Forum | February 24 - March 2
The faces and stories from Ophuls’ epic of France under Nazi Occupation. Newsreels and film clips are intercut throughout, giving a sense of the period its principals.

 


 

Morris Katz: The Presidential Collection | Morris Katz
Following President's Day, take a look at the painted portraits of U.S. presidents by Holocaust survivor Morris Katz. View the full collection.

 


 


 

Public programming at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy C. Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Battery Park City Authority; The Goldie and David Blanksteen Foundation; Marcia Horowitz Educational Fund for Cross-Cultural Awareness; and other generous donors. 

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