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3101 Clifton Avenue,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
513-487-3055
fax: 513-221-1842
chhe@huc.edu
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Past Events
Past Events
THE
HOLOCAUST AND THE CHILDREN-THEATER
| Life
in a Jar |
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Internationally
acclaimed drama on tour from Uniontown, Kansas. For their
high school National History Day project, students discovered
the true story Irena Sendler, of the Polish Catholic
resistance group Zegota. She saved the lives of
2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto in WWII.
Free tickets-donations to benefit aging Zegota members
encouraged |
Sunday,
March 12, 1 pm
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
5/3rd, Sabin Auditorium, Main Hospital
3333 Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati 45229 |
Sunday,
March 12, 7 pm
Yavneh Day School
8401 Montgomery Road
Cincinnati 45236 |
Monday,
March 13, 10 am
The Aronoff Center for the Arts
Jarson-Kaplan Theater
650 Walnut Street
Cincinnati 45202
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FOR
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ABOUT LIFE IN A JAR, CLICK
HERE
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My
Heart in a Suitcase
Grades
4-8 |
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Tuesday,
April 18,
9:45 am and 12 pm
The Aronoff Center for the Arts
650 Walnut Street
Cincinnati 45202
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Director:
Greg Gunning; based on book by Anne L. Fox; 55 min.
Gripping true story about Anne Lehmann (Fox), a twelve-year-old
Jewish girl in Nazi Berlin, and her family's difficult
decision to send her on a Kindertransport. Britain welcomed
in 10,000 children refugees-but not their parents-thus
splitting families, often forever.
Tickets $6, call 513-977-4116 |
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FOR
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ABOUT MY HEART IN A SUITCASE, CLICK
HERE
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THE
HOLOCAUST AND THE CHILDREN-FILM
My
100 Children
Director:
A. Margolin and O. Schwartz; 2003, Israel, 70 min., Best
Israeli Documentary '04 |
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The
film follows 100 Jewish orphans in Krakow, Poland after
WWII, and, Lena Kuchler Silberman, the woman who nursed
them back to health, bringing them to Israel. Lena survived
the war and, inspired by Janusz Korczak, vowed to care
for the orphans. Only after the children were safe on
a kibbutz did she resume her own life. The film depicts
Lena's daughter who interviews the child survivors who
loved the woman that saved them.
Tickets $8; $5 for seniors and students |
Monday,
March 20, 8:15 PM
Mariemont Theatre
6906 Wooster Pike
Mariemont 45227 |
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Watermarks
Director:
Y. Zilberman, 2004, Israel, 80 min., Audience Award,
Paris International Cinema Meeting
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Watermarks
tells of the champion women swimmers of the legendary
Jewish sports club, Hakoah Vienna. In 1909 the "Aryan
Paragraph" forbade Austrian sports clubs from accepting
Jewish athletes. The women of Hakoah Vienna dominated
national competitions, until the Nazis closed the club
in 1938. Watermarks celebrates their reunion 65 years
later.
Special guest, Greta W. Stanton, Professor Emeritus,
Rutgers Univ., prize-winning diver of the swim team addresses
the audience.
Tickets $8; $5 for seniors and students
Reception following |
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Thursday,
March 30, 7 pm
Hebrew Union College Campus
3101 Clifton Avenue
Cincinnati 45220
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THE
HOLOCAUST AND THE CHILDREN-LECTURES
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True WWII Escape of Curious George |
| Generations
encountered the inquisitive little monkey Curious George
in books and now in film. Louise Borden discovered
George's authors Margret and H. A. Rey, Jewish
refugees who fled the Nazi-occupied Paris on bicycles,
with their manuscripts for Curious George. Borden's
new book, The Journey That Saved Curious George,
tells of the escape and historical context. She shares
her quest to make history come alive. |
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Sunday,
April 9,
4 pm with book signing
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
50 E. Freedom Way
Cincinnati 45202 |
FOR
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ABOUT THE JOURNEY THAT SAVED
CURIOUS GEORGE, CLICK
HERE
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| Teaching
Children Today about the Holocaust |
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Dr.
Racelle Weiman, director of The Center For Holocaust
and Humanity Education, presents literature, exhibitions,
and state-of-the-art mixed media for children. She leads
a discussion for parents, teachers, and community members
addressing the questions: When and how should we teach
the Holocaust? How can we relate it to present society?
How do we convey the lessons of compassion, social responsibility,
and optimism?
Tuesday,
April 11, 7:30 pm
Hebrew Union College Campus
Mayerson Hall
3101 Clifton Avenue
Cincinnati 45220
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The
Last Eyewitnesses: Child Survivors in Poland
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Drs.
Julian and Fay Vogel Bussgang, researchers from Massachusetts,
were instrumental in recording, translating and transmitting
the accounts of the last Jews still living in Poland.
Today, Jewish orphans-estimated between 5,000-20,000-
live with conflicted identities. Freedoms in Eastern Europe
have led to a revitalization of Jewish life. This program
theme is relevant during this Passover season.
Partnership with Adath Israel Congregation
Book Signing: The Last Eyewitnesses, I & II,
Northwestern University Press |
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Monday,
April 17, 7:30 pm with book signing
Northern Hills Synagogue
5714 Fields Ertel Rd
Deerfield Twp 45249
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Tuesday,
April 18, 5:30 pm with book signing
Miami University
105 Macmillan Hall
Oxford 45056 |
| Vedem,
The Secret Magazine by the Boys of Terezin |
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George
Brady, beloved for bringing his sister Hana's story
to life in Hana's Suitcase, returns to tell the
extraordinary story of Vedem, the magazine created by
the adolescent boys in his own barrack in the Terezin
ghetto. Brady shares the riveting account of the poetry,
artwork, essays, and even jokes that the boys produced
weekly. Long suppressed by the communists, We Are
Children Just the Same: Vedem was published with
Brady's help, winning many book awards.
Lara Brady joins her father to share his legacy.
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Wednesday,
April 26, 7:30 pm
Anderson High School
7560 Forest Road
Cincinnati 45255 |
Thursday,
April 27, 4 pm
University of Cincinnati
Max Kade German Cultural Center
Room 736, Old Chem Building
Cincinnati 45219 |
Friday,
April 28, 6:15 pm
Family Shabbat Service
Isaac M. Wise Temple
8329 Ridge Road
Cincinnati 45236 |
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THE
HOLOCAUST AND THE CHILDREN-YOM HASHOAH
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Reach
for the Stars Bnai
Mitzvah Program Videoconference
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| The
astrophysicist from the Israel space program, Professor
Joachim Joseph "Yoya," is the hero meeting
with 7th graders from across the Cincinnati Jewish community.
His Bar Mitzvah in Bergen-Belsen during the Holocaust,
with a small Torah scroll smuggled into the camp by Rabbi
Simon Dasberg, is the unique focus. Sixty years later,
Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, took the Torah
on the Columbia Space Shuttle. Yoya tells a story of universal
proportions, discovery of the worst and the best of humankind. |
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Sunday, April 23, 10 am
Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Learning Center
3101 Clifton Avenue
Cincinnati 45220 |
FOR
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ABOUT REACH FOR THE STARS, CLICK
HERE
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| Yom
HaShoah Community-Wide Commemoration |
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Candle
lighting and prayer are part of this moving and significant
annual event. Open to people of all faiths.
Sunday,
April 23, 2 pm
Adath Israel Congregation
3201 E. Galbraith Road
Cincinnati 45236
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THE
HOLOCAUST AND THE CHILDREN-PANELS
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Dialogue:
Grandchildren of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Germans
Today
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This
facilitated discussion investigates the shared history
of contemporary Germans and third generation members of
the Jewish community. Sponsored by the JFS Center for
Holocaust Survivors and Action Reconciliation Service
for Peace, Germany.
Monday, April 24, 4 pm
Temple Sholom
3100 Longmeadow Lane
Cincinnati 45236 |
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Untold
Stories: Three Children Under Nazi Tyranny
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Three
very different children's testimonies form this intriguing
panel presentation. Discusses organized institutions that
used Nazi policies to their own advantage, and used children,
in particular, as pawns. The panel includes two child
survivors and a former member of the Hitler Youth. The
three longtime |
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Panelists
Sonja Stratman,
Henry Fenichal,
Zahava Rendler
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Cincinnatians
share their childhood experiences from Nazi-occupied Europe,
appearing together for the first time. |
Thursday,
March 30, 12:30 pm
Thomas More College
Steigerwald Hall
333 Thomas More Parkway
Crestview Hills
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THE
HOLOCAUST AND THE CHILDREN-EXHIBITS
Janusz
Korczak and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto
The
Vancouver Holocaust Centre |
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Janusz
Korczak valued the rights of children uppermost in his
mind. UNESCO declared 1979 as the "Year of Janusz
Korczak," yet few know about the man or his progressive
ideas on education and children's rights. The exhibit
examines the life, the experiences and tragic fate of
Korczak and the children he protected in the Warsaw Ghetto.
It reflects on children's rights during the Holocaust
and the significance of those rights for the world today. |
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April
5-26 at Hebrew Union College
and April 26-May 16 at University of Cincinnati |
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Smallest
Witness: The Crisis in Darfur through Children's Eyes
Human
Rights Watch
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Children
from Darfur in 7 refugee camps drew scenes of animals,
flowers and village life and which they juxtaposed with
violent images. The children insisted that their story
of the crisis in Sudan be told.
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April
4-26, 2006
The National Underground Railroad Freedom
Center
50 E. Freedom Way
Cincinnati 45202 |
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TO
ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE GENOCIDE
IN DARFUR, CLICK
HERE
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THE
HOLOCAUST AND THE CHILDREN-BUTTERFLY SHOW
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ADULT
PROGRAM
BUTTERFLIES DON'T LIVE IN THE GHETTO
Thursday, May 11, 7 pm
Gala Performing Arts Event and Dessert Reception
Poetry, Song, Art, Theater
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- Roma
Kaltman, Honorary Chair, Teen survivor of Lodz
and Auschwitz
- Mark
Mallory, Mayor of Cincinnati, presenting contest winners
- Xavier
University, Department of Theater and Music performers
- Cantor
Yvon Shore, Director of Liturgical Arts and Music,
HUC
- Ela
Weisberger, child survivor of Terezin Ghetto
Tickets:
$50 donation
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YOUTH
PROGRAM
ART AND WRITING CONTEST
Open to Greater Cincinnati Area Students |
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5-12 |
3
divisions |
Deadline:
April 10 |
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The
poem that is considered the symbol of the 1.5 million
children
who perished in the Holocaust, entitled I Never Saw
Another Butterfly,
written by a teen in the Terezin Ghetto, is the theme
for the contest.
For more information on the contest, click
here.
All
contestants and award winners are invited to a
DAY OF RECOGNITION
Friday, May 12, 11am-1pm
Krohn Conservatory, Eden Park
Exhibition of student work - performances - poetry reading
Special guest, Ela Weisberger, child survivor of Terezin
Ghetto
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EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES FOR HOLOCAUST AWARENESS WEEKS 2006:
THE
HOLOCAUST AND THE CHILDREN
Educators, students, and all curious
individuals
are encouraged to choose from the options below to access online learning
resources.
All materials augment Holocaust Awareness Weeks programs.
| Life
in a Jar |
Vedem |
Reach
for the Stars |
Janusz
Korczak |
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| For
a research activity about rescuer Irena Sendler and the students
who discovered her story, click
here. |
For
articles, poems,
and art from Vedem,
with questions
for discussion
and application,
click here. |
For
educational materials for
Reach for the Stars,
click here. |
Educational
Materials
coming soon. |
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