The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, March 10 at 11:00 am via Zoom with Ray Warren. Ray Warren tells the inspirational story of his mother and father, both Holocaust survivors. Ray's mother, Fannie, was born in the small town of Zwolen, Poland in 1916. Her father was a merchant, and his store building also served…

Mockingbird Grows Up: Rereading Harper Lee Since Watchman Tuesday, March 16, 2021 | 6:00 PM | Zoom Join editors Cheli Reutter and Jonathan S. Cullick for a talk and Q&A discussion on their book, Mockingbird Grows Up: Re-Reading Harper Lee Since Go Set a Watchman Came Out (UT Press, 2020). Cullick and Reutter will discuss the value of reading, teaching, and engaging in community conversations about Harper Lee's classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, and her hidden gem, Go Set a…

The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, March 17 at 11:00 am via Zoom with Helen Kaltman. Helen Altman Kaltman was born in 1937 in Poland. She was two years old when the war began. Her family fled to the Soviet Union, where her mother, Dora had family. They were sent to Siberia, after a year…

An Evening with Samantha Power: Discussing "The Education of an Idealist" Thursday, March 18, 2021 | 7:00 PM | Zoom Join the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center for a virtual conversation with Samantha Power, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations. In this intimate and thought-provoking dialogue, Samantha Power will discuss her New York Times-bestselling memoir, The Education of an Idealist, and offer insight on a range of pressing global issues.  This…

The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, March 24 at 11:00 am via Zoom with Sol Factor. Mr. Sol Factor was born in a DP Hospital in Munich, Germany in June of 1946. For reasons unknown to him, he was separated from his natural mother two weeks after his birth. He was brought to the United…

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The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, March 31 at 11:00 am via Zoom with Joan Kodish. Joan Allyn Kodish, the only daughter of Holocaust survivor, Carla Maling Kodish OBM, is now an author, Jewish educator and B’nai Mitzvah tutor throughout the United States.  It has become her mission to relay her mother’s story to student…

The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, April 7 at 11:00 am via Zoom with Mark Heiman. Mark will tell the story of his family, originally from Demmelsdorf, a small farming community in Bavaria. Mark’s grandfather, Karl, served in the German army in WWI. He later moved to Munich where he established a textile business and…