JCC Community Group Trip to poland

June 21-July 5, 2020​

 Join the Levin JCC as we explore the Jewish roots of Poland.

Led by Anna Klein            Warsaw * Lodz * Czestochowa * Krakow

https://www.shalomdch.org/calendar/poland-trip-info-session-2/ 

​​​​Duke Center for Jewish Studies
www.jewishstudies.duke.edu

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Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration​

April 19, 2020
3:00 pm
Beth El Synagogue, 1004 Watts Street, Durham

Guest Speaker:

Gerhard Weinberg is an internationally acclaimed military, diplomatic and Holocaust historian.

He is the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Emeritus Professor of History at the University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill and a Kindertransport survivor.  In honor of the 75th Anniversary of the end of WWII his

talk is entitled: "The End of the Holocaust: Liberation and Recognition"

Student essay and poster contests award presentations

Music by the students of the NC School of Science and Math  and the Triangle Jewish Chorale

Candle lighting ceremony

For more information: sharonhalperin88@gmail.com 

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust Educator Workshops

https://ncholocaustcouncil.org/

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Workshops listed here:   http://www.ncpublicschools.org/holocaust-council/workshops/​

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Live Streamed Events. Available on demand at: ushmm.org/watch.

The Coalition for Preserving Memory
2nd Annual Film Festival

Saturday, February 8, 2020 
1-5 p.m followed by a catered dinner
Rubenstein Arts Center, Duke Campus (Durham)

https://www.facebook.com/events/1627035500782762/

The festival features three important films dedicated to remembering and raising awareness about mass atrocities and human rights crimes. We will have speakers and dinner as well. Come for one film or stay for all 3!  
Schedule for the evening: 
1 p.m.: “Leaving Memel” (https://elirab.me/leaving-memel/)
2 p.m.: Q&A with Scott and Emily Finkelstein, Family Members
2:30 p.m.: “Violins of Hope” (https://www.npr.org/2012/04/15/150645417/violins-of-hope-instruments-from-the-holocaust)
3:30 p.m.: break/debrief 
4 p.m.: “The Armenian Genocide” (as seen on PBS;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Armenian_Genocide_(film))
5 p.m.: Catered dinner

​​​Carolina Center for Jewish Studies
https://jewishstudies.unc.edu

Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Event: Why Did the Holocaust Happen?
January 27, 2020
5:30pm, UNC-CH Hill Hall, Moeser Auditorium

Holocaust Remembrance Day Lecture: Academic lecture with David Engel of New York University: Why Did the Holocaust Happen?

https://jewishstudies.unc.edu/event/annual-holocaust-remembrance-day-event/​​