Past Events 2024
Ghetto Fighters' House Holocaust Museum Virtual Tour
To commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, join us on Sunday, January 28, 2024 at 11:00 am to participate in a virtual tour of the Ghetto Fighters' House Holocaust Museum in Israel. The Ghetto Fighters' House was established in 1949 by Holocaust survivors, among them survivors of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, and is among the first museums of its kind. The museum focuses on Jewish resistance, moral choices, and the triumph of the human spirit.
www.gfh.org.il/engA Greek Girl in Auschwitz
In honor of the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz (1/27/45), join Bonnie Hauser as she recounts the harrowing story of her mother, Rebecca Yomtov Hauser. Rebecca, along with the entire Jewish community of Ioannina, Greece was rounded up and deported to Auschwitz in March of 1944. After almost a year at Auschwitz, Rebecca was transferred to Bergen-Belsen until it was liberated in April of 1945. Rebecca was the only survivor in her immediate family. This is a free event open to the public. Hybrid available (call & ask for link). Pre-registration required: 919-245-2015. Sponsored by The Orange County Department on Aging.
Community Yom HaShoah Commemoration
This year's community Yom HaShoah event will be held at Judea Reform Congregation. We will be exhibiting Holocaust related art in the gallery. Doors will open at 3 PM so people can view the artwork. The commemoration begins at 4 PM. Weaving together survivors' stories, this year's commemoration will feature SONAM (Singers of New and Ancient Music) who will be singing selections from Verdi's Requiem and other poetry and music from Terezín.
Film Screening to Commemorate Yom HaShoah and Yom Ha'atzmaut — The Long Way Home
The Long Way Home is a 1997 American documentary film which depicts the plight of Jewish refugees after World War II contributing to the creation of the State of Israel. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1997. Narrated by Morgan Freeman and featuring the voices of Edward Asner, Sean Astin, Martin Landau, and others. This program is a collaboration between The Israel Center at Jewish For Good and The Center of Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education of North Carolina & The Holocaust Speakers Bureau. We would like to thank and honor Moriah Films of the Simon Wiesenthal Center for producing this film and allowing us to organize a free film screening for our community.
Register hereConfronting Antisemitism Today
The latest insights into the Oldest Ethnic Hatred. A community briefing and conversation featuring the Anti-Defamation League's Vlad Khaykin and Meredith Weisel. This event is free and open to the public. Teens are also invited to an informal Pizza Meet & Greet with the speakers at 3PM, then can stay for the event. Mr. Khaykin is one of the world's foremost experts on antisemitism and is the ADL's Director of Public Research and Knowledge. Ms. Weisel is ADL's Regional Director in DC. This event is being co-sponsored by fourteen local interfaith organizations. This is not a political event.
Learn more and registerReckonings — Film Screening
Join us for a screening of this documentary recounting the tense negotiations between Jewish and German leaders over reparations for Holocaust victims. Six years after the Holocaust, they met secretly under the threat of violence to negotiate the unthinkable — payment to the survivors of the largest mass genocide in history. We will be joined remotely by Michael Berenbaum, an American scholar, professor, rabbi, writer and filmmaker who specializes in the study of the Holocaust, and Karen Heilig, the film's producer and General Counsel of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Advance registration required. No charge for admission. Light refreshments available. Sponsored by The Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education of North Carolina and Jewish for Good at the Levin JCC.
Register hereHolocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine Distinguished Lecture Series — Mark Wygoda
The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine (HHRCM) Distinguished Lecture Series presents Mark Wygoda, Professor Emeritus from McNeese State University in Louisiana and a current member of the Holocaust Speakers Bureau. Mark has 30 years of experience giving presentations about his father, Hermann Wygoda, a German-born Polish Jew who initially was a Warsaw ghetto food smuggler and later a partisan brigade commander during the Holocaust. Posing as a Catholic Pole of German ancestry, Hermann lived and worked in open society while secretly helping other Jews. He later fought back as a commander of partisan fighters in German-occupied northern Italy. Following the war, he was awarded an American Bronze Star medal for valor in combat by US General Mark Clark. Educators can earn 1.5 CEUs for attending.
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