A Greek Girl in Auschwitz

Wed., January 31, 2pm
Passmore Center
Pre-registration required: 919-245-2015
103 Meadowlands Drive, Hillsborough, NC 27278

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 Loannina, 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 was liberated in April of 1945. Rebecca was the only survivor in her immediate family.

This is free event open to the pulic.

Hybrid Available (call & ask for link)

Sponsored by The Orange County Department on Aging ​​​​

Ghetto Fighters’ House Holocaust Museum Virtual Tour

January 28, 2024  11:00am Eastern

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.
https://www.gfh.org.il/eng

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Film Screening to Commemorate Yom HaShoah and Yom Ha’atzmaut​

​The Long Way Home
Monday,  May 6th 6:00pm - 8:00pm
1937 W Cornwallis Rd, Durham, NC 27705, USA 
 

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.

The film's emphasis is on the pitiful conditions for Jewish refugees in Europe after the war, as antisemitism was still rife and poverty was common. It also shows how emigration to the British Mandate of Palestine became a goal for many, but that British immigration rules often resulted in them being detained in camps in Cyprus. The eventual formation of the State of Israel is then shown, with emphasis on the debates in the White House between Palestinian Jews, President Harry S. Truman, and the United Nations.

The Long Way Home is narrated by Morgan Freeman and features the voices of Edward Asner, Sean Astin, Martin Landau, Miriam Margolyes, David Paymer, Nina Siemaszko, Helen Slater, and Michael York.

Movie trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv9sWCfIYBM

Register Here - https://jccfed.wufoo.com/forms/xpb57fa02w13ye/

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.​​​​

Community Yom Hashoah Commemoration​

​Sunday, May 5th 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 W Cornwallis Rd, Durham, NC 27705  

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.


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.​​​​