NEXT GENERATIONS

Next Generations is a nonprofit organization founded in 2004 by children of Holocaust Survivors, educators and others who care about social injustice with the vision of empowering future generations to be the messenger for all Survivors and keep their authentic voices alive.

NEXT GENERATIONS is excited to present their fall showcase of events – all on the digital Zoom platform.

All programs are being offered at no cost to you. However, you must register individually for each program. Space is limited, so please RSVP soon.

Current schedule, details, & registration: Holocaust Learning Experience​​​​​​

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust Educator Workshops​

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Workshops listed here:   https://ncholocaustcouncilworkshops.org/​​​​

Remembering Through a Shared Experience of the Holocaust​

January 26, 2025 
at Jewish for Good (Levin JCC)
Time TBD

Details forthcoming 

First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors

https://www.ushmm.org/watch/first-person

First Person is a monthly (select Wednesdays at 1pmET) hour-long discussion featuring a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a survivor and including questions from the audience, available on the Museum’s YouTube channel. It is made possible through generous support from the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation, with additional funding from the Arlene and Daniel Fisher Foundation.

Join Holocaust survivors for live First Person conversations as they share their experiences in their own words. By viewing First Person testimony students are exposed to the diversity of experiences of Holocaust survivors.

See link above for upcoming conversations.​​​​

Teaching Guide for First Person: Conversations with a Survivor

Reckonings​

​Sunday, September 29, 2PM 
Levin Jewish Community Center 
1937 W. Cornwallis, Durham, NC 

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 on Zoom by two esteemed guests:
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 the General Counsel and Assistant Executive Vice President of the The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Advance registration required. No charge for admission. Light refreshments available.
https://calendar.jewishforgood.org/jewishforgood/detail/1814/1727632800000​

Sponsored by The Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education of North Carolina and Jewish for Good at the Levin JCC​

​​The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights

​Programs: https://www.toli.us/programs/

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust Educator Workshops​

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Workshops listed here:   https://ncholocaustcouncilworkshops.org/​​​​

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
ushmm.org

Visit the museum’s website for programs: ushmm.org/online-calendar

Confronting Antisemitism Today​

​Sunday, September 8, 4PM 
Beth El Synagogue

1004 Watts St., Durham, NC 27701

The latest insights into the Oldest Ethnic Hatred
A community Briefing and Conversation featuring the Antidefamation League's (ADL)  Vlad Khaykin and Meredith Weisel

This event is free and open to the public.

Learn more and register: https://betheldurham.shulcloud.com/event/adl-presentation-vlad-khyakin-on-antisemitism-.html 

Teens are also invited to an informal Pizza Meet & Greet with the speakers at 3PM, then can stay for the event.
You can register your teens here: https://betheldurham.shulcloud.com/form/adlteen

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 who is focusing on how ADL is partnering with local communities to turn the tide against hate.

This event is being co-sponsored by fourteen local interfaith organizations, demonstrating that Antisemitism is not just a challenge for the Jewish community, but it's a challenge for every community committed to confronting hate in all of its forms. This is not a political event.