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Mon. February 4, 2019 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Who Will Write our History — UWM Student Union Cinema
In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to... |
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Sun. February 10, 2019 10:00 am - 11:15 am |
Holocaust Stories: In their Honor feat. Eva Zaret — Community Hall at Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC
Join us as we listen to the survival stories of members of the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center’s Speakers Bureau. This program... |
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Sun. February 10, 2019 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
The Last Mentsch — Community Hall at Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC
Having spent a lifetime concealing his heritage, an aging German Holocaust survivor tries to come to terms with his past. Born Menachem Teitelbaum, Marcus Schwarz... |
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Tue. February 12, 2019 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
Paradise — Community Hall at Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC
This film is a part of the Holocaust Stories From Around the World series which features some of the best new international films that include... |
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Sun. February 17, 2019 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz — Congregation Emanu El B’ne Jeshurun
In 1945, in a now-famous piece of World War II archival footage, four-year-old Michael Bornstein was filmed by Soviet soldiers as he was carried out... |
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Tue. March 5, 2019 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
Operation Finale — Congregation Shalom
Join us for a viewing of Operation Finale, and discussion of the film with Rabbi Noah Chertkoff. Operation Finale is based on a remarkable true... |
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Thu. March 7, 2019 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm |
Aida's Secrets — Community Hall at Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC
In this moving documentary, the discovery of records from WWII sparks a family’s quest for answers as two brothers separated as babies reunite with each... |
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Sun. March 10, 2019 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Avner Avraham: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann — Congregation Shalom
A former Mossad agent, Avner Avraham is a renowned expert on Mossad operations who famously worked to reveal and publicize the insider story of the... |
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Sun. March 24, 2019 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm |
From Day to Day: One Man’s Diary of Survival in Nazi Concentration Camps — Community Hall at Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC
Timothy Boyce will speak about how he came to re-publish the remarkable diaries of Norwegian humanitarian, Odd Nansen’s time in Nazi concentration camps. Co-Sponsor:... |
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Sun. March 31, 2019 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Escaping Hitler: A Jewish Haven in Chile — Community Hall at Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC
Eva Goldschmidt-Wyman was born in Stuttgart Germany and as a young child, she and her parents immigrated to Chile in 1939 to escape Nazi Germany. ... |
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Thu. April 4, 2019 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
The Milwaukee Premiere of The Last Cyclist — Nancy Kendall Theater at Cardinal Stritch University
Generously Sponsored by: Nancy & Jim Barnett Ettinger Family Foundation Co-Sponsors: Cardinal Stritch University Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC |
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Tue. April 9, 2019 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Camp Sisters, Lager Shvester — Congregation Shalom
Steve Russek and Elaine Culbertson will share the incredible story of how Steve's desire to better tell his mother's story led both of them to... |
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Sun. April 28, 2019 10:00 am - 11:15 am |
Holocaust Stories: In their Honor feat. Steen Metz — Community Hall at Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC
Join us as we listen to the survival stories of members of the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center’s Speakers Bureau. This program... |
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Tue. April 30, 2019 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Daring to Resist — Rubenstein Pavilion at Ovation Jewish Home
Why would a young person choose resistance rather than submission during Hitler's reign of terror while her world was collapsing around her? In this gripping... |
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Sun. May 5, 2019 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
Yom Hashoah — Community Hall at Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC
Co-Sponsor: Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC |
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Wed. May 8, 2019 11:45 am - 1:30 pm |
'Don't Ever Say the End is Near & Hope is Gone:' Jewish Armed Resistance during the Holocaust — Jewish Museum Milwaukee
Join us for a conversation on the heroism and perseverance of Jewish resistance fighters – in the ghettos, camps, in partisan units and in a... |
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Tue. May 14, 2019 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Defiant Requiem — Rubenstein Pavilion at Ovation Jewish Home
Defiant Requiem is a feature-length documentary film that tells the extraordinary, untold story of the brave acts of resistance by Jewish prisoners at Theresienstadt (Terezín)... |
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Thu. May 16, 2019 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Simon Carmel Lecture — Congregation Emanu El B’ne Jeshurun
Co-Sponsor: Congregation Emanu El B'ne Jeshurun |