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SUMMARY:Resistance of the Heart - A Valentine's Day Program
DESCRIPTION:The Rosenstrasse Protest is the nearly-forgotten story of a group of women in Berlin who faced down the Third Reich — and won! In February of 1943\, several hundred non-Jewish wives of Jewish men faced down Hitler’s genocidal policy and the SS to secure the release of their captured husbands. Nathan Stoltzfus is the world’s expert on this history\, and he will be in dialogue with historian Mordecai Paldiel as well as Ruth Wiseman\, whose family lived this story. \n\n\n xxxxx\nMEET THE PANEL\n xxxxx\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nNathan Stoltzfus is the Rintels Professor of Holocaust Studies at Florida State University. His book Resistance of the Heart: Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Nazi Germany won numerous prestigious awards. His other books include Hitler’s Compromises: Coercion and Consensus in Nazi Germany\, Protest in Hitler’s National Community: Social Unrest and the Nazi Response\, Nazi Crimes and the Law and Courageous Resistance: The Power of Ordinary People. He is currently co-editing a book titled Women Defying Hitler. He has established the Rosenstrasse Foundation to document this forgotten history. \nRuth Wiseman graduated from U.C. Davis in 1992 with a B.A. in International Relations and Russian. After college she spent a year in Russia\, where she interviewed Jews born in pre-Soviet times. Upon returning to her hometown of Berkeley\, CA\, she interviewed Russian survivors for the Holocaust Oral History Project. She was later approached by Survivors of the Shoah to be an interviewer and conducted more than three dozen interviews for the organization. Ruth is the daughter of Dr. Rita Jenny Kuhn\, a Shoah survivor from Berlin\, Germany who was detained at Rosenstrasse in February 1943 and released through the brave efforts of the women who protested the arrests. Ruth is the author of How the Moon Became Dim (Saturn’s Moon Press\, 2017). She is working on a version of the Rosenstrasse Protest for children.  \n \nDr. Mordecai Paldiel headed the Righteous Among the Nations Department at Yad Vashem from 1982-2007. His books include The Path of the Righteous\, Sheltering the Jews\, Saving the Jews\, Diplomat Heroes of the Holocaust\, Saving One’s Own: Jewish Rescuers During the Holocaust and The Righteous Among the Nations. He teaches at Stern College and Touro College and serves on the Board of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. Thanks to his efforts\, there is now a square named for Aristides de Sousa Mendes as well as a street named for Raoul Wallenberg\, both in Jerusalem. He is a member of the B’nai Brith committee in Israel honoring Jewish rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. \n\nxxxxx \nRegistration for this program is closed. \n\n 
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/resistance-of-the-heart-a-valentines-day-program/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Discussion
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SUMMARY:In My Mother's Footsteps
DESCRIPTION:Caught within the ever-approaching steel jaws of Nazi exterminators\, 19-year-old Leah Steppel from Dusseldorf successfully escapes Europe via Portugal — thanks to a precious visa from Aristides de Sousa Mendes. More than seven decades later\, her daughter Rebecca Barber retraces Leah’s footsteps to freedom. \n\n\n xxxxx\nTHE SCHEDULE\nxxxxx \n⇒ February 5-8 (optional) watch the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story ($6.99) on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register\, with film rental instructions. \n⇒ Sunday\, February 7 at 4:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, tune into the free presentation by Rebecca Barber in discussion with Robert Jacobvitz. A link will be provided to all who register. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE PANEL\n xxxxx\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nRebecca Barber is the author of In My Mother’s Footsteps: An Odyssey of Faith and Courage about her mother’s journey to freedom in 1939-1940 and her own journey in 2017 with the Sousa Mendes Foundation through France\, Spain and Portugal. Using meticulous historical research and clues her mother left behind\, Rebecca solves one mystery after another about her family history. Her presentation will include a dramatic reading from Leah’s exodus diary. She is a frequent public speaker to audiences at Holocaust museums and genealogical societies. Her book is available at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and at this link. \n \nRobert Jacobvitz\, who will be in conversation with Rebecca Barber\, serves on the Sousa Mendes Foundation Board. For ten years he directed the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Greater East Bay\, and it was in this capacity in the 1980’s that he began championing the cause of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. In 2005 he received the Aristides de Sousa Mendes Humanitarian Medal from the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. He wrote a seminal article on Aristides de Sousa Mendes that can be read at this link.xxxxx \n\nxxxxx \nRegistration for this program is closed. Instructions and links will be sent by email on Friday\, February 5 and again on the morning of the program to all who registered.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/in-my-mothers-footsteps/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Discussion
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SUMMARY:The Jewish James Bond and Other Heroes
DESCRIPTION:Go behind the scenes and get to know some of the colorful characters who participated in Operation Zebra — the 1947-49 mission to help rescue newborn Israel’s 600\,000 Jews and provide a safe haven for Holocaust survivors. The heroes include the Jewish James Bond\, Yehuda Arazi\, the operation’s whimsical chief pilot\, Sam Lewis\, and its cowgirl flight instructor\, Elynor Rudnick. Meet Arazi’s grandson and namesake\, and Lewis’ daughter\, who was a teenager during the operation\, as well as Boaz Dvir\, who captured their tales in the 2015 award-winning PBS documentary A Wing and a Prayer and the 2020 critically acclaimed book Saving Israel. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE PANEL\nxxxxx \nIsraeli-American filmmaker Boaz Dvir tells stories of ordinary people who transform into trailblazers: an inner-city schoolteacher who becomes a disruptive innovator (Discovering Gloria); a truck driver who becomes a child-protection activist (Jessie’s Dad); a Holocaust survivor who sets out to kill his father’s Nazi executioner (Cojot); and a flight engineer who leads a secret\, illegal operation to prevent what he views as a second Holocaust (A Wing and a Prayer\, winner of Best Documentary at the 2016 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival). He serves on the Journalism faculty of Penn State University\, where he also directs the Holocaust\, Genocide & Human Rights Education Initiative. He is the author of Saving Israel (2020). \n \nSandra Brown is the daughter of Operation Zebra’s chief pilot\, the late Sam Lewis. She was a high school student during the years (1947-49) her father participated in the secret\, illegal operation to provide an air force and weapons to newborn Israel. Before joining the operation\, Sam served as TWA’s first Jewish captain. After the operation\, Sam become El Al’s first chief pilot. Along with nine other members\, he stood trial in 1950 for breaking the US arms embargo and Neutrality Act. Sandra recalls attending the trial in Los Angeles and feeling surprised that her father was the only member of the team to be found not guilty. For 25 years she was the director of North Hollywood Adult Learning Center\, from which she is now retired. \n \nYehuda Arazi is the grandson and namesake of the “Jewish James Bond” and will share stories about his grandfather’s daring exploits. He lives with his wife and two children in Las Vegas\, where he works as a district manager at BenefitMall. A former software associate at Vanguard Integrity Professionals\, he graduated from California State University\, Northridge with a bachelor’s degree in the humanities. “I have felt honored my whole life being named after my grandfather\,” Arazi said. “It has been my privilege to continuously learn of his many contributions\, his daring missions and the bravery he possessed helping the establishment of Israel and arming of its army and air force with their first planes.” \nxxxxx \nRegistration has closed for this program. If you have registered\, you will receive confirmation and instructions on Friday\, January 1\, 2021 and again on the morning of the program.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-program-the-jewish-james-bond-and-other-heroes/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Discussion
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SUMMARY:Virtual program: Women of Valor -- Stories of Resistance in Paris
DESCRIPTION:4 PM US EASTERN TIME\, 1 PM US PACIFIC TIME \nIn February 1943\, at the height of the deportations from France\, a daring group of Jewish and Christian women banded together to stage the largest single rescue operation in wartime Paris. Please join Anne Nelson\, author of Suzanne’s Children\, and Joanne Gilbert\, author of Women of Valor\, as they describe these women — including Suzanne Spaak\, Sophie Schwartz\, Frida Wattenberg and others — who risked everything to fight back against evil.\n \n  \n \nxxxxx \nMEET THE SPEAKERS\nxxxxx \n \nAuthor Joanne D. Gilbert was profoundly affected by the stories told by her grandmother\, who had been able to leave Vilna\, Lithuania before the Nazis destroyed the Jewish community there. Joanne became dedicated to finding and celebrating the truth of Jewish heroism during the Holocaust. Her books Women of Valor: Polish Jewish Resisters to the Third Reich (2018) and A Victory for Miriam! The Little Jewish Girl Who Defied the Nazis (2019) have received outstanding reviews. Her next book Women of Valor: German\, French\, & Dutch Resisters to the Third Reich will be published in 2021. Along with the Paris walking tour company Sight-Seekers Delight\, Joanne is currently developing a walking tour of the Jewish Resistance in Paris. \nAnne Nelson is a prize-winning author who has written extensively about human rights and freedom of expression. Her 2017 book\, Suzanne’s Children: A Daring Rescue in Nazi Paris\, told the story of Suzanne Spaak and her extensive network to rescue Jewish children from deportation to Auschwitz. It was a finalist in the National Jewish Book Awards. Her previous book\, Red Orchestra\, described a leading anti-Nazi resistance network in Berlin\, and was an Editors’ Choice at The New York Times. Her current work\, Shadow Network\, deals with the political crisis in the United States today. \nxxxxx \nRegistration for this program is closed.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-program-women-of-valor-stories-of-resistance-in-paris/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Discussion
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SUMMARY:Virtual program: Safe Haven in Iowa\, an Untold Story
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that there were Jewish refugees in Iowa during World War II?  Tune in to learn about this fascinating and untold story. Meet Edith Lichtenstein Froehlig\, originally from Limburg\, Germany\, who was brought by the Quakers to Iowa\, where she lived in a converted schoolhouse called Scattergood Hostel as one of 185 Jewish refugees. She will be in dialogue with Dr. Michael Luick-Thrams\, the world’s expert on this story\, and they will take your questions. We will also watch a short film on this history called Out of Hitler’s Reach produced by the PBS station in Iowa. \nxxxxx \nAbove:  Edith Lichtenstein (holding kitten) sits with her brother Louis and two other child refugees at Scattergood Hostel\, West Branch\, Iowa\, ca.1942. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE SPEAKERS\nxxxxx \nMichael Luick-Thrams is the leading world authority on the story of how the Quakers brought Jewish refugees to Iowa during World War II and saved their lives. He is the Executive Director of TRACES Center for History and Culture and the author of Out of Hitler’s Reach: The Scattergood Hostel for European Refugees\, 1939-43 (1997) and Creating “New Americans”: World War II-Era European Refugees’ Formation of American Identities (2020). He has also written and spoken about the correspondence between Anne Frank and her Iowa penpal\, 10-year-old Juanita Wagner. Born and raised in Iowa\, Michael Luick-Thrams lives and teaches in Germany. \n \nEdith Lichtenstein Froehlig was born in Limburg\, Germany and found a safe haven in Iowa after escaping Nazi-occupied Europe. In Iowa she and her brother attended public schools while their parents were given English lessons and taught to integrate into American life. When her family was deemed “ready” after ten months in Iowa\, they were relocated by the Quakers to Minnesota\, where she spent the remainder of her childhood. She then attended Macalester College in Saint Paul\, Minnesota\, where her father had joined the faculty. Today she is retired from a career in education. \n \nDonald Davis is the archivist for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)\, a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice\, as a practical expression of faith in action. The AFSC archives contain records from its founding in 1917 to current work in immigration\, peace building and social/economic justice. The primary sources contained in the AFSC archives provide a level of forethought\, analysis\, detail\, and perspective that is not often seen in historical documentation. One of his primary goals is to make the historically significant work of the American Friends Service Committee more widely known throughout the world. \nxxx \nRegistration for this program is closed. \n 
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CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Discussion
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SUMMARY:Virtual program:  The Bystander's Choice
DESCRIPTION:If you are a bystander and witness a crime\, should intervention to prevent that crime be a legal obligation? Or is moral responsibility enough? Law professor Amos Guiora\, the son of Holocaust survivors\, argues provocatively and controversially that we must make the obligation to intervene the law\, and thus non-intervention a crime. He will be in dialogue with Holocaust historians Dr. Victoria Barnett\, formerly of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum\, and Dr. Mordecai Paldiel\, formerly of Yad Vashem. Following our recent program on what makes a hero\, we will examine the dilemma of the bystander and take a close look at the famous assertion by Edmund Burke: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” \n \nxxxxx \nMEET THE PANELISTS\nxxxxx \nDr. Victoria J. Barnett was Director of the Programs on Ethics\, Religion\, and the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from 2004-2019. She also served as one of the general editors of the 17-volume Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works\, the complete English edition of Bonhoeffer’s writings published by Fortress Press. She has lectured and taught about the history of the Protestant churches in Nazi Germany and during the Holocaust. Her books include Bystanders: Conscience and Complicity during the Holocaust (2000) and For the Soul of the People: Protestant Protest against Hitler (1992). Her most recent book is “After Ten Years”: Dietrich Bonhoeffer for Our Times. \nAmos N. Guiora is Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law\, the University of Utah and a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Israel Defense Forces. He is actively involved in bystander legislation efforts in Utah and other states around the country. Guiora holds an A.B. in history from Kenyon College\, a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law\, and a Ph.D from Leiden University. He has published extensively both in the United States and Europe on issues related to national security\, limits of interrogation\, religion and terrorism\, the limits of power\, multiculturalism and human rights. He is the author of numerous books including The Crime of Complicity: The Bystander in the Holocaust (2017) and Armies of Enablers: Survivor Stories of Complicity and Betrayal in Sexual Assaults (2020). \nDr. Mordecai Paldiel headed the Righteous Among the Nations Department at Yad Vashem from 1982-2007.  His essay “Calling Myself Into Question: How the Bystander Becomes a Rescuer” was published in the Holocaust education journal Prism. His books include The Path of the Righteous\, Sheltering the Jews\, Saving the Jews\, Diplomat Heroes of the Holocaust\, Saving One’s Own: Jewish Rescuers During the Holocaust and The Righteous Among the Nations. He teaches at Stern College and Touro College and serves on the Board of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. Thanks to his efforts\, there is now a square named for Aristides de Sousa Mendes as well as a street named for Raoul Wallenberg\, both in Jerusalem. He is a member of the B’nai Brith committee in Israel honoring Jewish rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. \nxxxxx \nRegistration for this program has ended.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-program-the-bystanders-choice/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Discussion
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SUMMARY:Virtual program: Curious George - Saved by Sousa Mendes!
DESCRIPTION:Author-illustrators Hans and Margret Rey fled Nazi-occupied France on handmade bicycles with the manuscript to the first Curious George book among their meager possessions. Thanks to a fortuitous encounter with Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, they were all saved. Meet Louise Borden\, author of The Journey That Saved Curious George\, and Sheila Abranches-Pierce\, granddaughter of Sousa Mendes. The program moderator will be Robert Jacobvitz.  This will be a fun program\, appropriate for all ages. \n \nxxxxx \nRAVE REVIEWS for The Journey that Saved Curious George: \n“A fine introduction to the period for young children\, a model of documentation\, and an exceptionally inviting and well-designed book.” —Horn Book \n“A stirring\, uplifting\, and elegantly packaged saga.” —Publishers Weekly \nAn American Library Association (ALA) Notable Book \nxxxxx \nWant to know more about about Sousa Mendes? See the film! \nxxxxx \nMEET THE SPEAKERS \n \nSheila Abranches-Pierce (left) is the granddaughter of the Holocaust rescuer Aristides de Sousa Mendes and his wife Angelina.  She is a former Board member of the Sousa Mendes Foundation and has been active in telling her grandfather’s story since the 1990s. Born and raised in the East Bay\, she spent 27 years working in the banking industry in New York before moving home to California to marry her high school sweetheart. Over the years\, she has enjoyed the privilege of representing the Sousa Mendes family at various events in the tri-state area\, Portugal\, France and California. Sheila now lives in San Ramon\, CA with her husband\, Darrell\, two step children\, Jordyn and Jalen\, and their family cat\, Raider. \n \nLouise Borden (right) is the highly regarded author of many books for young readers\, including The Journey That Saved Curious George and His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg\, both published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\, as well as The Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in WW II and The Greatest Skating Race\, a fictional story about a Dutch boy helping others during the occupation of his country in WWII. Borden believes in the importance of teaching history to young readers in a direct and engaging way. She consulted on a major exhibition on the Reys’ escape and has spoken at schools\, libraries\, and museums across the country.xxxxx \nRobert Jacobvitz is a graduate of Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work and holds an MSW in Community Social Work. For ten years he directed the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Greater East Bay\, and it was in this capacity in the 1980’s that he began championing the cause of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. In 2005 he received the Aristides de Sousa Mendes Humanitarian Medal from the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. He wrote a seminal article on Aristides de Sousa Mendes that can be read at this link. \nxxxxx \nxxxxx \nPLEASE NOTE: The program is free\, but we are taking this opportunity to encourage donations to our project of interviewing survivors.  Donate $36 or more\, and receive an autographed copy of the lavishly illustrated and delightful book The Journey that Saved Curious George\, inscribed to the recipient of your choice.  A rare opportunity! \nxxxxx \nPLEASE NOTE: Registration for this program is closed.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-program-curious-george/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Discussion,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Something Beautiful Happened
DESCRIPTION:Emmy Award-winning writer\, producer\, and author Yvette Manessis Corporon scours the globe to track down the Jewish family that her Greek Orthodox grandmother saved from the Holocaust in 1944. But suddenly\, after a glorious reunion with the saved family\, her own family falls victim to antisemitism in the U.S. In Something Beautiful Happened: A Story of Survival and Courage in the Face of Evil\, the past and present come together in a nuanced\, heartfelt story about the power of faith\, the importance of kindness\, and the courage to stand up for what is right. \n \nxxxxxTo order the book Something Beautiful Happened\, click here. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE PANELISTS \n \nAuthor Yvette Manessis Corporon (right) is a Senior Producer with the syndicated entertainment television news show\, EXTRA. She has received three Emmy Awards\, several Emmy nominations\, a Silurian Award for Excellence in Journalism and the New York City Comptroller and City Council’s Award for Greek Heritage and Culture. Her earlier book\, When The Cypress Whispers (Harper\, 2014) was translated into fourteen languages and is an international bestseller. Her latest book Something Beautiful Happened has been translated into Hebrew and German and will soon become a documentary film titled Hope. \n \nInterviewer Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff (left) fled Nazi-occupied Europe from Kosice\, Slovakia\, as a small child in 1941\, via Lisbon\, Portugal. Miriam is an appointee to the Florida Education Commissioner’s Holocaust Task Force. She is the Founding Director of the University of Miami Holocaust Institute and is a frequent speaker on Holocaust education at conferences and workshops nationwide. In February 2019 she was given a Special Tribute by the Florida House of Representatives for her work on behalf of the Jewish Community of Florida. In October 2019\, she was honored in Pittsburgh\, PA with The Lifetime Achievement Award given by Classrooms Without Borders. \nxxxxx \nRegistration for this program is closed. \nxxxxx
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-event-something-beautiful-happened/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200510T140000
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SUMMARY:Mother's Day Book Talk with Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff and Joan Arnay Halperin
DESCRIPTION:FREE EVENT — PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED \nYou’re invited to join Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff\, Holocaust educator and child refugee survivor\, for a Mother’s Day dialogue with Joan Arnay Halperin\, author of My Sister’s Eyes: A Family Chronicle of Rescue and Loss During World War II on the topics of love\, loss\, and survival.  Q&A to follow.  Please note that the time given is US Eastern Time. \n \n********* \nABOUT THE PANELISTS \n\nDr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff fled Nazi Europe\, Kosice\, Slovakia\, as a small child in 1941\, via Lisbon\, Portugal. As the Education Specialist for Holocaust Studies for Miami-Dade County Public Schools\, she is responsible for all staff development/teacher training on teaching the Holocaust for Miami Dade County Public Schools. Miriam is an appointee to the Florida Education Commissioner’s Holocaust Task Force. Miriam is the Founding Director of the University of Miami Holocaust Institute and the founder of the film series “Screening the Holocaust.” Miriam is a frequent speaker and presenter on Holocaust Education at conferences and workshops nationwide. She recently was chosen as one of the Outstanding Pioneer Women in Miami-Dade County for her work in Holocaust education. In October 2019\, she was honored in Pittsburgh PA with The Lifetime Achievement Award given by Classrooms Without Borders. \nhjkhk \nJoan Arnay Halperin\, daughter and granddaughter of Sousa Mendes visa recipients\, is a retired TESOL teacher in the New York City public schools.  As the author of My Sister’s Eyes she credits its origin to her participation in the Sousa Mendes Foundation’s “Journey on the Road to Freedom” in 2013. Subsequent to that life-changing tour\, Joan has presented her story at numerous Holocaust education workshops including that of “Echoes and Reflections\,” the educational arm of Yad Vashem. Kirkus Reviews calls My Sister’s Eyes “a thoroughly researched and intensely moving remembrance\,” and the book will soon be featured in the K-12 World War II section of the research resource\, GALE.com. Joan has served in various capacities in the Sousa Mendes Foundation and continues to serve on its Education Initiatives Committee. \n. \n \nasjdka;sdf;df \nPlease note:  Registration will close on Thursday\, May 7 at 10 p.m. US Eastern Time or when spaces are filled\, whichever is earlier\, and the video link for the discussion will be sent the following day. \n******* \nTo order the book (available as an e-book or printed book)\, please CLICK HERE.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/book-talk-with-dr-miriam-klein-kassenoff-and-joan-arnay-halperin/
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Discussion
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SUMMARY:Librarian Training Seminar on Long Island
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop for Holocaust educators and librarians\, Joan Arnay Halperin will be presenting her book\, My Sister’s Eyes\, dealing with how her family was saved during the war by Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, the Portuguese diplomat\, who permitted thousands of desperate refugees safe passage via France from the Nazis.  The role of Rescuers will be discussed. Who is considered a Righteous Among the Nations? Most importantly the difference individuals and communities can make when they believe in moral responsibility and right conduct.  Note:  This event is restricted to Long Island-based school librarians.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/teacher-training-seminar-on-long-island/
LOCATION:Nassau BOCES Robert E. Lupinskie Center\, 1 Merrick Avenue\, Westbury\, NY\, 11590\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Discussion,Lecture,Luncheon
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181216T140000
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CREATED:20181201T183902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181202T022042Z
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SUMMARY:Escape to Life: exhibit and artist talk in New Rochelle\, NY
DESCRIPTION:Leah Rozenfeld Sills\, Vice-President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation\, invites you to \nEscape to Life\, an exhibit and artist talk with: \nGaia Starr\, ceramic artist and author of \nJourney Maps 1940\, a ceramic novel \nand \nJoan Arnay Halperin\, author of \nMy Sister’s Eyes:  A Family Chronicle of Rescue and Loss During World War II \nA benefit for the Sousa Mendes Foundation \nArtist talks at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. \nCoffee and kosher desserts! \nDonations (of any amount) can be made at: \nwww.crowdrise.com/visastofreedom \nOr by check or cash in person. \nDonations are 100% tax-deductible. \nQuestions?  Call (877) 797-9759 or email:  olivia@sousamendesfoundation.org
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/escape-to-life-exhibit-and-artist-talk/
LOCATION:Chez Sills\, 125 Oxford Road\, New Rochelle\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Exhibition,Reception
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sousa Mendes Foundation":MAILTO:olivia@sousamendesfoundation.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180420T193000
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DTSTAMP:20261024T045933
CREATED:20171130T194402Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation and book signing by Joan Arnay Halperin in Merrick\, NY
DESCRIPTION:The realities of World War II catapult the Krakowiak family out of their charmed life and into an exodus across half the world.  Joan Arnay Halperin’s book My Sister’s Eyes tells the dramatic true story of her family’s rescue by Aristides de Sousa Mendes and subsequent semi-internment in a British evacuee camp on the island of Jamaica\, amounting to a Holocaust tale quite unlike any other.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/my-sisters-eyes/
LOCATION:Temple Beth Am\, 2377 Merrick Avenue\, Merrick\, NY\, 11566\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180408T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180408T113000
DTSTAMP:20261024T045933
CREATED:20171208T062823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180329T064641Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation and book signing by Joan Arnay Halperin in Leonia\, NJ
DESCRIPTION:The realities of World War II catapult the Krakowiak family out of their charmed life and into an exodus across half the world.  Joan Arnay Halperin’s book My Sister’s Eyes tells the dramatic true story of her family’s rescue by Aristides de Sousa Mendes and subsequent semi-internment in a British evacuee camp on the island of Jamaica\, amounting to a Holocaust tale quite unlike any other.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/presentation-and-book-signing-by-joan-arnay-halperin/
LOCATION:Congregation Adas Emuno\, 254 Broad Avenue \, Leonia\, NJ\, 07605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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