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SUMMARY:Return to Calais
DESCRIPTION:Return to Calais is a short documentary film linking refugees past and present. In 1940\, Paulette Szafran was a Belgian-Jewish teenager who fled the Nazi invasion of Brussels. She crossed into France and arrived as far as Calais\, where her family found temporary shelter during the catastrophic bombing. After the siege of Calais\, the family was compelled to return to Belgium\, where Paulette spent the war years in hiding. In 2018\, after Paulette died\, her daughter Edith Goldenhar embarked on a journey to retrace her mother’s exodus using her vivid wartime diary as a guide. In Calais\, she met with today’s refugees and with Care4Calais volunteers\, showing how empathy connects the dots of displacement across geography and generations.  \n  \n \nEdith Goldenhar is a writer whose articles and poems have been published widely. Return to Calais is her first film. Following its London premiere during Refugee Week in 2019\, Return to Calais toured U.S. festivals in 2020\, and will screen at the Paris Ethnografilm Festival in April 2020. The film is envisioned as part of a trilogy weaving Paulette’s World War II experiences as a refugee and hidden child to global crises and profound choices in our own times. Edith is co-author of Leveling the Playing Field\, a guide to gender equity and systemic change in the Jewish nonprofit sector. Her father\, Maurice Goldenhar\, was a Sousa Mendes visa recipient and a passenger on the ship SS Quanza that was rescued by Eleanor Roosevelt. \n \nJean-Claude van Itallie is a playwright who received a life-saving visa from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux\, France in 1940 after his family’s escape from Belgium. After growing up on Long Island and graduating from Harvard\, he became a seminal force in the explosive off-Broadway theater of the 1960s. He is the author of many plays\, including the watershed political piece America Hurrah; The Serpent with the Open Theater; Tibetan Book of the Dead or How Not to Do It Again; Light; translations of Chekhov’s major plays\, and his one-man show\, Confessions and Conversation. His latest play is The Fat Lady Sings\, and his latest book is Tea With Demons – Games of Transformation. Jean-Claude is founder of the Shantigar Foundation for Creativity\, Meditation\, and Engagement with Nature\, located on his old farm in Western Massachusetts.  \nMatilda Velevitch is a British playwright\, actress and volunteer for Care4Calais. Her critically-acclaimed play Three Mothers premiered in London in 2017 and completed a UK tour in June 2019.  Other works include After the Blue and The Netherlands. Her most recent projects\, Fabric of Our Lives and Broadway\, have recently been recommissioned. She is currently developing 1974\, a four-part series about the division of Cyprus. For the past five years\, Matilda has worked on the front line with refugees in Calais\, Dunkirk\, and Belgium and currently supports refugees in the UK\, many of them victims of horrific abuse. For refugees and witnesses\, hope is not a strategy. However\, by acting upon conscious instinct\, we can reinstate hopeful futures and form lifelong connections.   \nxxxxx \nRegistration for this program is closed.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/return-to-calais/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Broken Branches -- Youth Aliyah and the Rescue of Jewish Teenagers
DESCRIPTION:A beautiful and touching film! This program will present the Youth Aliyah movement of the 1930s and its rescue of thousands of Jewish teenagers from Germany and Poland who would otherwise have been trapped by the Nazis. One of the leaders of this movement was the American-born Henrietta Szold\, who was also the founder of Hadassah. We will watch a short documentary film\, Broken Branches\, about Michla Gelfand\, a Polish girl of fourteen who was saved in this way. The film is gorgeous\, with a mixture of animation and live action\, and this is a rescue operation that is not widely known.  Not to be missed!  \nxxxxx \nSTILLS FROM THE FILM BROKEN BRANCHES\n(click on the thumbnails to enlarge) \n\nBroken Branches is the winner of the Pulcinella Award for Best Educational and Social Film\, Cartoons on the Bay 2015 | Best Short\, Haifa International Film Festival 2014 | Best Women’s Short\, Cleveland International Film Festival 2015 | Best Short Documentary\, Athens Ohio International Film and Video Festival 2014 | Gold Award\, The Robinson International Short Film Competition 2015 | Best Short\, Israeli Film Festival in Nice\, France 2016 | Best Short\, Athens Georgia Jewish Film Festival 2016 \nTHE SCHEDULE\nxxxxx \n⇒ January 8-11\, watch Ayala Sharot’s film Broken Branches on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register. \n⇒  Sunday\, January 10 at 2:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, tune into the discussion with our distinguished panelists. Dr. Shulamit Reinharz will provide the historical framework\, and filmmaker Ayala Sharot will take us behind the scenes and bring us into her creative process. Marcie Natan will speak about the continuation of Youth Aliyah today. A link will be provided to all who register. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE PANEL\nMarcie Natan (right) is the Chair of Youth Aliyah and is the Past National President of Hadassah. She has served the organization since her early twenties. Marcie joined Hadassah and rose to President of the Eastern Pennsylvania Region. A former National Vice President\, she has also served as Chair of Planned Giving & Estates\, Major Gifts\, Unit Assessment\, and Hadassah College. Her positions have included National President’s Training Chair\, National Secretary\, and National Treasurer. Marcie has traveled to Israel more than 100 times\, including visits during both intifadas and the 2006 Lebanon War. Her time in Israel has intensified her passion and honed the perspective she has brought to Hadassah’s National Board and Executive Committee\, and the Hadassah Foundation Board. \nAyala Sharot (left) is an independent film director and animator with a fresh approach to documentary film making. A graduate of Central St. Martin’s College\, in 2006 she directed Foreigners\, a short animated documentary about foreigners who live in London\, which was later adapted for MTV Bloom. Her film Broken Branches\, an animated documentary based on her grandmother’s life story\, has won many awards. Ayala is also an accomplished animation director\, and her work features in animated documentaries\, historical and educational museums\, music videos and title sequences for film and television.  \nDr. Shulamit Reinharz (right) was born in Amsterdam and grew up in the United States with long stays in Israel. She earned her B.A. from Barnard College and her Ph.D. from Brandeis University\, both in sociology. She is the author of thirteen books\, including American Jewish Women and the Zionist Enterprise (Brandeis\, 2005); Observing the Observer (Oxford\, 2011); and One Hundred Years of Kibbutz Life (Transaction\, 2011). Dr. Reinharz is a member of an Israeli research team studying differences in Covid-19 responses on kibbutzim\, moshavim and community settlements. She is completing A Memoir in Four Hands\, a book about her father’s Holocaust experience. Dr. Reinharz is a popular lecturer who has spoken frequently about Israeli films. In 2017\, she retired from Brandeis and became Professor Emerita. \nxxxxx \nRegistration for this program is closed.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-program-youth-aliyah-and-the-rescue-of-jewish-teenagers/
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SUMMARY:Virtual program: Fiddler - A Miracle of Miracles!
DESCRIPTION:Meet our panel of Fiddler superstars! Join us for a Chanukah program celebrating the triumph of the human spirit. Steven Skybell is the award-winning Tevye of the Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish production that recently took New York by storm\, with musical direction by Zalmen Mlotek. Samantha Massell played Hodel in the recent Broadway revival\, and Mimi Turque performed in the original Broadway cast. We will watch Max Lewkowicz‘s dazzling Fiddler – A Miracle of Miracles produced by Patricia Kenner and then spend an uplifting hour together.  Lechaim! \n \nxxxxx \n \nAbove: Steven Skybell in the role of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish\nxxxxx \nWATCH THE TRAILER\nxxxxx \n\nxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE\nxxxxx \n⇒ December 11-19\, watch Max Lewkowicz‘s film Fiddler — A Miracle of Miracles on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register. \n⇒ Sunday\, December 13 at 3:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, tune into the program with our all-star panel of guests.  A link will be provided to all who register. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE PANEL\nxxxxx \n\n       Photo: Allison Michael Orenstein \nSteven Skybell (left) most recently starred off-Broadway as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish directed by Joel Grey\, for which he received the Lucille Lortel award for Best Performance by a leading actor in a musical. His Broadway credits include: the 2016 revival of Fiddler on the Roof (Lazar Wolf)\, Pal Joey\, Wicked\, The Full Monty\, Love!Valour!Compassion!\, Café Crown\, Ah\, Wilderness! Additional off-Broadway credits include: Babette’s Feast\, Cymbeline\, Antigone in NY (Obie Award). Other: Camelot (Helen Hayes nomination); Henry V (Shakespeare Globe\, London). TV/Film: Blue Bloods\, Elementary\, Chicago P.D.\, Cradle Will Rock\, Simply Irresistible\, Arthur Miller’s Everybody Wins\, and many other credits. He is a 1984 graduate of Yale University.  \n \nSamantha Massell (right) is a New York based actress and singer who has appeared on Broadway\, on television\, in movies\, in the cabaret scene\, and in commercials. She was last seen on Broadway as Hodel in the acclaimed revival of Fiddler on the Roof. She has originated lead roles in many world premiere musicals including Steven Schwartz and Charles’ Strouse’s Rags at The Goodspeed Opera (Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Best Actress)\, The Flamingo Kid at Hartford Stage\, and Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame at La Jolla Playhouse and Paper Mill Playhouse. On the small screen\, Samantha has held recurring roles on Mr. Mercedes and Chicago Fire and guest starred on NCIS: New Orleans\, The Good Fight\, and Elementary. BFA\, University of Michigan\, Phi Beta Kappa. @smassellsings www.samanthamassell.com \n \nMax Lewkowicz (left) has written\, directed\, and produced hundreds of productions for network and public television. His credits include award-winning films about the Dance Theater of Harlem\, Nelson Mandela’s struggle against Apartheid in South Africa\, as well as Across the Bridge\, a documentary about the American Military Doctrine in Germany during the Cold War and Ours to Fight For\, telling the stories of American GIs in World War II. He has won the Silver Screen Award at the U.S. International Film and Video Festival\, the grand prize of The Chicago International Film Festival\, and the 2003 Award of Excellence from the National Association of Museum Exhibitions. \n \nPatricia Kenner (right) is the Executive Producer of Fiddler – A Miracle of Miracles.  Previously she produced Ahead of Time\, a film that chronicles the astonishing life story of pioneer journalist and photographer Ruth Gruber. Both films have won prizes and critical acclaim. She is a humanitarian and philanthropist who serves on the Boards of the Museum of Jewish Heritage\, the Defiant Requiem Foundation\, Selfhelp Foundation\, Educational Alliance\, Carnegie Mellon University\, and the American Heart Association and is co-chair of the Community Initiative on Holocaust Survivors at UJA. \n \nMimi Turque (left) performed in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof\, playing Hodel alongside Bette Midler\, who portrayed her sister Tzeitel. Her first major role was as Louise in the 1961 national tour of Gypsy. Her Broadway credits include Lili in Carnival! as well as Antonia Quijana in the original Man of La Mancha. She played Jenny in the revival production of The Threepenny Opera on Broadway and portrayed Molina’s Mother in Kiss of the Spider Woman. She is a co-creator of the musical Blue Roses\, based on The Glass Menagerie. \n \nZalmen Mlotek is an internationally recognized authority on Yiddish folk and theater music as well as a leading figure in the Jewish theater and concert worlds. For the past 20 years\, he has been the Artistic Director and conductor at National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. His vision brought to New York the critically acclaimed award-winning Fidler Afn Dakh (Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish) directed by Joel Grey\, for which he served as music director\, and will serve as musical supervisor for the international and national tours being planned. He brought Yiddish-Klezmer music to Broadway and Off-Broadway stages with the Tony-nominated Those Were the Days and Drama Desk Nominated Amerike – The Golden Land. \nxxxxx \nRegistration for this program is closed.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-program-fiddler-a-miracle-of-miracles/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Virtual program: Searching for Sousa Mendes
DESCRIPTION:In June 1940\, Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, the Portuguese Consul-General in Bordeaux\, France\, issued life-saving visas to thousands of Holocaust refugees in defiance of his government’s direct orders – an action for which he paid a heavy personal price. In June 2013\, filmmaker Semyon Pinkhasov followed a group of visa recipient families\, along with members of the Sousa Mendes family\, as they embarked on the Sousa Mendes Foundation’s Journey on the Road to Freedom\, retracing their families’ footsteps. They were “searching for Sousa Mendes” – looking for traces and clues of a lost history in an effort to understand their personal pasts.\n \nxxxxx \nWATCH THE TRAILER\n \nxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE\nxxxxx \n⇒ November 27-30\, watch Semyon Pinkhasov’s film With God Against Man on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register. \n⇒ Sunday\, November 29 at 4:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, tune into the discussion with our distinguished panelists.  A link will be provided to all who register. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE PANELISTS\nxxxxx \n \nBorn in the Soviet Union\, Semyon Pinkhasov immigrated to the United States in 1977. A championship fencer\, he was the Fencing Coach for U.S. Pan American\, Olympic\, and Maccabiah Teams. As a filmmaker he is drawn to stories of individuals who act heroically in the face of totalitarianism\, such as the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. His inspiration derives from the interplay between the various aspects of his background\, including sports\, politics and the arts. His award-winning documentaries include Sport and Peace\, What If? The Helene Mayer Story and others. His latest film\, You Be the Judge\, describes how the Nazi occupation of Britain’s Channel Islands tested established notions of leadership and patriotism. Semyon lives in New York. \n \nJoan Arnay Halperin\, daughter of Sousa Mendes visa recipients\, holds a BA in Speech and Drama from the University of Wisconsin and an MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Adelphi University. In 2013 and 2016 Joan participated in the Sousa Mendes Foundation’s Journey on the Road to Freedom which was the impetus for her book My Sister’s Eyes: A Family Chronicle of Rescue and Loss During World War II. Joan presents her story at synagogues\, middle and high schools\, colleges and Holocaust teacher training workshops. She has served on the Board of the Sousa Mendes Foundation and as the Director of its Educational Initiatives Committee\, on which she continues to serve as a member. \n \nDr. Mordecai Paldiel (left) 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. \nArchitect and designer Eric Moed (right) designed a temporary installation in front of the Sousa Mendes home in Portugal. His projects have been featured in The New York Times\, The International Herald Tribune\, Haaretz\, NPR\, the BBC\, Tablet Magazine\, Architizer\, and Archinect. He holds a Masters in Design Studies from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Bachelors of Architecture from the Pratt Institute School of Architecture. In 2020 he co-founded the design studio Office of Open Practice Studio/Agency (oopsa). The grandson and great-grandson of Sousa Mendes visa recipients\, he is a former Board member of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. \nxxxxx \n \nGive the gift of inspiration! Get your signed and inscribed copy of My Sister’s Eyes for $19.95 plus priority shipping within the US (total: $23.94). This lushly illustrated full-color 96-page book in large format is the perfect holiday gift for young and old! To order the book\, click here. Then send a message to info@mysisterseyes.com indicating how the author’s inscription should read and where to send it. \nxxxxx \nRegistration for this program is closed.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/searching-for-sousa-mendes/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Virtual film and discussion: Das Kind
DESCRIPTION:LOS ANGELES\, 11 AM • NEW YORK\, 2 PM\nPARIS\, 8 PM • JERUSALEM\, 9 PM\nxxxxx \nNot to be missed! Join us for a remarkable true story told by French-Israeli filmmaker Yonathan Levy in Das Kind\, winner of Best Film at the European Independent Film Festival in Paris. Irma Miko\, a concert pianist born in Czernowitz\, joined the French Resistance in Paris in 1941. Her impossibly dangerous mission was to convert occupying German soldiers to the cause of the French Resistance. She narrates her history to her son\, André Miko\, as the two of them visit places from her past. Then we witness her reunion with one of the Nazi soldiers whom she had successfully transformed into a Resistance fighter during the war. Levy’s cinematically creative approach to storytelling\, which includes photo projections and theatrical set pieces performed by Irma’s granddaughter Sarah Miko\, brings to life one woman’s heroic struggle.  \nxxxxx \nWATCH THE TRAILER\n  \n \n\nxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE\nxxxxx \n⇒ November 13-16\, any time\, watch the film on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register. \n⇒ November 15 at 2:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, tune into the discussion with our distinguished panelists.  A link will be provided to all who register. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE SPEAKERS\nxxxxx \n \nFrench-Israeli filmmaker Yonathan Levy (right) started making films at a young age. In 2004\, his short film Scope Tour Retour was selected and won prizes in festivals around the world and was presented on French TV. In 2010\, he completed the production and direction of his first feature documentary film\, Das Kind\, which was also selected and won prizes in numerous festivals around the world\, before being theatrically released in France in 2013. Currently\, Levy is completing his new feature documentary film Museum which will be theatrically released in late 2021 and can be supported here. \nAndré Miko (left) is the son of the film’s central character\, Irma Miko (still living in Paris at age 105) and her late husband Julien Miko. André Miko was born in France in 1946. He is retired from a 28-year management career with Unilever in France\, the United Kingdom\, the Netherlands and Hungary. He studied literature at the Sorbonne and economics and finance at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris. He is married to Marise Kepes\, a gynecologist\, and they have two children\, Sarah and David\, one of whom is featured in the film. He established the film production company Blima in 2007 in order to finance the production of the film Das Kind. \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-film-and-discussion-das-kind/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Virtual film and discussion: A Wing and a Prayer
DESCRIPTION:An American hero you never learned about in school! This film tells the remarkable yet little known story of Al Schwimmer\, a TWA flight engineer who assembled a group of American pilots and others to rescue the newborn state of Israel. They succeeded in their secret and daring mission but were tried and convicted by the US government.  “Al Schwimmer is the greatest gift America gave Israel.” – David Ben-Gurion \nxxxxx \nWATCH THE TRAILER\nxxxxx \n \nxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE\nxxxxx \n⇒ November 6-8\, any time\, watch the film on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register. \n⇒ November 8 at 4:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, tune into the discussion with our distinguished panelists.  A link will be provided to all who register. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE SPEAKERS\n  \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 \nEliyana R. Adler is Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Penn State University. Her current work focuses on the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust\, and she is the historical consultant for Penn State’s Holocaust\, Genocide & Human Rights Education Initiative. She is the author of Survival on the Margins: Polish Jewish Refugees in the Wartime Soviet Union (2020) and In Her Hands: The Education of Jewish Girls in Tsarist Russia (2011). She is co-editor of Jewish and Romani Families in the Holocaust and its Aftermath (2020); Reconstructing the Old Country: American Jewry in the Post-Holocaust Decades (2017); Polin 30: Jewish Education in Eastern Europe (2018) and Jewish Literature and History: An Interdisciplinary Conversation (2008). \n \nMarvin Klemow worked at Israel Aircraft Industries International\, now called IAI North America\, from 1969 until 2017. He was hired by IAI’s founding Chairman Al Schwimmer\, and was very proud to be one of the second group of “Al’s boys.” Klemow was responsible for IAI’s activity within the United States government and worked at the highest governmental levels in both the US and Israel. He was interviewed by Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes on IAI exports and has testified before Congress. He spoke at a remembrance service for Schwimmer\, where he said\, “There are dreamers and visionaries. Visionaries make their dreams come true. Al Schwimmer was truly a visionary.” \nxxxxx \nThis program is co-sponsored by the Holocaust\, Genocide & Human Rights Education Initiative at Penn State University. \nRegistration for this program is closed.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-a-wing-and-a-prayer/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Virtual film and discussion: I Shall Not be Silent
DESCRIPTION:An unsung hero who should be widely known! In Berlin in the 1930’s\, the civil rights of Jews were systematically stripped away. A young rabbi refused to be silent. His name was Joachim Prinz and he set out to restore the self-esteem of the German Jews. Expelled from Germany in 1937\, Prinz arrived in the United States\, where he witnessed racism against African Americans and realized that the American ideal was not a reality. Prinz became a leader of the civil rights movement and spoke at the 1963 March on Washington\, declaring\, “Bigotry and hatred are not the most urgent problem. The most urgent\, the most disgraceful\, the most shameful and the most tragic problem is silence.”  \nxxxxx \nWATCH THE TRAILER\n \nxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE\nxxxxx \n⇒ Prior to the November 1 program\, watch the film on your home device. Cost:  $6.99 for a 72-hour rental.  To rent the film please click here. \n⇒ November 1 at 4:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, tune into the discussion with our distinguished panelists.  A link will be provided to all who register. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE SPEAKERS\n  \n \nFilmmaker Rachel Eskin Fisher is a Philadelphia native with a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of California\, Santa Barbara. She was the founding Director of the Genealogy Institute at the Center for Jewish History in New York. With Rachel Pasternak\, she co-produced and co-directed the short documentary Remembering Oswiecim and the documentary Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent. She is currently working on a screenplay about the first female Cabinet Secretary in the U.S.\, Frances Perkins. She lives in Maplewood\, NJ with her family. \n \nMichael A. Meyer (right) is the editor of Joachim Prinz\, Rebellious Rabbi: An Autobiography–the German and Early American Years. Born in Berlin\, Dr. Meyer grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from UCLA. His doctorate is from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati\, where he served as Professor of Jewish History until his recent retirement. His books include The Origins of the Modern Jew\, Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism\, and Rabbi Leo Baeck: Living a Religious Imperative in Troubled Times. \n \nJonathan J. Prinz (left) was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He served for nearly a decade alongside his father Joachim Prinz as a rabbi of their 1\,000-family synagogue in Newark\, NJ. While there\, he was a founder of a community action anti-poverty agency. He left the rabbinate for what he expected to be a career in politics\, but changed course in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination. He then joined a small Wall Street firm working for one of its founders\, Sanford I. Weill\, who would go on to form Citigroup. Today he lives in North Carolina where he serves as a mentor to young entrepreneurs. \nxxxxx \nRegistration for this program is closed.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-i-shall-not-be-silent/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Virtual film and discussion: Rosenwald
DESCRIPTION:Aviva Kempner’s Rosenwald tells the inspiring true story of Julius Rosenwald\, the President of Sears\, who was a Jewish hero of African-American history. Rosenwald\, imbued with the value of tikkun olam\, saw parallels between the brutal persecutions of Jews in Eastern Europe and African-Americans in the Jim Crow South\, and he could not stand idly by. His grandest project was to build more than 5\,300 rural schools to educate black children in partnership with Booker T. Washington. Several generations of leaders\, thinkers and scholars were Rosenwald school graduates\, including such luminaries as the late Maya Angelou\, the late Rep. John Lewis\, and Eugene Robinson — all of whom appear in the film. \nxxxxx \nWATCH THE TRAILER\nxxxxx \n \nxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE\nxxxxx \n⇒ October 23-26\, any time\, watch the film on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register. \n⇒ October 25 at 4:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, tune into the discussion with our distinguished panelists.  A link will be provided to all who register. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE SPEAKERS\nxxxxx \n \nAward-winning filmmaker Aviva Kempner (left) has been making independent films since 1979. A specialist in bringing to light the stories of little known Jewish heroes\, she is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences\, Kempner is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, the DC Mayor’s Art Award\, WIFV Women of Vision Award and a Media Arts Award from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. Her films include Partisans of Vilna (1986)\, the Peabody Award-winning The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (2000)\, Yoo-Hoo\, Mrs. Goldberg (2009)\, and The Spy Behind Home Plate (2019). \n \nElizabeth R. Varet (right)\, granddaughter of Julius Rosenwald\, has for many years been Principal of the William Rosenwald family office. She also serves as a Director of AMETEK\, Inc.\, an S&P 500 New York Stock Exchange listed global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices. She was a Founding Partner of Circle Financial Group\, a group of women with extensive experience in the financial\, investment and wealth management industries. She is a member of the JDC Executive Committee\, and a Life Trustee of the Central Park Conservancy. Her prior philanthropic Board Memberships include the UJA-Federation of New York.   \nNew York Times best-selling writer Carole Boston Weatherford (left) is the author of Dear Mr. Rosenwald: The School that Hope Built for young readers. Her 50-plus books include the Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square\, Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement\, and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. She won a Coretta Scott King Author Honor for Becoming Billie Holiday\, and the NAACP Image Award for Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America.  \nxxxxx \nGive the gift of inspiration! Get your signed and inscribed copy of Dear Mr. Rosenwald: The School that Hope Built for an added donation of $18 (with free shipping to any US address). This large format 32-page book is the perfect holiday gift for a young person in your life! Just add it to your ticket order and let us know how the author’s inscription should read and where to send it. \nxxxxx \nRegistration for this program is closed. 
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-rosenwald/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200914
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SUMMARY:Virtual film and discussion: What makes a hero?
DESCRIPTION:11 AM LOS ANGELES\, 2 PM NEW YORK\n7 PM LISBON\, 9 PM JERUSALEM\nxxxxx \nAre some people born heroic and others not? Can ordinary people become heroes\, and if so\, under what circumstances? Join us to explore this fascinating topic with Holocaust rescue experts Dr. Eva Fogelman and Dr. Mordecai Paldiel and award-winning Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir.  Watch Shamir’s lighthearted yet earnest treatment of this important topic in his film\, executive produced by Michael Moore\, called 10% – What Makes a Hero?  Then tune in for what is sure to be a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion. \nxxxxx \nWATCH THE TRAILER\nxxxxx \nAttention: Contains some nudity and brief disturbing imagery.  Be forewarned! \nxxxxx \nMEET THE SPEAKERS\nxxxxx \n \nDr. Eva Fogelman is an authority on Holocaust rescue and the altruistic personality. She is a psychologist in private practice in New York City and the author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book\, Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust. In 1986 she co-founded the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous\, then called the Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers. She is co-editor of Children During the Nazi Reign: Psychological Perspective on the Interview Process. Dr. Fogelman wrote and co-produced the award-winning documentary\, Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust. She was honored at the Sousa Mendes Foundation’s 2017 gala for her pioneering contributions to Holocaust studies and her compassionate work with aging survivors today. \n \nDr. Mordecai Paldiel (left) 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 \nYoav Shamir (right) is an award-winning documentary director\, producer and cinematographer. His films have been screened at international film festivals\, and broadcast on Arte/ZDF\, VPRO\, BBC\, Channel 4\, Sundance Channel\, ITVS\, SBS Australia\, CBC Canada\, SVT\, DR1\, Israeli Channel 2\, Israeli Channel 1\, Israeli Channel 8\, France 5\, and Canal+. His documentary films include Marta & Luis (2001)\, Checkpoint (2003)\, 5 Days (2005)\, Flipping Out (2007) and Defamation (2009). His latest film The Prophet and the Space Aliens will make its US premiere in the upcoming Chicago International Film Festival. Find him at www.yoavshamirfilms.com. \nxxxxx \nRegistration for this program is closed.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-what-makes-a-hero/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200906T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200906T171500
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CREATED:20200826T034012Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual program:  Destination Shanghai
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Feng Shan Ho was a Chinese diplomat stationed in Vienna during the time of Kristallnacht. Thanks to him\, thousands of Jewish refugees were able to escape to Shanghai\, where they found a safe haven. Feng Shan Ho was recognized in 2000 as Righteous Among the Nations.  Together we will watch a 20-minute preview of the new PBS film Harbor from the Holocaust (2020\, dir. Violet Du Feng). Then meet the diplomat’s daughter Manli Ho\, a journalist\, who will be in dialogue with Holocaust historian Dr. Mordecai Paldiel and Shanghai survivor Dr. Lotte Lustig Marcus. Representing programming partner WNET will be Ed Hersh\, who will introduce the film. \n \nxxxxx \nxxxxx \nSEE THE TRAILER \n \nxxxxx \nMEET THE SPEAKERS \n \nEd Hersh has served as a Senior Programming Consultant to WNET for almost a decade\, where he helps develop and oversee major reporting and editorial projects on critical subjects such as America’s crumbling infrastructure\, poverty and inequality\, and climate change. He is currently the project director of a new initiative reporting on the frightening rise in hate and anti-Semitism worldwide. Hersh is a veteran industry consultant\, journalist\, producer\, and media executive\, having previously served in major roles at ABC News\, A&E Network\, and Discovery Communications. He is a frequent speaker and panelist at industry events. \n \nManli Ho\, the daughter of the Chinese diplomat rescuer Dr. Feng Shan Ho\, has been painstakingly uncovering and documenting her late father’s humanitarian work for the past two decades and is working on a book. She created the historic photographic exhibit On the Wings of the Phoenix: Feng Shan Ho and the Rescue of Austrian Jews\, which has been shown in Washington\, D.C.\, San Francisco\, New York and Israel. Born in Cairo\, Egypt\, Manli grew up in Mexico\, Bolivia and Colombia. A Smith College graduate\, she was a reporter for the Boston Globe\, and was on the reporting team that earned the paper a Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for coverage of the Boston school desegregation crisis. In 1981\, she helped found China Daily\, China’s national English language newspaper in Beijing\, and continued to serve as a consultant to the paper on coverage of the Olympics and the launching of its US edition. She was also a reference specialist for the Boston-based executive search firm of Isaacson Miller. \nDr. Lotte Lustig Marcus was born in Vienna\, Austria\, in 1927 to a large\, harmonious Jewish family until the Anschluss of March 1938 shattered their lives. Lotte’s father obtained Dr. Feng Shan Ho‘s visas from the Chinese Consulate in Vienna\, and the family fled to Shanghai. After her father died of cancer\, Lotte began to work at the age of 14 — teaching\, buying/selling Japanese imports\, and running a business. She suffered from amoebic dysentery and narrowly escaped death from the bombings toward the end of the war. In 1947\, after eight difficult years in Shanghai\, Lotte and her mother came to the United States. She earned a Ph.D. in Psychology at the age of 58\, and established herself in private practice. She was married to the late writer Alan Richard Marcus. Together they ran an innovative language program for Hispanic agricultural workers called “English on Wheels” in Salinas\, California which is now housed at Stanford University. Alan Marcus’s novels and Lotte’s poetry are housed at Steve Kettman’s Santa Cruz Writing Center.   \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 and a street named for Raoul Wallenberg in Jerusalem. He was instrumental in having Feng Shan Ho recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations. \nxxxxx \n \nThis program is presented in partnership with The WNET Group. \nxxxxx \nPLEASE NOTE:  Registration for this program is now closed. \nTO ALL WHO REGISTERED:  Instructions will be emailed to you on Friday\, September 4 and again on Sunday\, September 6.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/destination-shanghai/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200817
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
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SUMMARY:Virtual Film and Discussion: Shores of Light
DESCRIPTION:. \n11 AM LOS ANGELES\, 2 PM NEW YORK\n8 PM MILAN\, 9 PM JERUSALEM\nxxxxx \nFrom Israeli director Yael Katzir comes a glorious and uplifting story of rebirth and renewal after the Holocaust. Filmed on location in Southern Italy\, Shores of Light tells the unknown true story of thousands of survivors who ended up in the region of Salento en route to what was then Palestine. Welcomed by the local population\, which was economically poor but rich in human compassion\, many of the refugees stayed\, married and had children before eventually moving on to their intended destination. It was a time of healing with the promise of a future full of hope. \n \nxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE:\nxxxxx \n⇒ August 14-16\, any time\, WATCH THE FILM (56 minutes) on your home device. A link and password to view the film will be provided to all who register. \n⇒ August 16 at 2:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, DISCUSS THE FILM\, its context and its relevance to today. Filmmaker Yael Katzir will be in dialogue with Natalia Indrimi of the Centro Primo Levi\, Holocaust historian Dr. Mordecai Paldiel and Shuni Lifshitz whose story is featured in the film. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE PANELISTS\nxxxxx \n \nAward-winning Israeli filmmaker Yael Katzir (right) has produced and aired over 120 films on Israeli television. She holds degrees in history and literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and UCLA and in broadcasting and film from Boston University\, In addition to Shores of Hope\, her films include My Grandmother had a Gun (2020)\, The Albanian Code (2019)\, Violins in Wartime (2012)\, Praying in Her Own Voice (2009)\, Yiddish Theater — A Love Story (2007)\, Shivah for my Mother (2004) and Company Jasmine (2000). She is the author of Commando-Mom\, Diary of a Mother of an Infantry Soldier (1994).  She is a Professor of film and history at the Art School of Beit Berl Academic College and is the Principal of Katzir Productions. \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 currently 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 also a member of the B’nai Brith committee in Israel honoring Jewish rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. \nShuni Lifshitz (right) is the inspiration behind the film Shores of Light. Born on December 4\, 1945\, in a DP camp in Santa Maria di Leuca\, Italy\, she arrived in Israel on February 19\, 1946. She holds degrees in Sociology\, English\, and Education Administration and worked for over 30 years as Academic Secretary at Beit Berl College of Education. After retirement she began working as a translator from English into Hebrew\, which she does to this day.  In 2009\, after having visited her birth place in Italy\, she initiated and managed the production of Shores of Light. Since then\, she served as Production Manager for The Albanian Code\, a new film by Yael Katzir. \n \nDr. Natalia Indrimi (left) is an expert on Italy during the Holocaust. She is the director of the Centro Primo Levi in New York and previously was director of programs at the Center for Jewish History. She has coordinated research projects and conferences on many aspects of Fascism and the persecution of the Jews in Italy presented by institutions including New York University\, Columbia University\, the New School\, CUNY\, the United Nations\, the Library of Congress\, the Italian Cultural Institute\, and the New York Public Library.\n \nxxxxx \nRegistration for this program is closed.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-shores-of-light/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Virtual Film and Discussion: Defying the Nazis - The Sharps' War
DESCRIPTION:Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War is an account of a daring rescue mission that occurred on the precipice of World War II. It tells the dramatic true story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp\, an American minister and his wife from Wellesley\, Massachusetts\, who left their children behind in the care of their parish and boldly committed to a life-threatening mission in Europe. Over two dangerous years they helped to save scores of imperiled Jews and refugees fleeing Nazi occupation across Europe. In 2006\, Watstill and Martha Sharp were recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations. \n \nxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE: \n⇒ July 31-August 2\, any time\, RENT THE FILM.  Details to come. \n⇒ July 31-August 2\, any time\, WATCH THE FILM (85 minutes) on your home device. \n⇒ August 2 at 2:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, DISCUSS THE FILM\, its context and its relevance to today. Meet Artemis Joukowsky — the award-winning filmmaker of this documentary film — and Amelie Diamant Holmstrom\, originally from Vienna\, who was rescued by Martha Sharp. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE PANELISTS \nArtemis A.W. Joukowsky III\, co-director with Ken Burns of Defying the Nazis\, is the grandson of Waitstill and Martha Sharp. He has devoted much of his life’s work to improving the experience of those living with multiple disabilities and promoting community services since he was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy when he was 14 years old. He is a co-founder of No Limits Media\, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to demonstrate the value and abilities of people with disabilities through a variety of media. His latest film is The Genetics of Hope. \nAmelie Diamant Holmstrom was born in Vienna in 1927. In late 1938\, she fled to Paris with her parents and two sisters. Martha Sharp rescued Amelie and her sisters by obtaining U.S. immigration visas for them and traveling with them from Lisbon to New York. Amelie is a retired language teacher and is the author of French\, A Creative Approach and a series of personal growth books entitled The Courtship of Life. She is energized by the realization that one has the strength\, imagination\, desire and capacity to create one’s own existence to a rather large degree\, and that to make a difference is a lifelong challenge for everyone.\n \nRegistration for this program is closed.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-defying-the-nazis-the-sharps-war/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200726T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200726T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
CREATED:20200624T163836Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Film and Discussion: Cuba's Forgotten Jewels
DESCRIPTION:Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels was born of the tales that Marion Kreith told her daughter\, co-director Judy Kreith\, over the years. Marion escaped war-torn Europe as a young girl with her family\, evading Nazi capture and crossing the Atlantic to a tropical paradise. In this film\, her story mingles with the personal accounts of other refugees who recall their escape to Havana and the challenges they face in an exotic and unfamiliar land. With a stunning musical score of Jewish melodies and the pulsating music of Havana\, the film merges the realities of two vastly different yet intermingled cultures\, bringing this colorful and uplifting piece of history to light. \nxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE:\n⇒ July 24-26\, any time\, RENT THE FILM ($5).  To access the film\, click here. \n⇒ July 24-26\, any time\, WATCH THE FILM on your home device. \n⇒ July 26 at 4:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, DISCUSS THE FILM\, its context and its relevance to today. Meet Judy Kreith and Robin Truesdale — the award-winning filmmakers of this documentary film — and two eyewitnesses to this history\, Marion Kreith and Felicia Rosshandler. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE PANELISTS\n \nJudy Kreith (right) is co-director of Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels: A Haven in Havana. She is a professional dance educator and choreographer with an MA from Stanford University. She has extensively studied Cuban dance and while in Cuba\, began research into the Jewish refugees’ diamond polishing industry that flourished in Havana during the Second World War\, working on-site with Cuban historians. Judy has spoken on this topic to many groups\, including a conference at the University of Antwerp\, Belgium.  \nMarion Finkels Kreith (left) was born in Altona\, Germany August 6\, 1927. Her family fled Germany in 1938 to escape the Nazis. After three harrowing years crossing Europe\, living some time in Belgium\, they received visas to travel to Cuba and boarded a ship in Portugal in 1941. In Havana\, they found safety from the Holocaust\, and Marion worked as a teenager in the flourishing diamond business there to support her family. In 1946\, the family was able to immigrate to the United States.  She has lived in Colorado since the 1950s. \n \nFelicia Rosshandler (right) was born in Berlin and is the product of three cultures\, the German\, the French and the Spanish.  She left Germany as a toddler and with her family found refuge in Antwerp.  Then Germany invaded Belgium when she was nine\, and with the help of a visa from the Salvadorian consul\, she escaped with her family to France\, and then to Spain. They boarded the ocean liner Magallanes for Havana in 1941. Felicia grew to love Cuba\, the land of her adolescence.  Her novel Passing through Havana tells this story and is a tribute to all those who traveled a similar journey.  \n \nRobin Truesdale (left) is co-director of Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels: A Haven in Havana. She is the founder of Two Hands Films and brings her storytelling abilities and craft to this project as the cinematographer\, editor\, and technical director. Robin began her career as a news editor for a Denver\, Colorado television station before turning to documentary film. Her work as a filmmaker deals primarily with social justice\, cultural\, and humanitarian issues. Robin received her BS and MS Degrees in Journalism from the University of Colorado. \nxxxxx \nPLEASE NOTE:  Registration has closed.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-cubas-forgotten-jewels/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200719
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200720
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Diplomat Heroes of the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:EVENT START TIME:\n11 AM Los Angeles\, 2 PM New York\, 7 PM Lisbon\, 8 PM Geneva\n\nxxxxx \nThis program is a birthday tribute to Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, born on this date in 1885. It also celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Sousa Mendes Foundation and the 80th anniversary of Sousa Mendes’s action. Join renowned Holocaust scholars Michael Berenbaum and Mordecai Paldiel for inspiring stories of four diplomat rescuers: Hiram Bingham of the United States\, Georg Duckwitz of Germany\, Carl Lutz of Switzerland\, and Sousa Mendes of Portugal. Participants are invited to add their own tributes\, that will be shared! \n \nxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE:\n \n⇒ July 17-19\, any time\, watch the History Channel’s documentary film Diplomats for the Damned (44 minutes) on your home device. To watch the film\, click here. \n⇒ July 19 at 2:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, join Dr. Berenbaum and Dr. Paldiel for an uplifting discussion about history\, humanity and moral courage. Special guests: Abigail Bingham Endicott\, daughter of Hiram Bingham\, will share reminiscences and an original song; Dr. Leo Goldberger\, whose life was saved by Duckwitz\, will pay tribute to his rescuer; His Excellency Mr. Jacques Pitteloud\, Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States\, will pay tribute to his countryman Carl Lutz; and His Excellency Mr. Domingos Fezas Vital\, Ambassador of Portugal to the United States\, will pay tribute to his countryman Aristides de Sousa Mendes.  If you wish to add your own tribute to any of these heroes\, please contact us. \nwxxxxx \nMEET THE PANELISTS\nxxxxx \nDr. Michael Berenbaum\, Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute and co-founder of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\, is one of the foremost Holocaust authorities in the world today. His books include A Promise to Remember: The Holocaust in the Words and Voices of Its Survivors; The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp; A Mosaic of Victims: Non-Jews Persecuted and Murdered by the Nazis and Witness to the Holocaust: An Illustrated Documentary History of the Holocaust in the Words of Its Victims\, Perpetrators\, and Bystanders. In film\, his work as co-producer of One Survivor Remembers: The Gerda Weissman Klein Story was recognized with an Academy Award\, an Emmy Award and the Cable Ace Award. He was the historical consultant on The Shoah Foundation’s documentary The Last Days\, which won an Academy Award for best feature-length documentary. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Sousa Mendes Foundation.\n \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 currently 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. \nxxxxx \nTickets are by donation of any amount. We suggest a minimum donation of $18 per household\, but please give more if you can and less if you need to. You will be asked to enter the amount you wish to donate. All contributions are 100% tax-deductible under US law. \nxxxxx \nPLEASE NOTE:  Registration is closed. \n\nxxxx \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Cercle Carl Lutz and the University of Miami Holocaust Teacher Institute.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/diplomat-heroes-of-the-holocaust/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Virtual Film and Discussion: The Starfish
DESCRIPTION:The Starfish is the touching true story of a German-Jewish boy whose life was forever altered at the age of 10\, when his parents sent him and his two older sisters to Sweden to escape Nazi persecution\, with the aid of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS). Meet Mark Hetfield\, CEO of HIAS\, who will be in dialogue with the filmmaker Tyler Gildin. \n \nAfter living in Swedish families for two years\, Herbert Gildin and his sisters journeyed across Russia and the Pacific to be reunited with their parents as refugees in America. Focused on building his lighting business rather than dwelling on the past\, decades went by before Herbert told his wife and children about his childhood\, resulting in one last journey back to Sweden to attempt to reunite with the remaining family members who had taken him in 60 years earlier.  This is a tender story of one family out of thousands who were helped by the life-saving work of HIAS. \nxxxxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE:\nxxxxx \n⇒ July 10-12\, any time\, RENT THE FILM. Cost: $1.99 with Amazon Prime. To access the film on Amazon\, click here.  To access the film on alternative platforms\, click here. \n⇒ July 10-12\, any time\, WATCH THE FILM (40 minutes) on your home device. \n⇒ Sunday\, July 12 at 4:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, DISCUSS THE FILM\, its context and its relevance to today. Meet Mark Hetfield — the President and CEO of HIAS — and Tyler Gildin\, the filmmaker and grandson of the film’s central character. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE PANELISTS\nxxxxx \nFilmmaker Tyler Gildin (right) is a director and producer whose previous works have earned him four New York Emmy Awards. The Starfish won the Audience Award for Documentary Short at the Syracuse International Film Festival and is currently available on AppleTV\, Prime Video\, Vimeo on Demand and several other streaming services.  \nMark Hetfield (below) is the President and CEO of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS).  He first joined HIAS in 1989 as a caseworker in Rome\, Italy. He has worked for the US Immigration and Naturalization Service\, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom\, a large law firm as an immigration attorney\, and has held multiple roles at HIAS over the years. Mark has led the transformation of HIAS from helping refugees because they were Jewish to helping refugees because we are Jewish. Mark is proud of HIAS’ role in assisting and resettling refugees of all faiths and ethnicities and as a major implementing partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency and the U.S. Department of State. \nxxxxx \nPlease note: Registration for this event is closed. To see our upcoming event schedule click here.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-the-starfish/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200705
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200706
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CREATED:20200609T193652Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Film and Discussion: Orchestra of Exiles
DESCRIPTION:EVENT START TIME:\n11 a.m. Los Angeles\, 2 p.m. New York\, 7 p.m. London\, 9 p.m. Tel Aviv\nxxxxx \nIn the early 1930s\, Hitler began firing Jewish musicians across Europe. Overcoming extraordinary obstacles\, virtuoso violinist Bronislaw Huberman moved these great musicians to Palestine and formed a symphony that would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra of Exiles tells the gripping true story of how Huberman\, with courage\, resourcefulness and an entourage of allies\, saved nearly 1000 Jews and guaranteed the survival of Europe’s musical heritage. \n \n“I defy you to leave with a dry eye.” – The Forward \n“Aspires to a level of primary research that other historical documentaries could take a page from.”   – The New York Times \n“A great\, too-little-known piece of history… marvelous footage!” – The Christian Science Monitor \nxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE: \n⇒ July 3-5\, any time\, RENT THE FILM. Cost: free with Amazon Prime in the United States. To access the film on Amazon\, click here. To access the film on Vimeo in North America\, the UK and Israel ($2.99 rental)\, click here. \n⇒ July 3-5\, any time\, WATCH THE FILM (85 minutes) on your home device. \n⇒ Sunday\, July 5 at 2:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, DISCUSS THE FILM\, its context and its relevance to today. Meet Josh Aronson — the award-winning filmmaker of this documentary film — and Mordecai Paldiel\, the leading world expert on Holocaust rescue. They will have a discussion and take your questions. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE PANELISTS \n \nOscar-nominated filmmaker Josh Aronson began his career as a still photographer for Time Life before turning to film. He directed MTV videos\, episodic television and over 500 commercials before turning to documentaries in 1999.  He is also a concert pianist and regularly plays chamber music in New York and at the Telluride Musicfest\, a chamber music festival he co-founded in 2002. His latest film\, To Be of Service (2019)\, explores complex stories of veterans with PTSD and the impeccably trained service dogs they are paired with to help them find a path to healing. \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 currently teaches at Stern College and Touro College and serves on the Board of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. He is planning to nominate Bronislaw Huberman for the Jewish Rescuers Citation of the B’nai B’rith\, which recognizes Jewish rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. \nxxxxx \nPLEASE NOTE:  Registration for this event is now closed.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-orchestra-of-exiles/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200628T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200628T163000
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
CREATED:20200516T194507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200628T213110Z
UID:18480-1593356400-1593361800@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Virtual event: The Power of Music
DESCRIPTION:Music has the unique power to transport an individual outside of the here and now.  This event is a demonstration of that power.  We will begin by watching the Oscar-winning short documentary film The Lady in Number 6 — Music Saved My Life (38 minutes) about the extraordinary life of concert pianist and Holocaust survivor Alice Herz Sommer.  Then we will be treated to a musical response to this tender and touching film by singers Cantor Arianne Brown and Stephan Kirchgraber and composer/pianist Neely Bruce.  Not to be missed! \n \n \nTickets are by donation of any amount. The event is a fundraiser\, with a portion of the proceeds going to refugee assistance. Our designated grantee is the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)\, the oldest refugee aid organization in the world.  We suggest a minimum donation of $36 per household\, but please give more if you can or less if you need to.  All tickets are 100% tax-deductible.   \nIf you love music\, this program will feed your soul! \n \nxxxxx \nThe event will begin at 3 p.m. ET/12 noon PT. \nMEET THE MUSICIANS \nCantor Arianne Brown\, of Adas Israel Congregation in Washington DC\, was invested as a Hazzan and received a Master of Arts in Sacred Music from the Jewish Theological Seminary.  She has appeared at Carnegie Hall\, Safra Hall\, Disney Hall\, the Krakow Jewish Music Festival\, and Warsaw’s Ida Kaminska State Theatre. She sang the national anthem at Dodger Stadium and the Kodak Theater for President Obama’s Jewish Heritage address and for Prime Minister Netanyahu.  Theater roles include Lili in Carnival\, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof\, Hope in Anything Goes\, Luisa in The Fantasticks\, and Zorah in Ruddigore. Opera credits include roles in Carmen\, The Marriage of Figaro\, and Amelia Goes to the Ball. Arianne was proud to produce and perform in the premiere of highlights from Neely Bruce’s Circular 14: The Apotheosis of Aristides for Adas Israel’s Garden of the Righteous ceremony. Arianne is married to Rabbi Randy Brown and is the proud Ima of three little boys. \nComposer/pianist Neely Bruce is the John Spencer Camp Professor of Music at Wesleyan University. He is the composer of over 800 works\, including operas\, oratorios and other choral music\, orchestral works\, solo songs\, seven documentary scores for public television\, and some 14 hours of solo piano music. He is the only pianist to have accompanied all of the solo vocal music of Charles Ives. In 2005\, Bruce set the Bill of Rights to music\, in the style of William Billings. This work\, for chorus and eight instruments\, has been performed 35 times. His most recent major work is a dramatic oratorio entitled Circular 14: The Apotheosis of Aristides. \nStephan Kirchgraber\, bass\, made his debut with the Miami Opera\, after studies at the University of Illinois and in Munich\, returning to Miami for principal roles in Macbeth\, Norma\, Turandot\, and Alberto Franchetti’s Cristoforo Colombo. In recent seasons\, he sang at the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice in Rigoletto and Verdi’s Requiem\, and in Fidelio with the Shippensburg Festival Symphony and Chorus. He appeared in Aida with the Opera de Puerto Rico and in Andrea Chenier with Culturarte de Puerto Rico\, released on DVD. Mr. Kirchgraber made his European debut in Die Meistersinger at the Festival dei due Mondi in Spoleto\, toured with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Pecs in Beethoven’s Ninth\, and appeared in Salome at the Opernhaus Zurich. He also appeared with the opera companies of Augusta\, Baltimore\, Orlando\, Palm Beach\, Pittsburgh\, Tampa\, and Utah\, and has toured with the New York City Opera. In 1998\, he received the Robert M. Lauch Memorial Grant from the Wagner Society of New York. \nRegistration for this event has closed. \n\nxxxxxThis event is co-sponsored by the University of Miami’s Holocaust Teacher Institute.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-event-the-power-of-music/
CATEGORIES:Concert,Discussion,Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Virtual Film and Discussion: Nicky's Family
DESCRIPTION:Psychologist Dr. Eva Fogelman will be in dialogue with Columbia University Film Professor Dr. Annette Insdorf about this moving documentary directed by Matej Minac. Nicholas Winton organized the rescue of 669 children just before the outbreak of WWII as part of the Kindertransport project. Winton kept silent about his exploits until his wife uncovered a suitcase in the attic full of documents and transport plans fifty years later. The psychological effects on the child survivors and the parents who let them go were profound. \nxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE: \n⇒ June 12-14\, any time\, RENT THE FILM on Amazon (free if you have Amazon Prime) at this link. \n⇒ June 12-14\, any time\, WATCH THE FILM on your home device. \n⇒ June 14 at 4:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, DISCUSS THE FILM\, its context and its relevance to today. Meet psychologist Dr. Eva Fogelman and film critic Dr. Annette Insdorf.  They will have a discussion and then take questions. \nxxxxx \n \nMEET THE SPEAKERS \nDr. Eva Fogelman is a psychologist in private practice in New York City and an authority on Holocaust rescue and the altruistic personality. She is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book\, Conscience and Courage:  Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust. In 1986 she co-founded the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous\, then called the Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers. She is co-editor of Children During the Nazi Reign: Psychological Perspective on the Interview Process. Dr. Fogelman wrote and co-produced the award-winning documentary\, Breaking the Silence:  The Generation After the Holocaust. She was honored at the Sousa Mendes Foundation’s 2017 gala for her pioneering contributions to Holocaust studies and her compassionate work with aging survivors today. \nAnnette Insdorf\, an internationally renowned film scholar\, is Professor of Film at Columbia University’s School of the Arts\, and Moderator of the 92nd Street Y’s Reel Pieces series\, where she has interviewed hundreds of celebrities. Dr. Insdorf is the author of numerous books including the landmark study Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust (with a foreword by Elie Wiesel) and Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes.  Born in Paris to Polish Holocaust survivors\, she moved to New York as a young child. She received her BA from Queens College and her Ph.D. from Yale University\, where she taught for over ten years. \nxxxxx \nPLEASE NOTE:  Registration for this event is now closed.  To sign up for our upcoming events\, please click here.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/nickys-family/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200607T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200607T170000
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CREATED:20200517T181605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200607T061549Z
UID:18476-1591545600-1591549200@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Film and Discussion:  Ahead of Time\, The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
DESCRIPTION:This prize-winning film documents the life of Ruth Gruber (1911-2016)\, an American photojournalist and writer who defied tradition in a career that spanned more than seven decades. The New York Times called her “a fearless chronicler of the Jewish struggle.” She escorted Holocaust refugees to America in 1944\, covered the Nuremberg trials in 1946 and documented the Haganah ship Exodus in 1947. Her relationships with world leaders including Eleanor Roosevelt\, Harry Truman\, and David Ben Gurion gave her a front-row seat to history. The film captures the drama of her long and extraordinary life as she lent her camera lens – and her heart – to refugees of war.  An inspiring story of a life well-lived! \n \nxxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE: \n⇒ June 5-7\, any time\, RENT THE FILM ($6.99\, 72-hour rental).  To access the trailer and the film\, please click here. \n⇒ June 5-7\, any time\, WATCH THE FILM on your home device. \n⇒ June 7 at 4:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, DISCUSS THE FILM\, its context and its relevance to today.  Meet the Executive Producer Patricia Kenner and the historian and author Dr. Blanche Wiesen-Cook.  They will have a discussion and then take questions. \nxxxxx \nMEET THE PANELISTS \nFilm producer Patricia Kenner approached Ruth Gruber about telling her life story when Gruber was 97.  The film went on to critical acclaim. She serves on the Boards of the Museum of Jewish Heritage\, the Defiant Requiem Foundation\, Selfhelp Foundation\, Educational Alliance\, Carnegie Mellon University\, and the American Heart Association and is co-chair of the Community Initiative on Holocaust Survivors at UJA. She is also the Executive Producer of Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019). \n \nxxxxx \nBlanche Wiesen-Cook is a Distinguished Professor of History and Women’s Studies at the John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.  She was a close friend of Ruth Gruber and interviewed her on several occasions.  She is the author of the three-volume definitive biography of Eleanor Roosevelt. \nxxxxx \nPLEASE NOTE:  Registration is now closed.  You may view the film until Monday June 8 at 10 p.m. US Eastern Time at this link.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-ahead-of-time-the-extraordinary-journey-of-ruth-gruber/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200531T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200531T150000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Film and Discussion: Truus' Children\, the story of a Dutch superwoman who saved innocent lives
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a sneak preview of the not-yet-released film Truus’ Children about the life-saving action of the Dutch rescuer Gertruuda (“Truus”) Wijsmuller (photo shown here). Her chutzpah brought her face to face with Adolf Eichmann\, from whom she obtained permission in December of 1938 to save 600 Jewish children from Vienna.  This was the first Kindertransport\, in what eventually became a major operation that sent approximately 10\,000 Jewish children to the United Kingdom from Germany\, Austria\, Poland\, and Czechoslovakia. She was named Righteous Among the Nations in 1967\, and yet her story is still barely known.  This event is not to be missed! \n \nxxxx \nTHE SCHEDULE: \n⇒ May 29-31\, any time\, RENT THE FILM for $4.99 (3-day rental)  To access the film\, please click here. \n⇒ May 29-31\, any time\, WATCH THE FILM on your home device. \n⇒ May 31 at 2:00 p.m. US Eastern Time\, DISCUSS THE FILM\, its context and its relevance to today.  Meet the filmmakers Pamela Sturhoofd and Jessica van Tijn who will be in dialogue with Isabel Bauer-Langsdorf\, one of the rescued children featured in the film.  They will have a discussion and then take questions. \nxxxx \nMEET THE PRESENTERS \n \nDutch filmmakers Pamela Sturhoofd (at right) and Jessica van Tijn (below) are co-owners and co-founders of the media company Special Eyes Productions\, established in 1998. Pamela studied Communication Sciences and Political Science at the University of Amsterdam and directing at the Media Academy in Hilversum. She has had a long career in the media world\, working at Tros Aktua\, Sleeswijk Entertainment and Stokvis Productions\, and as an executive producer at Endemol. \n \nJessica pursued studies in International Relations and Communication Sciences at the University of Amsterdam\, followed by a postgraduate IB course at Clingendael Institute and a directing course at the Media Academy in Hilversum.  She has worked in Dutch radio and television (VPRO/VARA). Pamela and Jessica have traveled the world to track down and interview the children saved by Truus Wijsmuller\, now in their 80s and 90s\, many of whom had no idea who had saved them. Now the filmmakers are assembling the first-ever Truus Wijsmuller Archive to ensure that this story is preserved into the future. \nIsabel Bauer-Langsdorf (right and below) was born as Ilse in 1937 in Frankfurt\, Germany. Her German Jewish mother was unmarried and therefore had to make the painful decision to give her daughter up for adoption. By doing so\, she saved Isabel’s life. In 1939\, Isabel was brought to the Netherlands\, which was not yet under German occupation. There she was taken in by Truus Wijsmuller\, who arranged passage for her to the far-off island of Aruba\, where a German Jewish couple who had escaped there was waiting to adopt her. But the ship\, the Simon Bolivar\, hit a German mine in the North Sea and sank. Little Isabel was among those rescued\, but she was badly injured and spent the next several months in a hospital in London. At the beginning of May 1940\, a recovered Isabel returned to Truus Wijsmuller’s care in Amsterdam. But as a Jewish child\, she wasn’t safe to remain in the Netherlands. On May 10\, 1940\, the day of the Nazi invasion of the Low Countries\, Truus Wijsmuller traveled with the little girl to Paris. From there Truus arranged passage for her to Portugal and then by ship to Aruba\, where her adoptive parents awaited her. Thanks to Truus Wijsmuller\, Isabel Bauer-Langsdorf survived these multiple brushes with death\, and today she lives in the United States. \nPlease note:  Registration for the discussion is closed.  But you are still welcome to rent the film at this link.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/film-and-discussion-saving-the-children-the-story-of-truus/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200524T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200524T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
CREATED:20200427T224338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200522T144845Z
UID:18445-1590336000-1590339600@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Film and Discussion:  Disobedience\, The Sousa Mendes Story
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to join us for an online film-and-discussion event featuring the award-winning docudrama Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story by Joel Santoni and starring Bernard Le Coq as the Holocaust rescuer Aristides de Sousa Mendes. \n \nTHE SCHEDULE: \n⇒ May 22-24\, any time\, RENT THE FILM for $4.99 (3-day rental\, North America only) at: \nhttps://vimeo.com/ondemand/disobedience \n⇒ May 22-24\, any time\, WATCH THE FILM on your home device. \n⇒ May 24 at 4:00 p.m. EST\, DISCUSS THE FILM\, its context and its relevance to today.  Meet Michael Spett — who received a life-saving visa from Aristides de Sousa Mendes — and Robert Jacobvitz\, a longtime prime-mover in the effort to bring justice to Sousa Mendes in Portugal and around the world.  They will lead the discussion and answer your questions. \n***** \nABOUT THE PANELISTS \nMichael D. Spett is a retired New York City printer-publisher now residing in Florida. Born in Brussels\, Belgium\, he escaped with his family via France and Portugal. In 1986 the family’s Portuguese visa\, signed by Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux\, was reproduced in The Courage to Care\, a book about the Righteous Gentiles that was designed and printed by his firm. This led to his participation in the Portuguese documentary film Le Consul proscrit and subsequently to the production of another Holocaust related book\, The Yellow Star\, the American translation of the highly regarded German photo-documentary volume\, Der gelbe Stern. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. \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. His paper “Reinstating the Name and Honor of a Portuguese Diplomat Who Rescued Jews during World War II” was published in the Winter/Spring 2008 issue of The Journal of Jewish Communal Service.  He is the Chair of the Sousa Mendes Foundation’s Advisory Council. \n*** PLEASE NOTE:  REGISTRATION FOR THE DISCUSSION IS CLOSED\, BUT YOU CAN STILL RENT THE FILM BY CLICKING ON THE TICKET BELOW. ****
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-disobedience-the-sousa-mendes-story-2/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200517T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200517T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
CREATED:20200429T180858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200504T215125Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Film and Discussion: Persona Non Grata
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to join us for an online film-and-discussion event about the award-winning feature film Persona Non Grata by Cellin Gluck and starring Toshiaki Karasawa as the Holocaust rescuer Chiune “Sempo” Sugihara. \n\nTHE SCHEDULE: \n⇒ May 14-17\, any time\, RENT THE FILM.  Cost:  $4.99.  To rent the film\, click here. \n⇒ May 14-17\, any time\, WATCH THE FILM on your home device. \n⇒ May 17 at 4:00 p.m. EST\, DISCUSS THE FILM\, its context and its relevance to today.  Meet Cellin Gluck — the award-winning filmmaker of this feature film — and Mordecai Paldiel\, the leading world expert on Holocaust rescue who personally oversaw the Sugihara file at Yad Vashem in the 1980s. They will lead the discussion and answer your questions. \n***** \nABOUT THE PANELISTS \nAward-winning filmmaker Cellin Gluck was born in Wakayama\, Japan to American parents — a Jewish New Yorker father and a Japanese-American mother from California (via wartime “relocation” in Rohwer\, AK).  Believing that his greatest asset is his multicultural upbringing\, Cellin knows that his own “composition” gives him an innate sensibility for things both Eastern and Western — allowing him to bridge cultures visually\, viscerally\, artistically and emotionally. \n**** \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 currently teaches at Stern College and Touro College and serves on the Board of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. \n***** \n***** \n \n***** \nPlease note:  Registration will close on Thursday\, May 14 at 10 p.m. US Eastern Time and the video link for the discussion will be sent the following day.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-persona-non-grata/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200503T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200503T140000
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
CREATED:20200423T154349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200502T032743Z
UID:18433-1588510800-1588514400@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Film and Discussion:  Passports to Paraguay
DESCRIPTION:*** PLEASE NOTE:  REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CLOSED. *** \nThe Sousa Mendes Foundation presents Dr. Mordecai Paldiel\, world expert on Holocaust rescue\, and Ambassador Jakub Kumoch of Poland\, who will discuss the film Passports to Paraguay.   \n \nThis new documentary tells the little-known true story of the “Ładoś group” of Polish citizens in Switzerland — Jews and non-Jews working together — who saved Jews trapped in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1942 by securing for them Paraguayan passports.  The Paraguayan government was taken aback by this scheme but was eventually persuaded to go along with it.  In the end\, passports and other documents from Paraguay and three other Latin American countries were prepared by this group for as many as ten thousand people\, of whom 3\,253 have now been identified. The film was directed by Robert Kaczmarek and produced by the Polish Institute of National Remembrance.  This is a remarkable story that should be widely known. \nABOUT THE PANELISTS \nAmbassador Jakub Kumoch is a Polish political scientist and Middle East expert who served between 2016 and 2020 as Poland’s Ambassador to Switzerland. In 2017\, Dr. Kumoch played a decisive role in the discovery of the Ładoś operation. He co-authored the “Ładoś List\,” the list of 3\,253 names of Jews who were in possession of Ładoś’ passports. He currently serves as Poland’s Ambassador to Turkey. \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 currently teaches at Stern College and Touro College and serves on the Board of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. \nThis free event will be held at 1 pm US Eastern Time\, 10 am US Pacific Time. \n*** PLEASE NOTE:  REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CLOSED. ***
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-passports-to-paraguay/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200424T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200424T153000
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
CREATED:20200401T015702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T180926Z
UID:18409-1587736800-1587742200@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Film and Discussion:  Nobody Wants Us
DESCRIPTION:🎥✨🍿You’re invited to join us for an online FILM AND DISCUSSION EVENT featuring the new documentary “Nobody Wants Us” 🎥✨🍿 \nAbout the film\nIn 1940\, a ship called the S.S. QUANZA left the port of Lisbon carrying several hundred Jewish refugees to freedom. Most of them held life-saving visas issued by the Holocaust rescuer Aristides de Sousa Mendes. But events went terribly wrong\, and the passengers became trapped on the ship when no country would accept them. Nobody Wants Us Film tells the gripping true story of how Eleanor Roosevelt stepped in to save the passengers on board\, believing them to be “future patriotic Americans” rather than “undesirables” as labeled by the US State Department. This is an episode in American history that everyone should know! \nFollowing the film\, join Holocaust survivor and educator Miriam Klein Kassenoff and award-winning PBS producer and independent filmmaker Laura Seltzer-Duny for a discussion of this little-known episode in Holocaust history and its relevance for today. The discussion will be moderated by Olivia Mattis\, President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. \nMore info at https://www.nobodywantsus.com/ \n** PLEASE NOTE **\nPURCHASE TICKET for $4.99 at THIS LINK \nOur Virtual Screening Plan:\n2:00 p.m. EST: We meet virtually to say hello via a Zoom link that we’ll send to all of the attendees. \n2:15 p.m. EST: We watch the film. \n3:00 p.m. EST: After the screening\, we will discuss the film\, its context and its relevance to today. \nPLEASE NOTE:  Registration will close on Wednesday\, April 22 at 10 p.m. US Eastern time.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-screening-and-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200421T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200421T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
CREATED:20200409T160349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201224T024123Z
UID:18413-1587484800-1587488400@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Film and Discussion:  Disobedience\, The Sousa Mendes Story
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to join us for an online FILM AND DISCUSSION EVENT featuring the award-winning docudrama DISOBEDIENCE: THE SOUSA MENDES STORY by Joel Santoni and starring Bernard Le Coq as Aristides de Sousa Mendes. \nTHE SCHEDULE: \n⇒ April 19-21\, any time\, RENT THE FILM for $4.99 (3-day rental\, North America only) at: \nhttps://vimeo.com/ondemand/disobedience \n⇒ April 19-21\, any time\, WATCH THE FILM on your home device. \n⇒ April 21 at 4:00 p.m. EST\, DISCUSS THE FILM\, its context and its relevance to today.  Meet playwright/stage director Jean-Claude van Itallie — who received a life-saving visa from Aristides de Sousa Mendes — and Robert Jacobvitz\, a longtime prime-mover in the effort to bring justice to Sousa Mendes in Portugal and around the world.  They will lead the discussion and answer your questions. \n \n  \nPlease note:  Registration will close on Sunday\, April 19 at 10 p.m. US Eastern Time and the video link for the discussion will be sent the following day. \n 
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-disobedience-the-sousa-mendes-story/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200302T204500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200302T230000
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
CREATED:20200206T225723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200206T230833Z
UID:18309-1583181900-1583190000@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Film screening in Vancouver\, BC
DESCRIPTION:The Vancouver Jewish Film Festival presents the award-winning docudrama Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story telling the dramatic true story of a daring and large-scale rescue action during World War II.  Leading a post-film discussion will be Holocaust educator Myra Bard Michaelson.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/film-screening-in-vancouver-bc/
LOCATION:Fifth Ave Cinemas\, 2110 Burrard St\,\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200202T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200202T123000
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
CREATED:20191116T025921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200108T073254Z
UID:18199-1580637600-1580646600@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Film screening at Cinema Arts Centre\, Huntington\, NY
DESCRIPTION:The Cinema Arts Centre presents a screening of the documentary film\, Nobody Wants Us (2019\, dir. Laura Seltzer-Duny).  \nSynopsis:  In 1940\, a ship called the S.S. Quanza left the port of Lisbon carrying several hundred Jewish refugees to freedom.  Most of them held life-saving visas issued by the Holocaust rescuer Aristides de Sousa Mendes.  But events went terribly wrong\, and the passengers became trapped on the ship because no country would take them in. Nobody Wants Us tells the gripping true story of how Eleanor Roosevelt stepped in to save the passengers on board because of her moral conviction that they were not “undesirables” (as the US State Department labeled them) but rather\, “future patriotic Americans.” This is an episode in American history that everyone needs to know.   \nProgram:  The event is part of the “Sunday Schmooze” film-and-discussion series at the Cinema Arts Centre hosted by Fred Craden.  Schedule: \n10 a.m. Bagel brunch. \n11 a.m. Screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker Laura Seltzer-Duny and Olivia Mattis\, President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation.  Special guest:  Gerald Mendes\, grandson of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. \nCost:  $15 for members; $20 for non-members. \nTickets:  For more information and to purchase tickets\, please click here.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/film-screening-at-cinema-arts-centre-huntington-ny/
LOCATION:Cinema Arts Centre\, 423 Park Avenue\, Huntington\, NY\, 11743\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening,Reception
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200105T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200105T173000
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
CREATED:20191024T010101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T184302Z
UID:18172-1578238200-1578245400@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Film screening in Green Valley\, Arizona
DESCRIPTION:The 2020 Tucson International Jewish Film Festival presents Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story.  Leading a post-screening discussion will be Peter Barrett\, whose grandparents from Vienna received life-saving visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes as they escaped from Nazi-occupied Europe in 1940.  The venue is accessible to patrons with disabilities\, and parking is readily available.  Refreshments will be served.  For more information\, contact Katie Spector\, TIJFF Director\, (502) 299-3000 or kspector@TucsonJCC.org
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/film-screening-in-tucson-arizona-2/
LOCATION:Tucson International Jewish Film Festival\, 1751 N Rio Mayo\, Green Valley\, AZ\, 85614\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191210T174500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191210T201500
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
CREATED:20191022T230826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191024T011256Z
UID:18149-1575999900-1576008900@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Film screening and discussion at Roosevelt House\, New York City
DESCRIPTION:Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College\, the Sousa Mendes Foundation\, and Hunter College Jewish Studies Center present a screening of the documentary film\, Nobody Wants Us (2019\, dir. Laura Seltzer-Duny) at the Roosevelt House at 47-49 East 65th Street\, between Madison and Park Avenues\, New York City.  The event will be held on International Human Rights Day\, December 10\, 2019.  The event will begin with a reception at 5:45 p.m.\, with the program to follow at 6:30 p.m. \n  \nSynopsis:  In 1940\, a ship called the S.S. Quanza left the port of Lisbon carrying several hundred Jewish refugees to freedom.  Most of them held life-saving visas issued by the Holocaust rescuer Aristides de Sousa Mendes.  But events went terribly wrong\, and the passengers became trapped on the ship because no country would take them in.  Nobody Wants Us tells the gripping true story of how Eleanor Roosevelt stepped in to save the passengers on board because of her moral conviction that they were not “undesirables” (as the US State Department labeled them) but rather\, “future patriotic Americans.”  This is an episode in American history that everyone needs to know.   \n  \n“We are delighted to bring this important film\, Nobody Wants Us\, to Roosevelt House\, and to share it with the rest of the Hunter community\,” says Harold Holzer\, the Jonathan F. Fanton Director of Roosevelt House.  “The film offers a fresh perspective not just on the issue of immigration\, but the action taken by Eleanor Roosevelt to save the lives of immigrants in need of sanctuary\,” he adds.  \n  \nProgram:  The film\, which is 37 minutes in length\, will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Leah Garrett\, Director of the Hunter College Jewish Studies Center.  Other participants will include: \nBlanche Wiesen Cook\, the leading authority on Eleanor Roosevelt and author of her three-volume biography. \nAnnette Lachmann\, who was a passenger on the Quanza in 1940. \nLaura Seltzer-Duny\, the filmmaker. \n  \nSignificance of the story:  According to Michael Dobbs of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\, “The Quanza incident is a timely reminder that individuals make a difference.  Without visas supplied by the Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, many of the Jewish passengers on board the Quanza might well have been stranded in Nazi-occupied Europe. Without the legal brilliance of a maritime lawyer named Jacob Morewitz\, the ship would have been obliged to sail back to Europe. Without the intervention of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt\, the passengers would not have been permitted to land.   It took three people\, from entirely different backgrounds\, to save dozens of lives that might otherwise have been lost.” \n  \nRoosevelt House\, an integral part of Hunter College since 1943\, re-opened in 2010 as a public policy institute honoring the distinguished legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Its mission is three-fold: to educate students in public policy and human rights\, to support faculty research\, and to foster creative dialogue. The institute provides opportunities for students to analyze public policy  and experience meaningful civic engagement; for faculty to research\, teach\, and write about important issues of the day; and for scholarly and public audiences to participate in high-profile lectures\, seminars and conferences. \n  \nThe Sousa Mendes Foundation\, established in 2010\, is a non-profit organization dedicated to honoring the memory of the Holocaust rescuer Aristides de Sousa Mendes and to teaching the importance of moral courage in a civilized world. Named “Organization of the Year” in 2012 by The Portuguese Tribune\, the Foundation is engaged in a worldwide search for families who escaped the Holocaust through Portugal. Through concerts\, lectures\, films and other educational programming it promotes the important lesson\, particularly to young people\, that one person can make a difference. \n  \nTicket information:  The event is free of charge\, but seating is limited\, and is by advance reservation. For more information and to reserve tickets\, please click here.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/film-screening-and-discussion-at-roosevelt-house-new-york-city/
LOCATION:Roosevelt House\, 47-49 East 65th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10065\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film Screening,Reception
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190811T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190811T163000
DTSTAMP:20260421T195115
CREATED:20190413T022906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190811T150438Z
UID:17823-1565532000-1565541000@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Eleanor Roosevelt and the Jewish Refugees She Saved: The Story of the S. S. Quanza
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT!\n  \n \nPassengers on board the Quanza\, unable to disembark\, 1940 \n  \nThe Sousa Mendes Foundation and the American Sephardi Federation present the New York premiere of the documentary film\, Nobody Wants Us (2019\, dir. Laura Seltzer-Duny) on Sunday\, August 11\, 2019\, 2-4:30 p.m. at the Center for Jewish History\, 15 West 16th Street\, New York City. \n  \nSynopsis: \nIn 1940\, a ship called the S.S. Quanza left the port of Lisbon carrying several hundred Jewish refugees —  most of whom held Sousa Mendes visas — to freedom.  But events went terribly wrong\, and the passengers became trapped on the ship because no country would take them in.  Nobody Wants Us tells the gripping true story of how Eleanor Roosevelt herself stepped in to save the passengers on board because of her moral conviction that they were not “undesirables” (as the US State Department labeled them) but rather were “future patriotic Americans.”  This is an episode in American history that everyone needs to know. \n  \nProgram: \nThe film\, which is 35 minutes in length\, will be introduced by the filmmaker Laura Seltzer-Duny and followed by a panel discussion moderated by Michael Dobbs of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\, author of The Unwanted.  Other participants will include: \nBlanche Wiesen Cook\, the leading world expert on Eleanor Roosevelt and the author of her three-volume biography. \nAnnette Lachmann\, who was a passenger on the Quanza in 1940. \nKathleen Rand\, whose father Wolf Rand was the passenger who successfully filed suit against the shipping company\, forcing the vessel to remain in port until the conflict was resolved. \nStephen Morewitz\, the leading world expert on the Quanza story\, whose grandparents’ Newport News\, Virginia law firm of Morewitz & Morewitz was hired by Wolf Rand and successfully litigated the case. \n  \nSignificance of the story: \nAccording to Michael Dobbs\, “The Quanza incident is a timely reminder that individuals make a difference.  Without visas supplied by the Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, many of the Jewish passengers on board the Quanza might well have been stranded in Nazi-occupied Europe.  Without the legal brilliance of a maritime lawyer named Jacob Morewitz\, the ship would have been obliged to sail back to Europe. Without the intervention of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt\, the passengers would not have been permitted to land.   It took three people\, from entirely different backgrounds\, to save dozens of lives that might otherwise have been lost.” \n 
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/eleanor-roosevelt-and-the-quanza/
LOCATION:Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th Street\,  New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Film Screening,Luncheon
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