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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190405T181500
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SUMMARY:Yom Hashoah in New Bedford\, MA
DESCRIPTION:  \nIn recognition of the special relationship between the city of New Bedford\, MA and the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, the Jewish Federation of New Bedford will present a gift to the Sousa Mendes Foundation on the occasion of the annual Yom Hashoah service of the city of New Bedford at Buttonwood Park.  Representing the Foundation will be Robert Jacobvitz\, Chair of the Advisory Council\, who played a key role in the early recognitions of Sousa Mendes in New Bedford and elsewhere in the 1980s.  Representing the Jewish Federation will be Amir Cohen\, Executive Director.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/yom-hashoah-in-new-bedford-ma/
LOCATION:Holocaust Memorial Monument\, Buttonwood Park\, New Bedford\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ceremony,Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Federation of Greater New Bedford":MAILTO:amir@jewishnewbedford.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190317T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190317T180000
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20190304T182831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190304T183732Z
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SUMMARY:A celebration of Sugihara and Sousa Mendes
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Mordecai Paldiel\, the leading world authority on the Righteous Diplomats\, will speak in an intimate wine-and-cheese gathering to which you are invited!  Dr. Paldiel is the former director of the Righteous Among the Nations department at Yad Vashem and will speak about Chiune Sugihara\, Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, Georg Duckwitz and other heroes.   \nAlso speaking will be Armand Lerner\, a Sousa Mendes visa recipient\, and Chaim Jaskoll\, whose family was saved by Sugihara. On view during this special event will be the ceramic novel “Journey Maps 1940” by Gaia Starr\, depicting her family’s exodus from Nazi-occupied Europe with the help of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. \nThis is a very special event that you won’t want to miss!  If you plan to come\, kindly RSVP to info@sousamendesfoundation.org. Or give us a call at (877) 797-9759.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/a-celebration-of-sugihara-and-sousa-mendes/
LOCATION:Home of Eric and Leah Sills\, 125 Oxford Road\, New Rochelle\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Lecture,Reception
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Sugihara-and-ASM.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180422T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180422T153000
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20170507T001123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180329T065037Z
UID:16178-1524403800-1524411000@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Presentation in Wynnewood\, PA:  "Two Righteous Gentiles: Sousa Mendes and Sugihara"
DESCRIPTION:The Jewish Genealogical Society of Philadelphia presents a program on the Holocaust rescuers Aristides de Sousa Mendes and Chiune Sugihara.  Monique Rubens Krohn\, Board Member of the Sousa Mendes Foundation\, will speak about Sousa Mendes.  Open to the public.  $5 for non-members.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/lecture-two-righteous-gentiles/
LOCATION:Main Line Reform Temple\, 410 Montgomery Ave\, Wynnewood\, PA\, 19096\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Monique-Krohn.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180422T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180422T110000
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20180307T233358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180329T041849Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation in Pinecrest\, FL:  "Leah's Journey"
DESCRIPTION:The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami\, in collaboration with Temple Beth Am\, presents “Leah’s Journey” — a presentation by Rebecca Barber telling the dramatic true story of a 19-year old German teen who keeps a diary while she and her family desperately flee across Europe.  Rebecca will recount the rescue by Aristides de Sousa Mendes of her mother\, Leah Steppel\, along with thousands of others.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/presentation-in-pinecrest-fl/
LOCATION:Temple Beth Am — Adult Reading Room\, 5950 N. Kendall Drive\, Pinecrest\, FL\, 33156\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Rebecca-Barber-small.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180411T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180411T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20180308T071122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180329T004318Z
UID:17364-1523471400-1523478600@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Film screening and presentation in Chicago\, IL
DESCRIPTION:Anshe Emet Synagogue presents excerpts from the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story.  Paulette Freed\, whose family was saved by Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, will present the story of her family’s escape from Nazi-occupied Europe and her own pilgrimage to retrace her family’s footsteps to freedom.  To register for the event\, and purchase optional memorial candles\, please go here:  http://tinyurl.com/yomhashoah5778.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/film-screening-and-presentation-in-chicago-il/
LOCATION:Anshe Emet Synagogue\, 3751 North Broadway\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Disobedience-avatar-large.jpg
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170911T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20170202T210539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170831T105955Z
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SUMMARY:Conference:  Refugees\, Statelessness\, Migration\, and the Work of the Joint"
DESCRIPTION:Joan Halperin and Diana Cooper-Clark will speak about Polish refugees who escaped Nazi-occupied Europe via Portugal\, many with visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, and found refuge on the island of Jamaica.  The talk is part of a two-day conference organized by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/conference-refugees-statelessness-migration-and-the-work-of-the-joint/
LOCATION:Center for Jewish History\, 15 W 16th Street\,  New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/NY_05887_dt1.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170424T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170424T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20170130T214402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170418T180803Z
UID:15794-1493060400-1493065800@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Ceremony and testimonial:  Remembering Aristides de Sousa Mendes
DESCRIPTION:Monique Rubens Krohn will share the moving true story of how her family escaped Nazi-occupied Europe with the help of Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/lecture-remembering-aristides-de-sousa-mendes/
LOCATION:Congregation Shaarai Shomayim\, 75 E James St\, Lancaster\, PA\, 17602\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ceremony,Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Monique-Krohn.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170302T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170302T103000
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20170215T041958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170216T003242Z
UID:15838-1488447000-1488450600@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lecture: Aristides de Sousa Mendes -- A Holocaust Hero and the Lives He Saved
DESCRIPTION:Joan Arnay Halperin and Monique Rubens Krohn\, both daughters and granddaughters of Sousa Mendes visa recipients\, share their family histories to tell the story of how a single act of moral courage reverberates through the generations. \nFree and open to the public.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/lecture-aristides-de-sousa-mendes-a-holocaust-hero-and-the-lives-he-saved/
LOCATION:Ramapo College of New Jersey\, 505 Ramapo Valley Road\, Mahwah\, NJ\, 07430-1680\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Sousa-Mendes_Flyer-1.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170220T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20170207T061915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170216T004435Z
UID:15804-1487617200-1487624400@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Film screening:  With God Against Man
DESCRIPTION:The Moscow War Memorial Synagogue presents Semyon Pinkhasov‘s must-see documentary about Aristides de Sousa Mendes.  In June 2013\, Pinkhasov followed a group of visa recipient families\, along with members of the Sousa Mendes family\, as they embarked on a pilgrimage retracing their families’ footsteps of 73 years earlier.  They were “searching for Sousa Mendes” – looking for traces and clues of a lost history in an effort to understand their personal pasts.  In attendance will be the filmmaker as well as Sousa Mendes visa recipient Sarah Goodman\, coming specially from Israel.  47 min.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/film-screening-with-god-against-man-3/
LOCATION:War Memorial Synagogue Poklonnaya Gora\, Kutuzovsky  Prospect\, Moscow\, Russian Federation
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/withgodagainstman.jpg
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170227
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20161118T181208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170216T214924Z
UID:15568-1485907200-1488153599@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Houston Honors Aristides de Sousa Mendes
DESCRIPTION:The American Jewish Committee and the Holocaust Museum Houston are jointly sponsoring a commemoration of Aristides de Sousa Mendes in conjunction with International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  Louis-Philippe Mendes\, grandson of Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, will speak.  All events will be held at the Holocaust Museum Houston. \nSchedule: \nThursday\, January 26\, 2017\, 6:30 p.m. \nScreening of Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story at the Holocaust Museum Houston.  Free and open to the public. \nFriday\, January 27\, 2017\, 10 a.m. \nCeremony “Remembering Aristides de Sousa Mendes” with Houston Diplomatic Consular Corps and remarks by Louis-Philippe Mendes.  Free and open to the public\, but seating is limited. \nJanuary 26-February 26\, 2017 \nIn conjunction with the above events\, the Sousa Mendes Foundation presents an exhibition of original artifacts\, “Sousa Mendes and his Visas to Freedom.” On view will be passports with the original Sousa Mendes visas along with personal items of refugees rescued by Aristides de Sousa Mendes. \nFor more information\, call (713) 942-8000.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/houston-texas-honors-sousa-mendes/
LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston\, 5401 Caroline St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ceremony,Exhibition,Film Screening,Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img09152016_002_002-1.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161229T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161229T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20161214T225941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161215T012203Z
UID:15692-1483038000-1483041600@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lecture:  Journey to Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Monique Rubens Krohn\, SMF Board secretary\, speaks about how Aristides de Sousa Mendes saved her family.  In the presentation\, she describes the Foundation’s Journey on the Road to Freedom tour and raises thought-provoking and timely questions about refugees and moral choices. \nFor more information:  (215) 968-9110.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/lecture-journey-to-freedom/
LOCATION:Pennswood Village\, 1382 Newtown-Langhorne Rd.\, Newtown\, PA\, 18940\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Monique-Krohn.jpg
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161116
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20160831T001057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160831T001057Z
UID:15365-1478822400-1479254399@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Film screening and ceremony: Remembering Aristides de Sousa Mendes
DESCRIPTION:Camp Gibraltar\, on the island of Jamaica\, was a safe haven during World War II for Jews escaping Nazi-occupied Europe.  Some of the refugees who found respite there were Sousa Mendes visa recipients.  Accordingly\, Aristides de Sousa Mendes will be honored during a reunion of the families who once called Camp Gibraltar home.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/film-screening-and-ceremony-remembering-aristides-de-sousa-mendes/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Ceremony,Film Screening,Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/NY_05887_dt1.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20160917T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20160917T190000
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20160816T015804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160816T020056Z
UID:15297-1474124400-1474138800@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Film Screening\, Roundtable and Ceremony:  "Hommage à Aristides de Sousa Mendes"
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Association of Portuguese Speakers in Switzerland. Event in French and Portuguese. Special guest Gerald Mendes.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/film-screening-and-roundtable-hommage-a-aristides-de-sousa-mendes/
LOCATION:Salle communale de Carouge\, rue Ancienne\, 37\, Carouge\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Ceremony,Exhibition,Film Screening,Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Cartaz_EventoCultural_2016_v3.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160908T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160908T140000
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20160809T215457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160810T183646Z
UID:15256-1473336000-1473343200@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lecture:  Lunch and Learn
DESCRIPTION:In 2012\, while research her book\, My Sister’s Eyes\, Joan Halperin learned of Aristides de Sousa Mendes\, his heroism and his connection to her family’s rescue from Nazi-occupied Europe. \nBring your own dairy bag lunch.  Dessert and beverages will be served. \nPlease RSVP to holocaustcouncil@jfedgmw.org or (973) 929-3194.
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/lecture-lunch-and-learn/
LOCATION:Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus\, 901 Route 10\, Whippany\, NJ\, 07981
CATEGORIES:Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/joan.gif
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Federation of Greater Metro West NJ":MAILTO:holocaustcouncil@jfedgmw.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160315T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160315T153000
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20151208T031709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160228T070057Z
UID:12365-1458048600-1458055800@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lecture: Les rescapés de la valise verte et Aristides de Sousa Mendes
DESCRIPTION:Andrée Lotey\, daughter of Sousa Mendes visa recipient Jacques Lotey\, presents the gripping true story of her discovery of her father’s true identity and his rescue from Nazi-occupied Europe by Aristides de Sousa Mendes \n\nGeneral admission:  $25 CAN\n60 and above:  $21 CAN\nStudents:  $15 CAN
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/lecture-les-rescapes-de-la-valise-verte-et-aristides-de-sousa-mendes/
LOCATION:University of Montreal – Laval Campus\, 1700 rue Jacques-Tétreault\, Laval\, Montreal\, H7N 0B6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Dr_Andrée_Lotey.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160307T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160307T140000
DTSTAMP:20260418T112851
CREATED:20160225T041041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160228T070313Z
UID:13513-1457352000-1457359200@sousamendesfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lecture:  The Untold Story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes
DESCRIPTION:Speaker Felipe Gomes\nThe Rotary Club of London\, Ontario \nCost: $25 CAD
URL:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/lecture-the-untold-story-of-aristides-de-sousa-mendes-speaker-felipe-gomes/
LOCATION:Aroma Restaurant\, 717 Richmond St.\, London\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sousamendesfoundation.org/atdblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/felipe.png
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