Professional Development Event

Join us for a Special Professional Development Event Commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Date: October 30, 2023 | 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom

Keynote Speaker: Michael Bornstein, Ph.D.
Michael Bornstein, Ph.D., is one of the youngest known survivors of Auschwitz. He and his daughter Debbie Bornstein Holinstat, the authors of Survivors Club, a narrative about Michael's experiences in the Holocaust.

Marlene W. Yahalom, Ph.D.
Director of Education of the American Society for Yad Vashem will present on "Holocaust Commemoration, Documentation, and the Value of Artifacts."

• Professional development eligibility for attending and completing the program
• Free of charge
• Registration required
• Copies of Survivors Club will be available for purchase

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Kristallnacht: A Night of Reflection and Remembrance

The Saint Elizabeth University Holocaust and Genocide Education Center welcomes all to an evening of reflection and remembrance on Kristallnacht. The program will honor those lost in the violence of November 9th and 10th, 1938 while using the lessons of Kristallnacht to promote peace and repel hate.

Date: November 9, 2023 | 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Saint Elizabeth University Campus, Annunciation Center

Fall 2023 Speaker Series

Featuring: Deborah Levine

Date: September 28, 2023 | 5:00 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom

Deborah Levine is an award-winning script writer & author (18 books), Holocaust documentary creator, Founder/Editor American Diversity Report, Storytelling Scientist, and Religious Diversity expert. She will discuss her film “Ritchie Boy: Untold Stories of a World War II Liberator” as well as her new children’s book on diversity and inclusion, Bunny Bear Adventures in Diversity Land through an interview-style program. Ms. Levine’s writings reach across all ages and disciplines to express the universal messages of the Holocaust.

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Featuring: Bernice Lerner

Date: October 12, 2023 | 7:00 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom

Bernice Lerner is a renowned author and Holocaust lecturer/educator. She will discuss her text All the Horrors of War: A Jewish Girl, a British Doctor, and the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Ms. Lerner is also the author of The Triumph of Wounded Souls: Seven Holocaust Survivors’ Lives; and a coauthor of Happiness and Virtue Beyond East and West: Toward a New Global Responsibility. This is an opportunity to hear from one of the finest minds in this field.

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Featuring: Anna Eisen

Date: October 19, 2023 | 7:00 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom

Anna Eisen is the author of 23rd Psalm: A Holocaust Memoir (A national Jewish Book Awards Finalist in 2022) and Pillar of Salt: A daughter’s Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust. A daughter of two survivors, she is also the executive producer of the upcoming film, In My Father’s Words, based on both of her books. Ms. Eisen was also the founder of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, site of the horrific antisemitic hostage situation in January 2022. Her personal experiences and literary talents are extraordinary.

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Featuring: Adi Rabinowitz

Date: November 8, 2023 | 11:00 a.m.
Location: Online via Zoom

Adi has been in the world of guiding and training for the past twenty-one years and now is professionally practicing it as a Private International Lecturer according to a unique approach that she developed called Activist Holocaust Education. Adi, a third generation to Holocaust survivors, has presented her lectures to communities around the world: US, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Faroe Islands, UK, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Kenya and Israel. Adi is also a tour guide in Yad Vashem and is the founder of the new international Network for Innovation in Holocaust Education.

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Featuring: Providence Umugwaneza

Date: December 4, 2023 | 12:00 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom

Provie has a remarkable story of survival and resilience during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Her work, Next Couple Hours, details the courage she and other survivors have displayed in the decades following the Genocide. As the 30th anniversary of this tragedy approaches, Provie will discuss her life and how Rwanda has emerged from its past horrors to become a stable and successful nation today.

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