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Join Rabbi Nehemia Polen, leading expert in Hasidism and Jewish thought, as we delve deep into a mystical commentary on Genesis 2:1-3 and learn a sublime statement of the universality of longing, yearning and dignity in Gods creation. The text for this session is drawn from the Or Haayyim, written by the 18th-century Spanish Kabbalist Rabbi Hayim ben Attar. Participants will leave with a deeper sense of connection to Creation through Torah.

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Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polenis a leading expert in Hasidism and Jewish thought. A widely published author, his books include The Holy Fire: The Teachings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, The Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto (Jason Aronson Inc., first ed., 1977); The Rebbes Daughter (Jewish Publication Society, 2002), based on Polens research as a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow and recipient of a National Jewish Book Award; Filling Words With Light: Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer (Jewish Lights Publishing, 2004), written with Lawrence Kushner; and From Tiberias, With Love: A Collection of Tiberian Hasidism, Volume I: Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, edited by Aubrey Glazer (Fons Vitae Press, 2020.) Polen holds a doctorate from Boston University, where he studied with and served as a teaching fellow for Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel. Prior to his career in Jewish academia, Polen served for 23 years as a congregational rabbi.

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DENVER A federal magistrate judge Friday ordered a Colorado man, accused of using bear spray or mace on police officers in the deadly U.S. Capitol riot, be sent to Washington to face charges there.

During a virtual hearing in Denver federal court, Robert Gieswein, 24, of Woodland Park waived his right to have a hearing to determine that he is the person indicted on six counts, three for allegedly assaulting police, in the nations Capitol, ending proceedings in Colorado.

While others arrested in Colorado over allegedly participating in the Jan. 6 riot have been released from custody, Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak ruled last week that Gieswein should be held because he posed a risk to the public because he went to the Capitol prepared for battle, equipped with a baseball bat, a reinforced vest and an Army helmet.

Prosecutors and investigators allege he is affiliated with the Three Percenters, which they describe as a radical militia group. However, according to the Anti-Defamation League, some Three Percenters are not involved in militia groups and form non-paramilitary groups or act independently.

Giesweins public defender, Matthew Belcher, has said there is no evidence he was actively participating in paramilitary anti-government activity.

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CENTREVILLE Middle school English Language Arts teachers in Queen Annes County Public Schools participated in a virtual professional development session to gain knowledge and strategies for facilitating conversations rooted in literature and related to race.

QACPS provided virtual training to support teachers in guiding conversations with students on the thematic topic of race, particularly for newly adopted novels such as Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson.

The school district is preparing educators to teach students to analyze literature and understand systems of oppression in order to explore concepts of fairness and equity for all people.

This professional learning offers educators an opportunity to talk about the sensitive issues of race and racism in a safe environment before facilitating scholarly discussions with students, said Superintendent Dr. Andrea M. Kane.

Amanda Ensor, Title I Family Engagement Specialist, and Bridget Passyn, Supervisor of Reading, Language Arts, and English for grades 3-12, presented on Race and Racism in Literature: Navigating a Critical Issue in a Tense Time to middle school English Language Arts teachers. The presentation was based on literature and research from organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League and Teaching Tolerance.

In November 2020, QACPS trained high school English teachers on race and racism issues in literature to support classroom discussions on works such as "The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely.

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Psychiatrists fear that transgender children are being coached into giving rehearsed answers when trying to access puberty blockers, the Court of Appeal has heard. Dr David Bell, a former governor at a gender identity NHS trust, expressed concern that children may be pressured by parents, friends or websites when trying to address feelings of gender dysphoria. Dr Bell, who was a psychiatrist at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust from 1996 until earlier this month, was granted permission on Friday by two senior judges to intervene in a landmark case examining whether transgender children can legally take puberty blockers. In November, the High Court ruled that children should not receive the controversial drugs unless they understand the "long-term risks and consequences" of them. The NHS was forced to change its guidance overnight, preventing children from accessing the hormonal treatment without a court order. The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust has since launched an appeal against the ruling. In a preliminary hearing on Friday, lawyers on behalf of Dr Bell told the court that he wishes to intervene in the appeal as he has since retired from the NHS Trust and feels he can speak more freely. In legal papers lodged before the Court, Dr Bell is described as a high profile whistleblower after he published a report in August 2018 which investigated serious concerns raised by ten clinicians working at the Tavistock. The report found that the Tavistocks gender identity clinic, GIDS, is not fit for purpose and some young patients will live on with the damaging consequences. Dr Bell said he felt victimised for whistleblowing by the Trust in the wake of the report and as a result did not feel able to participate in the initial High Court dispute. However, Dr Bell retired from the Trust earlier this month on January 15 and is no longer subject to the same constraints, the legal documents said. "There is evidence that staff members may be frightened of coming forwards," the documents continued. "Dr Bell, a highly eminent psychiatrist who until recently occupied a senior position with the Appellant, is now free from his employment and able to describe the concerns, which he investigated in some detail." Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Dingemans granted his application to intervene in the appeal, which will be heard over two days in April, while other groups, including the LGBT charity Stonewall, had their application denied. Lawyers for Dr Bell said he wants to tell the court about concerns that were raised to him by gender identity practitioners, including that children may be coached, whether from parents, peers, or online resources, to provide rehearsed answers in response to particular questions. The practitioners were also concerned that highly complex factors - including historic child abuse and family bereavement - can influence childrens attitudes towards gender, meaning puberty blockers is not always the best course of treatment. The landmark case on puberty blockers was first launched against the Trust by Keira Bell, a 23-year-old woman who began taking puberty blockers before deciding to reverse the process of changing gender. Ms Bell said the clinic should have challenged her more over her decision to transition to a male when she was 16. It was also brought by a woman who can only legally be identified as "Mrs A", the mother of a 15-year-old autistic girl who is currently on the waiting list for treatment. At the initial High Court hearing in October, their lawyers said that children going through puberty are "not capable of properly understanding the nature and effects of hormone blockers". They argued there is "a very high likelihood" that children who start taking hormone blockers will later begin taking cross-sex hormones, which they say cause "irreversible changes", and that the NHS Trust offers "fairytale" promises to children because they are unable to give their consent to the sex-change process.

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BEACHWOOD, Ohio -- The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage announces the highly anticipated Cleveland premiere of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, presented locally by PNC Bank.

This is the first-ever exhibition about the trailblazing Supreme Court justice. Based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name and created in partnership with its authors, Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik, the exhibition takes a deeply personal journey through historic change with an entertaining yet rigorous look at the life and work of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) and the Supreme Court.

It also examines Ginsburgs varied roles as a student, life partner, mother, change-making lawyer, judge, womens rights pioneer and pop culture icon.

Notorious RBG will be on view at the Maltz Museum from Feb. 24 through Aug. 29. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 216-593-0575 or visit http://www.maltzmuseum.org.

The exhibition was organized by the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Through archival photographs and documents, historical artifacts, contemporary art, media stations and gallery interactives, the exhibition explores the American legal system and civil rights movements through the lens of RBGs personal experiences and public service.

Like the book, it tells the parallel stories of her remarkable life and the efforts she joined to expand We the People to include those long left out of the Constitutions promises.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg embodied the Jewish value of respect for all humanity, said David Schafer, managing director of the Maltz Museum in Beachwood.

The Maltz Museum expresses the same value, as we work toward a more inclusive, just, and civil society, he said. We are honored to share the justices story with visitors, in person and online.

In keeping with Carmon and Knizhniks book, the exhibition will touch on the playful connection between Justice Ginsburg and the Notorious B.I.G. -- both of whom were born and bred in Brooklyn, N.Y., as RBG herself has proudly pointed out.

In celebration of opening week, the Maltz Museum is offering $5 tickets Feb. 24-28, available for purchase over the phone or online.

Visitors can tour the Notorious RBG exhibition in person at the Maltz Museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday by timed tickets, which can be purchased over the phone or online in advance.

Masks are required for entry and social distancing is enforced.

General admission is $12. Students and seniors, $10; children 5-11, $5; children younger than 5 and Maltz Museum members, free. The museum is located at 2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood.

As part of an ongoing outreach effort to connect visitors to the Maltz Museum during the pandemic, virtual visitors also can explore Notorious RBG online. Approximately 60 minutes in length, virtual attendees will enjoy a webinar-style, narrated exploration of key objects and artifacts, followed by a docent-led Q&A. Virtual tours will be offered on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 2 p.m. The cost is $10 per person.

Located approximately 20 minutes from downtown Cleveland, the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage is an award-winning building crafted from Jerusalem stone and glass walls, uniquely set into the landscape.

Housing two permanent collections and a gallery dedicated to presenting world-class special exhibitions, the Maltz Museum is rooted in the Jewish value of respect for all humanity, telling universal stories of hope, perseverance and resilience that educate, inform and inspire a more just, civil and inclusive society.

Virtual career fair: Military Hire, Job Zone and USAA (United Services Automobile Association) are teaming together to host Military Hires first virtual career fair from 2 to 6 p.m. Feb. 10, with a focus on information technology and cybersecurity careers.

USAA is proud to host the first virtual job fair of Military Hire, said Roy Lopez of USAA. We are a strong proponent of the U.S. veteran, and this initiative to drive employment for veterans is certainly one we support.

The job fair will feature host USAA and other companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, SC Johnson, Zenetex, BlackBox, NNSY. jobs, U.S. Department of State, Sealift Command and others. Companies will each have online booths where candidates can explore company opportunities and connect with hiring managers.

Military Hire has a high level of military candidates with security-level clearances, and a number of our over 600,000 members have backgrounds in IT and cybersecurity, said Jeff Finefrock, chief marketing officer of Military Hire.

These careers are in high demand, and our military veteran members have the skills to fill them, so this was a great inaugural job fair for us, which we will continue to have in different career fields throughout the year, he said.

In addition to the virtual job fair, attendees can also attend informational presentations on the veteran hiring and employment experience, including Women Veterans and Cybersecurity Careers Initiative by AMVETS, Being Job Ready for Cybersecurity and IT Professions by Operation Job Ready Veterans and Cybersecurity Education and Certifications for Enhanced Career Value, presented by CompTIA.

Companies wanting to participate in the recruiting event can register by going to https://bit.ly/MHFeb1021. Veterans wanting to attend -- at no charge -- can register online at https://bit.ly/MHjobfair21021.

Military Hire is a veteran job and services organization that has the primary goal of assisting veteran transitions from military to civilian life through job placement and awareness of other services available. Military Hire has over 600,000 veteran members and over 25,000 companies which it serves in this initiative.

Let the Brecksville, Broadview Heights and North Royalton communities know what is going on with your organization, church, school, business or family. Email me at shirleymac48@att.net.

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A general view of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), a Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)

Iron ankle shackles that restrained African slaves on ships sailing the dreaded Middle Passage. Louis Armstrongs iconic trumpet. Chuck Berrys cherry-red 1973 Cadillac. Muhammad Alis boxing gloves. A couple of stools from a segregated Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolinasite of the famous 1960 sit-in.

These are among nearly four thousand artifacts displayed in twelve galleries throughout the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), which opened its doors in September 2016.

Since then, more than six million people have visited the complex, said Lonnie G. Bunch III, its founding director from 2005 to 2019. On May 28, 2019, Bunch was named the fourteenth secretary of the Smithsonian Institutionthe first African American to hold that title in the Smithsonians 173-year history.

The role of a museum is not just to look back, but to collect today for tomorrow, Bunch said on January 27 during an Atlantic Council Front Page virtual conversation with Dr. Richard Kurin, the Smithsonians distinguished scholar and ambassador-at-large. The event was hosted by the Atlantic Councils Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center.

In introducing the two men, Fred Kempe, president and CEO of the Atlantic Council, warned that the nations credibility to lead internationally would rest on how effectively its leaders manage last years triple shockthe worst pandemic in a century, the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, and the most extensive racial upheavals in fifty years.

But its the third of those challenges that will prove to be the most difficult, decisive, and differentiating, preceded by centuries of history, Kempe said. In a world where most countries share the global challenge of COVID-19 and the recession, the nature and history of this third challenge [is] unique to the United States Getting this challenge right is going to be crucial.

In the wake of the coronavirus crisis as well as the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd while in police custody last year, the NMAAHC launched Voices of Resistance and Hope. The online community platform lets millions of people upload images, eyewitness accounts, original stories, videos, essays, poems, and other personal reflections for possible inclusion on the museums website.

Indeed, said Bunch, the Black Lives Matter movement illustrates how important it is for museumsnot just the Smithsonian, but museums globallyto embrace social justice.

Thats the glue that holds a nation together. Museums have to recognize that if they dont have a contemporary resonance, then theyre about themselves, said Bunch, who oversees nineteen museums, twenty-one libraries, the National Zoo, and numerous research centers.

He added: Like all of us at a time of crisis, museums need to find ways to help make the country better, [to] demonstrate that we are of value. For me, places like the Smithsonian are as much about today and tomorrow as they are about yesterday.

The 350,000-square-foot complex traces its roots back to 1915, he said, when Black veterans of the Civil War began a campaign to have their story told in the form of a museum located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Starting in 1988, new bills to that end were introduced annually in Congress by the late civil-rights icon John Lewis. Legislation finally passed in December 2003 and established the NMAAHC under the Smithsonian umbrella.

We started with a staff of two, Bunch recalled. In essence, it was a real struggle, because Congress really didnt give the money. They said, Youve got to come every year and ask for it. Also, we had to raise close to $300 million from the private sector. So the real challenge, besides framing all this, was helping people believe this was really going to happen.

From the outset, Bunch said, some advisors thought the NMAAHC should emulate the nearby US Holocaust Memorial Museum, which tells the story of Nazi Germanys slaughter of six million Jews in graphic, chilling detail.

Others said to me, Whatever you do, dont talk about slavery. Lets not give people a negative sense of what this museum is about. But what I found fascinating was that putting the museum together was really America at its best.

Kurin, who began his career at the Smithsonian in the mid-1970s, directed its Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage for twenty years. As an undergraduate student in anthropology, he specialized in South Asia, doing fieldwork and living in villages throughout India and Pakistan.

There, said Kurin, he met people who had big contributions to make to society and yet were marginalizedmuch like what Black Americans experienced throughout most of US history.

I started seeing culture almost like a human-rights issue, just as you talked about those veterans in 1915 who wanted the dignity and respect, he told Bunch. When I came to the Smithsonian, I thought it was less about what we put in the museum, and [more about] what we were doing for the world. If we could help people foster respect, dignity, understanding, and learning, then we could contribute to a larger human cultural and civic dialogue.

Among other initiatives, Kurin led the Smithsonians effort to save churches, sculptures, art, and other cultural artifacts in Haiti, sending an eighty-member team there following the 2010 earthquake that killed over 200,000 people and devastated Port-au-Prince. Kurin has also helped preserve ancient ruins in war-torn Iraq and quake-ravaged Nepal, as well as rebuild cultural institutions in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Mesopotamia was one of the seats of human civilization, [with] thousands of years of history and culture, and ISIS was trying to wipe that away, said Kurin. We saw that in Africa, in terms of colonialism, in Nazi Europe, when they wiped away Jewish identity. Weve seen it all over the place. It becomes a fundamental tactic of war.

In much the same vein, said Bunch, the Smithsonian immediately formed a rapid-response team following this months attempted takeover of the Capitolless than two miles away from the museumto preserve physical artifacts from that violent day.

Were still in the midst of a cultural war a fundamental debate over what America is, he said. Is America a work in progress thats strived to live up to its stated ideals, or [is] America a place thats looking back to a past that never really existed?

Bunch added that the Capitol insurrection on January 6 is a stark reminder that it is time for all Americans to contribute to this discussion, to challenge America to live up to its ideals.

The struggle to change America is not a struggle that happens overnightbut builds on generations of activity, he concluded. The challenge of race in this country will always be with us, as long as theres an America.

Larry Luxner is a Tel Aviv-based freelance journalist and photographer who covers the Middle East, Eurasia, Africa, and Latin America.Follow him on Twitter @LLuxner.

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Mauricio Claver-Carone, the first US citizen to lead the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in its sixty-one-year history, highlighted the importance of additional IDB assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean as the region confronts the enormous challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting economic upheaval, with US support central to this cause.

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Holocaust Remembrance Day

Sally Frishberg, 86, watched TV in horror as rioters bearing anti-Semitic imagery raided the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Frishberg was 5 when the Nazis invaded her rural village in Poland.

NEW YORK - On the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the hatred and bigotry that led to the murder of 6 million Jews areever-present.

"If this happens in America, what will happen elsewhere? I'm very depressed as a result of what is going on," said Sally Frishberg, 86, who was just 5 years old when the Nazis invaded her rural village in Poland. She and her family survived by hiding in the cramped attic of a Good Samaritan. Other relatives did not.

"We returned to our home, we were the only survivors, there are no other survivors in my community," Frishberg said.

Three weeks ago, like millions of others, she watched in horror as protestors raided the U.S. Capitol, wearing shirts that said "Camp Auschwitz" and "6MWE," an acronym for "6 million wasn't enough," and it made her feel very sad.

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"The world is filled with hatred," she said. Even worse, she feels, few people took notice.

"If we close our eyes because it doesn't impact on us, know others will suffer and we will too," she said.

Sami Steigmann was just a year and a half old when the Nazis invaded his Romanian town and transported his family to a Ukrainian labor camp.

"They did medical experiments on me," he said. "The side effects I'm feeling the rest of my life."

Years of white supremacy threats culminated in Capitol insurrection

Anti-government sentiment is festering over a range of issues including the presidential election, COVID-19 restrictions and immigration. The U.S. Homeland Security Department believes the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, has emboldened extremists who are motivated by conspiracy theories and misinformation.

Steigmann was also saddened to see the images of white supremacists flaunting hatred of Jews earlier this month. But he wasn't surprised.

"We are in a very difficult period of time, the COVID-19 virus, however, there is a much more dangerous virus and that is the virus of bigotry, anti-Semitism and hatred," he said.

Just two days after the insurgence at the Capitol, hate showed up on the doorstep of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan.

"A Confederate flag was tied to our door in the middle of night.We found out the people who did it were Proud Boys," said Jack Kliger, president and CEO of the museum. "And what was interesting was they chose to fly not a Nazi flag, but a Confederate flag, one that symbolically represented a uniquely American form of hate and division."

Holocaust education is the goal at the museum one shared by Sally and Sami who frequently share their survival stories. And Kliger said that brings hope.

Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism

"That's the one thing I hear from survivors is it was hope that made them survive," Kliger said. "And I think if they could have hope, then we can have hope to make the world a better place."

Indeed, my grandfather Otto Delikat credits his survival at Auschwitz and other camps to hope and luck. To combat the latest wave of anti-Semitism, survivors say we need hope and action.

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Chiune Sugihara, known affectionately as the "Japanese Schindler," was honoredat a digital ceremony on Monday ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.The reception, sponsored by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and B'nai B'rith International, focused on the efforts of Sugihara, who defied his own governments orders by issuing travel visas to more than 6,000 Lithuanian Jews to escape the horrors of the Holocaust.At great risk to himself and his family, Sugihara dared to do what was right to save lives. He stood up when the world was largely silent," said CEO of B'nai B'rith International Dan Mariaschin. Like all rescuers, he never saw his actions as remarkable. As Sugiharas actions teach, one persons actions can make a difference.Sugihara was stationed as a diplomat in Lithuania until all foreign diplomats were requested to leave in the summer of 1940. In the haste to return to Japan, and the impending Holocaust, Sugihara issued visas to the Jewish refugees; it is thought that tens of thousands of Jews are alive today because of his quick action.It is estimated that 40,000 people are living today because of Sugihara. I am also a survivor. Another kind of survivor. I am alive today because my grandparents were saved during the Holocaust and I am alive today because of people who stood up to the darkness," said executive director of CAM Sacha Roytman Dratwa. "What we learned today is that it is possible to stand up. The heroes of the past must teach us how to be better people.The Jewish refugees were then transported to the Dutch colony of Curacao, under the permissions of Sugihara who defied Japanese government orders to ensure the safety of thousands.

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The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, which is currently presenting the award-winning exhibition Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. through May 2, 2021, has announced its February programming. The Museum will offer a dynamic array of virtual programs and events to safely engage audiences unable to visit in person through the remainder of the COVID-19 pandemic.

a-? In The Rise and Fall of the Jewish New York Speech, author EJ White (You Talkin' To Me?), filmmaker Heather Quinlan (If These Knishes Could Talk and O Brooklyn! My Brooklyn!), Queens College linguistics professor Dr. Michael Newman, and author and Georgetown University linguistics professor Dr. Deborah Tannen explore the evolution of Jewish New York speech (FEBRUARY 4).

a-? The New York Librarian Who Spied On American Nazis, co-presented by the Museum and the Leo Baeck Institute, will share the fascinating life and legacy of Florence Mendheim, a Jewish librarian who went undercover in the 1930s to spy on Nazis in the New York area (FEBRUARY 2).

a-? Legacies: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, who has overseen the development of the world's first safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine, will discuss his experience as the son of Holocaust survivors and how his upbringing informed his accomplished career. He will be joined in conversation by Robert Krulwich, science and technology journalist and longtime host of the double Peabody Award-winning show Radiolab. (FEBRUARY 18).

Admission to most virtual programs is complimentary with a suggested donation, except where prices are noted. For more details on these and additional Winter 2021 programs and events, visit: https://mjhnyc.org/current-events/.

"The 2020 year was not without hardship and challenges, but it presented our institution, like so many others, an incredible opportunity to expand our reach through the virtual realm," says Jack Kliger, President & CEO of the Museum. "We remain steadfast in our commitment to Holocaust education and remembrance, and to celebrating the full breadth of Jewish heritage, culture, and scholarship. We were thrilled to reopen our doors to visitors in the fall of 2020 while continuing to present online programming that reached nearly 150,000 additional audience members. We are excited to further grow that audience in 2021."

FEBRUARY EVENTS

Tuesday, February 2 at 2 PM ET

“My Name is Sara” Screening and Discussion

My Name is Sara, an award-winning film not yet released in theaters, is based on the true story of 13-year-old Sara Goralnik, who escaped a Jewish Ghetto in Poland and hid in plain sight in the Ukrainian countryside. Join the film's director Steven Oritt, lead-actress Zuzanna Surowy, Executive Producer Andy Intrater, Sara Goralnik's son and Co-Executive Producer Mickey Shapiro, and Museum President & CEO Jack Kliger for a discussion on the film, co-presented by the Museum and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation. Attendees will receive a private link to screen the film during the four-day period before the program.

Tuesday, February 2 at 2 PM ET

The Rise and Fall of Jewish New York Speech

The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust and the Museum of the City of New York dive into the distinguishing characteristics of Jewish New York speech and its evolution over the last century. Featured panelists author EJ White (You Talkin' To Me?), filmmaker Heather Quinlan (If These Knishes Could Talk and O Brooklyn! My Brooklyn!), Queens College linguistics professor Dr. Michael Newman, and author and Georgetown University linguistics professor Dr. Deborah Tannen join moderator Dr. Lilly Tuttle, Curator at the Museum of the City of New York for this virtual discussion.

Tuesday, February 9 at 2 PM ET

The New York Librarian Who Spied on American Nazis

Marshall Curry, Academy Award-winning filmmaker (A Night at the Garden); Dr. Daniel Greene, President and Librarian at the Newberry Library, professor of history at Northwestern University, and curator of "Americans and the Holocaust;" and Michael Simonson, Head of Public Outreach and Archivist at the Leo Baeck Institute discuss the life and legacy of Florence Mendheim, a Jewish librarian who went undercover in the 1930s to spy on local Nazi groups in the New York area. This program is co-presented by the Museum and the Leo Baeck Institute.

Thursday, February 11 at 2 PM ET

“The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” 50th Anniversary Screening and Discussion

Join the Museum for a screening and discussion of the 1970 classic, The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis based on the historical novel by Giorgio Bassani. Ricky Ian Gordon, composer of the operatic adaptation of the film, and Portia Prebys, longtime companion of Giorgio Bassani, join Italian film and history experts for a discussion on the film. Attendees will receive a private link to screen the film during the four-day period before the program.

Tuesday, February 16 at 2 PM ET

Zachor: Yizkor Books as Collective Memory of a Lost World

Yizkor (Memorial) Books document and memorialize hundreds of Jewish communities destroyed by the Nazis. Compiled from memory by groups of former residents of each town in the immediate decades after the Holocaust, Yizkor Books are some of the best sources for learning about pre-war Jewish life in Eastern and Central Europe. Of the more than 1,500 Yizkor Books in existence, hundreds have been completely or partially translated into English by JewishGen and more than 100 translated editions are now available in print. Avraham Groll, Executive Director of JewishGen; Joyce Field, former JewishGen VP for Research and Data Acquisition and Yizkor Book Project Manager; Lance Ackerfeld, Director of the Yizkor Book Project; and Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor Books in Print Project, explore the history, evolution, and impact of Yizkor Books.

Thursday, February 18 at 9 AM ET

Legacies: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla

Dr. Albert Bourla, as CEO of Pfizer, has overseen the development of the world's first safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. Long before he stepped up to lead one of the world's premier biopharmaceutical companies, Dr. Bourla was born in Thessaloniki, Greece to a family with deep roots in the city's Sephardic Jewish community. His parents were among the few to survive the Holocaust in the Greek port city. Although Dr. Bourla now lives in New York, he is deeply connected to his Greek Jewish roots. Dr. Bourla joins Robert Krulwich, science and technology journalist and longtime host of the double Peabody Award-winning show Radiolab for a live conversation on Dr. Bourla's experience as the son of Holocaust survivors and how his family and upbringing have informed his accomplished career.

Sunday, February 21 at 2 PM ET

Stories Survive: Jerry Lindenstraus

After witnessing the burning of synagogues during Kristallnacht, Jerry Lindenstraus and his family escaped Germany in July 1939, barely a month before the start of World War II. They made their way to Shanghai, where Jerry lived and grew up for the next seven years. He attended a British-style school for Jewish refugees in Shanghai founded by Horace Kadoorie, became a bar mitzvah at a Shanghai synagogue, and joined the 13th Shanghai (United) Group of the Boy Scouts. After the war, Jerry traveled across the globe alone to join his mother in Colombia. He ultimately settled in New York in 1957 and worked in the import-export business. This Stories Survive program explores his long journey from Germany to New York through wartime Shanghai.

Tuesday, February 23 at 5 PM ET

Returning to the Town Known as Auschwitz

The Auschwitz Jewish Center (AJC), a Polish satellite location of the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, is the only Jewish presence remaining in the vicinity of Auschwitz. Since 2000, the Center has preserved Jewish memory in the town of Owicim and educated about the contemporary dangers of antisemitism and other forms of prejudice.

In November 2020, the Museum honored the AJC's 20th anniversary with a special program exploring the rich Jewish history of Owicim. Watch here. The second program in the Center's 20th anniversary series will explore the Center's commemoration efforts in Owicim and their impact on descendants of the town's Jewish residents, featuring Barbara Posner and Shlomi Shaked, the daughter and grandson of survivors from Owicim, who have both reconnected with the town over the past two decades.

Thursday, February 25 at 7 PM ET

The Megillah in Yiddish

The Museum and the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene host a simkhe (celebration) in honor of Purim. The evening will feature a lively reading of the Meglies Ester (Book of Esther) in Yiddish (with English subtitle), as translated by the great poet Yehoash, followed by a festive musical performance. The program will also include a presentation of historic artifacts from the Museum's collection illustrating Purim and its role in 20th century European Jewish communities.

Sunday, February 28 at 2 PM ET

Stories Survive: Ruth Gruener

Ruth Gruener's parents owned a candy shop in her hometown of Lvov, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine), where she was born in 1933. At six years old, Ruth's life changed forever. Living first under Soviet occupation and then under Nazi rule, she was forced into a ghetto and later into hiding with a customer of her parents' candy shop. By the end of the Holocaust, Ruth was the only surviving student from her kindergarten class. She emigrated to the United States in 1949 after a challenging escape from the Soviet Union. In this Stories Survive program, she'll share her experience of hate, kindness, and coming of age during the Holocaust.

Among the Museum's most successful virtual programs in 2020 were its Annual Gathering of Remembrance, held online for the very first time, and its commemoration of the 75th anniversary of World War II's end, "We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope." In total, the Museum presented more than 106 virtual programs and events throughout the pandemic to date, reaching nearly 150,000 people.

The Museum will also continue to provide robust, educational resources that include Virtual Field Trips for school groups (one on "Life During the Holocaust" and one on "Immigration and the U.S. Experience"), an online Holocaust Curriculum with flexible lesson plans, and a downloadable podcast of first-person testimonies, Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust. Learn more at: https://mjhnyc.org/education/

Amid the pandemic, the Museum has made its Edmond J. Safra Hall available for rental, equipped with an upgraded sound system, three-camera system, and a TriCaster to live stream or record events. For more details: https://mjhnyc.org/space-rental/edmond-j-safra-hall-production-rentals/

As one of the largest Holocaust museums in the world, the Museum continues to leverage new technologies, advances in scholarship, and its extensive collection of nearly 40,000 objects to combat a worsening climate of antisemitism. Ever relevant and deeply committed to educating and inspiring people to action, the Museum is currently fundraising for its work in the new year. Donations can be made at: https://mjhnyc.org/donate/

For those able to make an in-person visit, the Museum is currently open to the public. For health and safety measures, it is only open three days per week on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, from 10 AM to 5 PM, allowing for the deep cleaning of all public spaces. In addition, the Museum is open at a limited, 25% capacity to ensure social distancing and is offering general admission, timed-entry tickets that grant visitor access to all galleries.

Visitors to the Museum will be able to view its current exhibition, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away., which first opened in New York City on May 8, 2019 after a successful run in Madrid and has since been extended twice. It will now run through May 2, 2021 before it travels on to Kansas City.

Produced in partnership with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland and the international exhibition firm Musealia and curated by an international team of experts led by historian Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt, this is the largest ever exhibition on Auschwitz. The exhibition won the Grand Prix at the 2020 European Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, the most prestigious award of the industry.

OPEN HOURS

As of September 13, 2020:

Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday

10 AM - 5 PM

TICKETS

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$16 general admission

$12 Seniors and ADA

$10 Students

Members can receive complimentary entrance based on membership levels.

ADDRESS

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Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is made possible with lead support by Bruce C. Ratner, George and Adele Klein Family Foundation, Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert, and Larry and Klara Silverstein & Family. The exhibition is presented in part with major support by The David Berg Foundation, Patti Askwith Kenner, Oster Family Foundation, and The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust. The New York premiere is made possible in part by Simon & Stefany Bergson with additional support from The Knapp Family Foundation.

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CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- Under the theme Dont Judge a Book by Its Cover, Orange Community Education & Recreation is hosting a reading initiative for families with children through fifth grade. The program, running Feb. 1 through April 4, focuses on the subjects of inclusion, equity and social justice.

Geared to help parents initiate conversations with their children about challenging topics in the news and to understand current events, it includes a list of curated books to read with the kids, along with parent resources to use as a guide.

At the end of the challenge, children are encouraged to draw, creating their own book based on what they and their parents have read.

One page from each childs book will be displayed on a yard sign during a family walk planned for May 1. Two young participants will have their full books displayed at the Orange Branch Library in June.

The program is funded by a grant from the Orange Schools Foundation. To register or learn more about it, visit orangerec.ce.eleyo.com.

The color of love: Temple Emanu Els advocacy committee is hosting a discussion on Marra B. Gads book, The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-race Jewish Girl, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, via the Zoom online platform.

The book is described as a memoir about an adopted mixed-race Jewish woman who, after 15 years of estrangement from her racist great-aunt, helps bring her home after Alzheimers disease erases her prejudices.

It won a 2020 Midwest Book Award for an autobiography/memoir. Contact Renee Higer at rhiger@teeclevel.org for the Zoom login.

The colors of religion: Three Jewish organizations are co-sponsoring an online program at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, sharing the voices of local Jews of color and multi-heritage to gain a better understanding of their perspective on religious practices, identity and experiences of discrimination.

The purpose is to help congregations implement changes to make all Jews feel welcome in area Reform Jewish congregations.

The presenter is Yoshi Silverstein, a Chinese-Ashkenazi Jew and founder and executive director of Mitsui Collective and organizer for Edot.

Panelists include Danielle Eisenberg who is raising her white and Black children in the Jewish faith with her husband; and Prasad Bodas, an Indian American raised in the Hindu faith, whose wife, Alina, is an Ashkenai Jew who immigrated from the Soviet Union.

Sponsoring organizations include Temple Emanu El, The Temple-Tifereth Israel and Edot: The Midwest Regional Jewish Diversity Collaborative. This is the second of a three-part series offered. For more information, contact teecleveel.org.

Warm up to a hot chocolate: Valley Art Center is holding its annual HotChocolate@Home fundraiser in the form of a month-long virtual event. In past years, supporters were encouraged to hold small at-home parties and share pictures and videos with the larger VAC organization.

This year, the event is totally virtual. You can purchase a hot ticket online or at the VAC facility, which enters you into a drawing for prizes including Nestle chocolate gift baskets and a gift certificate for one free class at the art center.

If tickets are purchased by Feb. 5, you can attend the virtual 50th anniversary celebration hosted by TV personality Jan Jones and John Gadd of Hotcards. The event includes a Valentine art project, the premiere of a film about VACs 50th anniversary and other goodies.

Donations to VAC will be matched up to $25,000 by an unnamed donor throughout February. Contact valleyartcenter.org/hotchocolate or visit the center at 155 Bell St. in Chagrin Falls.

Woodland Wednesday: Take a virtual walk through Working Woods, the demonstration forest at the Holden Arboretum, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, and learn how decisions about land management are made when you have not seen what the results will look like, including conservation, timber harvesting and managing invasive species.

Jessica Miller, a community forester with Holden, will guide you through 360 photos, videos and maps for an interesting experience, even if you do not own your own forest.

The online program is free, but registration is required by Feb. 16 through the Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District. Contact gprunty@geaugaswcd.com or 440-834-1122.

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