Five-Part Online Seminar Series: New Technologies, Antisemitism, and Holocaust Education<\/a><\/p>\n All times given in Eastern Standard Time For more information write to holgen@ramapo.edu.<\/p>\n Our Czech Memorial Scroll: A “Holocaust” Torah from \u017damberk<\/span> Congregation Shomrei Torah cares for a Torah scroll from the Czech town of \u017damberk that survived the Holocaust in Prague. Center Director, Dr. Jacob Ari Labendz, a scholar of Czech-Jewish history, will recount \u017damberk’s Jewish past, discuss the phenomenon of the Czech Memorial Scrolls, and offer suggestions for how we might rethink our relationship to “Holocaust Torahs.”<\/p>\n Please RSVP to office@shomreitorahwcc.org<\/p>\n Watch the livestream here<\/a><\/p>\n Documentary Screening & Discussion with Director Martin Slune\u010dko: This documentary film from director Martin Slune\u010dka tells the unbelievable story of Artur Radvansk\u00fd, who survived six concentration camps and, in Auschwitz, served for a few years as Mengele’s assistant. The two returned to Auschwitz, so that Radvansk\u00fd could fulfill the promise he made to his friends to tell their stories. Radvansk\u00fd survived to become an influential leader of the Jewish community in the Czech lands after the Holocaust.<\/p>\n Luc Bernard: Gaming and the Holocaust<\/span> This presentation will be the first in a series of five webinars exploring the theme of New Technologies, Holocaust Education, and Antisemitism.<\/em><\/p>\n Luc Bernard designs popular video games. His most recent creation is\u00a0A Light in the Darkness<\/em><\/a>, which is available for free through Epic Games. The game tells the story of a working-class family of Polish Jews in France during the Holocaust, and is considered the first video game to portray the Holocaust accurately.\u00a0A Light in the Darkness<\/em> promotes empathy a path to historical understanding and has been played throughout the word. Bernard has also built a model Holocaust museum,\u00a0Voices of the Forgotten<\/em><\/a>, in the virtual universe of the popular Fortnite platform. Since then, he has been sought after to help prominent Holocaust museum expand their reach by moving into digital space.<\/p>\n Heghnar Watenpaugh In October 2023, clashes with the Azerbaijan army led to the ethnic cleansing of some 120,000 ethnic Armenians from the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Media coverage has been sparse, matching the response from the international community. Dr. Heghnar Watenpaugh<\/a> will address this current crisis and place it in historical perspective.<\/p>\n Edwin Black, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Antisemitism This presentation will be the second in a series of five webinars exploring the theme of New Technologies, Holocaust Education, and Antisemitism.<\/em><\/p>\n Artificial Intelligence holds many untold promises for humanity. This lack of certainty has the potential both to excite and terrify. Edwin Black, noted historian and public speaker, will lead us in a discussion of AI’s potential to affect the spread and mitigation of antisemitism.<\/p>\n Countering AI Antisemitism in Theory and Practice<\/span> This presentation will be the third in a series of five webinars exploring the theme of New Technologies, Holocaust Education, and Antisemitism.<\/em><\/p>\n As a follow up to our discussion with Edwin Black, we will host Dr. Ildik\u00f3 Barna (E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University, Budapest) and Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor (CEO of Cyberwell<\/a>, Israel) for a discussion of how to identify and combat antisemitism in a world increasingly influenced by Artificial Intelligence.<\/p>\n Arsenii Pogosian, “What do Russians Think about the War in Ukraine?”<\/span> A discussion about unjust wars and difficult choices, moderated by Professor Mia Serban. Co-sponsored by the Law and Society Speaker Series, SSHS, Phi Alpha Delta, and the Center.<\/p>\n Esra \u00d6sy\u00fcrek We recommend attending in person and are offering a Zoom option for those who cannot.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Panel Discussion: “Whose Story is it to Tell?”<\/span> The sad but inevitable passing of the survivor generation, in the immediate future, has raised a number of anxious questions for educators and the Jewish community. Who will tell\u2014indeed, who may tell\u2014the story of the Holocaust in the absence of witnesses and survivors? The Center is convening a panel of authors and memory activists to provide perspective on this question and the future of memory work and representation.<\/p>\n The Panel Dr. Jessica Carr<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Assoc. Professor of Religious Studies at Lafayette College Moderated by\u00a0Dr. Jacob Ari Labendz<\/strong><\/span>, Director of the Center<\/p>\n Panel Discussion Thursday, April 4 at 6:30 pm via Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n As a sense of urgency and crisis pervades national and global politics, many worry for our shared future. This includes communities that have faced and continue to struggle against oppression. In this program, we turn to leaders from such communities for guiding wisdom and perspective. Our panel places into active discussion scholars and clergy from different ethno-religious traditions, as we explore the role of faith and religious practice among and within communities subjected to historical and ongoing oppression. <\/span><\/p>\n We ask:\u00a0<\/span>What, if anything, distinguishes\u00a0resistance<\/span> from resilience? How have theologians and practitioners adapted their traditions to the conditions of oppression, and what have been the consequences of such changes? What wisdom survives to inform the future, when oppression abates or changes in nature? Can practitioners make their wisdom and experiences intelligible to outsiders, including our former oppressors, without adopting the majority\u2019s frameworks of historical and religious perception? What is lost if we do not meet this challenge? Are their universal lessons to be found in our particularity?<\/p>\n Featuring:<\/p>\n Dr. Ryan McLaughlin, Chair of Theology at St. Elizabeth University Moderated by Dr. Richard Quinlan, St. Elizabeth University<\/p>\n Cosponsored with Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education<\/a> at St. Elizabeth University<\/em>.<\/p>\n Accenture: Artificial Intelligence as a Tool for Holocaust Research<\/span> This presentation will be the fourth in a series of five webinars exploring the theme of New Technologies, Holocaust Education, and Antisemitism.<\/em><\/p>\n The Arolsen Archives preserve the world\u2019s largest collection of documents on Nazi persecution \u2014 110 million documents and digital objects, a portion of which are part of UNESCO\u2019s Memory of the World program \u2014 to keep the memory of the crimes of the German terror regime alive. An essential part of the Archives\u2019 work is to make these documents accessible to all who wish to search for traces of Holocaust victims and survivors, persecution of minorities and forced labor. Every document maintained in the archives needs to be reviewed and its information (e.g., the family name and birth date on a prisoner registration form) put into a database.<\/p>\n To facilitate this process, the Arolsen Archives established \u201c#everynamecounts,\u201d a crowdsourcing project for volunteers to extract information from documents manually. Ian Lever, an Accenture volunteer and a member of the company\u2019s Jewish Employee Resource Group, quickly realized that AI could accelerate this process significantly. Within 10 weeks, he and other Accenture volunteers set up an AI solution to index the documents. Because the AI captures the information faster and increases its accuracy, four volunteers can now validate approximately 160 documents in one hour, a 40-fold increase in productivity.<\/p>\n 30th Remembrance of the 1994 Genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda<\/span> It has been thirty years since the world witnessed the genocide of 800,000 Tutsis at the hands of Hutu extremists and their followers in Rwanda, who also killed moderate Hutus. The Center has scheduled a series of events for students and the public throughout the day. The highpoint will be a moderated discussion with survivors Providence Umugwaneza and Erick Nkurunziza. (Ms. Umugwaneza is the author of a moving memoir, Next Couple of Hours<\/em><\/a>.) The NJ Commission for Holocaust Education has provided generous support for this program.<\/p>\n The program will include the premier of a digital exhibit produced by the students in Dr. Jacob Ari Labendz’s Fall 2023 course, “Paradigms of Genocide.”<\/p>\n Free parking is available with registration.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The X-Men and the Holocaust: Representations of Memory, Jewish Identity, and Otherness<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Christin Z\u00fchlke<\/strong> Monday, April 29 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm Part of our “Open Classroom Series,” which (virtually) opens 秘密研究所 classrooms to the public for special talks and guest lectures. We thank Dr. Ed Shannon and the students of LITR 295: “Popular Topics on Literature: The Marvel Universe.”<\/p>\n Co-Sponsored by AFT Local 2274 as part of its “Academic Freedom” series.<\/p>\n Annual Lecture in Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n “Why Prevention Fails: Chronicling the Genocide in Artsakh”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Elisa von Jorden-Forgey<\/strong> Wednesday, May 1 at 7:30 pm via Zoom Elisa von Joeden-Forgey is Executive Director of the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention. She was formerly the Endowed Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College and director of the Master\u2019s Program in Genocide Prevention and Human Security. Before this, she was the Dr. Marsha Raticoff Grossman Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University in New Jersey, where she also directed the master\u2019s program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies and founded the world\u2019s first academic, graduate-level Genocide Prevention Certificate Program. She is former President of Genocide Watch, former First Vice President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and co-founder of the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention. She received her MA and PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania and her BA from Columbia University.<\/p>\n Cosponsors<\/strong> 秘密研究所 Observes of Yom HaShoah<\/span> Monday, May 6<\/strong><\/p>\n Campus Pronouncement Holocaust Testimony Presentation, BHSS Religious School Come learn from the next generation! The religious school of Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom in Mahwah has been working all year with the Center at 秘密研究所 to produce an online exhibit about the lives of Holocaust survivors who settled in our region. Join us for a student presentation to learn and support these incredible 7th and 8th graders. The project is based upon the StoryMaps presentations produced by the students of Dr. Jacob Labendz’s Fall 2022 course on the history of the Holocaust.<\/p>\n Pizza will be served.<\/p>\n Email holgen@ramapo.edu for parking information.<\/p>\n Waitman Wade Beorn: Virtually Modeling the Janowska Concentration Camp<\/span> This presentation will be the fifth in a series of five webinars exploring the theme of New Technologies, Holocaust Education, and Antisemitism.<\/em><\/p>\n The Nazis established the Janowska Concentration Camp<\/a> on the outskirts of occupied Lviv (currently in Ukraine, also called Lvov and Lemberk). They enslaved and murdered no fewer than 80,000 Jews on that site. Like other camps, much of the former site remains inaccessible or was destroyed by the Nazis during the war to cover their crimes. Dr. Waitman Wade Beorn, an historian of the Second World War, has endeavored to create a virtual model of the camp<\/a> for research and teaching, based upon archival and photographic evidence, as well as survivor testimonies.<\/p>\n Yom HaShoah: Anna Scheumann Speaks as the Granddaughter of Survivors<\/span> Anna Scheumann’s grandparents survived the Holocaust. She has taken upon herself the responsibility to tell their stories and her own. Ms. Scheumann speaks frequently to various audiences and serves on the board of 3GNY<\/a>, a regional organization that prepares the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors (third-generation survivors) to keep the memories of their ancestors and the Shoah alive.<\/p>\n The Center is honored to support the River<\/span>\u00a0Edge<\/span> Public Library and the River<\/span>\u00a0Edge<\/span> Cultural Center with this program in commemoration of Yom HaShoah, the day set aside by Jewish communities for the remembrance of the Holocaust and its victims, and to honor its survivors and heroes.<\/p>\n Wednesday, September 6 at 6:30 PM (Zoom only) OPEN CLASSROOM SERIES: This program is part of our Open Classroom Series, through which we invite the public into our classrooms to learn from guest lecturers alongside our students. The talk will be delivered in webinar format. While we prioritize our students’ participation, non-student participants may ask questions through the Q&A feature.<\/p>\n Wednesday, September 20 at 2:30 PM (Center, LC-215) Represented by Lea Wolinetz and Harry Rapaport, the Cz\u0119stochover Society and Relief Committee <\/span><\/a>will present a significant donation to the Center. With this small ceremony, we mark the beginning of what we know will be a lasting relationship between our two organizations. The Center is honored to help keep the memory of Jewish Cz\u0119stochowa alive for future generations. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n The Cz\u0119stochover Society and Relief Committee was founded in 1914 as a Landsmannschaft (immigrant association) for Jewish immigrants from Cz\u0119stochowa, Poland in New York City. Its role evolved with the times, particularly after the Holocaust and with the upward mobility and them slow passing of its founding members.<\/p>\n Lea and Harry will return to Ramapo on the evening of October 25th to speak with the campus community and, specifically, with students enrolled in Dr. Labendz’s course, “Paradigms of Genocide.” See below for more information.<\/p>\n Monday, October 9 at 6:00 PM (Hybrid: Friends Hall and Zoom) Acclaimed author and journalist, Ann Hagedorn<\/a>, will deliver the keynote address for a scholarly symposium to be held at 秘密研究所, October 9 – 11, “CONTACT: The Meeting and Movement of Jewish People and Artifacts across Cold-War Boundaries.”<\/p>\n Ms. Hagedorn will speak about her latest book,\u00a0Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away<\/em><\/a> (Simon & Schuster, 2021)<\/p>\n Born in Iowa, schooled in science at Columbia University, and as American as baseball, George Koval was the ultimate secret agent. Because he had security clearances to the Manhattan Project, he was able to pass invaluable classified information that helped Soviet scientists produce an atomic bomb years earlier than US experts had expected. The FBI only identified him several years after he had returned to the Soviet Union, and in 2007, Vladimir Putin posthumously awarded him Russia\u2019s highest civilian honor for his contribution to the Soviet atomic bomb program.<\/p>\n This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n Academic Symposium at the Center<\/strong><\/p>\n CONTACT: The Movement and Meeting of Jewish People and Artifacts<\/strong> across Cold-War Boundaries<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n October 9 – 11, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n Wednesday, October 11 at 6:30 PM (Zoom only) OPEN CLASSROOM SERIES: This program is part of our Open Classroom Series, through which we invite the public into our classrooms to learn from guest lecturers alongside our students. The talk will be delivered in webinar format. While we prioritize our students’ participation, non-student participants may ask questions through the Q&A feature.<\/p>\n Thursday, October 19 at 6:00 PM (Hybrid: Trustees Pavilion 1 and Zoom) In her intergenerational memoir, Ms. Weinfeld weaves her story with that of her grandfather, Poppy. Poppy’s account of loss and rebuilding, layered with Weinfeld’s own journey to self-acceptance in the face of antisemitism, shows readers that trauma does not affect only the individual, but can transcend generations.<\/p>\n Copies of From Generation to Generation: A Memoir of\u00a0Food<\/span>, Family, and Identity in the Aftermath of the Shoah<\/i><\/a> will be available for sale at the event. Ms. Weinfeld will be available to sign them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wednesday, October 25 at 6:30 PM (Hybrid: Friends Hall and Zoom) Lea Wolinetz and Harry Rapaport return to Ramapo Campus to speak about the history of Jews in and from Cz\u0119stochowa, Poland. Mr. Rapaport will share his family’s story of murder and survival, which motivated his efforts to rescue Torah scrolls hidden by the Jews of Cz\u0119stochowa during the Holocaust. Ms. Wolinetz will offer a history of the diaspora of Cz\u0119stochowa Jews, before and after the war. Their talk will help our students understand the lasting and global legacies of genocide with a focus on the diasporas it often creates. Our speakers represent the Cz\u0119stochover Society and Relief Committee<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The Cz\u0119stochover Society and Relief Committee was founded in 1914 as a Landsmannschaft (immigrant association) for Jewish immigrants from Cz\u0119stochowa, Poland in New York City. Its role evolved with the times, particularly after the Holocaust and with the upward mobility and them slow passing of its founding members.<\/p>\n OPEN CLASSROOM SERIES: This program is part of our Open Classroom Series, through which we invite the public into our classrooms to learn from guest lecturers alongside our students. The talk will be delivered in webinar format. While we prioritize our students’ participation, non-student participants may ask questions through the Q&A feature.<\/p>\n This talk is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n Monday, October 30 at 12:30 PM (YMCA in Wayne) Center Director Jacob Labendz with the Torah on display at the Center.<\/p><\/div>\n Dr. Jacob Labendz will address the weekly Lunch and Learn series at the Wayne YMCA<\/a>, which offers a robust slate of Jewish programming in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.<\/p>\n Dr. Labendz will display and discuss the Czech Memorial Scroll from the city of Kol\u00edn, which the Center proudly exhibits in the Special Collections Reading Room, LC-215. Dr. Labendz will share new insights on the meaning and uses of so-called “Holocaust Torahs.” For more information about our Kol\u00edn scroll<\/a>, visit our designated webpage.<\/p>\n Sunday, November 5 at 2:00 pm (Kol Dorot<\/a>, Oradell) In this presentation, Dr. David Gurney and Cairenn Binder of the 秘密研究所 of New Jersey Dr. Adina Newman (My Family Genie<\/a>), renowned expert in Jewish genetic genealogy, will describe the challenges of (investigative) genetic genealogy in the Jewish population. She will also share insights into Jewish genetic genealogy after the Holocaust.<\/p>\n Finally, the presenters will share case studies of now-solved cold cases involving unidentified decedents with Jewish ancestry.<\/p>\n Dr. Newman will make AncestryDNA kits available for free to survivors and their children (2G), with the submission of an application.<\/p>\n Wednesday, November 8 at 4:30 PM (Friends Hall \/ Grove) View our Gallery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Join us for a student-led rededication ceremony for this landmark and symbol, not only of memory but of our commitment to a future free from antisemitism, racism, and bigotries. Last year, 秘密研究所’s Student Government Association passed a unanimous bill<\/a> calling for better lighting and signage for our Holocaust memorial. Judith Peck’s 1973 statue, “One Man in Memory of Six Million,” was donated in 2010 by Yvonne Mannheimer Lorber in remembrance of the Mannheimer family. Center Advisory Board Member Arthur Barchenko designed and donated the lighting.<\/p>\n Thursday, November 9 at 7:00 PM (Congregation Beth Haverim Shir Shalom, Mahwah)
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<\/a>The Center and the MA program in Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Stockton University are cosponsoring a four-stop (three state) lecture tour for Professor Esra \u00d6sy\u00fcrek<\/a> of the University of Cambridge. She will discuss her latest book, Subcontractors of Guilt: Holocaust Memory & Muslim Belonging in Postwar Germany<\/em><\/a> (Stanford University Press, 2023). The study explores when, how, and why Muslim Germans have moved to the center of Holocaust memory discussions. Esra \u00d6zy\u00fcrek argues that German society “subcontracts” guilt of the Holocaust to new minority immigrant arrivals, with the false promise of this process leading to inclusion into the German social contract and equality with other members of postwar German society.<\/p>\n
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\nDr. Meryl Ain<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Author, Novelist, and Educator
\nAaron Ginns<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Education & Outreach Director, 3GNY (Third Generation New York)<\/p>\n
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\nRev. Craig Dunn, Sr. Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Madison
\nDr. Jacob Labendz, Center Director<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Since the 1960s, the X-Men, a group of superhero mutants with mental or physical superpowers, have been fighting evil. Because of their mutation, the X-Men are also a visualized metaphor for the others in the US, including Jews. In her lecture, Dr. Christin Z\u00fchlke will discuss evolving representations of Holocaust memory, (Jewish) identity, and otherness in America through the lens of the X-Men comic characters Magneto and Kitty Pryde. By juxtaposing these two characters, she intends to analyze various facets of gender, intergenerational discourses, and the moral implications of survival and trauma.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>In September 2023, the Azerbaijani military initiated a large-scale invasion of the autonomous Artsakh Republic (Nagorno-Karabakh), home to an historic Armenian community, after having besieged and attacked the disputed territory over the previous ten months. Following an official ceasefire, Azerbaijan ordered the dissolution of all state institutions by the following year. This culminated in the flight and ethnic cleansing of ethnic Armenians from Artsakh. Dr. von Jorden-Forgey will discuss how the Lemkin Institute “does [genocide] prevention” and why all prevention mechanisms failed last fall. Her talk will include suggestions for stronger prevention mechanisms going forward.<\/p>\n
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\nFall 2023 Events<\/h4>\n
\nPreventing Genocide with Tallan Donine
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<\/a>The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\u00a0teaches that the Holocaust was preventable and that by heeding warning signs and taking early action, individuals and governments can save lives. With this knowledge, the\u00a0Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide\u00a0works to do for the victims of genocide today what the world failed to do for the Jews of Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. The mandate of the Simon-Skjodt Center is to alert the United States\u2019 national conscience, influence policy makers, and stimulate worldwide action to prevent and work to halt acts of genocide or related crimes against humanity, and advance justice and accountability. Learn more at\u00a0ushmm.org\/genocide-prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\nSurvivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda Speak
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<\/a>Providence Umugwaneza and Erick Nkurunziza will speak with Ramapo students about their experiences and those of their relatives during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. To prepare for the discussion, students will read Ms. Umugwaneza’s memoir, Next Couple of Hours <\/em><\/a>(Cider Spoon, 2021). We encourage webinar participants to do so as well. Ms. Umugwaneza and Mr. Nkurunziza will visit 秘密研究所 on April 17, 2023 for a memorial commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.<\/p>\n
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\nMichelle Weinfeld, Food and Holocaust Memory<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/Michelle-300x300.jpg\")
<\/a>Michelle Weinfeld wrote a beautiful memoir about her grandfather’s experience surviving the Holocaust, the life lessons he imparted to her, and how being the grandchild of a Holocaust survivor has influenced her Jewish identity. Communion around food and cooking, as well as the power of food to build bridges of intergenerational memory, will be central to our discussion.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/From-Generation-to-Generation-204x300.jpg\")
<\/a>With its heartfelt anecdotes of family holidays, gripping stories of survival, and painful realizations about identity,\u00a0From Generation to Generation\u00a0<\/span>is a universal story of overcoming adversity and not falling victim to negative experiences. Readers will find Poppy to be the grandfather figure they need, learning from his wisdom, his recipes, and his beautiful bond with his granddaughter.<\/p>\n
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\nOur Kol\u00edn Scroll: The Legacy of Czech Torahs around the World<\/span>
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\nJewish Genetic Genealogy: Adina Newman, Cairenn Binder, and David Gurney<\/span>
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<\/a>Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center<\/a> will describe the impact of investigative genetic genealogy on cases of unidentified remains in New Jersey and beyond.<\/p>\n
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\nRededication of Holocaust Statue, “One Man in Memory of Six Million”<\/span>
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\nBanned Music: Solo Concert by Pianist Itay Goren in Commemoration of Kristallnacht<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
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