d GLHRC: Program 2007
 

THURSDAY, March 1

7:00 PM Rueff Gallery, Pao Hall, Purdue University
Exhibit: Shoes of Memory by Jenny Stolzenberg
Ceramic work, on loan from The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, Canada
Opening Reception: Songs of the Holocaust
with guitarist Jerry Silverman, Musician
Exhibit open March 1 through March 15

FRIDAY, March 2

6:30 PM Hillel Foundation, 912 W. State St., West Lafayette
Shabbat dinner and conversation with Charles Small
RSVP by Feb. 28 by call Hillel at 743-1293

SUNDAY, March 4, 2007

    2:30 PM Stewart Center, Room 214, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Registration
    3:00 PM Session Chair: Susan Prohofsky
Mayors' Proclamation: Tony Roswarski, Lafayette & Sonya Margerum (ret.), West Lafayette
Candle of Remembrance, Candle of Hope
Musical Tribute
Psalm 90:In Every Age, music by Dr. Brad Bodine and the St. Thomas Aquinas Singers
3:30 PM Reflections on the Frightening Legacy of the Holocaust
The First Annual Rabbi Gedalyah Engel Lecturer
Jan T. Gross, Professor of History, Princeton University
Introduction by George Horwich
4:30 PM Globalization and Its Impact on Contemporary Antisemitism
Charles Small, Founding Director, The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy
Introduction by Rachel Einwohner
6:30 PM Purdue Memorial Union
Dinner (donation $15, students $3)
Please RSVP by Feb. 27 to sue@glhrc.org
8:00 PM Rawls Hall - Room 1086, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Revisiting Auschwitz
Anna Berkovitz, Survivor
Introduction by Johanna Gartenhaus

MONDAY, March 5

9:00 AM Hillel Foundation, 912 W. State St., West Lafayette
University Religious Leaders
Breakfast and conversation with Jan T. Gross, Charles Small and Anna Berkovitz
4:30 PM Saint Thomas Aquinas, 535 W. State St., WL
Anne Frank in Rwanda
A Workshop for Secondary Teachers on Teaching the Holocaust
Chair: Sarah Powley, Educator, English Department Chair, McCutcheon H.S.
Please RSVP by Feb. 20. See link above for details.

TUESDAY, March 6

9:30 AM Fowler Hall, Purdue University
Program for Elementary and Middle School Students
Marion Blumenthal Lazan, Survivor, Author of "Four Perfect Pebbles"
Co-sponsored by The Ackerman Center, Purdue University College of Education
7:30 PM St. Thomas Aquinas, 535 W. State St., West Lafayette
New Directions in Jewish-Christian Dialogue
Moderator: Tom Ryba, Professor of Theology, Notre Dame University
Participants:
   Steven Kepnes , Professor of Jewish Studies and Religion, Colgate University
   Kevin Hughes, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, Villanova University
Respondents:
   Dan Frank, Director of Jewish Studies, Purdue University
   Ann Astell, Professor of English, Purdue University

WEDNESDAY, March 7

7:30 PM Krannert Auditorium, Purdue University
A Symposium on the Darfur Catastrophe
Moderator: Ray Dumett, Professor of History, Purdue University
Participants:
   Benaiah Yongo-Bure, Professor of Social Science, Kettering University
   Ali Dinar, Outreach Director, African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
   Karen Hirschfeld, Sudan Coordinator, Physicians for Human Rights
Co-sponsored by the Purdue Department of History
7AM - 6PM Memorial Mall, Purdue University
'Day to Save Darfur' Awareness Day on Campus
Sponsored by Alpha Gamma Delta sorority

THURSDAY, March 8

7:00 PM Hillel Foundation, 912 W. State St., West Lafayette
Movie: Protocols of Zion

THURSDAY, April 15

  Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Rememberance Day