FRIDAY, April 4 |
| 4:30 PM |
Morton Center, West Lafayette
The Good, The Bad, and The Unthinkable
A Photographic Exhibit by Donna Schurman
Exhibit open April 4 through April 10 |
| 6:30 PM |
Hillel Foundation, 912 W. State St., West Lafayette
Shabbat Dinner with Donna Schurman
(RSVP by April 1, call 743-1293 or email director@purduehillel.org) |
SUNDAY, April 6, 2008 |
| 1:30 PM |
Stewart Center, Room 214, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Registration |
| 2:00 PM |
Opening Ceremonies
Session Chair: Susan Prohofsky
Mayors' Proclamation: Tony Roswarski, Lafayette & John Dennis, West Lafayette
Memorial Prayer: Rabbi Audrey Pollack, Temple Israel
Candle of Remembrance, Candle of Hope
Musical Tribute
Psalm 90:In Every Age, music by Dr. Brad Bodine and the St. Thomas Aquinas Singers |
| 2:20 PM |
Opening Remarks
France Córdova, President, Purdue University |
| 2:40 PM |
Remembering Survival: Postwar testimonies from the Starachowice
factory slave labor camps
The 2nd Annual Rabbi Gedalyah Engel Lecturer
Christopher Browning, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Introduction by Robert Melson |
| 3:40 PM |
The Holocaust and contemporary Jewish identity
Debra Kaufman, Professor of Sociology, Northeastern University, Boston
Introduction by Rachel Einwohner |
| 4:40 PM |
On Kindertransports
Joseph Haberer, Survivor, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Purdue University |
| 6:00 PM |
Purdue Memorial Union, Anniversary Drawing Room
Dinner (donation $18; students $3, RSVP by April 3, call 463-1980 or email sue@glhrc.org)
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| 7:30 PM |
Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette
The Children of Willesden Lane Oral Interpretation and Piano Performance
Mona Golabek, Author, pianist and storyteller
Introduction by Sarah Powley
Reception and Book Signing to Follow |
MONDAY, April 7 |
| 9:00 AM |
Hillel Foundation, 912 W. State St., West Lafayette
University Religious Leaders Breakfast
A conversation with Christopher Browning and
Debra Kaufman
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| 9:30 AM |
Loeb Playhouse, Purdue University
Program for Elementary and Middle School Students
The Children of Willesden Lane
Mona Golabek
Co-sponsored by The Ackerman Center, Purdue University College of Education |
| 7:30 PM |
Krannert Auditorium, Purdue University
Seeds for a United World: A Jewish-Christian-Muslim dialogue on the Muslim open letter,
"A Common Word Between Us and You"
Presenter: Hon. David A. Shaheed, Imam of Indianapolis, Marion Superior Court Judge
Moderator/Respondent: Thomas Ryba, Notre Dame Theologian-in-Residence, Purdue University
Respondent: Rabbi Audrey Pollack, Temple Israel
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TUESDAY, April 8 |
| 4:30 PM |
St. Thomas Aquinas, Room 3, 535 W. State St., West Lafayette
Teaching the Music of The Children of Willesden Lane:
A Seminar for Middle School and High School Teachers
Chair: Sarah Powley, Educator, English Department Chair, McCutcheon H.S.
Sarah Fronczek, Fine Arts Consultant, Indiana Department of Education and
Joseph Haberer, Survivor, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Purdue University
Please register by April 1. See link above for details. |
| 7:30 PM |
Hillel Foundation, 912 W. State St., West Lafayette
Movie: Into the Arms of Strangers
Discussion to follow with Rabbi Gedalyah Engel. |
WEDNESDAY, April 9 |
| 7:30 PM |
Krannert Auditorium, Purdue University
The Holocaust Debate Inside Iran
Janet Afary, Professor of History, Purdue University
Introduction by Valentine M. Moghadam |
THURSDAY, April 10 |
| 7:30 PM |
St. Thomas Aquinas, 535 W. State St., West Lafayette
Freedom of Conscience in the Face of Evil: The Interrupted Life and Death of Franz Jägerstätter
Michael Hovey, Director, Office for Catholic Social Teaching, and
Advisor for Ecumenical and Interfaith Affairs, Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Detroit |
FRIDAY, May 2 |
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Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day |
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