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THIS WEEKEND:
Taking the Stand: We Have More to Say
Sunday, October 18, at 1:30 pm
Please join us on Sunday
for a talk by Austrian author and award-winning filmmaker
Bernhard Rammerstorfer
about his latest book and film entitled
"TAKING THE STAND: We Have More to Say." For five years, Rammerstorfer collected questions about the Holocaust from students all over the world. His project presents nine different survivors' responses to those questions.
Rammerstorfer's talk will be followed by a screening of excerpts from the "Taking the Stand" film and interviews with two participants in the project, LAMOTH Board member
Renée Firestone,
an Auschwitz survivor, and
Hermine Liska,
who as a child of Austrian Jehovah's Witnesses, was taken from her parents and sent to a "reeducation center."
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THIS WEEKEND:
The History of the Star of David
Sunday, October 18, at 3:00 pm
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| "History of the Star of David" includes an image of the original LAMOTH logo (in green in bottom row) |
Join us on Sunday at Sinai Temple for an art exhibition and reception, "The History of the Star of David." Speakers will include LAMOTH Executive Director Samara Hutman, and there will be an opportunity to meet the artist,
Marc Bennett. Bennett's work, donated by LAMOTH Board member Melinda Goldrich and the Goldrich Family Foundation, hangs in our atrium, welcoming visitors to LAMOTH, and we sell posters and cards displaying Bennett's art in the Museum book store.
To see the event flyer and to RSVP, click here.
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THE LEGACY OF WOMAN IN GOLD:
LAMOTH's Annual Gala Dinner
Sunday, November 1, 2015, at 5:30 pm
Our
2015 Annual Gala Dinner
will be held on Sunday, November 1, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. We will honor three extraordinary individuals:
- Randy Schoenberg, LAMOTH's ten-year Board President and tireless advocate and visionary, will receive the LAMOTH Legacy and Leadership Award.
- Richard B. Jones, trusted advisor to Maria Altmann, will receive the LAMOTH Humanitarian Award.
- Stacey Janks Jasper, educator at Milken Community High School, will receive the LAMOTH Righteous Conversations Award.
To reserve a seat or to support the Museum and recognize our honorees in the Tribute Journal, click
here.
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THE WEEK AHEAD:
Survivor Testimonies: Stories of Life
Wednesday, October 21, at 11:00 am
Join us on Wednesday at 11:00 am in the Goldrich Family Foundation Children's Memorial for an informational session about a new Survivor interview project. A collaboration between LAMOTH and KPFK Public Radio, the project will create oral histories of Holocaust Survivors exploring life during and after the Holocaust, with Los Angeles as a common thread. The conversations will air as a weekly series on KPFK.
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THE WEEK AHEAD:
Book Signing with Simon Goodman
Wednesday, October 21, at 7:00 pm
Join us at 7:00 pm on Wednesday for celebration, conversation and book signing with Simon Goodman, author of
The Orpheus Clock, the passionate, gripping, true story of one man's single-minded quest to reclaim what the Nazis stole from his family, their beloved art collection, and to restore their legacy.
After his father's death, Goodman discovered that his grandparents' magnificent, world-class art collection had been stolen by the Nazis. Much of the collection had gone to Hitler and Hermann Goering; other works had been smuggled through Switzerland, sold and resold to collectors and dealers, with many works now in famous museums.
With the help of his family, Goodman initiated the first Nazi looting case to be settled in the United States. They also brought about the first major restitution in The Netherlands since the post-war era.
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THE WEEK AHEAD:
Lunch & Learn: New Conversations on Holocaust Education with Deb Bowen
Friday, October 23, at 12:00 pm
Thirteen years ago, Deb Bowen of Aledo, Illinois, was inspired by Holocaust Survivors to have young authors and illustrators preserve Survivor
narratives in storybook form. The project, "A BOOK by ME," has now expanded to over 90 different book titles created "by kids for kids."
Author Deb Bowen decided to share these "stories behind the stories," describing the relationships between the young authors and their subjects in her own book, "A Walk With Esther."
Join us as Deb Bowen shares how she started her project and the response of teachers as they use the books in the classroom. She will also discuss her effort to capture the stories of the last of the World War II generation.
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COMING UP:
Survivors and What They Carry by Barbara Mack
Sunday, October 25, at 2:00 pm
Join us at 2:00 pm on Sunday, October 25, for the opening of Survivors and What They Carry, twenty-four powerful portraits by photographer Barbara Mack of Holocaust Survivors who participate in Café Europa, a social club for Survivors in Los Angeles.
Many of these remarkable people pose with an object from their past. Cherished objects and family heirlooms -- a faded photo, a kiddush cup, a violin -- add powerful and evocative layers to these stunning images.
Please join us for a reception and Q&A with Barbara Mack. Signed copies of the companion book by Barbara Mack and Pamela Wick, Portraits in Black and White: Holocaust Survivors of Café Europa, volume II
, will be available for purchase.
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COMING UP:
West Coast Premiere: The Man Who Mends Women
Tuesday, November 3, at 7:00 pm
Please join the Righteous Conversations Project at LAMOTH on Tuesday, November 3, at 7:00 pm, for the West Coast premiere of
The Man Who Mends Women, the moving story of Dr. Denis Mukwege and his work at the landmark Panzi Hospital in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Winner of the Sakharov Prize 2014, Doctor Mukwege is internationally known as the man who not only repairs the bodies of tens of thousands of women who have been raped during the 20 years of conflicts in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but works to restore their lives and address the root causes of violence in DRC.
A trailer for the film (with English subtitles) is available
here
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Doors open at 6:30 pm; the screening will begin promptly at 7:00. Q&A with Philippe Cousteau Jr., Founder and President of Earth Echo International and the GlobalECHO Foundation, a grantmaker to Panzi Hospital and Foundations, will follow.
Admission is free but seating is limited and reservations are required. Click
here for more information and
here to reserve a seat.
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Friday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Admission is always free.
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