Holocaust
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Two Remain: Out of Darkness” (Act One)
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesELLEN V. & PHILIP L. GLASS HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATIVE SERIES In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, gather with us on-site…
Free Admission at Illinois Holocaust Museum
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesIllinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is excited to offer free admission on the last Friday of every month in 2023.…
Special Exhibition: The Negro Motorist Green Book
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesJanuary 29 - April 23, 2023 The Negro Motorist Green Book highlights the history of “The Green Book,” the annual guide…
Online Program | From Generation to Generation: A Holocaust Survivor’s Relationship with his Granddaughter
VirtualJoin 3G Chicago, a newly formed group made up of grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors, for its inaugural virtual event. As antisemitism…
Exhibit Opening: “The Negro Motorist Green Book”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesDuring the era of Jim Crow laws, a time of segregation through policy and through custom, Victor Green, a Black…
On-Site Film Screening: “Baltic Truth”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL, USNarrated by award-winning Israeli performer and son of Holocaust Survivors Dudu Fisher, “Baltic Truth” exposes key facts of the first…
Musical Performance: A Night at the Savoy
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesThe Green Book was not only cherished by vacationing Black families, but also by touring Black musicians: it was a guide…
On-Site Musical Performance: A Night at the Savoy
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesBelieved to be inspired by the earlier Jewish Vacation Guide, which catalogued hotels that welcomed Jewish travelers, The Green Book…
Podcast Discussion: “Playing Anne Frank”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesFor millions of people, seeing a performance of “The Diary of Anne Frank” (or the 1959 film) has been an…
On-site Podcast Discussion: “Playing Anne Frank”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesFor millions of people, seeing a performance of “The Diary of Anne Frank” (or the 1959 film) has been an…
Docent Led Tour of “The Negro Greenbook Exhibit” at Holocaust Museum
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesWe are purchasing group tickets for this tour. More details and registration here: https://ncjwcns.org/events/green-book-tour/ https://www.facebook.com/events/222328166987679/
SOLD OUT – On-Site Theatrical Presentation: “The Green Book” Stage Reading
Green Line Performing Arts Center 329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL, USJoin us at Green Line Performing Arts Center for a live staged reading of Calvin Alexander Ramsey’s award-winning play, “The…
On-Site Theatrical Presentation: “The Green Book” Stage Reading
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesJoin Illinois Holocaust Museum for a live staged reading of Calvin Alexander Ramsey’s award-winning play, “The Green Book.” Ramsey’s work brings…
SOLD OUT – On-Site Theatrical Presentation: “The Green Book” Stage Reading
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesJoin us at the Museum for a live staged reading of Calvin Alexander Ramsey’s award-winning play, “The Green Book.” Ramsey’s…
Online Lunch & Learn: Music of Remembrance
The Chicago Loop Synagogue 16 South Clark Street, Chicago, IL, USJoin us online for a “lunch & learn” panel featuring the acclaimed creative team of composer Jake Heggie and librettist…
Yom Hashoah Commemoration: “Voices of Children”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesELLEN V. & PHILIP L. GLASS HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATIVE SERIESIllinois Holocaust Museum, Sheerit Hapleitah of Metropolitan Chicago, Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation…
Jewish small-town life in Soviet Ukraine is focus of April 23, 2023, lecture
Temple Beth El 3610 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL“In the Shadow of the Shtetl: Small-Town Jewish Life in Soviet Ukraine” will be the topic of an online talk…
On-Site Film Screenings: “Joe’s Violin” & “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesJoin Illinois Holocaust Museum for two short films, presented in partnership with JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival: “Joe’s Violin” follows a…
SOLD OUT – On-Site Film Screenings: “Joe’s Violin” & “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesJoin us on-site at the Museum for two short films, presented in partnership with JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival:“Joe’s Violin”…
On-Site Commemoration: Light Among Darkness – 80th Anniversary of the Rescue of Bulgarian Jews
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesDuring World War II, none of Bulgaria’s approximately 50,000 Jews were deported to Nazi death camps. This incredible feat was…
SOLD OUT – On-Site Musical Performance: Violins of Hope Civic Orchestra Program
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesJoin us on-site at Illinois Holocaust Museum for a special performance with Civic Orchestra of Chicago in partnership with JCC…
On-Site Film Screening & Discussion: “Stranger at the Gate”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL, USAfter 25 years of service in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. Marine Richard “Mac” McKinney returned home to Muncie, Indiana, with…
Exhibition Opening: “The Girl in the Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Lodz Ghetto”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesOpening May 18 "The Girl in the Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Łódz Ghetto," explores a young girl’s fight…
Exhibition Opening: “The Girl in the Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Lodz Ghetto”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesOpening May 18 "The Girl in the Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Łódz Ghetto," explores a young girl’s fight…
On-Site Film Screening: “The Pianist From Ramallah”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL, USJoin us on-site at the Museum a film screening presented in partnership with JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival: “The Pianist…