Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
On-Site Panel Discussion | Honoring the Legacy of Chiune Sugihara
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesRecognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations, Japanese Diplomat Chiune Sugihara risked his life and…
On-Site Film & Discussion | “Taking the Stand: We Have More to Say”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesFor five years, Bernhard Rammerstorfer collected questions directed to Holocaust Survivors that were posed by students from all over the…
On-Site & Online Panel Discussion | Repair and Resilience: The Legacy of Genocide Across Generations
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesJoin Illinois Holocaust Museum and 3G Chicago for an extraordinary intergenerational conversation with four descendants of genocides across geography and…
On-Site Commemoration | Inaugural Central U.S. Commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesIllinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, the Islamic Community of North American Bosniaks, and the Congress of Bosniaks of North…
Free Admission at Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
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 the month. Immerse yourself…
A Night in Miami
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesJoin us at the Museum with Chicago’s Emmy-Award-winning Orbert Davis, trumpeter, composer, and educator; along with his Jazz Quartet for…
A Time for Action: Rising Hate Crimes & Antisemitism
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesIn recent months, hundreds of thought leaders, university faculty, alumni, donors, and officials around the country have denounced administrative paralysis…
Free Admission at Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
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 the month. Immerse yourself…
Echoes of History: Is this the Holocaust?
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesFor many, the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023, have triggered historical and/or personal/familial memories of pogroms…
Free Admission at Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
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 the month. Immerse yourself…
U.S. Premiere – “Resistance: They Fought Back”
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…
Towards Solidarity: An Interfaith Conversation about Allyship and Advocacy
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesCombatting antisemitism is not a Jewish problem, but a human problem that requires non-Jewish allies to both speak out against…
Free Admission for Kids & Students at Illinois Holocaust Museum
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesLooking for something to do over the winter holidays? Visit the Museum! From December 26 - January 7, kids & students visit FREE. https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/winter-break-ticketing/
On-Site Film Screening: “Without A Whisper – Konnón:Kwe” (Jones Day Foundation Community Series)
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesPrejudice, discrimination, and hatred are often fueled by the erasure of groups of people from history. “Without A Whisper” explores…
On-Site Commemoration: Holodomor 90th Anniversary
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesIn 1932-33, millions of Ukrainians starved to death in a man-made famine deliberately engineered by Stalinist regime leaders. Known as…
Live Performance: “Vilna: A Resistance Story”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United States“Vilna: A Resistance Story,” a captivating sell-out musical inspired by one of the most powerful Yiddish anthems of the Holocaust,…
Exhibition Opening Program: “I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesholocaustStories are often as told dryly as a turkey sandwich. The story of immigration in the late 19th and 20th…
“I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesMore than a place to get a meal, the Jewish deli is a community forged in food. “I’ll Have What She’s…
Commemoration: Babiy Yar 82nd Anniversary
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesJoin CJE SeniorLife Holocaust Community Services (HCS) and Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center (IHMEC) for an evening with Dr.…
Graphic Novel Launch: “Hour of Need”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesDeveloped in partnership with Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, “Hour of Need” is a graphic novel that shares the…
Book & Author: “A Revolution in the Name of Tradition: Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesJewish society was threatened by assimilation and modernity, educating an entire generation of girls to take an active part in…
Policing in Nazi Germany
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesAfter the Nazi Party came to power, the Order Police (“Ordnungspolizei, Orpo”) - Germany's uniformed precinct police officers, battalions, and…
Film Screening: “Refugee Lullaby”
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesJoin Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center for a film screening presented in partnership with JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival: Hans…
On-Site Pride Event: A Night at the Eldorado
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesIn the early 20th century, Berlin was the center of LGBTQ+ life. LGBTQ+ people frequented a variety of clubs, bars,…
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…