杏吧原创鈥檚 Zelikovitz Centre to Host Holocaust Education Month Pop-Up Museum and Lecture
In honour of Holocaust Education Month, 杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies will hold a pop-up museum and the public lecture Let the Artifacts Speak: Returning Humanity to Holocaust Victims presented by Dr. Robert Ehrenreich of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
This event is co-hosted with the Temple Israel Religious School, Ottawa Jewish Archive and the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship.
Media are invited to attend the events.
Pop-Up Museum
When: Sunday, Nov. 4, 12:30 p.m to 4 p.m. and Monday, Nov. 5, 6:30 p.m.to 7:15 p.m.
Where: Temple Israel, 1301 Prince of Wales Dr., Ottawa
Info: For more information on the event and how to participate please visit the website. The pop-up museum will be available online in the future as a virtual museum.
The enormity of the tragedy of the Holocaust is overwhelming. Personal objects allow us to remember those who suffered and learn about their history by focusing on individual stories. At this pop-up museum, local Ottawa families will share stories of their family鈥檚 experience of the Holocaust through objects. Local survivors, children of survivors and scholars will be on-hand to speak to visitors.
Public Lecture
When: Monday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Temple Israel, 1301 Prince of Wales Dr., Ottawa
Info: The lecture is suitable for adults and mature teens.
Six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. This number is staggering and is the equivalent of almost seven times Ottawa鈥檚 population. How can the magnitude of this crime be represented without reducing the victims to mere numbers? In this lecture, Ehrenreich will use three case studies to discuss how personal items can turn huge numbers of victims back into individuals and return their humanity.
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