  {"id":46797,"date":"2018-06-06T12:10:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T16:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=46797"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:43","slug":"carletons-centre-for-holocaust-education-and-scholarship-to-host-a-conversation-with-jeanne-beker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2018\/carletons-centre-for-holocaust-education-and-scholarship-to-host-a-conversation-with-jeanne-beker\/","title":{"rendered":"杏吧原创\u2019s Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship to Host a Conversation with Jeanne Beker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        杏吧原创\u2019s Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship to Host a Conversation with Jeanne Beker\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jeanne-Beker-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/Jeanne-Beker-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/Jeanne-Beker-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/Jeanne-Beker-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/Jeanne-Beker.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/Jeanne-Beker-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/Jeanne-Beker-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>杏吧原创 University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship<\/a> (CHES), at the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/jewishstudies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies<\/a>, will host the event <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/jewishstudies\/2018\/jeanne-beker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>In Conversation with Jeanne Beker<\/em><\/a>, organized in co-operation with the Azrieli Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event will explore the many lives of Beker, a popular media personality, fashion maven, author and descendant of Holocaust survivors, in a conversation between Beker and Jody Spiegel, director of the Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program at the Azrieli Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Monday, June 11, 2018, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.<br>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Singhal family theatre, Richcraft Hall, 杏吧原创 University<br>\n<strong>Info<\/strong>: Tickets are $25 and <a href=\"https:\/\/payments.carleton.ca\/conferences\/jeanne-beker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are available online<\/a>. Each guest will receive an autographed copy of <em>Joy Runs Deeper<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media are invited to attend the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Joy Runs Deeper <\/em>is the Holocaust survival story of Beker\u2019s parents, published by the Azrieli Foundation. Beker wrote the introduction to the memoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beker says her parents&#8217; Holocaust experiences coloured her personal philosophies, imparting a sense of resilience and a precious instinct for survival. She will share these insights with the audience, along with stories from her family&#8217;s memoir. The conversation will be followed by a question-and-answer session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto-based Beker was awarded the Order of Canada in 2014 and received a star on Canada&#8217;s Walk of Fame in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\n杏吧原创 University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven_Reid3@杏吧原创.ca\">Steven_Reid3@杏吧原创.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>杏吧原创 Flipboard account:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@carletonstories\/carleton-stories-0gbu905my\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@carletonstories\/carleton-stories-0gbu905my<br>\n<\/a><strong>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<br>\n<\/a><strong>Need an expert?<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Go to:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"articletext\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>杏吧原创 University\u2019s Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES), at the Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies, will host the event In Conversation with Jeanne Beker, organized in co-operation with the Azrieli Foundation. &nbsp; This event will explore the many lives of Beker, a popular media personality, fashion maven, author and descendant of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":46821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[125],"class_list":["post-46797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-advisories","tag-zelikovitz-centre"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"grass"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46797"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47221,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46797\/revisions\/47221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}