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The Museum of Tolerance and American Associates, Ben -Gurion University of the Negev present

The Impact of the Holocaust on Israeli Identity

An Evening with Professor Hanna Yablonka

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 6:30pm

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The Museum of Tolerance New York is proud to be a sponsor of the

Yom Ha'Atzmaut Event

at Blues Club & Grill

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Save the date for a New York City community-wide Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day) celebration on Wednesday April 25, 2012. Join the Museum of Tolerance New York,  Dor Chadash USA and other partners at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill as we honor Israel's fallen and celebrate 64 years of independence at the largest  Yom Ha'Atzmaut and Yom Ha'Zikaron (Remembrance Day) gathering outside of Israel!

6:30pm Doors Open

General Admission
$30 until April 6 (before Passover)
$36 starting April 7
$50 at the door.

VIP Admission $80 in advance, $100 at the door. (VIP admission includes preferred seating, hors d'oeuvers, and open wine bar for one hour before ceremony)

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The Museum of Tolerance will be hosting guest author Lelia Levinson to discuss her book 

Gated Grief

The Daughter of a GI Concentration Camp Liberator Discovers a Legacy of Trauma

Monday, April 16, 2012 at 6:30pm

To purchase tickets please contact:

Julie Silver at (212) 697-1180 ext. 109 or email us.

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The Simon Wiesenthal Center/Moriah Films presents:

It Is No Dream

New York Premiere

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 7:00pm

AMC Lincoln Square

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The Museum of Tolerance and Beta Israel North America (BINA) will screen the film 

400 Miles to Freedom

Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 7:00pm

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The Museum of Tolerance New York Presents

2012 Dorothy Gardner Adler State of Anti-Semitism Lecture

The State of Antisemitism

Zionophobia: Legitimizing hate; debasing the ideals of the Arab Spring

Monday, February 13, 2012 at 7:00pm 

The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. 695 Park Avenue

(Entrance on 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenue)

Featuring:
Dr. Judea Pearl
UCLA Professor & President of the Daniel Pearl Foundation
Dr. Judea Pearl is a renowned scientist and father of the late Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl, who was slain by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. As president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation, he continues his son’s life-work to promote inter-cultural communication worldwide through journalism fellowships aimed at promoting honest reporting and East-West understanding and public dialogues between Jews and Muslims.

Steve Kroft
Correspondent and Co-editor CBS 60 Minutes
Steve Kroft’s incisive investigative reporting on 60 Minutes for
over thirteen years has garnered him much acclaim, including
three Peabody Awards and nine Emmy Awards.

$125 PATRON TICKET (VIP pre-lecture reception, listing in the program, priority seating)

$75 SPONSOR TICKET (reserved seating)

$30 GENERAL SEATING 

$10 STUDENT

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For more information please contact Julie Silver at 212.697.1180 or jsilver@wiesenthal.com.

THE STATE OF ANTI-SEMITISM ANNUAL LECTURE IS ENDOWED IN PERPETUITY BY SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER TRUSTEE ALLEN ADLER IN MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER DOROTHY GARDNER ADLER.

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The Museum of Tolerance in honor of Black History Month presents a special film screening of 

Stills of the Movement

The Civil Rights Photojournalism of Flip Schulke

Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7:00pm

Museum of Tolerance New York Public Sunday

Guided 2 hour tours: 11am and 1pm

Sunday, January 29, 2012

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Guided 2 hour tours: 11am and 1pm

Friday, January 27, 2012

$10 - General Admission

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The Museum of Tolerance invites you to a special panel discussion:

Social Justice and Judaism

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

6:00pm - 7:00pm Tour
7:00pm - Panel Discussion

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The Museum of Tolerance presents in honor of

Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday

An Evening with Dr. Alfred Moldovan

Monday, January 16, 2012 at 6:00pm

Join the Museum of Tolerance and Chicken & Egg Pictures for a screeing of

Barber of Birmingham

Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement

Wednesday, January 11, 2011 at 7:00pm

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Join the Museum of Tolerance and J-Space for an official

J-space Launch Party

25 Little West 12^th Street

Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 9:00pm

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The Museum of Tolerance presents a special screening of

Winston Churchill:
Walking with Destiny

Narrated by Ben Kingsley

Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 7:00pm

Walking With Destiny highlights Churchill's years in the political wilderness, his early opposition to Adolf Hitler and Nazism, and his support for Jews under threat by the Nazi regime. As historian John Lukacs explains, Churchill may not have won the War in 1940, but without him, the War most certainly would have been lost. The film examines why Winston Churchill's legacy continues to be relevant in the 21st Century and explores why his leadership remains inspirational to current day political leaders and diplomats.

RSVP preferred. Space is limited.

$8 for Members. $10 for Non-Members.

Email or call (212) 697-1180 ext. 102

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The Museum of Tolerance presents a special performance of

Living Voices: The New American

Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 6:30pm

Please join the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Museum of Tolerance on the anniversary of 

Kristallnacht:The Night of Broken Glass

for a special screening of

Unlikely Heroes

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Please Join the Museum of Tolerance New York,
the International Documentary Association
and NAACP New York

The Rescuers

Special New York Screening of the Award-winning documentary

Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 7:00pm

THE RESCUERS is a unique film with a powerful message. In the 20th century, over 100 million people died from genocide.
The film traces the compelling journey of Stephanie Nyombayire, a young Rwandan anti-genocide activist who
lost 100 members of her family in her country’s genocide in 1994. Traveling across 15 countries and three continents,
Nyombayire and Sir Martin Gilbert, the renowned British historian, interview survivors and descendants of 12 non-
Jewish diplomats who willingly sacrificed their careers, families, and livelihoods to go against their countries’ polices
to save tens of thousands of Jews from the unspeakable horrors that awaited them in the Nazi death camps. During
the journey, Nyombayire discovers potential solutions for the ongoing genocide in Darfur and elsewhere. What
emerges is the “power of goodness” - a testament to the ways in which the inherent good in the human spirit can
trump institutional evil.

Followed by Q&A with emmy award-winning director Michael King, producer Joyce D. Mandell & film subject Stephanie Nyombayire, an anti-genocide activist who lost 100 members of her family in the Rwandan genocide, who will make her first public appearance with the film in New York.

No charge event, advanced reservation required.
Space is limited.

RSVP: Email Melissa Hooper or call 212-697 1180 ext.102

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The Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Museum of Tolerance New York presents:

Rebecca McBride

Author of Traveling Between the Lines: Europe in 1938

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 4:00pm

Rebecca McBride, freelance writer from Old Chatham, NY, will read from, discuss, and sign her book, Traveling Between the Lines: Europe in 1938. From May to September 1938, one year before the start of World War II, McBride’s parents, John and Margaret Randolph, traveled from the U.S. to Europe. At ages 34 and 27, they were on an adventure, traveling by train, renting bicycles, and sleeping in youth hostels––a typical tour in an atypical time. They traveled to Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, England, and Wales before finding passage home on a freighter. John Randolph, a mathematician who had just spent two years at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, kept a daily journal of the trip. After his death, McBride came across the journal. Knowing what took place in Germany in 1938 and what would follow throughout Europe, she began to research the historical context for the trip and ask, how much did they know, and what did they see? The book combines his journal and photographs with her historical and personal commentary

Space is limited. RSVP to Melissa Hooper at (212) 697-1180 ext. 102 or via email.

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The Museum of Tolerance is proud to present:

Not in Our Town: Light in the Darkness

Documentary Screening and Community Discussion

Monday, October 24, 2011 from 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Join us for a screening and panel discussion of Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness, a one–hour PBS documentary about a town taking action after anti-immigrant violence devastates their community.

No charge event, advanced reservation required.
Space is limited.

RSVP: Email Melissa Hooper or call 212-697 1180 ext.102

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The Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Museum of Tolerance New York in partnership with the 3rd Annual Freedom Week presents:

Walking in Their Foot Steps

An interactive theatre experience transporting you into the world of trafficking

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 6:30pm

Freedom Week aims to inspire those with the freedom to choose how they live their lives to help set free those who do not. Through dynamic and creative education, honest and open discussion, and unified activism, we hope to create a movement that will ultimately lead to the eradication of modern slavery and human trafficing worldwide.

For general information about freedom week visit http://www.freedomweeknyc.org/

Advanced tickets purchased for $10 on freedomweeknyc.org OR $20 at the door.  For more information contact: Melissa Hooper at (212) 697-1180 ext. 102

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The Museum of Tolerance New York is Proud to Present

A Premiere Screening of

Three Thousand Miles

A Detour Across America

Directed by David Floyd Nesenoff

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 6:30pm
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 6:30pm
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 6:30pm

After Rabbi Nesenoff and his son, Adam, interviewed Helen Thomas at the White House, they continued to ask questions...

Journey on an American road trip and find out what's on everyone's mind... from Jackie Mason in New York to the Grand Wizard of the KKK in Oklahoma... to the man on the street in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

For more information and to RSVP, please contact Julie Silver at 212.697.1180 ext. 109 or jsilver@wiesenthal.com.

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Summer Film Series

Join the MOTNY for a Summer Film Series featuring all eleven of the Moriah films.

Every Tuesday Afternoon throughout the summer at 3:00pm

Moriah Films is the Jack and Pearl Resnick Film Division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Our documentaries focus on the 3,500 year old Jewish experience as well as contemporary human rights and ethical issues. Moriah’s goal is to produce theatrical documentaries on a regular basis that both enlighten and educate while at the same time reach national and international audiences. Two of Moriahs’ films have been recipients of Academy Awards™ for Best Feature Documentary, Genocide (1981) and The Long Way Home (1997).

$10 per person per film

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For more information and to RSVP, please contact Dr. Natasha Poor, Manager of Public Programs and Events at 212.697.1180 or npoor@wiesenthal.com.

FILM SCHEDULE

	June 14th: Against the Tide
	June 21st: I Have Never Forgotten You
	June 28th: Beautiful Music
	July 5th: Ever Again
	July 12th: Unlikely Heroes
	July 19th: In Search of Peace
	July 26th: The Long Way Home
	August 2nd: Liberation
	August 9th: Echoes that Remain
	August 16th: Genocide
	August 23rd: Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny

Special Programming for Tisha B'Av

Join the MOTNY and Fifth Avenue Synagogue Young Leadership for a film program from the Moriah Films Collection.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

The Museum of Tolerance New York in partnership with Miracle Corners of the World’s Jacqueline’s Human Rights Corner presents

An Evening in Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide

Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 6:30pm

Featured speaker is Rwanda genocide survivor Jacqueline Murekatete, who will discuss the Rwanda Community Center and educational and entrepreneurship programs that assist genocide survivors in rebuilding their lives. Please join us to learn how you can become involved!.

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Join the MOTNY for an evening with

The Hevreh Ensemble

Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 6:30pm

Based in NYC, The Hevreh Ensemble performs World Chamber Music with original works composed by group member Jeff Adler.  The compositions often feature themes from Jewish Spirituality, Religious and Racial Tolerance, Environmental Sustainability and World Peace with Classical, Jazz and World Music elements.  The wide and varied instrumentation includes the innovative use of Native American Flutes along with Oboe, Oboe D’amore, English Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, World Percussion, Keyboard and Shofar.  The Hevreh Ensemble is composed of Jeff Adler, Judith Dansker, Laurie Friedman, and Adam Morrison.    

$15 per person. 

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For more information and to RSVP, please contact Dr. Natasha Poor, Manager of Public Programs and Events at 212.697.1180 or npoor@wiesenthal.com.

An Evening with artist Muriel Stockdale

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 6:30pm

Muriel Stockdale will discuss her works, the United States flag series, E Pluribus.  Her collection is composed of American flags, each made with different cultural influences and ethnicities.  Stockdale will be presenting some examples of her handcrafted flags: each flag is crafted from typical fabrics representing diverse cultures that make up this American mosaic.  Ms. Stockdale’s work has been exhibited in Connecticut, New Hampshire, and throughout New York City, and was exhibited as part of Immigrant Heritage Week in 2009 in Manhattan and Queens.  In honor of Memorial Day, join us at the Museum of Tolerance for a discussion with Muriel Stockdale about her work and the related topics of patriotism and diversity.

The Museum of Tolerance New York is Proud to Present

A Screening of

As Seen Through These Eyes

An Evening with Filmmaker Hilary Helstein

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 7:00pm

Narrated by Maya Angelou and co-produced by the Sundance Channel

Poet Maya Angelou writes, “I know why the caged bird sings.”  So does director Hilary Helstein, who has traveled the world over the past decade, compiling interviews with survivors who have given us something that history couldn’t; a journal of the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of the artist, through the eyes of people who by the very act of creating, rebelled and risked their lives by doing what they were forbidden to do.  As Maya Angelou narrates this powerful documentary, she reveals the story of a brave group of people who fought Hitler with the only weapons they had: charcoal, pencil stubs, shreds of paper and memories etched in their minds.  These artists took their fate into their own hands to make a compelling statement about the human spirit, enduring against unimaginable odds.  It features Simon Wiesenthal, the children of Terezin, and Dina Gottliebova Babbitt, personal artist to Dr. Mengele.  The mission of “As Seen Through these Eyes” is to combat prejudice, intolerance and bigotry through a series of moving interviews with these survivor-artists.  The film has garnered multiple international awards to date and has screened at numerous UN offices including New York, Brussels, Vienna, and Burma, among others as a human rights film.   .

$10 PER PERSON

For more information and to RSVP, please contact Dr. Natasha Poor, Manager of Public Programs and Events at 212.697.1180 or npoor@wiesenthal.com.

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The Museum of Tolerance New York proudly presents:

An Evening with Bryna Kranzler

Author of The Accidental Anarchist

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 6:30pm

Kranzler’s book is based on the diaries of her grandfather, Jacob Marateck.  By the time he was twenty-five years old, Marateck had been a Jewish officer in the notoriously anti-Semitic Russian army during the Russo-Japanese war (1904-1905), a revolutionary who sought to overthrow the Czar, and sentenced to death three times.  Told from Marateck’s uniquely humorous perspective, The Accidental Anarchist is the remarkable, true story of an ordinary man made extraordinary by his participation in the history-making events of the 1900s in Russia and Poland.  Recently named a finalist in the Biography category for ForeWard magazines Book of the Year Award, The Accidental Anarchist was described by Elie Wiesel as “a profound testament to the power of faith, and to the continued survival of the Jewish people.”    

$15 per person. 

Please join the Museum of Tolerance New York, Manhattan Multicultural Housing, and the International Center at the

Opening VIP Reception for the

International Multicultural Family Workshops

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Featuring Keynote Speaker

Farah Anwar Pandith, Special Representative to Muslim Communities

Her office is responsible for executing Secretary Clinton's vision of engagement with Muslims around the world on a people-to-people and organizational level. She reports directly to the Secretary of State.

The IMF series of workshops promote tolerance build empathy, and foster multicultural understanding and confidence for youth and their parents.

Join us for a reception to learn how IMFW can become a part of your community.
 
Please RSVP by May 10, 2011.

For more information and to RSVP, please contact Adam Lettieri at 212.255.0145 or alettieri@intlcenter.org

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An Afternoon with Judith Evan Goldstein

Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 2:00pm

Holocaust survivor Judith Evan Goldstein will be discussing her life, artwork, and music.  She holds a Bachelors and Masters in music and is a certified music and art therapist.  Mrs. Goldstein’s music has been performed at museum openings, colleges and conferences and by the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of Westchester.  Her visual art is presently in the permanent collection at Yad Va Shem, Israel, at St. Petersburg Holocaust Museum of Art, and in many private collections.  Her life and art is also addressed in the film “As Seen Through These Eyes,” by Hilary Helstein.  Mrs. Goldstein will specifically address her artwork and lyrics, which are featured in her book Images of My Childhood from Sorrows to Joys.

The Museum of Tolerance New York and the Guide Dog Foundation/America's VetDogs

cordially invite you to a private reception in honor of

Memorial Day

Hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Mark and Jenny Silver

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 6:30pm Reception

5:00pm optional guided tour of Museum

Business Attire

Please RSVP by May 1, 2011, limited space available

For more information and to RSVP, please contact Julie Silver at 212.697.1180 or jsilver@wiesenthal.com.

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L-R William B. White, PhD with dog Rudy, Rabbi M. May, Executive Director SWC, Dr. Michelle Hartman, Director of Operations and Community Affairs – MOTNY, Melissa Stockwell and her dog Jake, and Arthur Rizer and his dog Danny

Final event in the commemoration of Yom Hashoah, Days of Remembrance, 

screening of Moriah film,

Genocide

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 3:00pm

In 1981 this film became the first Holocaust documentary to receive an Academy Award™ and it remains today a chilling, heartbreaking testament to the strength and suffering of the Jewish people and the courage and heroism of those who came to their aid. With beautiful narration by Orson Welles and Elizabeth Taylor the film begins by providing a look at the flourishing Jewish community in pre-war Europe and then traces their grim trajectory through the ghettos, camps, and prisons of the Nazi regime, introducing the lost victims and brave heroes along the way.

For more information and to RSVP, please contact Dr. Natasha Poor, Manager of Public Programs and Events at 212.697.1180 or npoor@wiesenthal.com.

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The Museum of Tolerance New York is proud to be a sponsor of the

Yom Ha'Atzmaut Event

at BB King

Monday, May 9, 2011

6:30pm Doors Open

7:30pm Yom Ha'Zikaron (Israel Memorial Day) Ceremony with the participation of New York and Israeli diginitaries

8:30pm Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) Celebration

General Admission $30 until April 18, $36 starting April 19, $50 at the door.

VIP Admission $80 in advance, $100 at the door. (VIP admission includes preferred seating, hors d'oeuvers, and open wine bar for one hour before ceremony)

Order tickets online at www.dorchadashusa.org,

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An Afternoon with the Thorn Tree Project

Honored guests will include three Warriors and Chief of the Samburu people from Northern Kenya

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

1:00pm

The Museum of Tolerance, New York is honored to work with The Thorn Tree Project in coordinating an event featuring Warriors and the Chief of the Samburu people from Northern Kenya. These individuals and their families and neighbors have benefitted from the creation of schools in their communities. The Thorn Tree Project has worked tirelessly with communities from Sereolipi, the Ndonyo Wasin, and Lerata to establish pre-schools and related programs to make it possible for more and more children to attend school. As a result of their work, the number of children attending primary school increased from just 132 students in 2001 to 730 in 2010. Please join the museum for an afternoon of cultural exchange that includes performances by the Warriors and a Q&A with the Chief and members of The Thorn Tree Project, who will discuss the work that has been done to provide education to the Samburu children and youth.

In commemoration of Yom Hashoah, 

screening of Moriah film,

The Long Way Home

Monday, May 2, 2011 at 3:00pm

Winner of the 1997 Academy Award for best feature documentary

Narrated by Morgan Freeman and featuring the voices of Edward Asner, Sean Astin, Martin Landau, Miriam Margolyes, David Paymer, and Nina Siemasko, the film combines rare archival films and stills with new interviews, and interweaves historical narrative with stories, anecdotes, and recollections of Jewish refugees.

The film opens in 1945. Germany has been defeated by the Allies and the war in Europe is officially over. American, British, and Russian soldiers have liberated Nazi death camps in Central and Eastern Europe, uncovering to the world the horror and tragedy of the Holocaust. Thousands of starving, half-dead Jewish survivors are freed from Nazi persecution. The majority have lost most, if not all of their families members. Those who try to return home are met with antisemitism and threats of physical violence.

American and British authorities set up "Displaced Persons Camps" to house the refugees, often on the same sites as former concentration and death camps. With thousands of Jewish refugees still languishing in DP camps, Jewish resistance groups in Palestine unite to form a resistance movement to oppose the British. The film takes an in-depth look at how most of the world was either indifferent or unwilling to deal with the plight of the Jewish refugees, but at the same time acknowledges the efforts of those who did support the survivors in their attempt to make new lives for themselves.

After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, The Long Way Home was screened theatrically throughout the United States and was acquired for broadcast by the Showtime Cable Networks. The film has been the recipient of numerous awards at international film festivals.

$10 PER PERSON

For more information and to RSVP, please contact Dr. Natasha Poor, Manager of Public Programs and Events at 212.697.1180 or npoor@wiesenthal.com.

Yom Hashoah Commemoration

Sunday, May 1, 2011 

5:00pm Sandy Rubenstein

6:30pm Performance by HaZamir Teen Choir

Sandy Rubenstein is a teacher at the Horace Mann School in New York and a Master Teacher with a USC Shoah Foundation - and the child of Holocaust survivors. Her father, Joseph Horn, 12 years old when the war began, passed away in 1999, three years after the publication of his memoir, Mark It With A Stone, the fulfillment of a life-long dream. Now, Mrs. Rubenstein relates her father's story, sharing excerpts from his book and interspersing video clips of her father speaking directly about his experiences from the Shoah Foundation's collection.

HaZamir/New Jersey is a 36 voice strong Jewish teen choir under the musical direction of Cantor Joel Caplan of Congregation Agudath Israel, Caldwell, New Jersey. HaZamir's repertoire ranges from liturgical music to songs from Israel's contemporary music scene and has performed for numerous synagogues and organizations in New Jersey, New York, New England, Southern California, and Israel; and have traveled to London and Madrid to foster the beginning of Jewish teen choirs there. 

$20 per person. 

In recognition of Genocide Prevention/Awareness Month, the Museum of Tolerance New York and Dor Chadash proudly present:

The Last Survivor: Four Tragedies, Four Journeys, One Purpose

Thursday, April 28, 2011

7:00pm

Please join us for a special screening of the film "The Last Survivor" that defines humanity through the lives of those who have seen the worst, documenting the extraordinary experiences of 4 survivors of genocide:  The Holocaust, Rwanda, Sudan, and Congo. 

The film focuses on each survivor’s ability to rebuild their life in the aftermath of tragedy and their current work genocide prevention movements.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Jacqueline Murekatete who survived the Rwanda genocide. 

Senior TIME Reporter and Professor of Political Science to Speak at MOTNY

The Supreme Court and Freedom of Religion: A Less than Compelling Right

April 27, 2011 at 6:30pm

Alain L. Sanders is a professor of political science and constitutional law in New Jersey and a former senior reporter at TIME Magazine.
 
He teaches a wide variety of courses on American politics—including classes on the presidency, Congress, the courts, constitutional law, elections and the mass media—at Saint Peter’s College and Fairleigh Dickinson University.
 
During his 21-year journalism career at TIME Magazine, Sanders wrote stories for every major news section of the magazine, including the Nation, World and Law sections. He was one of the first reporters to secure an exclusive in-depth interview with a Supreme Court Justice, Lewis Powell. He was also a member of the original writing team for the pioneering, irreverent, humor-in-the-news Chronicles and Notebook sections, as well as a writer for TIME's early Internet site.
 
Sanders has appeared on a variety of radio and television talk shows and talk show segments to discuss and analyze political developments. He was a weekly radio commentator on American news developments for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Australian radio stations 2KY, 4BC and 2NC.
 
He has published a variety of free-lance articles over the years, and he continues to publish newspaper op-ed articles on U.S. political and legal affairs, as well as provide comment on news developments in various media.
 
A lawyer, Sanders practiced briefly with a New York City law firm early in his career. He holds an A.B. degree from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a J.D. degree from the Columbia University Law School. For further information about Alain Sanders see www.asanderscom.web.officelive.com.

The Museum of Tolerance New York is Proud to Present

A Screening of

Nuremberg

The Schulberg/Waletsky Restoration

Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 6:30pm

A discussion panel with Sandra Schulberg and a cocktail reception will follow

How is it that the Allies’ own film of the greatest courtroom drama of all time - the 1945 Nuremberg trial of top Nazi war criminals - never played in U.S. theaters? Sandra Schulberg and
Josh Waletzky have masterfully restored this historic movie (after U.S. officials suppressed the film and the negative and soundtrack were lost or destroyed), originally directed by Schulberg’s father and commissioned by Pare Lorentz. The negative was struck from the best quality extant print, borrowed from the German National Film Archive, and not one picture frame was removed or changed in the restoration. The restoration team also reconstructed the musical score and
Liev Schreiber re-recorded the narration.

The International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg (Nov 20, 1945 - Oct 1, 1946), the first major trial to prosecute crimes against humanity, addressed questions of guilt and complicity in unimaginable atrocities. The film captures the defendants in their own words, admitting only to certain excesses and
abuses. Intended as an historical endpoint, an object lesson for future generations, Nuremberg has since become, tragically, a prototype for tribunals convened to prosecute genocides around the world.

This film screening is presented at the Museum of Tolerance, New York with generous support from the Joan S. Constantiner Fund for Jewish and Holocaust Film.

$50 PER PERSON

RSVP by April 20th

For more information and to RSVP, please contact Dr. Natasha Poor, Manager of Public Programs and Events at 212.697.1180 or npoor@wiesenthal.com.

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The Museum of Tolerance New York proudly presents:

An Evening with Elliot Tiber

Thursday, April 14, 2011

6:30pm

The Museum of Tolerance is very proud to host an evening with celebrated gay memoirist and humorist Elliot Tiber. Mr. Tiber, whose first memoir TAKING WOODSTOCK was made into an acclaimed motion picture by BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN director Ang Lee, has now written a “prequel” memoir called PALM TREES ON THE HUDSON: A True Story of the Mob, Judy Garland, & Interior Decorating.

PALM TREES ON THE HUDSON has already received excellent critical reviews from Kirkus Reviews (“a humorous tale”); Publishers Weekly (“balances belly laughs and sincere emotion”); BookPleasures.com (“[a] rags-to-riches-and-back-again riveter”); Feathered Quill Book Reviews (“supremely fantastic writing”); and South Florida Gay News (“flows so lyrically it should come as no surprise to learn that Elliot Tiber has also written and produced musical comedies”). Mr. Tiber will share many funny and fascinating tales of his life as a gay man both in New York and throughout the world, and will happily answer questions from the audience. Copies of Mr. Tiber’s books PALM TREES ON THE HUDSON and TAKING WOODSTOCK will be made available for purchase at the event through Square One Publishers (www.squareonepublishers.com).

The Museum of Tolerance New York proudly presents:

An Evening with Elizabeth Rosner

Award-winning Author of The Speed of Light and Blue Nude

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

6:00pm

Elizabeth Rosner grew up in Schenectady, New York as a daughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors. Her father, who was born in Hamburg, Germany, was sent to Buchenwald Concentration camp, while her mother survived the war by hiding in the Polish countryside. Ms. Rosner’s writing reflects her efforts to come to terms with the impact of her parents’ experiences on her own life, the indelible imprints of their history on her language, her identity, and her imagination. Elizabeth Rosner’s first novel, THE SPEED OF LIGHT, is about the effects of the Holocaust on the descendants of survivors; it is a story of loss and the redemptive power of storytelling and love. Her novel examines the lives lived at a remove from, but forever connected to the Nazi death camps. Rosner’s work was the winner of Hadassah magazine’s 2001 Ribalow Prize. Rosner’s second novel, BLUE NUDE, was published in 2006. BLUE NUDE depicts an encounter between a post-war German painter named Danzig and an Israeli artist’s model named Merav. Living in Northern California and in exile by choice from their home countries, both Danzig and Merav are wrestling with their identities as artists and as ex-patriates; haunted by their experiences with war and loss, they ultimately find that even in the face of fear and despair, the act of making art can bring real possibilities for redemption and healing. This highly acclaimed novel has been a national bestseller and named as one of the San Francisco Chronicle’s best books of 2006. It continues to receive rave reviews and is a popular selection for book group discussions.

Freedom Riders Dr. Robert & Helen Singleton, Civil Rights Worker Dr. Rick Tuttle with students from Santa Fe High School

Exec. Dir. Mayme Clayton Library & Museum Larry Earl, Freedom Riders Dr. Robert & Helen Singleton, Civil Rights Worker Dr. Rick Tuttle

Dr. Robert & Helen Singleton, Civil Rights Worker Dr. Rick Tuttle

Students from Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe, CA

Video Conference participating sites: Museum of Tolerance-LA, Selma, AL, Uniontown, AL, Museum of Tolerance-NY, Madison, AL, Booker T. Washington High School at the Rosa Parks Museum Troy University, Montgomery, AL

On Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at 9:30am the MOT hosted a video conference to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides and the new WGBH American Experience film FREEDOM RIDERS.

Participating in the Video Conference were:  

From the Museum of Tolerance – New York

Boys and Girls High School, Brooklyn, NY
Joan Pleune, Freedom Rider
Lewis Zuchman, Freedom Rider

From the Museum of Tolerance – Los Angeles

Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe Springs
Dr. Robert & Helen Singleton, Freedom Riders

From the Rosa Parks Museum at Troy University, Montgomery, AL

Booker T. Washington High School, Montgomery, AL
Catherine Burks-Brooks, Freedom Rider
Mark Driscoll, Director of Historic Sites, Alabama Historical Commission – oversees the new Museum at the Montgomery Bus Terminal opening for 50th Anniversary

From Alabama School sites

Liberty Middle School
Discovery Middle School
Selma High School
Robert C. Hatch High School

Larry Earl, Executive Director, the Mayme Clayton Library & Museum, Culver City, CA, served as the event Moderator.

For information on the Freedom Rides and the film go to www.pbs.org/freedomriders

Classes watched the film in advance of the event then came together at the above locations where they saw clips from the film, heard from and asked questions of the Freedom Riders and engaged with each other.

The Museum of Tolerance New York Presents

The Annual Dorothy Gardner Adler Lecture

The State of Antisemitism

Antisemitism and the Black Community

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at the MOTNY

Featuring:
Reverend Eugene Rivers
Widely published writer, activist in the African-American community, and renowned worldwide speaker.

Walter Russell Mead
James Clark Chase Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College.

$25 PER GUEST TICKET

$100 PER PATRON TICKET

For more information and tickets, please contact Dr. Natasha Poor, Manager of Public Programs and Events at 212.697.1180 or npoor@wiesenthal.com.

Reverend Eugene Rivers has worked on community development, faith-based initiatives, and domestic and foreign policy issues for 35 years. He has advised both the Bush and Clinton Administrations on their faith-based initiatives and on the foreign policy regarding the AIDS crisis in Africa. As a highly sought-after speaker, he has provided commentary for ABC (Prime Time, Nightline, and ABC Morning News), NBC (Hardball and MSNBC), CBS (CBS Evening News, Sixty Minutes II), PBS (Charlie Rose, Bill Moyers Show) and Fox Television (The O’Reilley Factor)

Walter Russell Mead is Editor-at-Large of The American Interest and one of the country’s leading thinkers on American foreign policy. Until 2011, he was also a Brady-Johnson Distinguished Fellow in Grand Strategy at Yale, where he had taught in the Yale International Security Studies Program since 2008. His works include Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World, which won the Lionel Gerber Award for Best book in English on international
relations in 2002, and he is currently working on a book about the United States and Israel

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Museum of Tolerance New York presents:

Children of Terror

Inge Auerbacher and Bozenna Urbanowicz Gilbride

Monday, March 7, 2011

7:00pm

Inge Auerbacher and Bozenna Urbanowicz Gilbride, come collectively to share their stories and talk about their book “Children of Terror”; the testimony of two young girls, born in the same year, in two different countries, into two different faiths and traditions, they experienced similar horrors of the Holocaust of WWII.

$20 per person

The Museum of Tolerance New York proudly presents:

TEDx42ndstreet

Sunday, March 6, 2011

On Sunday, March 6th, 2011, the MOTNY will be hosting a TEDx conference entitled TEDx42ndstreet.  For those of you who are not aware of what TED (TEDx) is, it stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. 
 
TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader.   TEDx was created in the spirit of TED's mission, "ideas worth spreading." The program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level.  At TEDx events, a screening of TEDTalks videos -- or a combination of live presenters and TEDTalks videos -- sparks deep conversation and connections. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis.

What you'll find at every TEDx event:

• The content and design of each TEDx event is unique and developed independently, but all TEDx events have several features in common

• TED's celebrated format: A suite of short, carefully prepared talks, demonstrations and performances (live, or just TEDTalks videos from TED.com) on a wide range of subjects to foster learning, inspiration and wonder -- and to provoke conversations that matter.

• TEDTalks videos: A minimum of two pre-recorded talks from the acclaimed TEDTalks video series (these talks are available free on TED.com) Bias-free programming: Lack of any commercial, religious or political agenda

At Tedx42ndstreet, you will find people from the NYC community who are passionate about technology, entertainment and design as well as a host of other topics/sectors - and who can make a strong contribution to the TED community through their energy, influence and connections to change the world.  
 
If you or someone you know might be interested in attending this event on Sunday, March 6th, please register and help spread the word:

REGISTER ONLINE

Major Findings of Simon Wiesenthal Center’s 2011 Digital Terrorism and Hate Report Released at Museum of Tolerance New York to New York Police Department Officers

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

NEW YORK, NY – The Simon Wiesenthal Center is monitoring over 14,000 problematic websites, blogs, forums, newsgroups and social networking pages (up from 11,500 in 2010) - there is a dramatic spike in the online targeting of religious minorities, particularly Christians in the Middle East on Facebook and other social networks that also demonize Jews and Muslims.

Terrorism: The full range of Internet technologies have been harnessed by Islamist terrorists and their supporters, including Yemen-based Anwar al-Awlaki, to recruit and encourage “Lone Wolf” terrorists.

"We are now seeing terrorism manuals and propaganda justifying violent 'jihad,' produced in English to reach out beyond disaffected Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East and Asia, to North America and Western Europe," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, SWC Associate Dean at the launch of this year's report.. 

Trolling: Trolling, the online activity wherein the identity of an innocent person is hijacked by bigots and bullies has increased dramatically. The tactic is also used to discredit anti-hate activists online hate games remain a prominent component of the online subculture of hate targeting gays, immigrants, African Americans and Jews.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center reports that social media companies, led by Facebook, have begun to pay serious attention to the abuse of their services by racists, anti-Semites and terrorists.

Watch WPIX interview with Rabbi Cooper:

LAMBDA Legal and Museum of Tolerance New York present:

Free to Be

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

6:30pm to 9:00pm

Start 2011 with a thoughtful look into tolerance and diversity with Lambda Legal and the Museum of Tolerance New York.

Join us for a guided tour of the Museum of Tolerance’s state-of-the-art facility. Learn more about how we each react to discrimination with the museum’s interactive exhibits presenting real world examples of bullying and discrimination.

The evening will conclude with a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception featuring a brief presentation by Lambda Legal’s Deputy Legal Director Hayley Gorenberg and Museum Director
Dr. Michelle Hartman.

Don’t miss out on this unique evening.

Visit www.lambdalegal.org/free-to-be
to RSVP today!

A Reading From:

Heidegger’s Glasses by Thaisa Frank

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

According to the New York Times, the fiction of Thaisa Frank works "by a tantalizing sense of indirection” and her stories have often been described as being "in the grand tradition of the fairy tale, the legend, the spell.” A two-time Pen Award winner and Pushcart nominee, she is the acclaimed author of two short story collections and the non-fiction work Finding Your Writer’s Voice, co-authored with Dorothy Wall. Ms. Frank will be reading from her newly released novel, Heidegger’s Glasses. Set in Germany during WWII, Heidegger’s tells the story of a secret Compound of Scribes hidden deep underground in a converted mine shaft in the Black Forest. Their sole order is to answer letters written to the dead in the concentration camps, an absurd mission devised by Nazi believers in the occult to assuage the deceased and prevent them from divulging the Final Solution. When a letter arrives written by eminent German philosopher Martin Heidegger to his friend, a man now lost in the dying thralls at Auschwitz, a series of events unfolds that ultimately threaten the safety of the entire Compound.

Heidegger’s Glasses reconstructs the landscape of Nazi Germany from an entirely original and haunting vantage point. Ms. Frank will discuss her inspiration for the novel - the real Third Reich procedure, Operation Mail, which forced concentration camp prisoners to write reassuring letters to loved ones. She will also explore the debated “Heidegger Question” and the power of the “group mind” in the historical and modern context of the lack of integration many great artists and thinkers seem to have between their work and daily actions.

The evening will include a reading, discussion, and book signing. Reception to follow.