Upcoming Events
A Moment of Witness
Interfaith
Ritual
Interfaith Program
for Holocaust Memorial Day
Thursday, January 27, 2022
90 minutes
8 pm Central at the Flower Mound Library
A special Holocaust Memorial Day ritual and storytelling program, hosted by the Flower Mound Public Library, designed to commemorate the dead and to recognize the strength of both the Jews and the non-Jewish helpers in the Holocaust. Our new interfaith ritual is interwoven with Violet Helm’s story of a mother’s experience in the Holocaust.
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Teacher Training
Teaching the Holocaust without Traumatizing your Students
Teacher Training Workshop
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
90 minutes; Online Program
A special 90-minute workshop on how to teach the Holocaust without traumatizing your students. Appropriate for teachers of all ages – Elementary, Middle, and High School. We discuss important safety nets as well as tips for maintaining your students’ sense of stability.
Using Storytelling to Create Student Connections to the Holocaust: Panel
Storytelling Discussion
Teacher Training Workshop
Monday, July 20, 2020
90 minutes; Online Program
Teaching the Holocaust through Story
Storytelling Workshop
Teacher Training Workshop
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
90 minutes; Online Program
A special workshop on how to teach the Holocaust through story. We discuss storytelling, story-based curriculum, and how teaching through story shifts the narrative to focus on Jewish resilience.
Now WE must tell THEIR Stories: Holocaust Storytelling Workshop
Storytelling Workshop
Teacher Training Workshop
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
90 minutes; Online Program
Teaching the Holocaust: Empowering Students
Teacher Training Workshop
Taught by ECHOES & REFLECTIONS
Sunday, December 6, 2020
3 hours; Online Program
A two-part free program:
1) How to teach the Holocaust so that students can go beyond the history to understand prejudice, make ethical choices, and respond to injustice.
2) Integrating Photographs, Literature, Art and Poetry to Tell the Human Story
Now WE must tell THEIR Stories: Holocaust Storytelling Workshop
Storytelling Workshop
Teacher Training Workshop
In collaboration with ECHOES & REFLECTIONS
Monday, January 18, 2021
12 noon to 2 pm Eastern; 11 to 1 Central
10 to noon Mt, 9 to 11 am Pacific
Storytelling
Teaching the Holocaust through Story
Storytelling Workshop
Teacher Training Workshop
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
90 minutes; Online Program
A special workshop on how to teach the Holocaust through story. We discuss storytelling, story-based curriculum, and how teaching through story shifts the narrative to focus on Jewish resilience.
Now WE must tell THEIR Stories: Holocaust Storytelling Workshop
Storytelling Workshop
Teacher Training Workshop
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
90 minutes; Online Program
Yom HaShoah in Story
Storytelling Performance
Saturday, April 18, 2020
90 minutes; Online Program
Eight storytellers at Congregation Kol Ami in Flower Mound, Texas came together to tell stories of the Holocaust. Adults and teens told stories of survivors and of those who did not survive.
Using Storytelling to Create Student Connections to the Holocaust: Panel
Storytelling Discussion
Teacher Training Workshop
Monday, July 20, 2020
90 minutes; Online Program
Now WE must tell THEIR Stories
Storytelling Workshop
January 10 & 11, 2020
Congregation Kol Ami, Flower Mound, TX
A two-day, in person workshop on how to tell the stories of those who experienced the Holocaust. We used stories we had heard from family or friends and stories we had read in memoirs or diaries to develop stories that we could tell.
Their Words in Our Voices: Yom HaShoah in Story and Ritual
Ritual Workshop
Storytelling Workshop
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
90 minutes; Online Progarm
The fragile window of witness is closing. Before long, the Holocaust survivors will no longer be physically here to tell us of their experiences. But they leave us their words. This workshop will discuss and demonstrate a Yom HaShoah commemoration that uses storytelling and ritual based on these personal narratives.
Ritual
Yom HaShoah 2021
Light from the Darkness
Thursday, April 8, 2021
60 minutes; Online Program
Light from the Darkness: A Ritual of Remembrance for Yom HaShoah
Ritual
Monday, April 20, 2020
60 minutes; Online Program
We observed Yom HaShoah as a global community, together while we were separate, with Light from the Darkness, a special, virtual, ritual of remembrance.
Their Words in Our Voices: Yom HaShoah in Story and Ritual
Ritual Workshop
Storytelling Workshop
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
90 minutes; Online Progarm
The fragile window of witness is closing. Before long, the Holocaust survivors will no longer be physically here to tell us of their experiences. But they leave us their words. This workshop will discuss and demonstrate a Yom HaShoah commemoration that uses storytelling and ritual based on these personal narratives.
Interfaith Program for Holocaust Memorial Day
Interfaith
Ritual
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
75 minutes; Online Program
A special Holocaust Memorial Day ritual and storytelling program, hosted by the Flower Mound Public Library, designed to commemorate the dead and to recognize the strength of both the Jews and the non-Jewish helpers in the Holocaust. Our new interfaith ritual is interwoven with Neil Borg’s story of his mother’s experiences as a hidden child in the Holocaust.
Interfaith
Interfaith Program for Holocaust Memorial Day
Interfaith
Ritual
Wednesday, January 27, 2020
75 minutes; Online Program
A special Holocaust Memorial Day ritual and storytelling program, hosted by the Flower Mound Public Library, designed to commemorate the dead and to recognize the strength of both the Jews and the non-Jewish helpers in the Holocaust. Our new interfaith ritual is interwoven with Neil Borg’s story of his mother’s experiences as a hidden child in the Holocaust.
Out of the Whirlwind: Interfaith Ritual for Holocaust Memorial Day
Interfaith
Ritual
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Creekwood Christian Church
Flower Mound, Texas
A special Holocaust Memorial Day prayer walk designed to commemorate the dead and to recognize the strength of both the Jews and the non-Jewish helpers in the Holocaust.
Lights of Liberty Vigil
Interfaith
Friday, July 12, 2019
Creekwood Christian Church
Flower Mound, Texas
Deborah spoke at a rally to call for better treatment of immigrants and asylum-seekers at our southern border. She called for an end to polarizing language but also an end to inhumane treatment of people on the border. Never again means not now.
One Candle
Interfaith
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Baha’i Center of Flower Mound, Texas
A gentle introduction to the ideas of the Holocaust, for kids of all ages.
Adult Education
Lessons of the Holocaust
Adult Education
Presented to various churches and community groups
A single evening introduction to the Holocaust from perspective of the bystanders (those who were neither in power nor targeted) and what we can learn from their choices.
Because They Were Jews
Adult Education
Presented to various churches and community groups
A single evening introduction to the history of the Holocaust from the perspective of the Jews who lived it.
Lessons of the Holocaust: Women's Choices
Adult Education
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Sweet & Spicy, Arlington, Texas
The Holocaust can be framed in terms of choices: the choices of the perpetrators to participate, the choiceless choices of the victims, and most importantly, the choices made by the bystanders. The bystanders’ choices are a good model for us today.
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