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| Monday, April 28, 2008 7:00pm KIVA Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:00pm KIVA |
Honoring Yom HaShoa - Artists Respond to the Holocaust with documentary filmmaker PIERRE SAUVAGE and a performance by THE MANCHESTER DANCE ENSEMBLE View the Flyer for More Information |
The two-day event will feature a discussion with documentary filmmaker Pierre Sauvage, who is a child survivor of the Holocaust and president of the Chambon Foundation, and a showing of his documentary“Weapons of Spirit” at 7 p.m., Monday, April 28, in the Kiva. The film tells the story of a mountain community in France that defied the Nazis and saved 5,000 Jews, including Sauvage and his parents. In addition, a performance by the Manchester Dance Ensemble, a group of ballet dancers between the ages of 11 and 18, will take place at 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 29, in the Kiva. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 330-672-8924. |
| Tuesday, April 8, 2008 2:00 - 3:00 pm Wick Poetry Corner 2nd Floor Library 7:30 pm KIVA |
Wick Poetry Center & KSU's Jewish Studies Program present EDWARD HIRSCH "Let Dust Remember: Jewish Poetry after the Holocaust" An informal talk by Edward Hirsch (2:00 - 3:00, Wick Poetry Center) A Poetry Reading by Edward Hirsch (7:30pm in KIVA) Reception and book signing to follow |
Poet and critic Edward Hirsch has published six books of poems. His new collection, Special Orders, will be published in March 2008. Hirsch's awards include the Prix de Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, and a MacArthur Fellowship. He is the president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. For additional information please visit our website at: www.kent.edu/wick |
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:00 pm Rockwell Auditorium |
History on Trial: My Day(s) in Court with Holocaust Denier David Irving With Professor of History at the Emory University Deborah E. Lipstadt View the Flyer for More Information |
Join Deborah E. Lipstadt as she tells the story of her libel trial in London against David Irving, who sued her for calling him a Holocaust denier. According to The Times(London), “history has had its day in court and scored a crushing victory.” Dr. Lipstadt was appointed by President Clinton to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council on which she served two terms. From 1996 to 1999 she served on the State Department’s Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad. She has appeared on Sixty Minutes, Good Morning America, National Public Radio’s Fresh Air, and PBS’s Charlie Rose Show. |
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 |
GI Jews: How World War II |
Whether they come from Siox Falls, South Dakota or the Bronx, over half a million Jews entered th United States' armed forces during the Second World War. Uprooted from their working and middle-class neighborhoods, they joined every branch of the military and saw action on all fronts. These men challenged the perception of Jews simply as the victims of the war, and encouraged Jews throughout the Diaspora to fight for what they thought was right. Deborah Dash Moore gives us an unprecedented view of the multiple sturggles these GI Jews faced, having to fight not only the enemy, but also the prejudices of their fellow soldiers |
