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CONCERT AND LECTURE SERIES
Sunday, November 9- Thursday, November 13
Music in Exile:
Émigré Composers of the 1930s
Presented in collaboration with Canada's Royal Conservatory of Music, this series of concerts and lectures explores the works and the context of composers who fled Germany during the 1930s and those who stayed behind, resisted the Nazi regime, and became "internal exiles."
November 9
Concert:
Germany--Musical Exile and Resistance
Walter BRAUNFELS
String Quartet in F#minor, op. 63
Adolf BUSCH
String Sextet in G major, op. 40
November 10
Lecture:
A Czech Gershwin in New York
with Dr. Michael Beckerman
Concert:
Continental Britons
Robert KAHN
Suite for violin and piano op. 69
Franz REIZENSTEIN
Piano Quintet in D major, op. 23
November 11
Concert:
A Pole Apart
Mieczyslaw WEINBERG
From Zhukovsky's Lyrics, songs for bass and piano op. 116
Mieczyslaw WEINBERG
Quintet for piano and strings op. 18
November 12
Lecture:
Entertete Musik
with Gottfried Wagner
November 13
Lecture:
We Will Never Die
with Bret Werb
Concert:
Exiles to America
Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Ballate dell'esilio (Guido Cavalcanti) for baritone and guitar
Hanns EISLER
Three Songs (Bertholt Brecht) arr. for baritone and guitar
An den kleinen Radioapparat
Hotelzimmer
Über den Selbstmord
Warren ARLEN
Poet in Exile (Czeslaw Milosz) for baritone and piano
To learn more about these concerts and lectures, or to purchase tickets, click here.
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BOOK PROGRAM
Wednesday, November 12, 12:30 PM
Tours begin at 11:30 AM
The Life of Irène Némirovsky
Salon conversation with author Olivier Philipponnat, interviewed by Ivy Barsky, Museum deputy director
Olivier Philipponnat, the French biographer of Irène Némirovsky, will discuss recent research into Némirovsky’s life and the discovery of intimate diaries, personal reflections and correspondence, as well as interviews and testimonials from her family and colleagues.
At 11:30 AM, take a highlights tour of Woman of Letters: Irène Némirovsky and Suite Française.
$10 adults, $7 students/seniors, $5 for members
Space is limited. Pre-registration for tours is required. Call 646.437.4202 to reserve your spot.
Presented in association with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and Délégation générale de l'Alliance Française aux États-Unis.
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ROSENBLATT FORUM
Sunday, November 16, 2-5 PM
The Rosenblatt Forum
Jews Living in Islamic Lands
Dr. Robert Satloff, director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy with Reza Aslan, André Aciman, and Lucette Lagnado.
Join this panel of distinguished scholars and authors for an exploration of the shared history of two dynamic cultures. We will examine how Jewish communities have lived under Islamic rule for centuries, the forced exodus of Jews from Islamic lands, and the prospects for peaceful coexistence in the future.
About the speakers: Dr. Robert Satloff researched his book Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust’s Long Reach into Arab Lands for four years and journeyed across 11 countries. Authors André Aciman (Out of Egypt) and Lucette Lagnado (The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit) bring unique stories of their families’ exodus from Egypt. Reza Aslan (No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam) is an internationally acclaimed scholar of religions.
$10 adults, $7 students/seniors, $5 for members
The Rosenblatt Forum is made possible through a generous gift by Lief Rosenblatt, and endows a wide range of public programs.
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BOOK PROGRAM
Wednesday, November 19, 7 PM
Tours begin at 6 PM
New York Book Launch
The Journal of Hélène Berr
(Weinstein Books, 2008)
A conversation with Mariette Job, niece of Hélène Berr, interviewed by David Bellos, translator of the book
Kept as a family heirloom until its publication in 2007, Hélène Berr’s journal begins in the spring of 1942 and recounts her life as a Jew in Paris under the Occupation. This compelling narrative ends two years later, when she and her family were deported to Auschwitz. Ms. Berr died in Bergen-Belsen in 1945, just two weeks before British troops liberated the camp.
At 6 PM, take a highlights tour of Woman of Letters: Irène Némirovsky and Suite Française.
$10 adults, $7 students/seniors, $5 for members
Space is limited. Pre-registration for tours is required. Call 646.437.4202 to reserve your spot.
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FILM SCREENING
SOLD OUT
Sunday, November 23, 1 PM
MEMBERS ONLY
Defiance
(2008, USA, 129 minutes, HD)
Post-screening Q&A with director Edward Zwick
Based on the true story of the Bielski family partisan group, Defiance follows three brothers who take refuge during the Holocaust in the woods they have known since childhood. As whispers of their daring actions spread, they begin to attract men and women to the hidden forest compound, helping to keep faith alive when all humanity appears to be lost. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, and Jamie Bell star.
This film is a special screening for members only. Limit 2 tickets per member. Reservations are required. To become a member, call 646.437.4334.
This program is sold out.
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BOOK EVENT
Sunday, November 23, 7 PM
Holocaust by Bullets
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)
With Father Patrick Desbois interviewed by Dr. David G. Marwell, Museum director
"This modest Roman Catholic priest from Paris, without much more than his calm voice and a Roman collar, has shattered the silence surrounding a largely untold chapter of the Holocaust …" - Chicago Tribune
Father Patrick Desbois has worked tirelessly to uncover the truth behind the deaths of 1.5 million Jews in the Ukraine during WWII. Using forensic evidence, eyewitness accounts, and new archival material, he has created a definitive account of one of history's forgotten chapters.
Father Desbois is secretary to the French Conference of Bishops for relations with Judaism and advisor to the Vatican on the Jewish religion.
$10 adults, $7 students/seniors, $5 members
Presented in conjunction with The Shooting of Jews in Ukraine: Holocaust By Bullets.
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FILM SCREENING
Monday, December 1, 7 PM
Inheritance
(2006, USA, 75 minutes, HD)
Post-screening discussion with director James Moll and the film’s subjects Monika Hertwig and Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig
From the award-winning director of The Last Days, Inheritance is a documentary about Monika Hertwig, who struggles with the crimes of her father, Nazi leader Amon Goeth, chillingly portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List. Feeling a need to come to terms with this legacy of evil, Ms. Hertwig reaches out to Holocaust survivor Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig, who lived enslaved under Goeth's roof for nearly two years.
Free with suggested donation. Limit 2 tickets per person. Advance reservations strongly recommended.
Co-sponsored by the National World War II Museum.
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BOOK PROGRAM
Wednesday, December 3, 7 PM
The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin's Secret Service
(W.W. Norton & Co., 2008)
With author Andrew Meier interviewed by Nicholas Dawidoff
The Lost Spy is the true story of Cy Oggins, a Columbia student turned Soviet spy, whose years of espionage resulted in his arrest and internment in an Arctic gulag, where he was murdered to prevent his story from being told.
$10 adults, $7 students/seniors, $5 for members
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PERFORMANCE
Sunday, December 7, 2:30 PM
Fabrik: The Legend of m. rabinowitz
“This modest yet powerfully affecting production capitalizes on the range of the art form and takes it to impressive heights.” - The New York Times
With original puppets, masks, and music, Fabrik chronicles the life of the real Moritz Rabinowitz. A Polish Jew who immigrated to Norway to escape the pogroms, Rabinowitz became a businessman who used his position to raise awareness about anti-Semitism, resulting in the unwanted attention of the Nazis. Full of artistry and sensitivity, Fabrik has been performed to great acclaim around the world.
$25 non-members, $20 for members
This program is suitable for adults and children ages 12 and up.
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DISCUSSION
monday, december 8, 7 PM
Tours begin at 6 PM
Irène Némirovsky and The Jewish question
With Ruth Franklin, editor, The New Republic; Susan Suleiman, professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University; and Maurice Samuels, professor of French, Yale University
Join our panel of literary critics and scholars for a fascinating discussion about Irène Némirovsky, a novelist whose death in Auschwitz left behind not only an epic unfinished novel, but heated controversies that continue to cast shadows over her life and work.
At 6 PM, take a highlights tour of Woman of Letters: Irène Némirovsky and Suite Française.
$10 adults, $7 students/seniors, $5 for members
Space is limited. Pre-registration for tours is required. Call 646.437.4202 to reserve your spot.
This program is funded by New York Council for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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BOOK PROGRAM
Wednesday, December 10, 7 PM
The Zookeeper's Wife: A war story
(W.W. Norton & Co., 2007)
Winner of the 2008 Orion Award
With author Diane Ackerman interviewed by Gabriel Sanders, senior editor of Nextbook
"I can't imagine a better story or storyteller. The Zookeeper's Wife will touch every nerve you have." - Jonathan Safran Foer
Best-selling naturalist and acclaimed storyteller Diane Ackerman tells the illuminating true story of Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who managed to save over 300 refugees from the Nazis by hiding them in the zoo.
$10 adults, $7 students/seniors, $5 for members
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CONCERTS
Thursday, December 25, 1 PM &
3:30 PM
Challah-lujah: The Tradition continues
With Joshua Nelson and special guests Cissy Houston & Frank London
Performing to sold-out crowds at the Museum for three years in a row, Joshua Nelson will return to the stage for another spectacular set of shows. Nelson’s acclaimed fusion of Hebrew tunes and gospel style will delight families of all ages. Special guests Frank London and Cissy Houston will join the Kosher Gospel Choir for a performance of new and old favorites.
$35 adults, $25 students/seniors, $20 members
1 PM Show
3:30 PM Show
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Ticket Purchase
On-line: Click on the link listed after each program.
Phone: Call 1.646.437.4202
In Person: Visit the Museum Box Office at 36 Battery Place,
Battery Park City, New York.
Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at:
Museum of Jewish Heritage
A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
36 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280
General Information
1.646.437.4200
Advance ticket purchases are recommended. All sales are final.
Phone and internet orders are subject to service charges.
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