A Promise to Remember: Kristallnacht 1938

Host:
Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Time:
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:
Contra Costa Jewish Community Center
Street:
2071 Tice Valley Blvd
City/Town:
Walnut Creek, CA

Description

How can the experiences of German-Jews who lived through Kristallnacht help Americans tackle contemporary challenges? Author, Rabbi and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Berenbaum explores this and other issues related to the November 1938 pogrom. Dr. Berenbaum is the former Director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Shoah Foundation.

Tickets: $10
To purchase tickets, or for more information: 510.318.6453 or www.jfed.org/book09

Program underwritten by the Tillie and Rene Molho Fund for Holocaust Remembrance of the Jewish Community Foundation.

Sponsored by the Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay and the Contra Costa JCC, in partnership with the Holocaust Center of Northern California and the JCRC/East Bay Region.

Other Information

  • Guests are allowed to bring friends to this event.

Event Type

This is an open event. Anyone can join and invite others to join.