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january 24, 2012
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum: Jewish World War II vets drive new exhibit
More than 400 voices are behind the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s forthcoming comprehensive exhibition exploring American Jews who fought in World War II.
january 20, 2012
Chicago Jewish News | Pennies in Memory
On Sunday, Jan. 29, BEANS USY (Beth El at North Suburban Synagogue United Synagogue Youth) of Highland Park will present a donation of 1.5 million pennies ($15,000) to the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.
january 19, 2012
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum: Landmark play asks big moral questions
“It is not only Ernst Janning that is put on trial here. It is the German people.”
january 13, 2012
Dupage Regional Office of Education | International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The United Nations has designated January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
january 3, 2012
Huffington Post | The Sound Of Silence: Resolving To Speak Out In 2012
Even as the New Year has come and gone, change, often avoided or dismissed, becomes an overwhelming motivator.
december 21, 2011
Wilmette Life | Graphic novel art reawakens survivor stories
Their stories are told in a variety of ways — through old photographs and film, eyewitness testimony and meticulously installed summary panels, an upper floor art gallery and a lower floor space for traveling exhibitions.
december 5, 2011
Elm Leaves | River Grove Students visit Holocaust Museum
A group of River Grove School students visited Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie last month and learned about bullying and the Holocaust.
november 23, 2011
East Peoria Times Courier | EPCHS Students Travel for Holocaust Lesson
Eight East Peoria Community High School juniors recently stepped outside their classroom for an important lesson in history.
november 17, 2011
JUF News | The Valiant and the Indifferent—Honoring Rescuers, Commemorating Kristallnacht
At a special community gathering, the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center contrasted the acts of righteous “upstanders” with the indifference demonstrated during “Kristallnacht,” often referred to as the “Night of Shattered Glass.”
november 7, 2011
Chicago Sun Times | Illinois Holocaust Museum, Jewish escapees honor rescuers
Chaya Roth and Gitta Fajerstein-Walchirk have a close bond with a 90-year-old Catholic priest living in a nursing home in Cuneo, Italy.
november 7, 2011
Skokie Review | Heroes help mark Kristallnacht anniversary
Chaya Roth and Gitta Fajerstein-Walchirk have a close bond with a 90-year-old Catholic priest living in a nursing home in Cuneo, Italy.
november 6, 2011
ABC News | Several honored for helping rescue Jews in WWII
Three days before the anniversary of Kristallnacht the Illinois Holocaust Museum in suburban Skokie honored people from Italy, Poland and Lithuania who helped rescue Jews during World War II.
OCTOBER 27, 2011
National Parks Magazine | The Art of Gaman
“The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts of the Japanese American Internment Camps: 1942-1946” was recently exhibited at the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery and is currently traveling the country.
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Skokie Review | Museum Fights Against Bullying
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s inaugural all-day Anti-Bullying Forum last week, packed with useful information for educators from throughout the region, seemed to gravitate toward a few repeated points.
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Skokie Review | Chicago Schools CEO Weighs in on Bullying
“How many of you were subject to bullying while you were in school?” Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard raised his hand even if he was the one who posed the question.
october 19, 2011
Chicago Tonight | Bullying
There is a national push to eradicate bullying. Are schools doing enough to combat the problem? We hear from Dorothy Espelage, one of the nation's top experts on bullying, on Chicago Tonight at 7:00 pm.
OCTOBER 18, 2011
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum: Enhanced youth exhibit inspires kids to stand up
More than two years later, the simplest of words continue to be as meaningful as ever. “Make a difference.”
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Trib Local | Families Invited to Day of Kid-friendly Events at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center invites families to celebrate the re-launch of the newly enhanced and expanded Make a Difference! The Miller Family Youth Exhibition with an afternoon of family fun.
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