Upcoming Event: The Thirteen Truths of Superman
In this compelling talk, international speaker, Pop Culture Rabbi, and social change strategist Andrew Slack unpacks Superman’s Thirteen Truths, a framework that reveals how the Man of Steel embodies resilience, truth, and justice. Through history, activism, and pop culture, Slack shows how Superman’s story offers a blueprint for standing against injustice and creating a world where all people can thrive. From his origins in Jewish resistance to his place in the ancient tradition of orphans defying empires, Superman’s story is a call to action. This talk challenges us to honor the past by rising as heroes in the present, defending human dignity, combating hate, and embracing our greatest superpower: interdependence. Free to the public. Reservations required.
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Upcoming Event: A Calculated Restraint
In A Calculated Restraint, historian Richard Breitman follows the trail of speeches, cables, diaries, and drafts to reveal why public candor lagged behind grim facts. Strategy, antisemitism, fear of Nazi propaganda, and volatile public opinion collided with moral urgency. The result is a tense, unsparing portrait of crisis leadership—and the cost of delayed truth. Be sure to join Breitman for a live, on-stage conversation about what leaders knew and when, why a joint Allied declaration came only in December 1942, and how carefully scripted conventions shaped what the world heard. Free to the public. Reservations required.
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Announcing Our Survivor Speaker Series
Join us at Illinois Holocaust Museum presents Experience360 on select Tuesdays and Fridays from 12-1 PM to hear firsthand from Holocaust Survivors whose stories continue to inspire strength and resilience. Don’t miss this moving opportunity to connect, reflect, and be inspired. Pictured: Marion Deichmann, Ben Goldwater, Ida Kersz, Marguerite Mishkin, Steen Metz, and Ralph Rehbock.
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Survivor Profiles: Sam Harris
Samuel R. Harris (born Szlamek Rzeznik) is one of the youngest Survivors of Nazi concentration camps. Born in 1935 in Deblin, Poland, he was just four years old when the Nazis occupied Poland. Sam and his seven siblings and parents were forced to move into the ghetto. Read more of Sam’s story>>
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