News From 2014
December 29, 2014
Skokie Review | 2014 in review: Holocaust Museum joins YWCA to put race under the microscope
In an unprecedented pairing, the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center and YWCA Evanston/North Shore launched their collaborative exhibit “RACE: Are We So Different?” at the museum this fall.
Read online>
December 23, 2014
D219 Niles Township High Schools |Coming Together in Skokie & Niles Township Presents:
VOICES OF RACE
Something exciting is happening in this year’s Coming Together in Skokie and Niles Township (Coming Together).
Read online>
December 22, 2014
JUF News | Bridges
It’s a new year, full of hopes and dreams-dreams like the one Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about all those years ago.
Read online>
December 22, 2014
Evanston Review | Different look: Coming Together in Skokie 2015 explores race
The 2015 edition of Coming Together in Skokie & Niles Township may look quite different on the outside, but it still is guided by the same principles that have made it such a success for the last five years.
Read online>
December 22, 2014
JUF News | A daughter remembers her mother —a survivor
The United Nations General Assembly has designated Jan. 27, 2015-which is also the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau-as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Read online>
December 21, 2014
Chicago Genocide Centennial | The Armenian Genocide: American Response and American Philanthropy
On Sunday, February 8, 2015 from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM, the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide with a powerful symposium that examines the United States’ response to the genocide through the lens of the Near East Relief, the first non-governmental, non-sectarian, ecumenical effort of its kind.
Read online>
December 21, 2014
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum marks Human Rights Month with inspiring talk
“Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.” — Elie Wiesel
Read online>
December 19, 2014
Chicago Tribune | Coming Together in Skokie & Niles Township Presents Voices of Race: Opening Ceremony is January 11
Join us for Coming Together in Skokie and Niles Township: Voices of Race from our opening program on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, to the April 24 event throughout Niles Township and Evanston when individuals and groups will participate in Stand Against Racism.
Read online>
December 17, 2014
Windy City Times | Ruth Messinger talks human-rights issues, justice
“I dedicate my days to the struggles for human rights of some of the people who have the least access to power—women and girls, the LGBT community and indigenous peoples in the developing world whose communities are threatened,” said Ruth Messinger, president of the American Jewish World Service ( AJWS ).
Read online>
December 17, 2014
CBS Chicago | FILM SERIES: Faces of Humanity
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley, the Original Queen of Comedyis an homage to showbiz pioneer Jackie “Moms” Mabley.
Read online>
December 16, 2014
Bugle Newspapers | Students hear human rights activist Prendergast at Holocaust Museum
On Dec. 3, 164 high school students from 23 public and parochial schools from as far as Richton Park, Plainfield and Ottawa participated in the High School Student Leadership Day hosted by the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie.
Read online>
December 11, 2014
Chicago Hands-On Educators | RACE: Are We So Different?
It’s a simple truth. People are different.
Read online>
December 10, 2014
Daily Herald | Illinois Holocaust Museum sponsors Student Leadership Day
On Dec. 3, 164 students from 23 public and parochial schools participated in the High School Student Leadership Day hosted by the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie.
Read online>
December 10, 2014
Topix.com | Student Leadership Day at Illinois Holocaust Museum
Keynote speaker John Prendergast, who has worked for peace in Africa for nearly 30 years, shared his experiences and lessons learned.
Read online>
December 9, 2014
Kontinent USA | A Day At The Races – A Benefit for the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
On September 14, 2014, in Arlington Heights, IL, A Day At The Races – A Benefit for Illinois Holocaust Museum & Educational Center was held at the Arlington International Racecourse.
Read online>
December 3, 2014
Harper College News Bureau | Harper partners with Illinois Holocaust Museum for lecture
Harper College has partnered with the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie for an annual lecture by Dr. Peter Hayes, an internationally respected expert in Holocaust history.
Read online>
December 3, 2014
Chicago Tribune | Harper partners with Illinois Holocaust Museum for lecture
The topic of the fifth annual Pfeffer Family Forum is “Magical Thinking or Modern Planning? The Ideas Behind the Holocaust.”
Read online>
December 3, 2014
Daily Herald | Harper partners with Illinois Holocaust Museum for lecture
Harper College has partnered with the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie for an annual lecture by Dr. Peter Hayes, an internationally respected expert in Holocaust history.
Read online>
November 25, 2014
JUF NEWS | Living history through the eyes of Soviet Holocaust survivors
October was a special month for survivors of the Holocaust, their loved ones, and those who wanted to learn more about the Holocaust’s impact on the Russian-speaking Jewish community.
Read online>
November 19, 2014
ACT For Education | Season of Thanks!
On November 13th, we had the opportunity to take a field trip to the Illinois Holocaust Museum.
Read online>
November 19, 2014
Chicago Tribune | Evanston Public Library and Family Action Network (FAN) Present Workshops on Stereotypes and Identity Led by Local Leaders
On Monday, December 8, 2014, the acclaimed social psychologist Claude Steele, Ph.D., will present his groundbreaking findings on stereotypes, race and identity in the free presentation “Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do”, at 7:00 PM, in the Evanston Township High School Auditorium.
Read online>
November 15, 2014
ABC7 Eyewitness News | Roz Veron’s Weekender Report
Roz Varon’s weekender guide.
View online>
November 13, 2014
Make It Better | 5 Things to do: November 14-16
This weekend is all about shopping.
Read online>
November 6, 2014
Deerfield Review | Holiday bazaars: Where to find treats, trinkets, gifts and garb in the suburbs
With the holidays quickly approaching, check out our guide to suburban holiday bazaars, boutiques and craft shows.
Read online>
November 3, 2014
Evanston Review | Illinois Holocaust Museum: Documentary restores Holocaust hero’s place in history
An American who repeatedly gave warning about Hitler’s persecution of the Jews, a vocal and forceful advocate for finding Jewish refugees a home during and after World War II, a Zionist who successfully helped Jews establish Palestine as their sacred homeland, James McDonald lived a life more than deserving of a distinct place in history’s spotlight.
Read online>
October 31, 2014
JUF News | RACE
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is among select museums in the country to confront the issue of race and racism in the United States with the new exhibit RACE: Are We So Different? running now through Jan. 25.
Read online>
October 31, 2014
Skokie Review | Family Friendly: Storyteller Susan O’Halloran performs anti-bullying show at Illinois Holocaust Museum
We are more alike than not. That’s one lesson children will learn from veteran storyteller Susan O’Halloran at a Family Storytelling Program, 1:30-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2 at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie.
Read online>
October 31, 2014
JUF News | David Laskin’s ‘The Family’ selected for Chicago Jewish community ‘One Book’ initiative
For the fourth consecutive year, Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership spearheads One Book | One Community, the Chicago Jewish Community’s celebration of Jewish Book Month.
Read online>
October 31, 2014
JUF News | ‘The Last Sabbath’ honors heroism of World War II survivors and liberators
While growing up in Skokie in the ’60s and ’70s, it rarely occurred to me that the accents of my classmates’ parents were a sign of a painful, unimaginable journey that took them from Europe to post-WWII America.
Read online>
October 31, 2014
JUF News | New film chronicles one man who spoke up among the silent
On April 8, 1933, a little more than two months after Adolph Hitler came to power, American James McDonald met with Hitler.
Read online>
October 30, 2014
JUF News | Lessons from Kristallnacht, by Susan Abrams
The 76th anniversary of “Kristallnacht,” or “Night of Broken Glass,” causes me to pause to remember and reflect. What is different, and what is the same? What have we learned from the extreme violence of those 48 hours that were a prelude to the increasing atrocities of the Holocaust?
Read online>
October 28, 2014
Chicago Tribune | 15 things to do with your kids this week
Storyteller Sue O’Halloran comes to this Skokie museum in a program for kids 6 and up.
Read online>
October 28, 2014
Washington University in St. Louis |The Holocaust through the eyes of Soviet-Jewish photographers
Three years before American troops experienced the horror of Nazi brutality and liberated the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps, a handful of Soviet-Jewish photographers bore witness to Nazi atrocities.
Read online>
October 28, 2014
Evanston Now | YWCA honorees ‘tip the balance’
The YWCA Evanston/North Shore has honored three individuals and an organization for their outstanding commitment to women’s empowerment, racial justice and social change.
Read online>
October 27, 2014
The Daily Northwestern | YWCA honors leaders in social change, women advocacy
The YWCA Evanston/North Shore presented awards Wednesday to three leaders and one organization in the community who have worked toward women’s empowerment, racial justice and social change.
Read online>
October 27, 2014
Two Moms, A Little Time, and a Keyboard | Family Storytelling Event at Illinois Holocaust Museum November 2, 2014
The Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie holds various interactive events throughout the year to help engage families in learning about respecting differences and being an upstander.
Read online>
October 24, 2014
CopyLine Magazine | Exhibit Explores Concepts of Race, Inequality at Illinois Holocaust Museum This Fall
The nationally acclaimed exhibition “RACE: Are We So Different?” will provoke Chicago-area residents with the challenges implied in its title.
Read online>
October 15, 2014
Skokie Review | Unprecedented pairing: Skokie and Evanston team to address racism
An unprecedented collaboration between Skokie and Evanston — between two important institutions in these two towns — have come together rather by happenstance.
Read online>
October 14, 2014
Chicago Reader | A new exhibition challenges stereotypes about race
There are plenty of things to look at in “RACE: Are We So Different?”, a traveling exhibit that originated at the Science Museum of Minnesota and has now settled in for three months at the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie.
Read online>
October 13, 2014
ABC 7 Eyewitness News | The Chicago Columbus Day Parade, Part One
The Columbus Day Parade pays tribute to Italian heroes of the Holocaust.
View online>
October 12, 2014
Splash Magazine | “RACE” Are We So Different?” Review- Seeing Race Differently
Chicagoland residents and visitors have a very special opportunity.
Read online>
October 11, 2014
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum, Evanston YWCA opens new exhibition on race
Race. There may not be a four-letter word that inspires more discussion, debate and controversy than this one.
Read online>
October 9, 2014
Chicago Now | Top 5 multicultural events for families in Chicago this weekend – October 10, 11 and 12
Here is the Raising World Citizens list of the top 5 multicultural events for families in Chicago this weekend – October 10, 11 and 12.
Read online>
October 8, 2014
The Daily Northwestern | YWCA sponsors Illinois art exhibit focused on race
The YWCA Evanston/North Shore has partnered with the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center to bring an exhibit about race and its origins to the museum starting Sunday.
Read online>
October 7, 2014
Kelley Szany’s Blog | I believe in Humanity. Will you join me?
A few weeks ago I experienced the loss of a tremendous friend, Cipora Katz.
Read online>
October 7, 2014
African American Literature Discussion Group Blog | RACE-What is it really?
We see it all the time: on surveys, Census forms, applications : “What’s your race?”
Read online>
October 1, 2014
Modern Luxury NS | Life on Display
Charlotte Salomon exhibition opening event>
September 30, 2014
Chicago Splash Magazine | Zoom In: Skokie
The Illinois Holocaust Museum’s new CEO Susan Abrams shares her Skokie favorites.
Read online>
September 23, 2014
NWI Times | Educating NWI about the Holocaust
Teaching today’s students about the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and genocide provides challenges for educators at all levels.
Read online>
September 22, 2014
Lincolnwood Review | Illinois Holocaust Museum honor Jan Karski centennial birthday
Jan Karski never considered himself a hero, which is just how heroes like Jan Karski often feel about themselves.
View online>
September 19, 2014
Jan Karski Educational Foundation | Karski Exhibition Thrills Diverse Audience at Illinois Holocaust Museum
The World Knew: Jan Karski’s Mission for Humanity exhibition was launched at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center (IHMEC) on September 17, with a momentous opening attended by numerous VIPs, including a strong presence from the Polish and Jewish communities.
Read online>
September 19, 2014
Trinity Christian College | Honors Course Visit to Holocaust Museum Extends Learning
The Honors Seminar course “Representing the Tragic: Considering History, Aesthetics, and Resistance in Holocaust Drama,” taught by Dr. John Sebestyen, associate professor of communication arts, is an example of that. Sebestyen took his class to Skokie, Illinois to visit the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
Read online>
September 18, 2014
Lincolnwood Review | Jan Karski: Museum opens exhibition on Polish Holocaust hero
One of the first plaques to be installed on the Ferro Fountain of the Righteous wall outside the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center was one honoring Jan Karski, an emissary for the Polish Underground State during World War II.
View online>
September 16, 2014
Splash Magazine | Illinois Holocaust Museum’s Day at the Races Event
More than 250 supporters of the Illinois Holocaust Museum were the front runners at the annual Day at the Races benefit hosted by the Museum’s Women’s Leadership Committee at Arlington International Racecourse (2200 W. Euclid) Sept. 14.
View online>
September 16, 2014
Chicago Tonight | Art and History Merge in Artist’s Incredible Life Story
The Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie presents a rare stateside showing of the tragic yet life-affirming work of a painter who painted nearly 1,300 pictures in just 18 months of her life.
View online>
September 12, 2014
Kontinent Media | A Day At The Races – A Benefit for Illinois Holocaust Museum & Educational Center
On September 14, 2014, in Arlington Heights, IL, A Day At The Races – A Benefit for Illinois Holocaust Museum & Educational Center was held at the Arlington International Racecourse.
Read online>
September 6, 2014
Lincolnwood Review | October events at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
New exhibition opens October 12.
Read online>
September 3, 2014
SkokieNet| The World Knew: Jan Karski’s Mission for Humanity
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center announces the opening of “The World Knew: Jan Karski’s Mission for Humanity” on September 17, 2014.
Read online>
September 3, 2014
Skokie Patch| The World Knew: Jan Karski’s Mission for Humanity: An Exhibition About One Man Who Tried to Stop the Holocaust
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center is pleased to host The World Knew: Jan Karski’s Mission For Humanity, during the centennial year of Jan Karski’s birth.
Read online>
August 28, 2014
Chicago Tribune | Heed the warning signs of rising anti-semitism
The recent and severe spike in anti-semitism is a warning to people everywhere.
Read online>
August 25, 2014
Evanston Review | Holocaust survivors attend celebratory brunch at IHMEC
More than 100 Holocaust survivors attended a celebratory brunch at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie on Aug. 7.
Read online>
August 18, 2014
Skokie Review | New heroes join Holocaust Museum’s Fountain of Righteous
“There is no greater show of humanity than to risk one’s own life to save the life of others.”
Vice Consul for Poland Konrad Zielinski spoke those meaningful words Aug. 13 outside the Illinois Holocaust Museum and in front of the Ferro Fountain of the Righteous, dedicated to just such humanity.
Read online>
August 16, 2014
Crain’s Chicago Business | An art exhibit honors a lost son
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center’s exhibit of work by Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon began six years ago when Norman Bobins was in Amsterdam.
Read online>
August 13, 2014
CBS Chicago | Italian Family, Polish Man Honored By Illinois Holocaust Museum
They risked their lives to help victims of the Holocaust and on Wednesday, three people were honored for their selfless acts.
Watch online >
August 12, 2014
Chicago Sun-Times |‘Simple, kind people’ who saved her family in a world gone mad
Adina Sella readily admits she doesn’t remember much about Giocondo and Annina Marconi, the Italian couple that sheltered her Jewish family during the Holocaust.
Read online >
August 6, 2014
Methodist College | Student Blog
On July 26, 2014, a group of students from Methodist College visited the Illinois Holocaust Museum, located in Skokie.
Read online >
August 6, 2014
Skokie Review | Salomon’s art offers key comparisons with Anne Frank’s story, diary
Like so many others who have seen Charlotte Salomon’s extraordinary collection of autobiographical art, Gillian Walnes could not help but think of a young writer whose life was also brutally cut short by Nazi genocide.
Read online>
August 6, 2014
Lincolnwood Review | The lives, legacies of Charlotte Salomon, Anne Frank
Artist Charlotte Salomon and writer Anne Frank regularly get mentioned together.
Read online>
July 30, 2014
Simply Showbiz | Someone You Should Know Jan Karski and His Mission for Humanity
As an emissary for the Polish Underground, Jan Karski was charged with the critical mission to inform the Allies of the ongoing slaughter of the Jews in German-occupied Poland.
Read online >
July 27, 2014
ABC7 Eyewitness News | Holocaust Commission Expanded in Illinois
Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation on Sunday to expand the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission.
Read online >
July 24, 2014
Chicago Now | Top 5 multicultural events for families in Chicago this weekend
This special Family Day program explores what we look like on the outside and who we are on the inside through facilitated, art-based activities.
Read online >
July 23, 2014
Simply Showbiz | Life? Art? Theater?
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center presents…
Read online >
July 23, 2014
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum docent shares memorable tour moments, experiences
“I want the students to understand the power of one individual to make a change.”
Read online >
July 21, 2014
Wilmette Life | Chicago museum features Charlotte Salomon: “Life? or Theater?”
Over 150 corporate leaders, Chicago art supporters, diplomats and donors attended an exclusive evening of fine art and music at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center’s summer opening of Charlotte Salomon: “Life? or Theater?” on June 19.
Read online >
July 16, 2014
CopyLine News Magazine | Illinois Holocaust Museum and Anti-Defamation League Host Family Program to Explore Identity Through Art
On Sunday, July 27, the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) will co-present the family program, Who Am I?: Exploring Identity Through Art.
Read online >
July 10, 2014
Lawndale News | Film Director to Attend Screening at Illinois Holocaust Museum
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will hold a public screening of the film A Song for You on Sunday, July 13 at 1:30 p.m.
Read online >
July 8, 2014
Lincolnwood Review | Illinois Holocaust Museum spotlight: Visitor services volunteer Florine Marks
Retired Nurse educator Florine Marks works at the Information Desk as a visitor services volunteer at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
Read online >
July 8, 2014
Examiner.com | Charlotte Salomon ‘Life? or Theater?’ art showcased at Illinois Holocaust Museum
The Illinois Holocaust Museum is one of the most memorable and educational venues in the Chicagoland area.
Read online >
July 7, 2014
Seth Saith Blog | ‘Life? or Theater?’ Paints a Moving Picture of Charlotte Salomon — Museum Exhibit Review
I visited the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie, my hometown and a village in which many Holocaust survivors would rebuild their lives–and eventually the museum devoted to disallowing anyone to forget.
Read online >
July 1, 2014
Chicago Splash Magazine | Charlotte Salomon: “Life? or Theater?” Review – Prolific and Impactful Images
I have had the opportunity to view many exhibitions at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center over several years and have found each of the exhibitions to be impressive and compelling.
Read online >
June 30, 2014
Lincolnwood Review | Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
August events at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Read online >
June 30, 2014
Skokie Review | Holocaust survivor Adina Sella shares inspiring story
Holocaust survivor and retired school psychologist Adina Sella shares her survival story with the community and field trips as a member of the Illinois Holocaust Museum’s Speakers’ Bureau.
Read online >
June 27, 2014
Chicago Reader | Charlotte Salomon’s Life? Or Theater?: Painting for her life, literally
Charlotte Salomon spent most of 1941 locked in a room in La Belle Aurore, a hotel in Saint Jean Cap Ferrat in the south of France, painting.
Read online >
June 26, 2014
JUF News | Charlotte Salomon exhibit opens at Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center has announced the summer opening of Charlotte Salomon: “Life? or Theater?”
Read online >
June 24, 2014
Lincolnwood Review | Amsterdam curator introduces masterpiece paintings in Skokie
Had artist Charlotte Salomon lived to age 90 and presented the same volume and quality of work toward the end of her life, the results would have been viewed as extraordinary.
Read online >
June 24, 2014
Skokie Review | Artist Charlotte Salomon’s short life steeped in tragedy
A brief timeline of Charlotte Salomon’s life.
Read online >
June 24, 2014
Skokie Review | Video: How artist Charlotte Salomon’s epic was saved and came to Skokie
The two brief sentences that artist Charlotte Solomon said before being captured by the Nazis best explains why her masterpiece series of autobiographical drawings outlived her. “Keep this safe. It is my whole life,” she told a local doctor about a year before she was sent to her death in Auschwitz.
Read online >
June 18, 2014
Chicago Tonight | An Artist in Hiding: One Woman’s Passionate Chronicle of Life During Wartime
A young Jewish artist named Charlotte Salomon illustrated her family life in pre-war Germany and in Nazi-occupied France. This week her lyrical, moving works make a rare visit to the Chicago area.
Read online >
June 13, 2014
Make It Better | 99 Days of Summer: June 2014
Hoping to escape Nazi oppression during World War II, Charlotte Salomon fled to France and spent two years painting.
Read online >
June 12, 2014
Niles-Herald Spectator | Holocaust Museum displays Charlotte Salomon masterpiece
German-born artist Charlotte Salomon created more than 1,300 gouache paintings in her short life.
Read online >
June 9, 2014
Lincolnwood Review | Illinois Holocaust Museum docent Laura Schallman shares fulfilling experiences
When Buffalo Grove resident Laura Schallman isn’t helping high school and college students prepare for standardized tests, she is conducting tours for visitors of all ages and backgrounds as a docent at the Illinois Holocaust Museum.
Read online >
June 7, 2014
CLTV | Free museum admission for some bank customers
Bank of America and Merrill Lynch are treating customers to a cultural experience this weekend.
Watch online >
June 6, 2014
Skokie Review | Charlotte Salomon: “Life? or Theater?” June 19-Sept 21 at the Illinois Holocaust Museum
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center is pleased to announce the summer opening of Charlotte Salomon: “Life? or Theater?”
Read online >
June 2, 2014
Chief Engineer | Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center Furthers Preservation Mission Through Sustainability Measures
Evette Simon, the acting executive director of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, draws a parallel between preserving the legacy of the Holocaust by combatting indifference and preserving the environment through maintaining a conscientiously sustainable facility.
Read online >
May 27, 2014
Chicago Parent | Family Workshop: Photography Fun!
Join Chicago photographer Matthew Austin to explore photography as a means of storytelling by making a pinhole camera and composing fleeting images throughout the museum’s indoor and outdoor spaces.
Read online >
May 24, 2014
The North Shore Weekend | Living History
Holocaust museum thrives from survivors’ input – but also realizes their time is finite.
Read online >
May 22, 2014
Skokie Review | Things to do
Chicago photographer Matthew Austin will teach kids ages 8-14, with an adult, how to use photography for storytelling at a Family Workshop: Photography Fun!,
Read online >
May 21, 2014
What’s Happening! | IHMEC to Offer Free Admission to Military Personnel, Families
Read online >
May 14, 2014
Aiding Children Together | 5th and 6th Grade Student Leadership Day
On Wednesday, May 7th, six 6th graders and two teachers attended Student Leadership Day at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
Read online >
May 12, 2014
Pix 11 | News Closeup: Holocaust survivor awarded Ellis Island medal of honor
A victim of intolerance, Sam Harris teaches tolerance with hopes that the world will never forget the horrors of World War II.
Watch online >
May 7, 2014
SimplyShowbiz | Exhibiting 102-year-old photojournalist’s remarkable work
“Ruth Gruber: Photojournalist” (currently on display at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center) celebrates the remarkable life, vision, and heroic tenacity of a 20th century pioneer and trailblazing photojournalist.
Read online >
May 7, 2014
Chicago Reader | Reader’s agenda Wed 5/7: Ruth Gruber
Looking for something to do today? Agenda’s got you covered.
Read online >
May 2, 2014
Glenview Announcements | GBS teacher receives Illinois Holocaust Museum award
From college years to his human rights work today at Glenbrook South High School, social studies teacher Matt Whipple has pursued an uncommon calling.
Read online >
April 30, 2014
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum commemorates Yom HaShoah with concert
On Sunday, April 27, 2014, the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center hosted a moving concert to commemorate Yom HaShoah.
Read online >
April 29, 2014
Lincolnwood Review | Holocaust Museum & Education Center June events
Read online >
April 29, 2014
Times of Israel | The woman who launched 1,000 Jewish refugees
Ruth Gruber, the photojournalist/diplomat who helped bring to the US the only Jewish refugees America helped escape from the Nazis, is on exhibit in Chicago at 102.
Read online >
April 28, 2014
FOX 32 News | Skokie Holocaust museum hopes visitors learn from the past
Beginning Sunday night at sundown, people of the Jewish faith all around the world began a day of remembrance for victims of the Holocaust.
Watch online >
April 25, 2014
Chicago Tribune | Susan Abrams and the Illinois Holocaust Museum
New issues, same mission for incoming chief of Illinois Holocaust Museum.
Read online >
April 22, 2014
Journal & Topics Newspapers | GBS Club Sponsor Stands for Award
The co-sponsor of Glenbrook South’s Stand for Peace organization will receive the Power of One award in late April, presented through the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
Read online >
April 18, 2014
Norridge-Harwood Heights News | Ridgewood students place in Holocaust essay contest
Ten Ridgewood High School students were among the top 10 entrants in an Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center essay contest.
Read online >
April 17, 2014
Lake County News-Sun | Chicagoing
NPR Worldview host Jerome McDonnell will interview Tutsi survivors Immaculee Mukantaganira and Jean Claude Mugenzi, who will share their stories of survival, reconciliation, and renewal in the aftermath of atrocity.
Read online >
April 15, 2014
The Rebel Yell | The Ridgewood Six
On Sunday, the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie held its annual awards ceremony to honor the winning students in the Gershanov Memorial Student Essay Contest.
Read online >
April 2, 2014
WBEZ | Rwanda in the Aftermath of Genocide
Join the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in observance of the 20th Commemoration of the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, as we remember the estimated 1 million lives lost, and unite to ensure our continued vigilance and prevention of genocide today.
Read online >
April 1, 2014
Skokie Review | Half-price Holocaust Museum admission for Skokie, Morton Grove residents
To celebrate its fifth anniversary on April 19, the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is offering half-price admission to Skokie and Morton Grove residents for the entire month of April, as a thank you to the villages for their support.
Read online >
March 31, 2014
Chicago Sun-Times: Splash | Humanitarian Awards Dinner
Nobel Peace Laureate and former U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger helped draw a crowd of more than 1,600 to the Hyatt Regency Chicago (151 E. Upper Wacker) March 20 for the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center’s Humanitarian Awards Dinner.
Read online >
March 28, 2014
Michigan Avenue Magazine | Illinois Holocaust Museum Humanitarian Awards Dinner
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center’s 2014 Humanitarian Awards Dinner took place at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on March 20, 2014.
Read online >
March 27, 2014
Chicago Tribune | Illinois Holocaust Museum Pays Tribute to Local Holocaust Survivors at Humanitarian Awards Dinner
Former U.S. Secretary of State (1973-1977) and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Henry Kissinger joined Chicago’s foremost civic, business and charitable leaders, community members, local Holocaust survivors, and international dignitaries at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on March 20 to celebrate the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center’s 2014 Humanitarian Awards Dinner, honoring three extraordinary individuals and paying tribute to local Holocaust survivors.
Read online >
March 27, 2014
Splash Magazines | Helen Suzman: Fighter for Human rights
Helen Suzman was one of South Africa’s most vociferous and energetic opponents of apartheid.
Read online >
March 25, 2014
Skokie Review | New Holocaust Museum CEO aims to expand Museum’s reach
It’s a long distance between the East Coast where Susan Abrams grew up and the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie where she will take over the leading role late next month.
Read online >
March 24, 2014
Skokie Review | Illinois Holocaust Museum dinner marks new chapter
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s annual Humanitarian Awards dinner serves multiple purposes in a big and bold way.
Read online >
March 21, 2014
Crain’s Chicago Business | Museum raises $2.3 million, John Rowe named board chair
John Rowe, former chairman and CEO of Exelon Corp., has been named board chairman of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
Read online >
March 19, 2014
Jan Karski Educational Foundation| Karski Exhibition to Open at Illinois Holocaust Museum September 17
The World Knew: Jan Karski’s Mission for Humanity, a 22-panel exhibition about the life and legacy of Jan Karski, will open for a three-and-a-half month run at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie with a gala reception on September 17, it was announced today.
Read online>
March 18, 2014
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum, Evanston YWCA unveil plan for race exhibit
It’s a subject that many find difficult to raise and perhaps even more difficult to discuss in a meaningful way.
Read online >
March 13, 2014
Daily Herald | Illinois Holocaust Museum announces new CEO
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center has a new chief executive.
Read online >
March 13, 2014
Skokie Review | Susan L. Abrams chosen as new Holocaust Museum director
The chief operating officer of JCC Chicago will become the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s second executive director, the museum announced this week.
Read online >
March 12, 2014
Chicago Tribune | Susan L. Abrams appointed new Holocaust Museum Chief
Susan L. Abrams has been appointed chief executive officer of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, in Skokie.
Read online >
March 12, 2014
Crain’s Chicago Business | Jewish Community Center’s Susan Abrams
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center has appointed Susan Abrams as its new CEO.
Read online >
March 12, 2014
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center Announces New CEO
Read online >
March 10, 2014
JUF News | Emmy-award winning doc about neo-Nazi march in Skokie to air on WTTW
The Emmy Award-winning documentary Skokie: Invaded But Not Conquered will air Thursday, April 24 at 9 p.m. on WTTW.
Read online >
March 7, 2014
Chicago Tribune | David Layman, exhibit designer, tells our harrowing stories
The two hours Layman took to explain what his firm did in Skokie, a sort of ultimate guided tour, were absolutely fascinating.
Read online >
March 6, 2014
The Daily Northwestern | New exhibition looks to focus on race
A number of local partners are joining together to present an exhibition with a new perspective on race.
Read online >
February 27, 2014
Chicago Tribune | 15 things to do with your kids this week
Author/illustrator “Mrs. Weisz,” creator of “One Thousand and One Words” comes to the Holocaust Museum for an art program that encourages kids to learn how to use helpful, not hurtful, speech.
Read online >
February 25, 2014
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum zooms in on photojournalist Ruth Gruber
“Ruth Gruber: Photojournalist” may seem like an ordinary title for such an extraordinary new exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.
Read online >
February 25, 2014
Skokie Review| Ruth Gruber’s story gets film, exhibit spotlight at Holocaust Museum
A journalist, a writer, an adventurer, a photographer, a woman well ahead of her time, Gruber has a way of inspiring people.
Read online >
February 20, 2014
Chicago Reader | Bike Winter Art Show, “Our Work: Modern Jobs—Ancient Origins,” and the rest of your weekend in visual arts
Take a gander at something visually stimulating this weekend. Here’s what’s going down in visual arts.
Read online >
February 19, 2014
NBC Chicago | Illinois Leads Nation in “Green” Buildings
Illinois leads the nation in the amount “green” building space it has, according to a new survey released by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Read online >
February 19, 2014
Mynorthshoreblog.com | Great Museums on the Chicago North Shore!
Chicago’s North Shore has long had a reputation for being a hotbed of culture, artistic appreciation and intellectual engagement.
Read online >
February 18, 2014
Chicago Reader | A few more tales from the amazing life of Ruth Gruber
Ruth Gruber, the 102-year-old photographer whose work goes on display this Sunday at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, has had an amazing life.
Read online >
February 17, 2014
Chicago Reader | Photojournalist Ruth Gruber, 102 and still ahead of her time
For Gruber, who’s captured everyone from Holocaust survivors to Ethiopian Civil War refugees, words and pictures are tools to inspire others to act.
Read online >
February 11, 2014
Morton Grove Champion I | Family Program ‘One Thousand and One Words’ at the Holocaust Museum
Join “Mrs. Weisz,” author and illustrator of One Thousand and One Words, for an afternoon of family fun.
Read online >
February 6, 2014
Chicago Tribune | Bittersweet farewell: Rick Hirschhaut exits the Holocaust Museum he helped build
It’s Friday morning in Skokie, and several elementary school kids are huddling around two large TV screens, intently watching Sam Harris describe what happened to him during the Holocaust and how he’s trying to prevent it from happening again to children like them.
Read online >
February 6, 2014
JUF News | Exhibit on photojournalist Ruth Gruber opens Feb. 16
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center (IHMEC) has announced the Midwest premiere of Ruth Gruber: Photojournalist, a fascinating exhibitionthat celebrates the remarkable life, vision, and heroic tenacity of a 20th century pioneer and trailblazing photojournalist.
Read online >
February 1, 2014
Sheridan Road Magazine | One Exhibit: February & March
This traveling exhibition displays vintage prints, contemporary prints made from original negatives, early film footage, and ephemera from Ruth Gruber’s trailblazing, five-decade-long career as a photojournalist.
Read online >
January 24, 2014
Portagelife.com | Grant Provides Students an Out-of-the-Box Experience
On Saturday, January 11, two Fegely Middle School English teachers, Mrs. Mindy Malaski and Mrs. Lisa Norman, took a group of 50 PreAP students to the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, Illinois.
Read online >
January 23, 2014
Crain’s Chicago Business | 10 things to do in Chicago this weekend
You’ve seen the posters (and the knock-offs). Now see an exhibit about the origins of the saying. The Keep Calm and Carry On: Textiles On The Home Front In WWII Britain show at the Illinois Holocaust Museum closes this weekend.
Read online >
January 21, 2014
Chicago Tribune | Holocaust survivors commemorate King’s legacy
She was just 10 years old when her mom dropped her off at a train station in Germany.
Read online >
January 21, 2014
Skokie Review | Over 750 attend Kristallnacht commemoration
Kristallnacht, the first organized act of Nazi violence, took place Nov. 9, 1938.
Read online >
January 21, 2014
Technology Marketing Corporation | Afterschool Program Participants Mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Lesson in Nonviolence
High school and middle school students and their mentors in the Exelon/ComEd/United Way Stay in School Initiative today participated in a service event at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the late civil rights leader’s messages of equality and anti-violence.
Read online >
January 14, 2014
Skokie Review | Holocaust Museum shines light on anti-apartheid leader
The telephone call came from an Oklahoma teacher who wanted to thank curator Dr. Jill Vexler for her exhibition on one of South Africa’s greatest anti-apartheid leaders.
Read online >
January 2, 2014
Chicago Tribune | Previewing 2014’s most exciting museum exhibits
“Ruth Gruber: Photojournalist”
Read online >
