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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center hosts a wide range of public programs throughout the year. These sessions cover a wide range of topics, including the Holocaust, genocide, and contemporary social justice issues; and include panel discussions, live performances, film screenings, and more. Most programs are free with Museum admission or membership, and many past programs can be viewed on the Museum’s YouTube channel.

Links to join online programs are sent to registrants 24 – 48 hours in advance of the start time.

Sep
28
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Online & On-site Commemoration: Babiy Yar: 82nd Anniversary

Join CJE SeniorLife Holocaust Community Services (HCS) and Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center (IHMEC) for an evening with ...
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9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077

Non-Members: Free

6:00pm CDT

Members: Free

Oct
8
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On-Site Live Performance: A Recovered Voice – The Clarinet Music of Hans Gál

With a career spanning over half a century, enjoy a live concert of the works of revered Austrian Jewish composer Hans Gál. Driven into exi...
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9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077

Non-Members: Free

2:30pm CDT

Members: Free

Oct
12
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Online & On-Site Program: From Generation to Generation – Descendants of Survivors and Perpetrators

Join 3G Chicago for a compelling conversation between two descendants of Holocaust Survivors and the descendant of a perpetrator who was res...
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Online & On-Site

Non-Members: Free

6:30pm CDT

Members: Free

Oct
22
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On-Site Exhibition Opening: “I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli

Stories are often as told dryly as a turkey sandwich. The story of immigration in the late 19th and 20th centuries and the rise of fusion fo...
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9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077

Non-Members: Museum Admission

2:30pm CDT

Members: Free

Nov
2
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On-Site Live Performance: “Vilna: A Resistance Story”

Vilna: A Resistance Story, a captivating sell-out musical inspired by one of the most powerful Yiddish anthems of the Holocaust, “Zog Nit ...
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9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077

Non-Members: Museum Admission

6:30pm CDT

Members: Free

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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s programming is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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