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  • MISCHLINGE EXPOSÉ

    Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

    Understanding the Mischlinge: Identity, Exclusion, and Resilience in the Third Reich The Mischlinge Exposé weaves a multimedia tapestry around a little-known aspect of the Holocaust: the Mischlinge (a derogatory Nazi […]

    Free

  • Combatting Antisemitism: ZOOM Workshop

    Join historian Andrew Sperling, PhD, Director of Academic Initiatives at the American Jewish Historical Society, for a dynamic virtual, cost-free Zoom workshop made possible through the generosity of the Jordan Frank Family Foundation. This session offers clear, practical tools to understand and respond to antisemitism today, with an emphasis on real classroom scenarios, media literacy, […]

  • CANCELLED: Mapping the Holocaust: What Geography Reveals about Genocide

    Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center 401 Elmgrove Ave, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
    Adult Education

    Due to the weather and safety of everyone tomorrow’s Adult Ed will be cancelled.  We are working to reschedule Dr. Knowles at a later date and we will be sure to inform you on when that is scheduled.  Stay safe and warm!  What can maps reveal about genocide? Dr. Anne Kelly Knowles, a pioneer in applying […]

  • POSTPONED: 92NY’s Bianna Golodryga and Yonit Levi in Conversation with Julianna Margulies: Don’t Feed the Lion

    Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center 401 Elmgrove Ave, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

    POSTPONED: Due to the High Wind Warning issued for our area this evening, tonight’s program has been postponed for the safety of our community. Thank you for your understanding, and we hope you will join us when the program is rescheduled. Join us in-person at the Dwares JCC for a recording of 92NY’s Bianna Golodryga […]

  • Film Screening: The Look of Silence

    Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center 401 Elmgrove Ave, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
    Adult Education

    Join us for a screening of Joshua Oppenheimer’s acclaimed documentary The Look of Silence. The film follows an Indonesian man confronting the people responsible for the murder of his brother during the 1965–66 mass killings in Indonesia. Through these encounters, the film explores themes of memory, silence, and the struggle for truth and reconciliation in […]

  • Baxt Lecture: Jews Finding Shelter Among Roma in German-Occupied Poland during World War II

    Temple Emanu-El 99 Taft Avenue, Providence, RI, United States

    Join us for a Baxt lecture with Dr. Justyna Matkowska, who will speak on the experiences of Jews who found shelter and support among Roma communities during the Holocaust. Her lecture explores themes of resilience, solidarity, and the complexity of human choices under Nazi persecution. Dr. Justyna Matkowska is a scholar of Holocaust history whose […]

  • Yom HaShoah 2026

    Temple Beth-El, 70 Orchard Ave 70 Orchard Avenue, Providence, RI, United States

    This year’s Yom HaShoah commemoration centers on generations of memory, survival, and responsibility, how Holocaust experiences are carried forward, interpreted, and sustained over time. Francine Denerstein, born in Bergen-Belsen and First Vice Chair of the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center and member of its Speakers’ Bureau, will share her and her parents’ Holocaust story and […]

  • Raise the Roof: Reconstructing a Lost World of Polish Jewish Life

    Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center 401 Elmgrove Ave, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

    Join the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center and Temple Emanu-El for a screening of the documentary Raise the Roof, which tells the story of the remarkable reconstruction of the wooden synagogue of Gwoździec, a masterpiece of Jewish art and architecture destroyed during the Holocaust. The program will include brief remarks by a carpenter who participated in […]

    Free

  • Game Night

    Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center 401 Elmgrove Ave, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

    This year, Game Night is supporting LIFT (Leadership Institute for Teens!). LIFT empowers high school students to learn about the Holocaust, other genocides, and social justice, building the skills to stand up against hate, and snack costs for attendees inspire others, and promote human dignity, all through leadership workshops, teamwork, and safe, meaningful discussions. Questions […]

  • Field Visit: Tomaquag Museum

    Tomaquag Museum 390A Summit Rd, Exeter, RI 02822
    Adult Education

    Join us for a guided tour and conversation at the Tomaquag Indigenous Museum, Rhode Island’s only Indigenous museum. We will learn about Indigenous culture, history, and the arts. Transportation will be provided from Providence. Due to limited parking at the museum, participants are strongly encouraged to use the provided transportation. *Advance registration is required.* If […]

  • Living Voices: Through the Eyes of a Friend

    Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center 401 Elmgrove Ave, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

    Join the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center and the Gordon School for an evening of learning and a live show. What was Anne Frank’s world like? What was it like for Jewish children like her to survive? Hear the story of a young girl just like Anne, along with real stories from people who knew her. […]

    Free

  • Book Talk: The Jewish Hospital

    Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center 401 Elmgrove Ave, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

    Join the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center and Miriam Hospital for a special author talk on a powerful new book on Tuesday, June 2, at 7 pm. The Jewish Hospital is a historical novel inspired by a Jewish hospital in Nazi Berlin, where physicians and nurses were forced to navigate impossible moral choices within a […]