Featured Events

A Forgotten Story of Holocaust Refuge in Bolivia
Mar 04, 2026 12:00PM—2:00PM
Zoom and at Kupferberg Holocaust Center @ Queensborough Community College
222-05 56th Avenue Queens, NY 11364
Register to watch online: https://tinyurl.com/4pm2vxmu
Register to attend in person: https://tinyurl.com/mrephh64
Event Cosponsored by HHREC During the critical years of the Jewish refugee crisis, one unlikely country opened its doors: Bolivia. At the time, Bolivia was perceived as a poor and struggling nation, still recovering from the devastating war with Paraguay (1932–1935). Yet, against all expectations, the country welcomed around 20,000 Jewish refugees. Why did Bolivia…
From Swastika to Jim Crow: The German Jewish Refugee Scholars Hired at HBCUs
Mar 05, 2026 12:00PM—1:00PM
Kupferberg Holocaust Center @ Queensborough Community College
222-05 56th Avenue Queens, NY 11364
Register to watch online: https://tinyurl.com/54zvpkru
Register to attend in person: https://tinyurl.com/2a72yh44
Event Cosponsored by HHREC. From Swastika to Jim Crow tells the story of German Jewish scholars who joined the faculty at historically Black colleges and universities in the South and the challenges of leaving one oppressive society for another. In this discussion, documentarians Joel Sucher and Steven…
Pedagogy, Human Rights & Philosophy in the Face of Oppression
Mar 13, 2026 10:00AM—12:00PM
Event Cosponsored by HHREC In this workshop, QCC philosophy professor Dr. Shannon Kincaid will introduce participants to both the idea of discussion-based pedagogy, as rooted in American Pragmatism, and to its implementation in teaching texts that speak to the theme of the 2025-26 KHC-NEH colloquium, Resistance, Resilience and Reinvention: Artists and Academics Escaping Nazism. Key…
HHREC MemoryKeeper Story Hour: Rabbi Dr. Aliza Levy-Erber
Mar 25, 2026 7:00PM—8:00PM
Presentation to begin 7pm EST. Aliza Levy-Erber is a Rabbinic Pastor, Podiatric physician, College Professor, Hebrew teacher and Playwright whose play, Holocaust Syndrome, was performed in the tri-state area and rewritten into a one-woman play. Together with a colleague, she also facilitates a monthly Infant Survivor Holocaust Group. She was born in the Netherlands in 1943…
Annual Westchester Countywide Yom HaShoah Commemoration
Apr 14, 2026 12:00PM—1:00PM
Garden of Remembrance, 148 Martine Ave, White Plains, NY
Hosted and presented by HHREC and the Westchester Jewish Council, this event will feature a procession of Torahs and a distinguished keynote speaker.
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