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Previous Events at The Museum/Center

Previous Orientation Events

Museum Visit Orientations are for educators who are considering bringing their students to the museum and for those who have already scheduled a visit.  The orientation includes a tour of the present
exhibit by museum staff, explanation of tour options and procedures, and a variety of educational materials that have been prepared by museum staff for the use of Holocaust educators using the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance as an extension of the classroom. Thanks to the generous support of The MB & Edna Zale Foundation as well as the Greater Dallas Jewish Federation there is no charge for attending an orientation, but you must be registered. The DHM/CET is a certified provider of CPE’s.

Event Photos - Purim Party

<p>Holocaust Survivor Jack Repp And Sarah Yarrin </p> <p>Eli Davidsohn </p> <p>Pepe And Leon Bakst </p>
<p>Immediate Past Chairman Of The Board Jim Hogue With Rosalie Schiff </p> <p>Leo Keiles And Helen Neuberg, Both Holocaust Survivors </p>

Event Photos - May 8 & 9, 2010

CityArts Festival, Fair Park

<p>DHM/CET Vice Chairman of the Board Hylton Jonas (background) and wife Veronique Jonas join Museum CEO Alice Murray at CityArts Festival, helping kids make butterfly fans. </p> <p>The Museum activity of making butterfly fans was a big hit with youngsters, families and grown-ups alike. </p>
<p>The Museum activity of making butterfly fans was a big hit with youngsters, families and grown-ups alike. </p> <p>The Museum activity of making butterfly fans was a big hit with youngsters, families and grown-ups alike. </p>
<p>The Museum activity of making butterfly fans was a big hit with youngsters, families and grown-ups alike. </p> <p>The Museum activity of making butterfly fans was a big hit with youngsters, families and grown-ups alike. </p>
<p>The Museum activity of making butterfly fans was a big hit with youngsters, families and grown-ups alike. </p> <p>The Museum activity of making butterfly fans was a big hit with youngsters, families and grown-ups alike. </p>
<p>The Museum activity of making butterfly fans was a big hit with youngsters, families and grown-ups alike. </p> <p>The Museum activity of making butterfly fans was a big hit with youngsters, families and grown-ups alike. </p>
<p>The Museum activity of making butterfly fans was a big hit with youngsters, families and grown-ups alike. </p> <p>Kate Gaddis, a recent winner in the writing division of the Statewide Yom Hashoah Art, Writing and Video Contest, helped out as a volunteer. </p>

Event Photos - April 11, 2010

Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony, Congregation Shearith Israel

<p>Holocaust Survivor Jack Repp at morning Minyan. </p> <p>Holocaust Survivor Jack Altman lights a yahrzeit candle at the Minyan on Yom Hashoah. He wears a traditional Tefillin, which is wrapped seven times around his arm and holds a hand-written scroll containing biblical verses. </p> <p>Second generation Survivor Jeremy Scharf presides over morning Minyan. </p>
<p>Rabbi William Gershon of Congregation Shearith Israel and Holocaust Survivor Ala Danziger lead the procession of Holocaust Survivors into the sanctuary for the evening Yom Hashoah ceremony. </p> <p>Survivor Ala Danziger lights a remembrance torch in memory of her sister, Eugenia Feffer-Matz as DHM/CET Board member, David Small, looks on. </p> <p>Dr. Rick Halperin, Director of the SMU Human Rights Education Program, remembers friend and colleague Elliott Dlin, for which one of the Remembrance torches was lighted. </p>
<p>Upstanders from the 12th Armored Division light a remembrance torch in honor of their fellow Liberators: F. George Hatt, WWII Liberator, “A” Company, 17th Armored Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Division and Bill Lenches , Curator of the 12th Armored Division Museum in Abilene, Texas. </p> <p>Winners of the Statewide Yom Hashoah Art, Writing &Video; Contest receive their awards from Watkins and DHM/CET Vice Chairman of the Board Hylton Jonas and CEO Alice Murray. </p> <p>Sam Horowitz performs <i>Oifen Pripitchik.</i> </p>
<p>Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins delivers the keynote address: “Standing Up: When Right Requires Action” </p> <p>Holocaust Survivor Rosa Blum displays her tattoo from the concentration camps and her UPSTANDER bracelet. </p> <p>DHM/CET CEO Alice Murray with Museum founder and Holocaust Survivor, Mike Jacobs. </p>
<p>DHM/CET Board member Alice Skinner with Museum founder and Holocaust Survivor, Jack Altman. </p>

Event Photos - February 23, 2010

The following photos are from the recent event at SMU’s Hughes-Trigg Theatre called “History to Move Texans Forward”. Click on any image below to see a larger version and caption.

<p>Alice Murray, President/CEO, Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance; Frank A Risch, Member-At-Large on the Executive Committee of the DHM/CET; Elliott Dlin, Museum Director, DHM/CET; Fran Berg, DHM/CET Board Member and appointed to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission; The Honorable Peter N. Berkowitz, Chair of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. </p> <p>“History that Moves Texans Forward” Moderator and Panelists from left to right: Author and journalist, Rena Pederson;  Co-sponsor of the Commission legislation, Sen. Florence Shapiro (R-Plano); Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance Museum Director, Elliott Dlin; University of Dallas Associate Professor of Psychology, Amy Fisher-Smith; Commission Chair, The Honorable Peter N. Berkowitz. </p>
<p>Panelists University of Dallas Associate Professor of Psychology, Amy Fisher-Smith and Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission Chair, The Honorable Peter N. Berkowitz. </p> <p>The Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance event, History that Moves Texans Forward, was co-sponsored by SMU’s Human Rights Education Program, which provided SMU’s Hughes-Trigg Theater as the venue. </p>
<p>Dallas area Holocaust Survivor, Max Glauben with Sen. Florence Shapiro (R-Plano) and Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission Chair, The Honorable Peter N. Berkowitz. </p> <p>Alice Murray, President/CEO, Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance opened the discussion on Feb. 23 at SMU’s Hughes-Trigg Theater on the roles and tasks facing the newly created Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. </p>

Museum Visit Orientations were held on the following dates and times for the 2009 spring semester:

January 19th, 2013, 9:00 am

December 18th, 2012, 5:30 pm

November 8th, 2012, 6:30 pm

October 18th, 2012, 6:30 pm

July 31st, 2012, 10 a.m.


Previous Workshops & Seminars

Full day workshops and seminars supported by The MB & Edna Zale Foundation as well as the Sam Roosth Foundation. are presented throughout the year both at the museum and at off-site locations.  The workshops include historical background on the Holocaust, use of primary documents, pedagogy, and curriculum use and development.  Topics and curricula will vary. There is no registration fee for the workshops, and in many cases, a continental breakfast and light lunch will be provided.  Attendees will receive certificates of CPE’s earned.

The following full-day workshops were scheduled:

Teacher workshop, “History of Anti-Semitism.” - February 21st, 2013


December 7, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm: Teacher workshop on “Anne Frank: A Private Photo Album.” - December 7th, 2012


Teacher Orientation - November 8th, 2012


Teacher Orientation - October 18th, 2012


Teaching with Defiance: Jewish Resistance and the Bielski Partisans - October 12th, 2012


Previous Public and Special Events

Saturday Cinema feature Reliving the Holocaust Through Their Eyes - January 12th, 2013


Refuge Denied: The Voyage Of The St. Louis - May 2nd, 2012


Candle Vigil commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day - January 26th, 2012


Hope for Humanity Dinner - October 25th, 2011


Alice Hoffman - October 11th, 2011