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TONIGHT: THE LEGACY OF WOMAN IN GOLD
LAMOTH's Annual Gala Dinner Is Sold Out
Sunday, November 1, 5 :30 pm 
 

Thank you to the supporters and sponsors of our  2015 Annual Gala Dinner. The event, which will be held tonight, is now sold out. If you were unable to get tickets to the dinner, please visit the Museum or contact us to schedule a tour. We look forward to seeing you at next year's dinner.
THE WEEK AHEAD: 
Preview Screening of What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
Monday, November 2, 7:00 pm, Laemmle Royal Theater
 

In partnership with the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, LAMOTH is pleased to present a preview screening of What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy, on Monday, November 2, at 7:00 pm, at the Laemmle Royal Theater.  Written by British human rights lawyer Philippe Sands and directed by David Evans (Downton Abbey), this film addresses the provocative and unsettling question: What's it like to be the child of a high-ranking Nazi officer? The documentary focuses on Sands' encounter with two men whose fathers were high-ranking Nazi officers during the Second World War: Niklas Frank, whose father was executed after being found guilty of war crimes by the Nuremberg tribunal, and Horst von Wächter, whose father operated in occupied Poland. The men have strikingly opposite views on their relationship with their fathers. From these extraordinary encounters, a gripping conversation emerges, resulting in the men journeying to Poland where members of Sands' family were executed during the war.  A trailer for the film is available  here .

Q&A moderated by LAMOTH Executive Director Samara Hutman will follow the screening. We expect that the screening will sell out, so we suggest purchasing tickets in advance here
THE WEEK AHEAD: 
Holocaust Education Institute Training Session for Teachers 
Friday, November 6, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm 
 

We still have a few spaces available for educators to attend a training session at LAMOTH on Friday, November 6, as part of the 2015-2016 Holocaust Education Institute. Offered by LAMOTH in partnership with USC Shoah Foundation, ADL, and Museum of Tolerance, the Institute brings together museum-based resources, curricula, pedagogical expertise, and dynamic presenters. To learn more and to sign up, click here.
COMING UP: 
LAMOTH Lisa Jura Young Pianist Showcase Recital   
Sunday, November 15, 2 :00 pm 
 

Join us on Sunday, November 15, at 2:00 pm for the LAMOTH Lisa Jura  Young Pianist Showcase Recital. The program is a unique opportunity for talented teenage pianists to learn about and advance the mission of Holocaust education and commemoration through their passion for music. Student pianists from all over the city completed a rigorous application and audition process. At the recital, each student will play a piece mentioned in The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek, the true story of the escape by her mother, musical prodigy Lisa Jura, from Nazi-controlled Austria to England on the famed Kindertransport. Mona Golabek will speak at the recital, which will be held in LAMOTH's Holocaust and Music room using the historic Blüthner piano. For more information about the Young Pianist Showcase, click here. Seating is limited and RSVP to michael@lamoth.org is required.
THE WEEK IN REFLECTION: EXHIBIT OPENING 
Portraits in Black & White: Survivors and What They Carry 
 

Our newest exhibit opened last weekend with a reception and talk by photographer Barbara Mack. Portraits in Black & White: Survivors and What They Carry, includes powerful portraits by photographer Barbara Mack of Holocaust Survivors who participate in Café Europa, a social club for Survivors in Los Angeles. 
Many of these remarkable people pose with an object from their past. Cherished objects and family heirlooms -- a faded photo, a kiddush cup, a violin -- add powerful and evocative layers to these stunning images.
 
For  more information about the exhibit, visit our website .  
THE WEEK IN REFLECTION:
29th Israel Film Festival Opening Night Gala   
 
LAMOTH President Randy Schoenberg, actress Helen Mirren, and Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles David Siegel

Last night LAMOTH President Randy Schoenberg and actress Diane Lane presented Helen Mirren with the 2015 Israel Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award at the Saban Theatre at the 29th Israel Film Festival. Mirren starred as Maria Altmann in the film Woman in Gold, which tells the true story of Randy's epic legal battle to recover Gustav Klimt's iconic "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I" painting from the Austrian government on behalf of Maria Altmann, who was Adele's niece. The film will be screened at the festival on Thursday, November 5, at 7 pm at the Laemmle Ahrya Fine Arts. 

For  more information about the exhibit, visit our website .  
THE WEEK IN REFLECTION: 
Brawerman Elementary School West Visits the Museum
 
This  week we welcomed the sixth grade class from  Brawerman Elementary School West of Wilshire Boulevard Temple .  The students toured the galleries, met Survivors Harry Davids and Marie Kaufman, and visited our Goldrich Family Foundation Children's Memorial. LAMOTH's partnership with Brawerman Elementary was forged four years ago by Brawerman teachers and LAMOTH Executive Director Samara Hutman (who was then Executive Director of Remember Us). The partnership has grown over the years into an extensive Holocaust education and remembrance program that includes student visits to LAMOTH, year-long dialogue with Survivors in their classrooms, object share sessions, Yom HaShoah commemoration programming, and culminating in an all-class L'Dough V' Dough baking  session  with survivors from our community in the Wilshire Boulevard Temple Irmas Campus Sanctuary.
Museum Hours:    
Saturday - Thursday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM  
Friday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM   
Admission is always free.

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