THIS WEEKEND: 
LAMOTH Musical Ambassador Winter Showcase Series
Sunday, December 20 , at 1:30 pm


Join us this Sunday at 1:30 pm for the first in a series of performances by our extremely talented LAMOTH Ambassadors of Music and Memory. These teenage pianists were selected for their talent, advocacy and commitment to Holocaust commemoration. The students will perform on the historic Blüthner piano in LAMOTH's Holocaust and Music exhibit, which before the Holocaust belonged to a Jewish musician in Germany named Alfred Sendrey.
THIS WEEKEND: 
Righteous Conversations Project Sponsors Screening of 
The Hunting Ground
Saturday, December 19, at 10:30 am
Sunday, December 20 , at 10:30 am

 
Join the filmmakers and the Righteous Conversations Project for a screening of the groundbreaking film  The Hunting Ground, which follows survivors of sexual violence as they pursue their education while fighting for justice. Recently shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination, this film is proving to be a catalyst for changing the culture of sexual assault on college campuses.

The Righteous Conversations Project is co-sponsoring two screenings this weekend:

Saturday, Dec. 19 at 10:30 am
Laemmle Playhouse 7
673 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101
Q&A with director Kirby Dick
Sunday, Dec. 20 at 10:30 am
Laemmle Royal
11523 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Q&A with producer Amy Ziering
THE WEEK IN REFLECTION: 
Remember Us Memoir Project With Pepperdine University   
 

This semester, students at Pepperdine University participated in our Remember Us Memoir Project. Each student spent the semester reading and reflecting on a survivor narrative from the LAMOTH memoir collection. As the culmination of the project, last weekend the students gathered in the Museum's library to share their stewardship letters with classmates, Museum staff, and the survivor authors who wrote these inspiring texts. The survivors present at the event were very moved by the students' understanding of their experiences and commitment to carry them forward.
THE WEEK IN REFLECTION: 
Righteous Conversations Project Workshop at Tarbut V'Torah


As part of a multi-year partnership, LAMOTH's Righteous Conversations Project conducted a one-week workshop at Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School in Irvine. Righteous Conversations staff and filmmaker mentors worked with thirty-five 11th graders who have been studying the Holocaust as part of a semester-long unit on World War II. After touring the Museum and hearing from Survivor Eva Wartnik, the students spent last week reflecting on what they had learned, brainstorming, and creating two Public Service Announcements on themes arising out of Eva's talk that resonated with the students.  
THE WEEK IN REFLECTION: 
Milken 8th Graders Photograph LAMOTH Artifacts


Education Department staff designed and led a workshop for the 8th grade photography class at Milken Community Schools about the importance of artifacts in understanding history and the role played by each person's frames of reference. Working in pairs, students photographed primary sources from LAMOTH's collection and shared with each other what they tried to capture and how they would like to use their photographs to teach others about the history of the Holocaust.
 
SPOTLIGHT: 
Pianist Emanuel Ax Performs With LA Philharmonic
January 8-10, 2016    
 

Thank you to the Los Angeles Philharmonic for donating two tickets to a performance by internationally acclaimed pianist Emanuel Ax for one of our dedicated volunteers. Born in Lvov to Polish Holocaust survivors, Emanuel Ax and his parents moved to Canada when he was a child, and he later studied at Juilliard. Marking his 40th anniversary performing with the LA Phil, Ax returns January 8-10 for the introspective and compelling concerto-in-one-movement by Franck. French works by Berlioz and Boulez are complemented by the surging Romantic fervor of Schumann. For information and tickets, click here.
SURVIVOR SPEAKER SERIES: 
Lya Frank
Sunday, December 20, at 2:00 pm

Please join us this Sunday at 2:00 pm for a talk by Lya Franklin, who was born in 1936 in Utrecht, Holland. Lya spent the war years in hiding under an assumed identity with a family in Amersfoort. After the war, she was reunited with her younger sister and her aunt and uncle, the only members of her extended family who survived the war.  
Museum Hours:    
Saturday - Thursday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM  
Friday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM   
Admission is always free.

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust  | www.lamoth.org
100 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90036 | 323.651.3704