Our community mourns and remembers  
Jona Goldrich z"l
(1927-2016) .

Click  here  to read this  Wall Street Journal 
article published today.

THE WEEK AHEAD
1st Annual LAMOTH Holocaust Remembrance Film Series
Begins Thursday, July 14th 

4pm: Afternoon Screening
6:30pm-7:30pm: Q&A with Randy Schoenberg
8pm: Evening Screening
 
 
 
LAMOTH begins its first annual Holocaust Remembrance Film Series with two screenings (afternoon and evening) of the SAG Award nominee Woman in Gold. Directed by Simon Curtis, the film stars Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds, and chronicles the legal battle led by attorney Randy Schoenberg to reclaim five paintings looted from the Altmann family by the Nazi regime. Among these paintings was the famous portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, known in Austria as the "Lady in Gold."

This film was chosen to kick off the festival as Randy Schoenberg served as LAMOTH's board president for ten years. His philanthropy and leadership were instrumental in the creation of the Museum's permanent home in Pan Pacific Park, which was designed by Hagy Belzberg and opened in 2010.

Join us for the entire Film Series!

Film Series Schedule:
July 14th: Woman in Gold
July 21st: Conspiracy   
July 28th: Schindler's List
August 4th: Genocide
August 11th:  The Stranger

Please contact Michael Morgenstern with questions and to RSVP.

Cochran Middle School in Beyond the Bell at LAMOTH 


Holocaust Survivor Eva Nathanson stands with students from Cochran Middle School at LAMOTH. The students were at the Museum as part of LAUSD's  iConnect Beyond the Bell , which works with LAMOTH's Share Our Stories program to connect Holocaust Survivors and students through art education. 

Following a customized tour of the Museum galleries, the students listened to Eva Nathanson share her narrative.  The students ended their day at LAMOTH with an outdoor, reflective art project in Pan Pacific Park with LAMOTH Education Department staff and summer interns (pictured below). 

Beyond the Bell summer programming at LAMOTH will continue through mid-July. To learn more about LAUSD's  Beyond the Bell programs, click here.


SUMMER STUDENT PROGRAMMING
Righteous Conversations Summer Workshop at Harvard-Westlake School


The Righteous Conversations Project  invites students in grades 7-12 to participate in two upcoming summer workshops at Harvard-Westlake School. Students will work with RC Teaching Artists, Harvard-Westlake Faculty, and Holocaust Survivor mentors to create PSAs or Digital Storytelling films. 

The RC Project: Public Service Announcement Workshop, July 14th-22nd
The RC Project: Digital Storytelling Workshop, July 14th-29th

For information about these workshops or to learn about our scholarship opportunities contact Rachel Fidler.

Additional details and registration can be found here.
RC Film Honored at the 11th Annual Santa Monica Teen Film Festival


The RC Digital Storytelling film "The Story of Three Rings: A Memoir of Dana Schwartz"  has been selected for the  11th Annual Santa Monica Teen Film Festival .  

The film, based on the life story of Holocaust Survivor and LAMOTH Survivor Advisory Board member Dana Schwartz, will be shown this Sunday, July 10th from 2pm-4pm at the Santa Monica Main Public Library (in the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium). 

This film was created last summer in the RC Digital Storytelling Workshop at Harvard-Westlake School and has won multiple awards, including The Hot Shot Award for best film by student filmmakers under 18 years old in Sun Valley's Future Filmmakers Forum. 

You can reserve your seat to this free screening by emailing your name, date, and number of seats to  Miles Playhouse. 

SURVIVOR SPEAKER SERIES
Armin Goldstein
Sunday, July 10th, at 2:00pm 


Armin was born in Vlachovo, Czechoslovakia in 1926. In 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Czechoslovakia and gave this region of the country to its ally Hungary. Under the new Hungarian regime, Armin and his brothers were conscripted into forced labor. In 1944 when Nazi Germany invaded Hungary, Armin was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and then to a camp in Wolfsburg, Germany. Towards the end of the war, the Nazis liquidated the camp to flee the Soviet Army's westward advance. Armin was sent on a forced death march to Bergen-Belsen, where he was liberated by British troops in May of 1945. Armin is an active member of the LAMOTH community and regularly participates in its educational programs. 

You can see artifacts reflecting Armin's experiences in our weekly Survivor Speaker micro-exhibit, located near the front desk.

A docent-led tour of the Museum will immediately follow.

Upcoming Sunday Survivor Speakers:
July 17: Henry Slucki
July 24: Erika Fabian
July 31: Elane Geller
August 7: Dr. Michael Gyepes
Seed funding for The Righteous Conversations Project provided by The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Cutting Edge Grant. Nurturing support provided by Righteous Persons Foundation, Erwin Rautenberg Foundation and The Ross Family Foundation.

With gratitude to the Max H. Gluck Foundation for their generous support of Share Our Stories.

The Righteous Conversations Project at LAMOTH is proud to be named one of North America's top 50 innovative Jewish organizations in the 11th annual Slingshot Guide, a go-to resource for inspiring and innovative opportunities and projects. 
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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