In observance of Rosh HaShanah,
LAMOTH will be closed
Monday, October 3rd
LAMOTH 2016 Annual Gala Dinner
Sunday, November 6th

Please join LAMOTH for our Annual Gala Dinner, honoring the film Denial and producer Gary Foster, with a loving tribute to Jona Goldrich z"l. Click here to purchase tickets and for more information about sponsorship opportunities.

In Memory of Shimon Peres z"l (1923 - 2016)

The LAMOTH community mourns and remembers Shimon Peres  z"l, Prime Minister and President of Israel. He was a visionary of Holocaust education and commemoration.  May his memory forever be a blessing.

Shimon Peres receiving the UC Irvine delegation in Jerusalem. Pictured are Shimon Peres, former UC Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake, and former Special Advisor to the Chancellor Larry Gold, an LAMOTH community member and husband of board member and docent, Michele Gold. 

"You are as great as the cause you serve."
 -Shimon Peres z"l

LAMOTH's Denial Screening at The Grove

Dr. Deborah Lipstadt being interviewed  by JLTV at
 Thursday night's screening.

In collaboration with Bleecker Street and Participant Media, LAMOTH proudly hosted a special screening of the film Denial on Thursday, September 29th at The Grove. The film, which stars Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson and Timothy Spall, is based on acclaimed writer and historian Deborah Lipstadt's legal battle to prove the essential truth that the Holocaust occurred. 

Denial and its producer, Gary Foster, will be honored at this year's LAMOTH Gala on Sunday, November 6th.
B'nai Mitzvah Internship Program

The Remember Us B'nai Mitzvah Project at LAMOTH invites B'nai Mitzvah students to have the meaningful experience of remembering a child who perished in the Holocaust. This fall, LAMOTH will offer a B'nai Mitzvah Internship Program that will provide students the opportunity to explore Holocaust history in depth. Students will engage in inter-generational dialogue with Holocaust Survivors, and continue the Jewish tradition of "Tikkun Olam," healing the world. The B'nai Mitzvah Internship Program's Fall 2016 Orientation will be held at the Museum on Sunday, October 9th. For more information, please contact Jordanna Gessler, Director of Education, at jordanna@lamoth.org or (323) 651-9910.
Sunday Survivor Speaker Series
Tomas Kovar
Sunday, October 2nd, at 2:00pm  

Tomas Kovar was eight years old when Nazi Germany forcibly occupied his native Slovakia. In the wake of anti-Semitic laws and policies, Tomas and his family fled to the mountains with a group of partisans. They hid in the small village Ponicka Huta with a non-Jewish family for the remaining six months of the war. After liberation, Tomas lived in Chile. He currently lives in Thousand Oaks and has been actively involved with LAMOTH educational programs.


A docent-led tour of the Museum will immediately follow.
With gratitude to the Joseph Drown Foundation for their generous support of free Holocaust education and school tours.
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
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