09-09-09 : Holocaust Legacies

Holocaust Legacies: Shoah as Turning Point
Southern Methodist University

Fall 2009

**August 24

Title: Opening, Loli Kantor Photography Exhibit, There Was a Forest: Jews in Eastern Europe Today

The photographs in this series, created throughout Poland and Ukraine , document the disappearing population of Holocaust survivors and their lives within the vanishing shtetls (small towns) of Eastern Europe . The work also offers a glimpse into the reemergence of Jewish life and culture in Central and Eastern Europe that is beginning to transform some of the larger communities.

Location: SMU Hamon Arts Library Gallery

**September 9

Title: Holocaust Legacies: Shoah as Turning Point, Opening Event and Reception
Photo Exhibit: “Places of Memory”

This event will raise the issues and preview the fall events. Professor Halperin will give a historical overview, and will moderate a panel on Shoah as Turning Point. Panelists: Mr. Elliott Dlin, Executive Director of the Dallas Holocaust Museum , Professors Chris Anderson (Theology), Janis Bergman-Carton (Art History), and Tom Mayo (Law).
Location: SMU Hughes-Trigg Student Center Forum, 7:30–10 p.m. (Reception 7 –7:30 p.m.)

**September 10 (two events)

Speaker: Professor Jan Gross, Princeton University (History), author of Neighbors and Fear
*Title: Seminar on the Polish reception of Neighbors and Fear.
Location: University of Dallas (room and time in the afternoon, to be announced).
*Title: The Killing and Plunder of the Jews by Their Neighbors in Nazi-Occupied Poland
Location: SMU Hughes-Trigg Student Center Forum, 7–10 p.m.

**September 11

Title: Loli Kantor Photography Exhibit, There Was a Forest: Jews in Eastern Europe Today
Location: Lecture, SMU O’Donnell Lecture Hall, 6 p.m.
Reception: SMU Taubman Atrium, Meadows School of the Arts, 7 p.m.
Photography exhibit location: SMU Hamon Arts Library Gallery

**September 17

Title: From the Nuremberg Code to the Belmont Report and the Final Rule: The Protection of Human Research Subjects in the 21st Century

Lecture and Panel Discussion
Speaker: Professor Thomas Beauchamp, Georgetown University (Philosophy and Kennedy Institute of Ethics), primary author of the Belmont Report.
Location: SMU McCord Auditorium, 7–10 p.m.

**October 8

Title: Beyond the Victim Monument
Speaker: Professor Kirk Savage, University of Pittsburgh (Art History), author of Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monuments in Nineteenth-Century America .
Location: The Sixth Floor Museum ( 411 Elm St. Dallas 75202 ), 5:30–6:30 p.m.

**October 22

Title: The Holocaust in Contemporary Consciousness, Culture and Curriculum
Speaker: Mr. Elliott Dlin, Executive Director of the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance
Location: Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance ( 211 N. Record Street , Dallas 75202 ), 7–9:30 p.m. (Reception following presentation)

**November 5 (two events)

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Speaker: Professor Jenia Turner ( SMU Dedman School of Law)
Location: SMU Umphrey Lee Center , luncheon event

Title: God on Trial: The Meaning of the Shoah for Jewish and Christian Theology Today (film screening and discussion)

Discussants: Rabbi Ari Perl, President of the Rabbinic Association of Greater Dallas, Rabbi of Congregation Shaare Tefilla, Dallas; Professor John Holbert, Lois Craddock Perkins Professor of Homiletics, SMU Perkins School of Theology.

This event will include screening and discussion of the film, God on Trial (which depicts a fictional “trial” of God by prisoners at Auschwitz ).
Location: SMU Perkins School of Theology Prothro Great Hall, 5–10 p.m.

**November 12

Symposium: Holocaust Survivors: Stories of Resilience
Presenters: Roberta R. Greene, PhD, MSW, PI, John Templeton Foundation (JTF) grant, University of Texas, School of Social Work, and Harriet L. Cohen, PhD, MSW, co-investigator JTF, Texas Christian University, Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Department of Social Work

A panel comprised of Holocaust historians, educators, and survivors, gerontologists, social workers and pastoral care clergy will discuss findings from a study on resilience,

forgiveness, and survivorship among older Holocaust survivors, as described by the participants of a recent mixed methods national study of 133 Holocaust survivors aged 68 to 9.
Location: SMU Perkins School of Theology Prothro Great Hall, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

**November 15

Title: Closing: Loli Kantor Photography Exhibit, There Was a Forest: Jews in Eastern Europe Today
Location: SMU Hamon Arts Library Gallery

**November 19

Title: Music Out of the Ashes
Performers: Professors Virginia Dupuy ( SMU Meadows School of the Arts), Chris Anderson ( SMU Perkins School of Theology) and John Holbert ( SMU Perkins School of Theology)

This lecture/performance will focus on Victor Ullmann’s “Der Kaiser von Atlantis,” an opera written in Theresienstadt but not performed until the 1970s. The evening will include scenes from the opera interspersed with commentary about the camp, the music, and the composer.
Location: SMU Perkins School of Theology Prothro Great Hall, 5 – 10 p.m.

**November 23

Title: Is Art Worth a Life?: Hitler, War and the Monuments Men (interactive presentation with slides and video clips)

Presenter: Robert Edsel, the author of Rescuing DaVinci and The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, co-producer of the documentary film Rape of Europa, and founding President of the Monuments Men Foundation, an organization dedicated to the recovery and preservation of Nazi-looted art.
Location: SMU Perkins School of Theology Prothro Great Hall, 5 – 10 p.m.

Elliott Dlin
Executive Director
Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education & Tolerance
211 North Record Street, Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75202-3361
Tel: 214-741-7500 x101
Fax: 214-741-7510

www.dallasholocaustmuseum.org

The Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education & Tolerance is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust, and to teaching the moral and ethical response to prejudice, hatred and indifference, for the benefit of all humanity.

05-03-09 : Peace house dallas opens

PEACE HOUSE DALLAS
April 26, 2009 – 5:00 p.m. at the
Cathedral of Hope
5910 Cedar Springs Road
Dallas, Texas 75235

Join us for an incredible evening celebrating Earth Day and the formation of a coalition of Dallas’ premier peace organizations:

The Dallas Peace Center
The United Nations Association
Maryknoll Mission Education
The Peace Project Foundation
Hope for Peace & Justice
Art for Peace & Justice

with


a special performance of The Land

05-03-09 - You are different, so what?

April 20, 2009
The Healing Project
You are different, so what?

Sunday, May 3, 8:00 PM
Meyerson Symphony Orchestra

SUNDAY, MAY 3 AND WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 PRESENTED BY THE TURTLE CREEK CHORALE FEATURING MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS WIND SYMPHONY

Participation by Jews, Gays, African Americans and Muslims.
http://www.turtlecreek.org/index.php?/tcc/newspost/the_healing_project/
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SUNDAY, MAY 3 AND WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
PRESENTED BY THE TURTLE CREEK CHORALE
FEATURING MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS WIND SYMPHONY

On Sunday, May 3 and Wednesday, May 6 at 8:00 PM at the Meyerson Symphony Center, the Turtle Creek Chorale will present THE HEALING PROJECT; a musical exploration of personal and communal courage during challenging times. Using poetry drawn from personal accounts and powerful, evocative music, we aim to promote awareness of the many similarities among various distinct communities, thus bringing them closer to healing as one greater community.

We, who would heal the world, must first-ourselves be healed,
yielding to a greater love, the human heart reveals. . .
calling to our better angels
to restore our dignity!

The words above come from Our Better Angels, a new work composed specifically for THE HEALING PROJECT by Jewish composer, Andrea Clearfield with text by Reverend Robert Espindola of the Community Church of Christ.

Dr. Jonathan Palant, Turtle Creek Chorale Artistic Director, says, “This concert explores the parallels between various minority communities using both personal accounts and symbolic music. Are the equal rights desired by one community any different than those desired by another? Are both deserving of the same equal rights? These simple questions are the premise of this concert.”

Joining the Turtle Creek Chorale on stage to offer personal accounts of courage and growth are: City of Dallas Councilmember, Hon. Pauline Medrano; Holocaust survivor, Marion Avery; Mike Ghouse, President of the World Muslim Congress; Mrs. Reem Alghonimi, a Muslim Leader; Bud Knight and Chet Flake, two gay men celebrating 44 years as a couple; and Cedric Neal, an African American member of the Dallas Theater Center’s Resident Actor Company.

Our Better Angels, a musical work composed by Dr. Andrea Clearfield with texts by Rev. Robert Espindola, will receive its world premiere at these concerts. This 35-minute work, commissioned by the Turtle Creek Chorale specifically for this concert series, is scored for men’s chorus, brass ensemble, percussion, harp and organ. Members of the Dallas Wind Symphony will accompany the Turtle Creek Chorale in these performances.

Dr. Andrea Clearfield is a prolific composer. Recent commissions include works for the Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestra 2001, Network for New Music, the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and the Handel Society of Dartmouth College. Her choral cantata, Dream Variations, was recently premiered at Disney Hall with the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

Reverend Robert Espindola has been a professional librettist for eleven years. A professional educator and ordained minister, he graduated with honors from Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa. A teacher for twenty-two years, in 1992 Espindola was honored as one of California’s “Distinguished Educators.” A strong advocate for teenagers living with HIV/AIDS, Espindola was keynotes speaker at two national AIDS conferences, and in 1993, served as delegate at the International Conference on AIDS in Yokohama, Japan.

Tickets for THE HEALING PROJECT ($20-65) are available online at www.turtlecreek.org or by calling (877) SING-TCC.

About the Turtle Creek Chorale:

The Turtle Creek Chorale is an all-male chorus in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1980, the Chorale has over 200 members who volunteer more than 100,000 hours annually among rehearsals and service projects for those in the community. The Turtle Creek Chorale has released 37 compact discs and was the subject of an award-winning documentary in 2005 titled, The Power of Harmony.

To arrange interviews with the composer, librettist or conductor, please contact Robert Cole at (214) 526-3214 Ext. 102 or by email at rcole@turtlecreek.org.

05-07-09 : National Prayer Breakfast

National Day of Prayer Breakfast

Speaker will be:
Philip L. Ostergard, author of :
"The Inspired Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln"
7:30 to 9:00 a.m.
May 7, 2009 in
The Tower Club, 1601 Elm Street, Suite 4800, downtown Dallas.
Free Parking in the Thanksgiving Tower Garage included in your ticket.


For reservations, please call
214-969-1977. Sponsor tables are available. Tickets are $40, or Seniors and Students for $25.
Please call 214-969-1977 for Reservations and Table Sponsorship.
Click here for more info.




“THE INSPIRED WISDOM OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN”

THANKS-GIVING SQUARE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER BREAKFAST
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 7:30 a.m. at the Tower Club in Thanksgiving Tower
1601 Elm St. Ste. 4800 Dallas, TX 75201 (214) 220-0403

Come join in the celebration the 200th anniversary year of President Lincoln’s birth with leaders of the business, civic, cultural, educational and faith communities from throughout the Metroplex and members he Interfaith Council of Thanks-Giving Square.

Our speaker will be Philip L. Ostergard, author of “The Inspired Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”. From him we will learn how prayer played a central role in President Lincoln’s decision making during the heart-wrenching days of a civil war compounded by personal grief. Ostergard will show how Lincoln was transformed from a man with many doubts into a great leader who led this nation through its darkest times to renewed hope and reinstated the Thanksgiving tradition after a lapse of 45 years.

The Co-Chairs for the gourmet, faith sensitive breakfast are the Rev. Doug Skinner (Senior Minister of Northway Christian Church) and Rosemarie Stromberg (Vice-Chair of the Interfaith Council). As of today, sponsors include: Ebby Halliday Acers, the Baha’i Community of Dallas, the Episcopal Hospital Chaplaincy Diocese of Dallas, Church Women United, Highland Park United Methodist, the Islamic Association of North Texas, Levenson & Brinker PR, Peter Stewart, Temple Emanu-El.

Tables are still available. The Thanks-Giving Foundation is a 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and your donations are tax deductible to the maximum extent under the law.


Underwriter Table: $5000 Donor Seat: $250 Senior/Student Seat: $25 (teachers attending with their students may use the student rate)
Sponsor Table: $2500 VIP Seat: $100
Patron Table: $1000 Individual $40

Parking is included in the cost of the event. Entrance to the underground parking garage is located on the right on Elm St. indicated by the star on the map.

Gratefully,
Arlette Banegas
Administrative Assistant,
Thanks-Giving Square
1627 Pacific Ave.
Dallas, TX 75201

P.O. Box 131770
Dallas, TX 75313
214-969-1977
Fax 214-754 0152
tgs@thanksgiving.org

More information: http://www.thanksgiving.org/events.html