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International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Free Museum Admission
The Florida Holocaust Museum invites the community to visit the Museum FREE of charge from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 27, 2019 in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Find out more »Faith, Courage, and the Civil Rights Movement with Dr. Susannah Heschel at USFSP
The Florida Holocaust Museum’s GHRAM Series - Sponsored by Wells Fargo In collaboration with "Legacy Week 2019" and USF St. Petersburg , The Florida Holocaust Museum is hosting Dr. Susannah Heschel, Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and daughter of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, confidant and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was Rabbi Heschel who brought Dr. King and his message to a wide Jewish audience, and it was Dr. King who made Rabbi Heschel a…
Find out more »Growing Up as the Daughter of a Prophet with Dr. Susannah Heschel in Sarasota
Aviva - A Campus for Senior Life and the Florida Holocaust Museum are excited to welcome the extraordinary religious scholar and educator Dr. Susannah Heschel, daughter of Rabbi Abraham Josuha Heschel, z''l. Join Dr. Heschel as she shares her personal journey growing up in the very heart of the Civil Rights Movement. Learn firsthand how her father's activism including his famous participation in Martin Luther King Jr's march on Selma, Alabama shaped her life and provided a foundation for her…
Find out more »To Life: Rock, Roll, Remember
For additional information and/or to purchase tickets, please visit: https://www.flholocaustmuseum.org/support/to-life-annual-benefit Loebenberg Humanitarian Award Recipients Jeffrey K. Cohen, MD Jeffrey K. Cohen, MD is the President of Allegheny General Hospital, the hospital that treated the gunman from the Tree of Life synagogue shooting that occurred in Pittsburgh this October. Dr. Cohen’s actions exemplified true leadership, the leadership of compassion and humanity. He and his team demonstrated to the world what it means to be an Upstander. Dr. Cohen is a member…
Find out more »Why The Merchant of Venice is not an Antisemitic Play
Professor Sara Munson Deats, Why The Merchant of Venice is not an Antisemitic Play sponsored by the St. Petersburg Chapter of Hadassah and presented by the St. Petersburg Celebration of the Arts — with a mini exhibition of selections of Arthur Szyk’s graphics illustrating The Last Days of Shylock written by Ludwig Lewisohn and published by Harper & Brothers in 1931 viewed during the reception. This program is free and open to the public! In partnership with: The St. Petersburg Chapter…
Find out more »Road to Valor, Book Talk with Author Aili McConnon
Road to Valor is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II. This program is free and open to the public! Thank you to Wells Fargo for sponsoring The FHM’s 2019 Genocide and Human Rights Awareness (GHRAM) Programs!
Find out more »Yom HaShoah Commemoration and Free Admission
This year’s commemoration will include free admission from 10am-5pm and the reading of Holocaust Victims’ names continuously throughout the day. The day will culminate with a memorial service at 5:30 p.m. followed by a special Holocaust Survivor talk. Thank you to Wells Fargo for sponsoring The FHM’s 2019 Genocide and Human Rights Awareness (GHRAM) Programs!
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