Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week 2024

Multiple campus-specific locations are listed below. To locate campus buildings, please use the FIU Interactive Map.

• Thursday, January 25

  Tree of Life: Film Screenings and Discussion

  HGAW 2024 kicks off with two screenings of the film about the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and the crisis of hate threatening our society today. Come to either screening and stay for a panel discussion to follow.

  12:30-1:45 pm in DM 194 and 2-3:15 pm in ZEB 150

• Friday, January 26

  The Big White Lie: Jews, Race, and Antisemitism

  Yehuda Michael, Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s Community Shaliach (Israel emissary), uses his personal story to shed light on Jewish stereotypes around race.

  Cosponsored by the Greater Miami Jewish Federation

  11-11:50 am in SASC 352

• Saturday, January 27

  International Holocaust Remembrance Havdalah with Hagit Zadok Fefferman

  Join us for Havdalah as Hagit Zadok Fefferman shares her grandparents’ remarkable survival story from the Holocaust, including insights from her recent trip to Poland to visit concentration camps.

  Cosponsored by 3GMiami and the Alper JCC

  6:30pm at Alper JCC, 11155 SW 112th Ave, Miami, FL 33176

• Sunday, January 28

  A Day at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU

  The Hate Around Us: Exhibition Opening Reception

  Please join us for the official opening of The Hate Around Us, a new exhibition on view at JMOF-FIU, which looks at the state of hate today through artwork, photographs, comic illustrations, written documents, advertisements, and other ephemera from the collections of Dr. Paul Drucker and others.

  1 pm at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139

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  Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Hate in Today's Society

  Hear first hand testimony from Holocaust survivor Laszlo Selly, followed by a panel discussion on Holocaust education and the importance of sharing family stories with descendants of survivors.

  Cosponsored by 3GMiami and the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach

  2 pm at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139

• Monday, January 29

  The “Key” To Resistance at Treblinka: Interpreting Primary Sources, Dr. Chad Gibbs, College of Charleston

  How do historians negotiate fragmentary and conflicting survivor sources to understand the August 2, 1943 Treblinka Uprising?

  Cosponsored by the Ruth K. & Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series and the Department of History

  10-11:15 am in DM 100

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  Grad/Faculty Brown Bag: The Methods and Ethics of Using Oral Testimony in Research, Dr. Chad Gibbs, College of Charleston

  Join Dr. Gibbs for an open conversation about the pitfalls and promises of using first-person accounts in scholarly writing.

  Cosponsored by the Ruth K. & Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series and the Department of History

  12 noon in SIPA II 259

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  Exhibition Preview and Conversation with Holocaust Survivor David Schaecter

  A first look at Lives Eliminated; Dreams Illuminated (LEDI), an immersive multimedia exhibition of paintings, photographs and original music, which reimagines the lives of young women and girls whose lives were senselessly murdered during the Holocaust, followed by a special conversation with David Schaecter.

  Cosponsored by Lives Eliminated; Dreams Illuminated

  7 pm at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139

• Tuesday, January 30

  America During the Holocaust

  Nikki Freeman, Director of Education at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, leads a conversation with Michael Berenbaum, founding Project Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, about what was happening on college campuses, and the US in general, during the Holocaust.

  Cosponsored by the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach

  3:30-4:45 pm in C&P 117

• Wednesday, January 31

  It’s Hard Being Jewish

  What’s it like to be Jewish at FIU today, especially in the face of the war in Israel? Find out from leading professional Jewish educators on campus.

  3-4:15 pm in SASC 352

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  Known / Unknown: Roma and Sinti in the Holocaust

  Sometimes known as the “forgotten Holocaust,” many people are not aware of the Nazi assault on the Sinti and Roma people of Europe. Tune in to learn about what we know and don’t know about these overlooked victims.

  Cosponsored by the Center for Humanities in an Urban Environment

  6 pm on ZOOM (No preregistration required. Log in to Zoom at 6pm on Wednesday, Jan. 31, and click the above link to join.)

• Thursday, February 1

  9th Annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony

  Join the FIU community for this meaningful and moving annual ceremony, featuring a keynote conversation with Holocaust Survivor Dr. Mark Nusbaum.

  Cosponsored by the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs and the Honors College

  11:00 am-12:15 pm in the GC Ballrooms