This year we continue our tradition of coming together as an interfaith community to remember the pogrom of November 9-10, 1938, often referred to as Kristallnacht. We remember those targeted by the antisemitic violence that swept across Germany and Austria during the pogrom, and we honor the courageous few who dared to stand with the persecuted and defy Nazi authority.

Kristallnacht — Through the Lens of Today


Dr. Michael Berenbaum
Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies
Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust, American Jewish University

Our speaker, Dr. Michael Berenbaum, is a renowned writer, lecturer, and educator, as well as a consultant in the development of museums and historical films. He has written scores of scholarly articles and hundreds of journalistic pieces and is the author or editor of twenty-four books. He was the executive editor of the 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica of 22 volumes which received the prestigious Dartmouth Medal of the American Library Association for the Outstanding Reference Work of 2006.

Dr. Berenbaum was the Project Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, overseeing its creation and for three years was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.

He has also served as the conceptual developer and/or chief curator of numerous museums, including: The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Educational Center; Belzec Memorial at the site of the death camp, and Memoria y Tolerancia in Mexico City. He was co-curator of the award-winning special exhibition, Auschwitz: Not Long Ago, Not Far Away and is currently working on the development of museums in Warsaw and Bucharest.

Funded in part by The Sally and Jerry Schwartz Endowment for Holocaust Education
Co-sponsored by the Fish Interfaith Center

A reception will follow the event