Taking Action Together: “Trauma & Atrocity: The Boundaries of Understanding and Emotion” with Dr. Danny M. Cohen

Zoom

When mass-violence fills our screens, we can choose to engage or switch off. But what can’t we control? How can we navigate our visceral emotional responses, including vicarious trauma? How should we respond to the unexpected responses of other people? And when we try to confront and learn about hate-fueled atrocity, what must we admit that we will never understand? Join Dr. Danny M. Cohen, a writer and professor at Northwestern University, in this exclusive webinar on managing our emotions to rise to the present moment. An expert in Holocaust memory and education design, Danny will equip us with the tools we need to process major world events in real time.

Free

Teacher Workshop: The Holocaust and the Human Spirit Within It

Alabama Holocaust Education Center 2100 Highland Avenue South, Birmingham, United States

Calling all Alabama educators! Join us for this inter-disciplinary teacher workshop, facilitated by Sheryl Ochayon, a leader in the field of Holocaust education from Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. Broken into four distinct sessions, this workshop will explore the Final Solution through a variety of different lenses, as well as the spirit of human resilience during atrocity. This teacher workshop is free for all Alabama educators. You will earn four hours of PowerSchool professional development credit, a certificate of completion, and lunch is provided. The first 45 educators to register will receive a $100 substitute teacher reimbursement credit! Join us for this exclusive educational and networking opportunity.

Free

Candy Seder

Levite Jewish Community Center 3960 Monteclair Road, Birmingham, Alabama, United States

LJCC, PJ Library & NEMJDS preschool event for ages 2-5yrs Experience a real Passover Seder through music and candy! Register Here 

FREE

Performance of “Heschel’s Passover Eve”

Temple Beth-El 2179 Highland Avenue, Birmingham, AL, United States

The J — in partnership with Temple Beth-El, Temple Emanu-El, and the Jewish Community Relations Council — is offering a unique opportunity to see Heschel’s Passover Eve, a solo performance that takes an intimate “behind-the-scenes” look at a special seder hosted by Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel and to which he has invited his friend and traveling companion Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The play begins in April 1968. As Rabbi Heschel arranges the chairs around the seder table, we watch him rehearse for the coming event. His preparations give the audience an intimate look at Heschel’s complex, fascinating, and even tumultuous character. Yizhar Hess, the vice chair of the World Zionist Organization who commissioned the play, will be in attendance. Get your tickets now for this performance at The J on January 16. 6:30 Doors open and reception 7:00 Play start 7:50 Talk-Back HERE is the link to purchase tickets.

Grafman Endowment Fund Board Meeting

Temple Emanu-El 2100 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL, United States

Meeting of the Grafman Endowment Fund Board. NOTE: On August 29 the meeting will begin at 11:45 AM for a full board photo.