Tag: Holocaust Museum LA

Rabbi to speak on hate crimes

Rabbi to speak on hate crimes

| March 2, 2023 | 0 Comments

A spate of hate crimes targeting Jews is a painful reminder of the stubborn survival of antisemitism and has prompted the local Holocaust Museum LA to hold a public conversation Sun., March 12 at 10 a.m. “We invite our friends throughout Los Angeles to join us for an important conversation addressing contemporary antisemitism,” museum officials […]

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Holocaust Museum LA’s Beth Kean joins state council

Holocaust Museum LA’s Beth Kean joins state council

| December 1, 2022 | 0 Comments

In spite of a rise in antisemitism, Holocaust Museum LA (HMLA) CEO Beth Kean is hopeful that positive change is coming. “The timing couldn’t be better,” Kean said last month after being selected to join the governor-appointed Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education. Launched last year, the Council is tasked with providing tools to recognize […]

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Survivor tells of hope at 100th

Survivor tells of hope at 100th

| December 1, 2022 | 0 Comments

It’s official. November 20 is Joe Alexander Day in the City of Los Angeles. Alexander is a Holocaust survivor who just turned 100. He is a bright and beloved speaker at Holocaust Museum LA. At the recent celebration, the local resident received multiple certificates from city, county and state offices honoring his service. Beverly Hills […]

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Holocaust Museum receives $5 million and community support

Holocaust Museum receives $5 million and community support

| June 30, 2022 | 0 Comments

Holocaust Museum LA has received a $5 million grant from The Smidt Foundation that will help to further the Museum’s expansion project that will double its size to 50,000 square feet. Holocaust Museum LA is not the only institution in the area that the Smidts have supported. In 2016, Susan and Eric Smidt donated $25 […]

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Plans are underway to expand campus at Holocaust Museum

Plans are underway to expand campus at Holocaust Museum

| October 28, 2021 | 0 Comments

Little did a small group of Holocaust survivors who met in the 1960s at an English-as-a-second-language class know that their efforts would lead to a major museum in the heart of the city. The group, who met at Hollywood High, each had an item from the war — a Star of David on a shirt, a […]

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Yom HaShoah commemoration ceremony, hosted by the Holocaust Museum LA

| April 11, 2021

Yom HaShoah commemoration ceremony hosted by the Holocaust Museum LA via webinar at 11 a.m. Visit holocaustmuseumla.org.

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