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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Pictures of Resistance - Exhibit & Teacher Workshop




Opening Reception - January 13
Teacher Workshop - January 14
Exhibit - January 13 -February 17, 2011
Programs and display at Hillel, University of Washington, Seattle
Sponsored by the Holocaust Center in partnership with Hillel.


Special Guest - Sharon Rennert, granddaughter of Jewish partisan commander Tuvia Bielski. January 13 & 14.
OPENING RECEPTION - January 13, 2011. 6:30pm - 8:30pm.
Keynote speakers: Sharon Rennert,
granddaughter of Tuvia Bielski, the commander of the Bielski Partisan group (made famous by the recent movie, "Defiance"), and a documentary filmmaker shares her family's compelling story of courage and resistance; and Mitch Braff, Executive Director and Founder, Jewish Partisans Educational Foundation.
RSVP - admin@wsherc.org

TEACHER WORKSHOP - January 14, 2011. 8:30am - 3:00pm.Presentations by Mitch Braff, "Women in the Partisans," and Sharon Rennert, "In Our Hands: A Personal Story of the Bielski Partisans." Clock hours available. $10 registration fee. Space is limited - register now!

Special thanks to the Shemanksi Foundation, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, King Country 4Culture, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, for supporting this exhibit and programming. Exhibit is produced by the Jewish Partisans Educational Foundation.

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