Programs
2021
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Free online teacher training for high school teachers.
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Free online Holocaust exhibit for high school students and teachers.
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Two free online Holocaust films for high school students including The Crossing and Inside Hana’s Suitcase in collaboration with the East Bay Jewish International Film Festival.
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Student Holocaust Art and Writing Contest with $3,500 in prize money.
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Streamed version of the one-woman Holocaust-based Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender featuring Lisa Wolpe.
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Free Holocaust talk on the Kindertransport given by Linda Waldroup, who talked about her mother’s experiences on the Kindertransport.
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Live and streamed stage-reading of Diane Samuel’s Kindertransport play in collaboration with Shakespeare’s Performing Arts Regional Company
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Free online Read to Remember adult reading group, some with the author’s participation
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Two Holocaust adult education courses including Beyond Never Again and Outsmarting Antisemitism in collaboration with Chabad of Tri-Valley
2022
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In-person Holocaust Exhibit at the Firehouse Theater in Pleasanton
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In-person Holocaust Exhibit at the Alcosta Senior and Community Center in San Ramon
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Free talk and book signing by author Henry Michalski of his book Torn Lilacs, which is about his family’s Holocaust experiences and subsequent imprisonment in Stalin’s gulags
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Resuming in-person Holocaust exhibits at East Bay high schools
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Two free in-person Holocaust films for high school students including When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit and Persian Lessons in collaboration with the East Bay Jewish International Film Festival.
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During the latter half of 2022, EBHEC focused on preparations and planning for Violins of Hope East Bay 2023, planned for January and February 2023.
2023
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Violins of Hope East Bay 2023. From Jan to Mar 2023, EBHEC hosted Violins of Hope East Bay, which had approximately 17,800 attendees at 60 events including:
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3 concerts at Bankhead on February 5-7 (1,400 people)
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13 days of free exhibit at the Bankhead (1,700 people)
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47 free school concerts from Jan 31 – March 3 attended by 13,500 students and teachers
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3 free lectures at the Bankhead (100 people).
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4 mini-concerts in Feb in Cupertino, San Mateo, Roseville and Vacaville (800 attendees)
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2 Holocaust films presented with EBJIFF in Mar attended by 300 people.
2024
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Music of the Holocaust school program, which provided 34 free educational concerts and workshops to over 8,500 students in the East Bay.
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Music of the Holocaust and Touring exhibit adult program at Temple Beth Torah (Fremont).
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Sponsored Holocaust Survivor Band Kristallnacht concert at Chabad Tri-Valley (Pleasanton).
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Continued Read to Remember adult program.
2025
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Music of the Holocaust adult program to several organizations including -
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Temple Beth Shalom (San Leandro)
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Temple Isaiah (Lafayette)
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Congregation Bnai Shalom (Walnut Creek)
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Yom HaShoah Commemoration event at 3 Oakland synagogues.
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Student Holocaust film at the Vine Cinema (Livermore) in partnership with the East Bay Jewish International Film Festival.
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Continued Read to Remember adult program.
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Holocaust Talk and Book signing (Congregation Beth Emek, Pleasanton)
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During the latter half of 2025, EBHEC will be focusing on preparations and planning for Violins of Hope East Bay 2026, planned for October to November 2026