Pleasantville will be November’s offering for Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series

Nov 9, 2018 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events

The 2018 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will present the 1998 film Pleasantville, starring Toby McGuire, Reese Witherspoon, Joan Allen, and William H. Macy, for its November showing. Individuality and conformity are some of the central themes...

Interview with Dan Reich on St. Louis Public Radio

Oct 26, 2018 | News

Yesterday, Daniel Reich was interviewed by Don Marsh on St. Louis Public Radio! The spot also featured Jennifer Teege, author of My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me. Dan did a masterful job integrating HMLC and our messages into the conversation about the book! You can...

Annual Rubin Feldman Memorial Lecture Will Focus on Jewish Heroism During the Holocaust

Oct 5, 2018 | Lectures, Programs & Events

Profiles of valor among Jews during the Shoah as well as the circumstances and characteristics that enabled this courage will be the subject of the Annual Rubin Feldman Memorial Lecture on Sunday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. at the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center. Rabbi...

Classic East German Film ‘Marriage in the Shadows’ to Screen at HMLC

Sep 28, 2018 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events

The next film in the 2018 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series is the classic East German film “Marriage in the Shadows (Ehe im Schatten).” The Kurt Maetzig-directed film, released in 1947, spans a 10-year period starting in 1933. Hans Wieland, a...

Chief curator of POLIN Museum of the History of the Polish Jews to speak here

Sep 6, 2018 | Lectures, Programs & Events

The chief curator of the Core Exhibition at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews will visit the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center on Thursday, Oct. 11, for a presentation on the role of museums in historical debates. Dr. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett...

Costa-Gavras’ film Amen to Screen at HMLC

Aug 8, 2018 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events

The next film in the 2018 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series is the powerful but controversial film Amen, based on real-life character Kurt Gurstein, who secretly but unsuccessfully approached the Swedish Consulate, the German Protestant...

Shanghai Ghetto to Screen at HMLC

Jul 6, 2018 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events

The next film in the 2018 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will be Shanghai Ghetto, screening at 1 pm on July 29 in the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center Theater at 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Films in this Sunday series are free and open...

HMLC to Commemorate Tisha B’Av with Special Film Program

Jun 27, 2018 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events

The Holocaust Museum & Learning Center will screen a special film commemorating Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, Sunday, July 22, at 2 pm in the HMLC Theater (12 Millstone Campus Drive, 63146). This date in the Hebrew calendar marks the...

Holocaust Museum & Learning Center Names Next Leader

Jun 27, 2018 | News

The Holocaust Museum & Learning Center has named Fran Poger as its next chair. She begins her term in September. Poger will succeed Myrna Meyer, who was named museum chair three years ago. “We are thrilled to have someone with Fran’s qualifications and passion for...

HMLC Honored with Brotherhood Sisterhood Award

Jun 25, 2018 | News

The National Council of Community and Justice has presented its Brotherhood Sisterhood Award to the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center. Jean Cavender, Director of the Museum, joined the Jewish Federation of St. Louis President & CEO Andrew Rehfeld in accepting...