Shoah: How was it Humanly Possible?

Hillel House - Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life 6145 Student Union Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Visit Hillel BC from January 23-27, 2023 to visit the Yad Vashem Exhibit, Shoa: How Was It Humanly Possible?. The exhibition deals with major historical aspects of the Holocaust, beginning with Jewish life in pre-Holocaust Europe and ending with the liberation of Nazi concentration and extermination camps across the continent and the remarkable return to […]

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If We Had Followed the Rules, I Wouldn’t Be Here

Hillel House - Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life 6145 Student Union Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join Hillel BC for a discussion of But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust with author-survivor David Schaffer, artist Miriam Libicki, and project co-director Andrea Webb (UBC Education), moderated by Richard Menkis (UBC History) and followed by a reception co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel and UBC Public Humanities Hub. Location: […]

Intergenerational Trauma: The Everlasting Impact of the Holocaust

Hillel House - Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life 6145 Student Union Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Marsha Lederman is a columnist with The Globe and Mail, based in Vancouver. An award-winning journalist, she was previously The Globe’s Western Arts Correspondent. Prior to joining The Globe, she worked for CBC Radio, mostly in Toronto. Her memoir Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed was published in May and was an instant […]

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AEPI Reading of the names

Hillel House - Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life 6145 Student Union Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join Hillel and the Brothers of The AEPi chapter of Vancouver on January 25th at 6pm for The Reading of the Names (Names of those who were murdered in the Holocaust will be read out loud). The reading will happen at Hillel BC on the first floor. You can also join us online, live on […]

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