Events Calendar
Yom HaShoah Commemoration
Join us for a meaningful Yom HaShoah community program featuring author Nancy Rosenfeld and her powerful family story, 50 Cents for a Life: A True Story of Surviving by Synchronicity.
Nancy’s father escaped war-torn Europe during World War II amid devastation and loss. For nearly fifty years, he kept his story hidden. Only later did his daughters receive the manuscript that revealed his journey. His account is vivid, historically grounded, and deeply human. It traces a path shaped by courage, secrecy, resilience, and moments of unexpected grace.
This story speaks not only to the past, but to our present. It calls us to choose compassion over indifference, understanding over division, and courage when the way forward feels uncertain. Nancy has strong ties to our community. She lived in Orlando from 1998 to 2011. Her parents also resided here from 2007 to 2011. She was active at CRJ, and her son, Ryan Daly, a graduate of WPHS, participated in JCC basketball. The program will also include the presentation of the White Rose Essay Contest Award, honoring students who have demonstrated thoughtful engagement with the history and moral lessons of the Holocaust.
Immediately following the program, guests are invited to remain at the Holocaust Center for a meet-the-author reception, book signing, and open Q and A.
This Yom HaShoah, we gather not only to remember, but to listen, to learn, and to carry memory forward.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we invite the community to join us on January 27 for a program marking the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Presented in partnership with The National WWII Museum, this event focuses on the experiences of Allied liberators and what they encountered upon entering Nazi concentration camps. Our keynote speaker from the National WWII Museum, Dr. Bradley Hart, will examine how soldiers confronted the reality of the camps, how they understood what they were witnessing, and how those moments shaped postwar memory and responsibility. Through the perspective of the liberators, this program honors the victims, acknowledges those who bore witness firsthand, and challenges us to reflect on the moral weight of seeing, knowing, and responding to atrocity.
Dr. Bradley W. Hart is a World War II Military Historian at the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. Hart received his PhD in History at Churchill College, University of Cambridge and is the author of two books including Hitler’s American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States (2018). He is also a frequent media commentator and public speaker. He has appeared on television programs including The Rachel Maddow Show, American Experience, America’s Hidden Stories, and numerous others.
Commemorations Kristallnacht Commemoration Program
The Holocaust commemoration series honors the memory of victims and survivors while encouraging reflection on how to prevent such atrocities in the future. By fostering dialogue and engagement, these commemorations underscore the enduring importance of remembrance and promote tolerance, empathy, and justice.
Gather with us to observe Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass), also called the November Pogrom, marking the intensification of terror against the Jews in the Third Reich. Speaker details to come.
Commemoration: Yom HaShoah
The Holocaust commemoration series honors the memory of victims and survivors while encouraging reflection on how to prevent such atrocities in the future. By fostering dialogue and engagement, these commemorations underscore the enduring importance of remembrance and promote tolerance, empathy, and justice.
Join us for an afternoon of remembrance and reflection in commemoration of Yom HaShoah, a day dedicated to the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. Speaker details to come.
Commemorations: Holocaust Remembrance Day
Join us for a solemn commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, where we will honor the memory of the six million Jews and countless others who perished during the Holocaust. The event will feature moving testimonies, reflective readings, and a candlelighting ceremony, offering a space for remembrance and reflection.