Events
FALL 2023 EVENTS
Tuesday, September 12, 4 pm: Echoes & Reflections: The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Restored Humanity to the Victims of Her Town. Discover how to incorporate this unique story into the classroom, the importance of museums and memorials in preserving its history, and the relevance of Yaffa’s legacy in modern times. Register here.
Wednesday, September 13, 5:30 pm: The Florida Holocaust Museum: The Tower of Life in the classroom. To watch on-demand, click here: The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Restored Humanity to the Victims of Her Town (on24.com)
Tuesday-Wednesday, November 14-15: The Malka Penn Award Ceremony at the Dodd Impact Center, University of Connecticut
Friday-Sunday, November 17-19: NCTE, Columbus, OH, Presenting with Darshana Khiani and Dawn Quigley: “Cultivating Connections: Engaging with Diverse Texts to Foster Empathy.”
SPRING EVENTS 2023
Sunday, April 30, Bravo, Avocado, Books of Wonder. Watch the replay.
Tuesday, May 9, An Open Book, Brightwood Elementary, Washington, DC
Wednesday, May 10, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, Tower of Life signing,
12 pm – 3 pm
Wednesday, May 17, Teaneck Public Library, Tower of Life, Reading and discussion, in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month
Adults and children 8 and up, 7 pm. More info.
Sunday, May 21, Word Bookstore, Jersey City, NJ, 11:30 am Reading and signing, Bravo, Avocado
Monday, May 22, Ridgefield Public Library, NJ, 3 pm, Storytime, Bravo, Avocado
SUMMER EVENTS 2023
Thursday, June 8, SCBWI Russell Freedman Award for a Better World (online)
Tuesday, June 20, Sydney Taylor Book Award, AJL Conference (online)
Monday, June 26, Robert F. Sibert Honor, ALA Conference, Chicago
Wednesday, June 28, Storywalk presentation: My Name is Wakawakaloch, Sagamore Park, Teaneck, NJ
Sunday, July 16, Writing Barn Nonfiction Kidlit Confab: Down the Research Rabbit Hole Panel (online)
Monday, July 17, Margaret Wise Brown Prize for Children’s Literature, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
PAST EVENTS
The Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies Dinner
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Santa Monica, CA
Featured speaker: Chana Stiefel
Watch the recording here (Chana’s speech starts at 1:03)
Fall 2022 Events
