Events
UPCOMING IN JANUARY 2020 International Conference: "Depicting Violated Jewish Women During the Holocaust," in memory of Nava Semel, Bar‑Ilan University, Israel
Readings and discussion to mark the launch of the fourth edition of Women, Theater, and the Holocaust Resource Handbook.
Gil Yefman's Kibbutz Buchenwald at the Tel Aviv Museum
"Soft Body/Hard Truth" discussion at Gil Yefman Kibbutz Buchenwald exhibition, Tel Aviv
Exhibition about Ravensbrück in Boras, Sweden
Untold stories of Jewish women
Lecture at SUNY New Paltz
Preview of VIOLATED! Women in Holocaust and Genocide component at Haifa Museum of Art
Panel at World Congress of Jewish Studies
Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders, and Sexualities
Women and Resistance: Women, Theatre, and the Holocaust (includes video of event)
"Sexual Violence Against Women in Times of Conflict"
Yom HaShoah readings and performances 2016
Sneak preview of Screaming Silence film.
Historic symposium, Jane Fonda at public event about sexual violence during the Holocaust, Remember the Women Institute and USC Shoah Foundation, co-sponsors. View event video
Projects
ANNOUNCING our free, downloadable Women, Theater, and the Holocaust: Resource Handbook, 4th edition
Digital version of VIOLATED! Women in Holocaust and Genocide catalog now available
ANNOUNCING Early Ravensbrück testimonies available online from Lund University
Our New York City art exhibition on sexual violence
New film and book honor Haviva Reick
Seeking testimonies about sexual violence during the Holocaust
New home for Remember the Women Institute's book collection
Sexual
Violence Against Jewish Women during The Holocaust,
Sonja M. Hedgepeth and Rochelle G. Saidel, Co-editors
Kindle editions now available: Mielec, Poland: The Shtetl That Became a Nazi Concentration Camp and Sexual Violence
In the News
Subject of Meghan Brodie's play-in-progress in New York Times article
Article by Dr. Miryam Sivan for The Shiloh Project
Article by Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel for Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions
Olga Benario Prestes: The German who fought fascism, to the death (Al Jezeera)
Congratulations to our Advisory Board members
Remembering S. Lillian Kremer z"l
And the Rat Cried -- Remembering Nava Semel z"l
Women, Theatre, and the Holocaust Resource Handbook featured in Huffington Post and WomenArts articles by Cynthia L. Cooper
Denial film article cites Remember the Women Institute's work
Haviva Reick and Remember the Women Institute on International Women's Day
Remember the Women Institute Director named by Women's eNews among 21 Leaders for 21st Century
Article about comfort women and sexual violence during World War II on Women's eNews
Haaretz features two articles on sexual violence
Articles on Remember the Women's work on sexual violence: Times of Israel, Kavod, Mizkor
Times of Israel op-blog calls for witnesses of sexual violence, article highlights Los Angeles event on sexual violence during the Holocaust.
Gloria Steinem, Women's Media Center, praises Sexual Violence book at Jewish Women's Archive event and cites it as inspiration for new website
CNN and CBC feature discussions of sexual violence in the Holocaust
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