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Fall 2017 Lecture Series by Dr. Art Pitz. Free and open to the public. Lecture 1: “ISIS Today: Dead or Alive?” – Davenport Public Library Eastern (6000 Eastern Ave.), Wednesday, Sep. 27 at 6:00 PM Lecture 2: “The Shia Arc: … Continue reading →

Actress and scholar Judy Winnick will perform as Alice Herz-Sommer in a one-act play entitled, Music and Hope: The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer. Alice Herz-Sommer (1903-2014) was a world renowned Jewish Czech concert pianist who performed over a hundred concerts … Continue reading →

Concert at Augustana College will be held at Wallenberg Hall at 2:00 PM on Sunday, November 19, which includes Janina Ehrlich from Tikkun on cello, Kara Bancks on clairinet and Charles Schmidt on piano.  This second concert (an earlier one … Continue reading →

The Gordon Ney Jewish Film Series 2017 begins Sunday, Sep. 17, 4:00 PM at the Figge Art Museum Auditorium (225 West 2nd St., Davenport). The films are: Sunday, Sep. 17 – The Women’s Balcony Sunday, Oct. 8 – 1945 Sunday, … Continue reading →

Winners of the Ida S. Kramer “Children and the Holocaust” essay contest, sponsored annually by The Quad Cities Yom Hashoah Committee and opened to Quad City students in grades 7-12, have been announced. Winning essays are posted on the Ida … Continue reading →

The 2017 student winners of the Meyer and Frances Shnurman Holocaust Visual Arts Contest have been announced. This contest was open to all Quad City Area students in grades 7-12. Judges were Rowen Schussheim-Anderson from Augustana College and Rob Lipnick … Continue reading →