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103rd Armenian Genocide Anniversary Commemorations in Florida
South Florida
South Florida Armenian Genocide Exhibit Student Contest – Winners Announced April 24th – Cash Prizes – Click on Form Below for Details!
Tampa/St. Petersburg
“They Shall Not Perish” Film Screening
Tuesday, April 24th 7:00pm
St. Hagop Armenian Church in Pinellas Park, FL invites local Armenians to Shahnasarian Hall for a movie screening of “They Shall Not Perish,” the story of the men and women who worked to save the Armenian people and other minorities in the wake of the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman government in Turkey. The film is one hour long.
South Florida Armenian Genocide Student Exhibit Contest
Deadline Extended to April 16th!
The Armenian Genocide Commemoration, Inc. (AGC) is proud to announce a contest for Armenian American school children (grades 6-10) to showcase their feelings and knowledge about the Armenian Genocide. All competitors will have their exhibition displayed in St. Mary’s Hall on April 24th.
Students are instructed to create the exhibition on a tri-fold display board (36” X 48”). Judging will be based on the following categories: aesthetics; clarity; originality; and accuracy.
To enter, fill out this form and send it to flarmeniangenocidecontest@gmail.com by 5:00pm on Wednesday, April 16, 2018. The exhibit must be delivered to St. Mary Armenian Church, 4050 NW 100th Ave., Hollywood, FL 33024 by 5:00pm on Friday, April 20, 2018.
The winners will be announced during the commemoration program on April 24th. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. Exhibits with plagiarized content will be disqualified.
ADL Lecture Series to host Holocaust Scholar Dr. Deborah Lipstadt
On Monday, March 19th, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) 2018 Lecture Series will welcome Professor Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University for “Denial – History on Trial: My Day In Court With David Irving.”
The ADL Courage to Care Award will also be presented posthumously to Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, a Jewish-American couple from Philadelphia, who rescued 50 Jewish children from Austria in 1939.
Professor Deborah E. Lipstadt is a renown Holocaust historian and member of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. In her acclaimed 1993 book Denying the Holocaust, the first full-length study of those who attempt to deny the Holocaust, Deborah Lipstadt called David Irving, a prolific writer of books on World War II, “one of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial.” The following year, after Lipstadt’s book was published in the United Kingdom, Irving filed a libel suit against Lipstadt and her publisher. She prepared her defense with the help of a first-rate team of solicitors, historians, and experts, and a dramatic trial unfolded.
In 2017, the Jewish and Armenian communities of South Florida held the first ever Joint Holocaust & Armenian Genocide Commemoration in Florida at Congregation B’nai Israel in Boca Raton. The commemoration featured a screening of the movie “DENIAL: Holocaust History on Trial,” based on the true story of Lipstadt’s legal battle.
Read Dr. Deborah Lipstadt’s full biography here: https://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/speakers-and-events/biography/deborah-e-lipstadt.
Event Details:
Monday, March 19, 2018
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Boca West Country Club
20583 Boca West Dr.
Boca Raton, Florida 33434
This event is free and open to the public. To rsvp, call Tanya Miller at 561-988-2935 or email tmiller@adl.org.
Facebook RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/159009364893668/
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