Bill Donat speaking at performance of The Yellow Star
TTS Board member Bill Donat, a child Holocaust survivor, will be speaking at the performance of and original opera about the Danish rescue of Jews: The Yellow Star: a little light dispels great darkness, commemorating the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht. Tuesday, October 28, 2008; 7:30 pm, Iona College – Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium. For information , contact Dr. Elena Procario-Foley at eprocariofoley@iona.edu
Thanks To Scandinavia Introduces US Election Program with Journalists from Top Scandinavian Universities
Thanks To Scandinavia is proud to welcome a group of Scandinavian students from top schools of journalism on a trip to the United States focusing on the U.S. elections and transatlantic relations. The trip, which will bring the students to New York over Election Day, is TTS’s latest effort to deepen transatlantic connections among the next generation.
Six students from the Danish School of Journalism in Aarhus and one from the Danish Institute of International Studies, four from Finland’s University of Helsinki, four from Norway’s University of Oslo, and three from Sweden’s University of Gothenburg will be traveling to the U.S. for a two week period, starting in Washington, DC, going to the University of Oklahoma, and ending in New York.
The journalists will meet students and members of U.S. media, politicians and government officials, NGO representatives, professors and students, and much more. The students will be reporting from New York on Election Day.
Thanks To Scandinavia is a scholarship fund founded in 1963 by Danish entertainer Victor Borge and New York attorney Richard Netter, which provides dozens of scholarships for students and teachers from Scandinavia and Bulgaria each year in gratitude for the heroic rescue and protection of Jews in Europe during the Second World War.
The educational organization, which is an institute of the American Jewish Committee, awards annual scholarships totaling $519,500 to Scandinavian students, teachers, journalists and other opinion makers for study and study trips at universities and medical centers in the United States as well as in Israel and Scandinavia.
With important original research and publications as well as programming, Thanks To Scandinavia has been instrumental in giving public visibility to the inspiring story of how Scandinavians protected thousands of their Jewish neighbors during the Holocaust.
Thanks To Scandinavia’s mission is to build bridges of friendship among Scandinavians, Americans, and Jews worldwide that resonate with this history and will stay vibrant today and into the future.
For further information about Thanks To Scandinavia call Executive Director Rebecca Neuwirth at (212) 891-1403 or visit www.ThanksToScandinavia.org.
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RSVP NOW! TTS Dinner Benefit on Feb 28
Thanks To Scandinavia is very excited to announce that on Tuesday, February 28th we will be hosting our very first dinner benefit at Swedish star chef Marcus Samuelsson’s hot new restaurant, Red Rooster. Rather than waiting for months to get a seat at this sold out restaurant, why not join us for an evening of [...]
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