Event: The Jews of Norway During the Holocaust
We are going to pick potatoes: The Jews of Norway during the Shoah
January 25, 2012
7:00-8:30pm, JCC in Manhattan
Knowing how diverse the Jewish people are, we shouldn’t be surprised to hear stories about the Jews of Scandinavia. But we may still be shocked to learn that even Norwegian Jews were deported to their death while others fled the Nazi terror. Join Irene Levin Berman to hear the story of her childhood in Norway and the experience of her family and others during the Holocaust. January 27th is International Holocaust Memorial Day. With the support of JICNY – Jewish International Community of New York.
Click HERE for more information, including how to purchase tickets.
TTS Winter 2011 Newsletter
Looking back on this year, Thanks To Scandinavia has accomplished so much and yet, we still have so much more to be excited about in the future! Our Winter 2011 newsletter describes some of these accomplishments as well as our upcoming programs and events.
Great Article on TTS Trip
Ane Vestbjerg, a participant on the most recent TTS journalist trip to the US, wrote the following article, published by the Danish School of Media and Journalism, about her experience.
NORDIC JOURNALISM STUDENTS IN NEW YORK
By: Ane Vestbjerg
For a journalist student who has not had the opportunity to study abroad, a meeting set up by scholarship organization Thanks To Scandinavia was an eye-opening experience on how to cooperate across the Atlantic on the medias of the future.
On a packed six-day overtime program, 13 journalist students from all over Scandinavia recently got the chance to meet with assistant professor of journalism, Heather Chaplin, from the New York university New School. It was due to an invitation from the Jewish scholarship organization Thanks To Scandinavia that the students got the opportunity to influence the debate on how to shape the journalists of tomorrow.
Teaching in a country where most media workplaces are suffering hard in a tough economic climate, Chaplin is working in a dry spell that we as journalists in Denmark has only experienced to a certain extend. So keeping up good appearances on the precious journalistic virtues, this student figured, must seem harder than ever before. Read more
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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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