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UNTIL OUR LAST BREATH
A Holocaust Story of Love and Partisan Resistance

Events - 2008

Speaking Engagements with author Michael Bart

Recent Events - 2008

  • JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL
    Meet the Author: Michael Bart
    American Jewish University
    Los Angeles, CA
    May 28, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.
  • Michael Bart was a speaker at the Jewish Book Council's Meet the Author event held this year at American Jewish University in Los Angeles. The Jewish Book NETWORK hosted their annual conference where 150 professional directors of Jewish book programs and their committee members gathered to meet and hear authors of Jewish interest literature published in the current Meet the Author Meet the Author year.

    Jewish Book Council
    520 Eighth Avenue, 4th Fl
    New York, N.Y. 10018




  • UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
    Book Signing Promotion: author Michael Bart
    Washington, D.C.
    June 20, 2008 from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
    Washington, D.C. 20024




  • YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH
    Nusakh Vilne Yizker and Memorial Lecture
    Keynote Speaker: author Michael Bart
    New York, NY
    September 21, 2008 at 1:00 p.m.
  • Michael Bart was the keynote speaker at YIVO's annual commemoration of the lost Jewish Community of Vilna, and spoke about his parents' experiences as members of the Partisans of Vilna. The auditorium was filled to capacity with over 250 in attendance.

    At this event, YIVO launched the Gaonim group, "children of Litvak parents." The "Gaonim" group will help preserve the very crucial piece of Lithuanian Jewish history.

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    YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
    Center for Jewish History Auditorium
    15 West 16th Street
    New York, NY 10011
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    Click to hear YIVO's Executive Director Dr. Carl Rheins:
    >> Introduce Michael Bart




  • ENOCH PRATT free LIBRARY
    Schapiro Lecture Series
    Guest Speaker: author Michael Bart
    In-Studio Interview on the MARC STEINER SHOW
    WEAA 88.9 FM National Public Radio Baltimore/Washington D.C.
    Private Reception, Public Lecture & Book Signing
    October 16, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
  • On September 17th, the Schapiro Lecture Series scheduled Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper's Wife &
    on October 16th Michael Bart, author of Until Our Last Breath. Reception was sponsored by The Baltimore Jewish Council. The Baltimore Jewish Council is an agency of THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore.

    Lecture & Book Signing Enoch Pratt Library Lecture & Book Signing Lecture & Book Signing
    ENOCH PRATT free LIBRARY
    Edgar Allen Poe Room
    400 Cathedral Street
    Baltimore, MD 21201
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    Click to hear Marc Steiner's radio interview of:
    >> Michael Bart

    Click to hear the podcast at the ENOCH PRATT free LIBRARY of:
    >> Michael Bart




  • DETROIT JEWISH BOOK FAIR
    Jewish Book Council Author Lecture & Book Signing with Michael Bart
    West Bloomfield, MI
    November 09, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.
  • "Until Our Last Breath is the heroic and true story of Michael Bart's parents, Leizer and Zenia , who met and fell in love, then fled the Vilna ghetto to be part of the resistance group, the Avengers."

    Michael Bart gave a PowerPoint presentation about his book on the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht. On this day, November 9th 1938, the Nazis unleashed a wave of pogroms against Germany's Jews. In the space of a few hours, thousands of Synagogues and Jewish businesses and homes were damaged or destroyed. The event came to be known as Kristallnacht "Night of Broken Glass" for the shattered store windowpanes that carpeted German streets.

    The Museum Gallery was filled to capacity with 150 in attendance for this speaking engagement arranged by the Jewish Book Council and co-sponsored by: Chai Riders MC, C.H.A.I.M. Children of Holocaust Survivors Association in Michigan, Hidden Children: Child Survivors of the Holocaust and the Holocaust Education Coalition.

    Lecture & Book Signing Lecture & Book Signing Lecture & Book Signing
    The 57th Annual Jewish Book Fair
    JCC of Metro-Detroit
    Janice Charach Epstein Museum Gallery 6600 W. Maple Road
    West Bloomfield, MI 48322
    Click here for Detroit Jewish News - Interview
    Click here for A Letter from Detroit's Book Fair Director




  • SAN DIEGO JEWISH BOOK FAIR
    Jewish Book Council Author Lecture, Lunch & Book Signing with Michael Bart
    La Jolla, CA
    November 11, 2008 at 12:00 p.m.
  • Michael Bart's father told him, "Doing the right thing isn't always easy, but it's always right." Bart's homage to his parents, their tremendous courage and love and the cause for which they risked their lives is "the right thing."

    Michael's book was nominated by the American Library Association for a Sophie Brody Medal, a national award for the most distinguished contribution to Jewish literature published in the United States. In Sophie's honor & memory, Arthur Brody was in attendance.

    The lunch & lecture had 200 in attendance and was arranged by the Jewish Book Council and co-sponsored by: THE JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF THE UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

    San Diego Jewish Book Fair 2008
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    Lawrence Family JCC, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS
    Dorothy Garfield Theater
    4126 Executive Drive
    La Jolla, CA. 92037
    Click here for San Diego Jewish Book Fair 2008 Catalog
    Click here for The Agency for Jewish Education - MAKOR Catalog
    Click here for Congregation Beth Israel - Listing
    Click here for Event information

    Click to hear introduction of:
    >> Michael Bart




  • SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
    Teaching the Holocaust Workshop
    Author Presentation and Moderated Discussion
    San Diego, CA
    December 04, 2008

  • Michael Bart made an author presentation of Until Our Last Breath moderated by SUSAN MOGULL, Senior Policy Analyst for the Institute for Curriculum Service (ICS). The ICS is the national resource for accurate Jewish content in schools. The presentation was given to the high school History/Social Studies teachers from the San Diego Unified School District, the second largest school district in California. The District's Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction and former chairman of the California Curriculum Commission asked Michael to formally present his book at the "Teaching the Holocaust Workshop."

    Michael joined in the full day workshop with San Diego State University's Chair in Modern Jewish History, DR. LAWRENCE BARON, and the co-directors of Chico State's Center for Excellence in the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance DR. CAROL EDELMAN and DR. SAM EDELMAN. The school district's teachers are re-examining their instructional approaches to teaching the Holocaust for 10th & 11th grade students in San Diego. The school district provided multiple copies of Until Our Last Breath for each of the teachers.

    San Diego Unified School District San Diego Unified School District
    San Diego Unified School District
    San Diego Unified School District
    Center for Educational Technology
    San Diego, CA.
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    Click to hear the Senior Policy Analyst for the Institute for Curriculum Service Susan Mogull:
    >> Introduce Michael Bart




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