
As the population of Holocaust survivors diminishes and antisemitism across the globe surges, The Gross Family Center for the Study of Antisemitism and the Holocaust is on the front lines working to raise awareness of the Holocaust through powerful and educational public programming that addresses the history of the Holocaust, the singular most catastrophic genocide in history, and its consequences including the challenges of contemporary antisemitism.
The Gross Family Center for the Study of Antisemitism and the Holocaust is a program of the Gayle and Paul Gross Family Foundation.
Event Schedule

An Evening of Hard Questions and Straight Answers on Political Antisemitism as the Midterm Elections Approach
Wednesday October 26, 2022 - 7 p.m.
Edwin Black and Ken Abramowitz
Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens
6100 PGA Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33418
Edwin Black is the award-winning, international investigative and best selling author of IBM and the Holocaust which has been optioned for a movie currently in production.
Ken Abramowitz is the Founder of Save the West and Director of Citizens for National Security.

Passage to Sweden Screening and Discussion with Director Suzannah Warlick
Sunday November 13, 2022 - 11 a.m.
Suzannah Warlick
Jewish Community Synagogue
844 Prosperity Farms Road, North Palm Beach, Florida 33408
Suzannah Warlick is the owner of Bubble Soup Productions. She is an independent film creator, editor, director and producer. This latest documentary has won acclaim in numerous important film festivals.

An Exclusive Evening and Conversation with Elan Carr
Monday November 14, 2022 - 7:30 p.m.
Elan Carr
Palm Beach Synagogue
120 North County Road Palm Beach, Florida 33480
Presented by Jewish National Fund and Palm Beach Synagogue
Hear from Elan Carr, Attorney and Former Special Envoy for United States Monitoring and Combatting Antisemitism under the previous presidential administration as he discusses the current state of affairs affecting the Jewish community.

Israel & the New International (Dis) Order
Sunday November 20, 2022 - 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Robert Rabil
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road Boca Raton, Florida 33431
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and U.S.-Sino tension have ended the post-Cold war era and ushered in a new international order. Israel is facing an emboldened Iran reinforcing its power and supporting an “axis of resistance” by arming anti-Israel non-state actors and certain Arab states.

Holocaust Death Trains: The central role of Europe’s national railroads in implementing the “Final Solution”
Sunday December 4, 2022 - 11 a.m.
Dr. Irving Berkowitz
Fountains Country Club
4476 Fountains Drive, Lake Worth, Florida 33467
The son of Holocaust survivors, Dr. Irving Berkowitz is a widely respected scholar and brilliant public speaker on the Holocaust and contemporary antisemitism.

Why Don’t Israel/Palestinian Negotiations Ever Work?
Sunday December 11, 2022 - 11 a.m.
Robert Spencer
Indian Spring Country Club
11501 El Clair Ranch Road, Boynton Beach, Florida 33437
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is the author of 23 books and has led seminars for the FBI, US Central Command, Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Justice Department.

Welcome to America: The Remarkable Impact of the Holocaust on Art and Museums in the United States
Sunday January 8, 2023 - 11 a.m.
Dr. Roger Ward
South County Civic Center
16700 Jog Road, Delray Beach, Florida 33446
Dr. Roger Ward is widely recognized as an expert in the field of Nazi-era provenance research and the world’s leading authority on the drawings of Baccio Bandinelli. He was a consultant to the Department of Homeland Security on the restitution of artworks looted during the Nazi era in Europe. He has also served as Curator and Director of a variety of Art Museums both domestically and abroad.

The Escalating Threat From Antisemitism and What We Should Do About It
Sunday January 22, 2023 - 11 a.m.
Jonathan Tobin
Indian Spring Country Club
11501 El Clair Ranch Road, Boynton Beach, Florida 33437
Jonathan S. Tobin is the editor in chief of the Jewish News Syndicate, an international wire service covering the Jewish world and Israel. He is also a senior contributor for The Federalist, a columnist for the New York Post, Newsweek, Haaretz, Washington Examiner and Commentary Magazine.

You’ve heard the lies about Israel’s occupation, settlements, Jerusalem, Palestinian’s moderate leaders, a Palestinian State, apartheid, Palestinian refugees – NOW LEARN THE TRUTH
Sunday January 29, 2023 - 11 a.m.
Morton A. Klein
Indian Spring Country Club
11501 El Clair Ranch Road, Boynton Beach, Florida 33437
Mr. Klein is the leader of the oldest pro-Israel organization in the United States, fighting for the safety and security of Israel, against antisemitism and for the rights and interests of the Jewish people.

Paying for the Holocaust: The Controversial Reparations Agreement & the Plot to Kill Adenauer
Sunday February 12, 2023 - 11 a.m.
Dr. Claudia Dunlea
Palm Beach Synagogue
120 North County Road, Palm Beach, Florida 33480
Dr. Claudia Dunlea is Senior Instructor of History at Florida Atlantic university and penned a renowned book that investigates the origins of a supranational European foreign policy in the 1950’s. She has spent years researching the diplomatic relations of the EU and the way European leaders respond to antisemitism.

Existential Threats to Israel: Who Are the Perpetrators
Sunday February 26, 2023 - 11 a.m.
Shoshana Bryen
FAU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Friedberg Auditorium,
777 Glades Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33431
Shoshana Bryen is Senior Director of the Jewish Policy Center in Washington DC and Editor of inFocus Quarterly. A specialist in US defense policy and Middle East affairs, she has worked with the US Army War College, the National Defense University, and the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.

On College Campuses, Anti-Zionism IS Antisemitism
Sunday March 12, 2023 - 11 a.m.
Ilan Sinelnikov
South County Civic Center
16700 Jog Road, Delray Beach, Florida 33446
Ilan Sinelnikov is the Founder and President of the national Students Supporting Israel movement, a speaker, blogger and coach on the topics of Israel, campus advocacy and grassroots activism.

A Concert at the Norton: Jewish Voices Part 2
Monday March 20, 2023 - 7 p.m.
Arnaud Sussman and Michael Brown
Norton Museum
1450 South Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Drawing inspiration from his own grandfather’s survival of Auschwitz-Birkenau, acclaimed violinist Arnaud Sussman is joined by pianist Michael Brown with the 2nd installment of this powerful program honoring Jewish composers whose lives and music were cut short or impacted by the Holocaust.

In Their Own Words: The World of the Child During the Holocaust
Sunday March 26, 2023 - 11 a.m.
Dr. Patricia Heberer Rice
Indian Spring Country Club
11501 El Clair Ranch Road, Boynton Beach, Florida 33437
Dr. Heberer Rice is the Senior Historian and director of the Office of the Senior Historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC. She is a specialist on medical crimes and eugenics policies in Nazi Germany.

The “Islamophobia” Subterfuge: Subversion and Propaganda
Sunday April 2, 2023 - 11 a.m.
Christine Douglass Williams
South County Civic Center
16700 Jog Road, Delray Beach, Florida 33446
Christine Douglass Williams is a nine-time international award-winning journalist, a past federally appointed Director with the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and a former appointee to the Office of Religious Freedom in Foreign Affairs.

Yom Hashoah Commemoration
at Palm Beach Synagogue
Holocaust Memorial Day
Monday April 17, 2023 - 7 p.m.
Palm Beach Synagogue
120 N County Rd, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Documentary: One Survivor Remembers
Film sponsors: PBS, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Palm Beach Synagogue and the Gross Family Center for thee Study of Antisemitism and the Holocaust.

Yom Hashoah Commemoration
at Palm Beach Synagogue
Holocaust Memorial Day
Monday April 17 - Friday April 21 - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
Palm Beach Synagogue
120 N County Rd, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Special Exhibition: Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust
Exhibition provided by Yad Vashem, in cooperation with Palm Beach Synagogue and the Gross Family Center for the Study of Antisemitism and the Holocaust.

Yom Hashoah Commemoration
at Palm Beach Synagogue
Holocaust Memorial Day
Tuesday April 18, 2023 - 8 a.m.
Palm Beach Synagogue
120 N County Rd, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Names Reading Ceremony
8 a.m. Shacharit
9 a.m. Names Reading of those who perished (9 1/2 hours of continuous reading)
6:30 p.m. Mincha/Ma’ariv