The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture on the Holocaust was endowed by the Meyerhoff family in 1994 to honor excellence in research and foster dissemination of scholarly work in Holocaust Studies. Meyerhoff annual lectures are free, open to the public, and are held at the Museum. More information on upcoming Meyerhoff lectures can be found on the Museum’s Events Calendar.
About Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff
Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff were active philanthropists, focusing especially on Jewish learning and scholarship, as well as music, the arts, and humanitarian causes. Their children, Eleanor Katz and Harvey M. Meyerhoff, who is Member and Chairman Emeritus of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, have endowed this lecture, which is organized by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.
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The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies is a leading generator of new knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust.