2021 Bearing Witness Magazine

Silver Jubilee Celebrating 25 Years of Hope Raises $1.1 Million With the year 2021 marking Holocaust Museum Houston’s 25th Anniversary, the nation’s fourth-largest Holocaust museum honored this momentous occasion by hosting the Silver Jubilee Virtual Event, Celebrating 25 Years of Hope, raising $1.1 million for general operating funds with a focus on educational programming. The virtual evening was streamed live on Thursday, May 13, 2021, while a VIP Watch Party took place at the Hilton Americas-Houston. The program reflected on the Museum’s history and celebrated its many accomplishments from its inspiration in 1981 to its opening in 1996 to its expansion in 2019. Topping off the evening was a special virtual performance by Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor and singer Ben Platt. Platt won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his performance as Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen . Those who attended the in-person watch party also participated in a live, virtual Q&A with Ben Platt. Silver Jubilee Honorary Chairs included Joan and Stanford Alexander, Judy and David Bell, Laurie and Milton Boniuk, Kelli Cohen Fein and Martin Fein, Sandra and Steve Finkelman, Shirley Rotbein Flaum, Frank Goldberg, Shelly and Brian Hendry, Rosellen Brown Hoffman and Marvin Hoffman, Velva G. and H. Fred Levine, Edith and Josef, z”l Mincberg, Marci and Ronnie Morgan, The Morgan Family, Macey and Harry Reasoner, Glen Rosenbaum, Sue Smith, Stuart and Limor Smith, Laurie Morgan Silver, LCSW, Sandra Weiner, Sharon and Mark Wise, and Lorraine and E.D., z”l Wulfe. Silver Jubilee Chairs for the evening were Rhona and Bruce Caress, Kisha and Jason Itkin, and Nicole and Evan H. Katz. Ellen and Dan Trachtenberg served as Host Committee Chairs. PaperCity served as media sponsor for the event and United Airlines as the official airline of Holocaust Museum Houston. The private VIP Reception and Watch Party was generously sponsored by Paula Goldstein. Celebrity entertainment was sponsored by Northern Trust.

Holocaust Museum Houston Silver Jubilee Celebrating 25 Years of Hope Virtual Event May 13 , 2021

HMH Chair Carl Josehart and Sam Jacobson

Host Committee Chairs Ellen and Dan Trachtenberg

Jubilee Chairs Rhona and Bruce Caress

Jubilee Chairs Kisha and Jason Itkin

Jubilee Chairs Nicole and Evan H. Katz

HMH CEO Dr. Kelly J. Zúñiga, Dorothy Lee Levinson

Lou Gregory and Linda Lorelle

Kris and John Hantak

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