Kristallnacht in a special cere- mony. On Sunday, April 11, 1999, at 1 p.m., the HMC and Shaarit Haplaytah will sponsor the annual communi- t-y-wide Holocaust commemo- ration ceremony. On Sunday, May 16, 1999, at 2:30 p.m., the Holocaust Memorial Center will present in collaboration with Temple Israel Abraham and Hannah, an opera about the inmate revolt that destroyed the Treblinka death camp in 1943. The events dramatized in Abraham and Hannah are factual and based on the his- torical records of the uprising. This musical presentation will be offered free of charge. The HMC will also begin a collaboration with Adventure Films to produce the film Blue Smoke at Dawn, a Town Called Dachau in the new year. Other projects include the launch of the HMC's Medallion Endowment Campaign in November. This major fund-raising effort will work to secure the continua- tion and enhancement of the Holocaust Memorial Center and its programs. Early in the new year, the HMC will be featured on the program "Open Doors," which airs on Channel 4 early Sunday mornings. Best wishes. tor a happy, healthy Weal