SPEAKING FROM THE HEART
Eileen Weisman Supports
Holocaust Museum Houston
Holocaust Museum Houston’s new “Create a Legacy” program helps to structure,
operate and secure planned gifts that assist the Museum in sustaining its mission
for the long term. The program is a community-wide program managed by the
Houston Jewish Community Foundation and fully funded by a grant from the
Harold Grinspoon Foundation. The Museum is proud to be part of this community
effort, which supports and will further membership into the Museum’s Generation
to Generation Legacy Society.
Former Museum Board Chair Eileen Weisman is thrilled to see HMH participate in
this program. Since her time as chair, she has advocated the need to secure and
sustain the future of HMH through legacy gifts. “Giving a legacy gift allows us to
support HMH beyond our lifetime and ensure our Museum’s doors stay open to
continue teaching the values of respect and compassion,” Weisman said.
Having always referred to HMH as “the museum with a heart,” Weisman chose to be
the voice of HMH for her in-laws, Holocaust survivors who found it difficult to speak
of their experience. Beginning as a docent, and moving within the organization
through various leadership positions, she was able to see the many ways that
HMH’s outreach programs touched people within and beyond our community.
Speaking from her own heart, Weisman said, “Our impact is evident as you hear
students’ comments after a tour or you view the overwhelming support for the
Museum’s annual events such as the Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award
Dinner and the Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon. I want this enthusiasm for
our mission to continue beyond my lifetime. If I can give even just a small amount to
help HMH sustain its future, I believe I have given a very special gift to my Museum
with a heart.”
Weisman attributes HMH’s feel as a “Museum with a heart” to its founders and
local survivors. “Their constant presence, whether sharing their stories, artifacts
or wisdom gives inspiration to all. And as our survivors age, their voices are not as
strong, and many are no longer with us. I feel a tremendous sense of responsibility
to ensure we keep their stories alive in some way. Legacy giving gives me the
opportunity to show them how much I respect them and what they represent in the
way of inspiration for living,” Weisman said.
HMH is proud to bring Weisman’s plan full-circle with the launch of “Create
a Legacy,” which is made possible by the assistance and tireless dedication of
volunteers and patrons like Weisman. Legacy giving better positions HMH to
educate the community, preserve the lessons of the Holocaust and instruct the
community on how to act as upstanders well into the future. Consider creating your
legacy with HMH today.
If you are interested in participating or would like more information on planned
giving at Holocaust Museum Houston, please contact Charles Williams, major gifts
and planned giving officer, at 713-527-1629 or email .
In the Memorial Room at Holocaust Museum
Houston, standing by the Wall of Hope, Eileen
Weisman holds her in-laws’ handwritten Ketubah,
their Jewish marriage contract. Sophie and Moses
Weisman were married in Stuttgart, Germany, in a
displaced persons camp by a rabbi who was also a
survivor of the Holocaust.
“Their constant
presence, whether
sharing their stories,
artifacts or wisdom
gives inspiration
to all. And as our
survivors age, their
voices are not as
strong, and many
are no longer
with us. I feel a
tremendous sense
of responsibility
to ensure we keep
their stories alive in
some way.”
- Eileen Weisman