Video & Audio
Toronto, Canada (May 6, 2021) Irene presents on Liberation 75, a global gathering of Holocaust survivors, descendants, educators, and friends, followed by Q&A with book co-author John Bidwell.
Ann Arbor, MI (December 11, 2020) - April Baer of Michigan Radio’s State Side interviews Irene.
Amherst, MA (December, 2020) - Francesca Rheannon of Writer’s Voice interviews Irene in an episode that includes Victoria Bond, co-author of Zora and Me, a terrific middle grades trilogy of novels, and a recommendation for a novel by Ellen Cooney as a gift for the Holidays or for reading any time. Irene comes in at about 29:04.
Sacramento, CA (June 11, 2020) - Irene talks with CapRadio Host Donna Apidone. View here.
Jewish Women’s Archive Podcast
Irene speaks about how silence helps others forget (episode 32 - June 6, 2019).
Suffield Academy (Suffield, CT, 2018) - Irene presented to the student body as the kay note speaker for the annual Barbara Cahn Speaker Series.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (2018) - Irene speaks about her experiences during World War II as recounted in her book, "Shores Beyond Shores: From Holocaust to Hope." She appeared with her co-authors, Kris Holloway and John Bidwell. The event was cosponsored with the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
Bill Newman Show (2018)
Irene gives a concise and powerful interview with WHMP's Bill Newman, talking about her book and its messages.
Book Reading - Ann Arbor Book Launch (2018)
Irene and co-authors John Bidwell and Kris Holloway read from Shores Beyond Shores, and Irene talks about the writing of the book, and the central themes.
never a bystander (2014)
A short documentary film featuring Irene, who shows viewers how empowered choices—forgiveness included—enable lives of joy, purpose, and compassion.
Refusing to be enemies (Trailer,2007)
Irene and eleven other women, half of them Palestinian and half of them Jewish, who live in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan, have been meeting every other week since the summer of 2002 to dialogue about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Voice/vision holocaust survivor oral history archive (1986)
Video, audio, and transcripts from Irene as part of a free curriculum for teachers looking for resources to teach the Holocaust.
AUthor Jan Jarboe Russell and Irene discuss Russell's book, the train to crystal city (2015)
Author Jan Jarboe Russell and Irene paid a visit to the Ann Arbor District Library to discuss Russell’s book, which features a chapter about Irene.
"The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II" is the dramatic and never-before-told story of a secret American internment camp in Texas during World War II, where thousands of families, many of whom were US citizens, were incarcerated, with approval from President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
20th annual devries-vanderkooy lecture (2015)
Dr. Irene Butter delivers the 20th Annual DeVries-Vanderkooy Lecture, titled "Building Cross-Cultural Bridges", at the University of on October 22, 2015.
Summer workshop series (2015)
“We can learn from it and we can prevent this from happening again.” – Irene Butter
Dr. Irene Butter spoke about genocides at the University of Michigan Flint for its summer workshop.