On November 15, Dr. Michael Berenbaum addressed students at both Yeshiva University High Schools (YUHS) in connection with Names, Not Numbers, an oral history project and curriculum in which students research, interview and film Holocaust survivors. Berenbaum is the author and editor of 18 books and co-produced One Survivor Remembers: The Gerda Weissmann Klein Story, a […]
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The Lessons of Kristallnacht
Nov. 15 Event to Commemorate the Night of Broken Glass November 9 marks the 72nd anniversary of Kristallnacht, commonly referred to as the Night of Broken Glass. On this day, terror swept through German streets and cities—killing tens of Jews, desecrating hundreds of synagogues, and sending tens of thousands to concentration camps in Sachsenhausen and […]
Hero, Villain or Victim
“Killing Kasztner” Program Sparks Passionate Debate, Raises Questions In the darkened auditorium, a quote from Bertolt Brecht’s Life of Galileo flashed across the screen: “Unhappy is the land that has no heroes.” “No,” read the next line. “Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.” More than 200 students from Yeshiva University’s undergraduate colleges, its […]
Dr. Karen Shawn offers teachers alternative sources to combat state cutbacks in Holocaust education
Dr. Karen Shawn is visiting associate professor of Jewish education at Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. She wrote the below in reaction to news in USAToday about state commissions cutting funding for Holocaust education.
New Azrieli Journal Offers Educators Creative and Scholarly Guidance on Teaching the Holocaust
Aug 27, 2009 — Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration has launched a new journal, PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators, with funding from the Rothman Foundation. Prism offers educators a practical, scholarly resource on teaching the Holocaust at the high school, college and graduate school levels. The first issue of this […]
Ferkauf Professor Louise Silverstein Leads Multi-Phase Study on Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors
As the surviving generation of the Holocaust enters their twilight years, a new research project spearheaded by Dr. Louise Silverstein, a professor at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, is examining how knowledge of the Holocaust is passed down to survivors’ grandchildren and taught at schools.
“And I Still See Their Faces” Captures the Breadth of Jewish Life in Poland Before Holocaust
In a dog-eared black-and-white photo, three glamorous young Jewish women stride confidently down Gleboka Street in the Polish town of Cieszyn, sometime during the 1930s. They are wearing the fashions of the day: two-piece suits, fur stoles, and dainty gloves. We know only the name of the woman on the right, Hilda Glanz, who demurely clutches her purse while her friends smile at the photographer.
Meeting Between Jewish and Catholic Students on Holocaust Memorial Day Makes News in Germany
Days into their trip to Germany in January, a contingent of students from Yeshiva University High School for Boys (YUHSB) had the thrilling experience of watching themselves on the national news.
Holocaust Memorial Day Marked By Deborah Lipstadt Speech
The memory of the murders of more than six million Jews by the Nazis during World War II is seared in the hearts and minds of people everywhere.