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Kean University to Shift to Remote Operations on Sunday, October 12

Kean University will shift to remote operations on Sunday, October 12, due to the State of Emergency declared across New Jersey in response to the forecasted nor’easter storm. All classes scheduled for Sunday on New Jersey campuses will move to remote instruction, and all in-person activities are canceled. 

Only essential personnel should report to work as required. Employees with questions should contact their supervisors for guidance. Keanu’s Kitchen on the Union campus will remain open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday to serve residential students. 

Adara Goldberg

Executive Director, Holocaust Resource Center and Human Right Institute
Email
agoldber@kean.edu
Adara Goldberg

Education

  • B.S.W., York University
  • Ph.D., Clark University, Holocaust History

Areas of Expertise

Adara Goldberg is the Executive Director of Kean's Holocaust Resource Center and Human Right Institute. She joined the University in 2018. After completing her Ph.D. in Holocaust History at Clark University, Goldberg held prestigious fellowships at Stockton University and Hebrew University, and served as the Education Director for the Vancouver Holocaust Education Center. Her first book, Holocaust Survivors in Canada: Exclusion, Inclusion, Transformation, 1947-1955 (University of Manitoba Press, 2015), won the Marsid Foundation Prize at the 2016 Western Canada Jewish Book Awards. The book represents the first comprehensive analysis of the resettlement and integration experiences of 35,000 Holocaust survivors and their families in postwar Canada. She has contributed numerous articles, book chapters, and reviews on Holocaust memory, refugee policy, and history and social justice education. Since 2016, she been a member of the Yad Vashem Working Group on Child Holocaust Survivors and the Canadian advisory committee for the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Her current research explores Holocaust survivor contributions to community rebuilding and memorialization in New Jersey.

Courses Taught

  • ID 1800 Holocaust, Genocide and Modern Humanity
  • MAHG 5000 History of the Holocaust I 
  • MAHG 5001 History of the Holocaust II
  • MAHG 5041 Holocaust and Genocide Studies Research Methods
  • MAHG 5002 Survival Strategies in Modern Jewish History  

Teaching Philosophy

I am committed to preserving the memory of the Holocaust, and its survivors, through education, awareness, and commemoration. I strive to equip students with the foundational historical knowledge and skills to identify prejudice, combat prejudice, and develop empathy for the "other". I believe that this generation has the power to change the world for the better.