Holocaust Resource Center Events
Upcoming Events
Human Rights in Action: Pre-College Programs -- Grades: 10-12
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Combating Misinformation - August 7-10, 2023 from 9:00AM - 3:00PM EST
Becoming Change Makers - August 14-17, 2023 from 9:00AM - 3:00PM EST
Historically, young people have been the agents of change. Do you want to create a more just and inclusive world? Join Kean University’s Human Rights Institute and the Diversity Council on Global Education and Citizenship this summer for Human Rights in Action, a summer program designed specifically for high school students looking to elevate their voices and build the tools needed to become a more effective advocate and ally.
Week one, Combating Misinformation, will help participants navigate the vast amount of information available to them, and demonstrate how to use social media as a tool to promote human rights.
Week two, Becoming Changemakers, will lead participants through the sometimes daunting task of “where to start” when fighting injustices and ensuring human rights are being honored in our local communities and beyond. Students are welcome to join one or both sessions.
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
Past Events 2023
Action Through The Arts: Creative Strategies to Implement Civics in the Classroom -- via Zoom
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 4:30PM EST
This session is created and facilitated by Carl Brister, an artist, activist, educator, and instructional coach of 10 years who has been featured on NJ12NEWS, WABC, NBC, and more for highly effective creative classroom practices and for leveraging the power of music and the arts to impact the community for social change.
This program will include a reflective dialogue around the NJDOE Standards for Middle School Civics instruction, fun activities and exercises, and ideas on how to transform the classroom into a dynamic Civics learning space through the arts.
PHD hours and Co-Curricular Credits provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
The Armenian Genocide and Its Denial: Causes and Consequences-- via Zoom
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 7:00PM EST
An Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event
With featured guest speaker Dr. Taner Akçam (bottom left) Inaugural Director, Armenian Genocide Research Director, UCLA and moderator Dr. Paul Boghossian (bottom right) Silver Professor of Philosophy, New York University.
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
Interfaith Celebration-- Viser Room-NTLC
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 3:15PM EST
Food will be provided!
Options Include:
-Kosher
-Halal
-Vegetarian
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
Third Generation Voices of the Holocaust -- via Zoom
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 10-11:30AM
In honor of Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Month, join
Elyse Wolff and Jessica Wang, grandchildren of survivors, to hear their family members’ stories of wartime survival and rebuilding after the Holocaust.
Program for Students Grades 5-8
PHD hours and Co-Curricular Credits provided!
For more information, please contact: Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director agoldber@kean.edu / (908) 737-4633 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Weidergutmachung - Making Right Again: A Discussion on National and Individual Perceptions of Personal Compensation Programs of the Federal Republic of Germany -- via Zoom
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 4:30PM EST
The Oyneg Shabes underground archive was the secret archive of the Warsaw Ghetto led and organized by Polish Jewish historian, teacher, and social aid worker, Dr. Emanuel Ringelblum. He and his colleagues wrote about daily life in the ghetto, forced labor, religious life, the fate of Jewish children, smuggling, underground schools, the underground press, cultural resistance, and armed resistance.
Amy McDonald's book, Word Smugglers: A Story of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto, recounts the story of a courageous group of men, women, and young people who chose to resist and fight back against cruelty and fear. This group did not fight back with guns and weapons. They fought back with words, stories, and truth.
Recommended for Grades 7-12.
PHD hours and Co-Curricular Credits provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
The Ethics of Rescue: True Stories Behind Bergen-Belsen's Liberation -- via Zoom
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Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 4:30PM EST
Shocked by what he discovered upon entering Bergen-Belsen with the British Second Army in April 1945, Deputy Director of Medical Services Glyn Hughes did not initially know how he would go about stemming typhus, burying thousands of dead, and arranging medical treatment for 25,000 of 60,000 “displaced persons” in dire need of hospitalization.
In this talk, Bernice Lerner will describe how a small group of rescuers went about trying to save lives. She will share astonishing stories about the unprecedented liberation--from the perspectives of both liberators and survivors, including her mother, then fifteen-year-old Rachel Genuth. Attendees will also learn why the event was a watershed in the life of the high-ranking Hughes and those with whom he served.
PHD hours and Co-Curricular Credits provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
Compliance, Culture, and Celebration: How to Practice LGBTQ+ Inclusivity With Less Fear and More Joy-- via Zoom
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 4:30PM EST
This three-part presentation will help educators better understand the NJDOE’s Transgender Student Guidance and related cultural competencies, as well as their role and responsibilities as they pertain to inclusive curriculum mandates around LGBTQ+ topics (such as Chapter 32, the Comprehensive Health and Physical Education standards, LGBT and Disability Inclusive Mandate, etc.).
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits are available!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
Framing Identity: The Rohingya Genocide in Myanmar/Burma-- via Zoom
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Tuesday, March 26, 2023 at 6:15PM EST
Dr. Alexis Herr has dedicated her life to combating genocide and atrocity. This passion has motivated her educational and professional pursuits and translates into a strong desire to prevent human rights violations.
Shwe Maung is a former Member of Parliament in Myanmar (Burma), Founder and President of AiPAD, Board Member of APHR and Founding Member of IPPFoRB.
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits are available!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
Word Smugglers: A Story of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto-- via Zoom
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 4:30PM EST
The Oyneg Shabes underground archive was the secret archive of the Warsaw Ghetto led and organized by Polish Jewish historian, teacher, and social aid worker, Dr. Emanuel Ringelblum. He and his colleagues wrote about daily life in the ghetto, forced labor, religious life, the fate of Jewish children, smuggling, underground schools, the underground press, cultural resistance, and armed resistance.
Amy McDonald's book, Word Smugglers: A Story of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto, recounts the story of a courageous group of men, women, and young people who chose to resist and fight back against cruelty and fear. This group did not fight back with guns and weapons. They fought back with words, stories, and truth.
Recommended for Grades 7-12.
PHD hours and Co-Curricular Credits provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
"Refuge Denied: Exploring The Refugee Experience In The United States From The Holocaust To The Present" Educators' Conference -- East Campus Graduate Student Lounge
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Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM (Lunch Included)
Kate English is the Executive Director of the Educators' Institute for Human Rights (EIHR). Kate taught for 18 years in Connecticut and Virginia public schools and has been recognized as District-wide Teacher of the Year, received the Joseph Zola Holocaust Educator, and serves as a Museum Teacher Fellow for the USHMM. Kate attended Summer University Srebrenica in 2011 and the Genocide Studies Institute at Keene State College in 2022, served as a Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Fellow in Ukraine, as well as a Positive Peace Ambassador with the Institute for Economics and Peace.
Karen Hikes Levine taught middle school social studies and was a lead teacher in Parsippany before retiring. She was selected as distinguished faculty for the district and is a two-time winner of the Honev and Maurice Axelrod award for excellence in Holocaust education. Karen was a Museum Teacher Fellow for the USHMM in 2006. Since that time she has been involved in a number or workshops tor the USHMM and has also mentored new teacher fellows. Karen is on the board of the Council of Holocaust Educators.
Joe Nappi is in his 18th year of teaching at Monmouth Regional High School where he currently teaches Holocaust, Genocide and Modern Humanity (ID 1800), US History and Psychology. He is a Museum Teacher Fellow with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, an Alfred Lerner Fellow and worked on the team of educators who developed lesson plans for the Ken Burns Documentary: The US and the Holocaust. He has received numerous awards and accolades for his teaching including being named twice as Monmouth Regional School District's Teacher of the Year, The Ida & Jeff Margolis Medallion for Excellence in Multi Cultural Education (Rowan University), US Navy Distinguished Educator Award, and the Dr. Frank Kaplowitz Outstanding Human Rights Educator of the Year (Kean University.)
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided! No cost for participants - Donations are appreciated
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
Interfaith Panel Discussion-- MSC Little Theater
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 4:30PM EST
The Interfaith Council works to create programing and raise awareness about different faiths at Kean, we believe that religious difference serves as a bridge of cooperation between people, rather than a barrier of division. This is part of a 2022-23 Interfaith America Grant.
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits are available!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
In Conversations with Adam Langer and Shana Stein: "Playing Anne Frank" -- via Zoom
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Monday, March 13, 2023 at 4:30PM EST
A Limited Series Podcast
The Diary of Anne Frank, which debuted on Broadway in 1955 and then later toured the country, was one of the most influential plays of the 20th century. The play introduced millions of Americans to the Holocaust and its victims. But what did reenacting Anne’s story mean to the people who created and acted in the play or the 1959 film? How did dramatizing her life affect their lives and careers? Who were they?
In "Playing Anne Frank," a new podcast series from the Forward, executive editor Adam Langer presents the backstory of the award- winning play and film, and how this iconic work shaps those involved in performing it.
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits are available!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
Elementary and Middle School Student Leadership Conference -- via Zoom
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Friday, March 3, 2023 at 9:00AM - 10:30AM or 1:00PM - 2:30PM
Attendees will:
- Hear from a keynote speaker
- Network with students from other districts
- Receive a leadership training tool kit...and more!
Our Mission:
The DC's mission is to foster "active and compassionate individuals in order to reduce intolerance, harassment/ intimidation, and to promote social justice in a democratic society."
Membership and Attendance:
It is not too late to submit 2022-2023 membership forms! Contact coykends@kean.edu by February 27, 2023 for details.
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
Never Again in Practice: Auschwitz Jewish Center’s Response to the War in Ukraine -- via Zoom
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 4:30PM
Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation (AJCF) has been working to provide aid, primarily to women and children who have been forced to flee their homes and seek refuge in neighboring Poland. In this session, Polish and Ukrainian AJCF staff will discuss their humanitarian efforts and answer questions from the audience.
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
Black History Month and Civics Education, John Lewis: Good Trouble -- Cougar's Den, Miron Student Center
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Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 7:30PM
"The film explores the Georgia representative's 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health care reform, and immigration." - IMDb
Free Food and Cougar Credit will be provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
Central Office Administrators Forum: Tools and Techniques To Address Interpersonal and Intercultural Conflict Management -- via Zoom
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Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 9:00AM - 10:30AM
This session will provide a top-down approach to enhancing a respectful and inclusive learning environment:
Avoid crises
Promote greater productivity
- Increase employee, parent and student satisfaction
This program is co-presented by the Diversity Council on Global Education and Citizenship and the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM), Committee on Diversity, Inclusion and Cultural Competency. The NJAPM is an association of professionals engaged in and dedicated to the practice of dispute resolution.
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu.
Who Will Write Our History? Early Career Educator Conference -- via Zoom
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Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 4:30PM
The documentary Who Will Write Our History tells the extraordinary story of the Oyneg Shabes, a clandestine organization composed of sixty Jewish leaders, artists, and intellectuals living in the Warsaw ghetto during the Nazi German occupation of Poland. Creating an archive that was discovered only after the war, the Oyneg Shabes collected diaries, essays, jokes, poems, and songs—anything that would counter Nazi propaganda and help the world understand life in the Ghetto from the perspective of its Jewish inhabitants. As the war progressed, the Oyneg Shabes’ role changed from preserving culture to documenting atrocity.
This conference will explore Who Will Write Our History and Facing History and Ourselves' resources designed to support using the film in classrooms. We will provide teachers with tools to tell the story of the profound courage and resistance of a group of people who seized control of their own narrative even as they faced certain death. While acknowledging the singularity of this story, students will consider key questions about their own experiences: What story about my community should I preserve for future generations? Whose story do I tell, and how do I tell it?
Co-sponsored by Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University & the Holocaust Council of Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ.
For more information, please contact: Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director agoldber@kean.edu / (908) 737-4633 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Three Minutes a Lengthening -- Via Zoom
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January 24 - 26, 2023
Please join the Holocaust Resource Center for an International Holocaust Remembrance Day screening of the film, "Three Minutes: A Lengthening". The film will be available for classroom viewing from January 24, 2023 at 9am until January 26, 2023 at 11pm. Please fill in this registration by Friday, January 20 to receive streaming instructions.
For more information, please contact: Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director agoldber@kean.edu / (908) 737-4633 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Past Events 2022
Murray Pantirer Memorial Scholar Lecture and 40th Anniversary Commemoration -- STEM Auditorium
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Tuesday, November 29 at 7:00 PM
Join us in commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Holocaust Resource Foundation and the Holocaust Resource Center!
For more information, please contact: Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director agoldber@kean.edu / (908) 737-4633 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
The Auschwitz Album -- Via Zoom
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Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 4:30 PM
Join the Holocaust Resource Center, Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall, Special Collections Research Library and Archive, and Galleries of Kean University, in partnership with the American Society for Yad Vashem for a virtual exhibit and conversation led by Marlene W. Yahalom, PhD, Director of Education.
PD Hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided!
For more information, please contact: Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director: agoldber@kean.edu / 908-737-4633 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
How Jews Lived: Life Before the Holocaust - A Program for Teachers -- Via Zoom
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 4:30 PM
It is not enough to teach students how Jews were murdered. We must also teach how Jews lived.
Teachers will return to their classes with:
- ready-to-use activities for teaching your students about pre-war Jewish life, including stories of what it was like to grow up in different Jewish communities;
- access to a database with all of the resources you will need to teach about pre-war Jewish life;
- primary source photographs and interviews, and short multimedia films that you can use to create the lessons you need for the students you teach;
- information about Milton Wolf Prize in Student Advocacy, Centropa’s student civics competition with cash prizes for grades 6-12;
- further professional development opportunities from the Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest NJ, Holocaust Resource Center, Saint Elizabeth University Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education, and Centropa.
Co-sponsored by Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest NJ, Saint Elizabeth University Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education, and Centropa.
For more information, please contact: Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director agoldber@kean.edu / (908) 737-4633 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Healing Centered Engagement with Carl Brister -- Via Zoom
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Monday, November 14, 2022 at 9:00 AM
An interactive discussion on effective strategies to help teachers and administrators transform the classroom into a healing-centered place of learning. This session is created and facilitated by Carl Brister, an artist, educator, and instructional coach of 10 years who has been featured on NJ12NEWS, WABC, NBC and more for highly effective creative classroom practices and for his music that has helped individuals and communities heal from traumatic experiences.
Based on Healing Centered Engagement principles developed by Dr. Shawn Ginwright, this 60 minute virtual professional development will include a reflective dialogue around the key elements of this groundbreaking approach and highlight practical healing centered methods that can be used with success by educators in the classroom today.
Co-sponsored by Restorative Justice in Education Grant.
For more information, please contact: Zoey Guarino, Assistant Managing Director zguarino@kean.edu / (908) 737 - 4660 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Footsteps of My Father: A story of Courage, Resilience and Honor in Commemoration of Kristallnacht and Veterans Day -- Via Zoom
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Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Stanlee Stahl, Executive Vice President of The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, will introduce a special screening of the award-winning film about Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds who risked his life by not turning over hundreds of Jewish soldiers in the POW camp where they were being held prisoner by the Germans in the aftermath of the Battle of the Bulge. The documentary film will be followed with remarks and Q&A by Roddie Edmonds son, Pastor Chris Edmonds.
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous.
For more information, please contact: Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director agoldber@kean.edu / (908) 737-4633 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
In Conversations with Arielle Silverman, Author of Just Humans: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion -- Via Zoom
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Thursday, October 20, 2022, at 7:00 PM
Being blind never bothered Arielle much but, as she grew, she discovered others saw her blindness very differently. Many people saw her as either helpless or inspirational, but rarely did they see her as just human, with the same capacities and desires as her peers. Arielle has spent a lifetime exploring ways to foster respect and inclusion, not only for blind people like her, but for all of us whose bodies or minds differ from the norm. Arielle is a disabled activist and a social scientist who is passionate about improving public understandings of life with disabilities.
Co-sponsored by the Holocaust Resource Center and the Human Rights Institutes at Kean University.
For more information, please contact: Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director agoldber@kean.edu / (908) 737-4633 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Diversity Council General Assembly Meeting -- Via Zoom
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 3:30 PM
Please join the Diversity Council for their first General Assembly of the 2022-2023 academic year featuring the Council on Foreign Relations. These resources, which include World101, Model Diplomacy, and Convene the Council, equip young people with the essential knowledge, skills and perspective that comprise global literacy and form the basis of a global civics education, empowering them to be informed citizens. Whether your classroom is exploring the foundations of the liberal world order, trying to understand the impacts of climate change, or making sense of a current event, CFR Education has resources for you.
For more information, please contact: Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director agoldber@kean.edu / (908) 737-4633 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Teaching about Americans and the Holocaust Using Historical Newspapers -- Via Zoom
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 4:30 PM
"While participating in the project, students will be engaged in critical thinking and primary source research. They will be riveted by readings—newspapers from the 1930s and 1940s—so different from their usual assignments. Just ask Lisa Henry, an English teacher in Lexington, Kentucky, who told us “history came alive” for her students as they searched for articles about the Holocaust in their local newspaper archives." - History Unfolded
Co-sponsored by History Unfolded, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, School of Communication, Media, and Journalism at Kean University.
For more information, please contact: Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director agoldber@kean.edu / (908) 737-4633 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Please join the Diversity Council in a virtual Racial Healing Circle -- Via Zoom
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Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 3:00 PM
A Racial Healing Circle is an opportunity for people of diverse backgrounds to reflect and share human experiences that show we can work together and we have more in common than different... it's not what you think.
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Educators in Conversation: Strategies for Settler Allyship, Un-learning and Building Community with Indigenous peoples -- Via Zoom
To register, see the Educators in Conversation Workshop: RSVP Form
Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 4:30 PM
The British Columbia public education system's response to The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (62-64) in K-12 education called on the British Columbia public education system to build a curriculum in collaboration with - and in support of - Indigenous peoples. Using the British Columbia case study as a starting point, this workshop asks whether the implemented content functions as a performative add-in or important theories of change. Educators will explore strategies to engage with anti-oppressive teaching and decolonize curriculum and teaching practices in their local communities.
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Injustice at Home: Looking Like the Enemy -- Via Zoom
To register, see the Injustice at Home: Looking Like the Enemy RSVP Form
Thursday, April 21st, 2022, at 3:15 PM
During World War II, almost the entire population of Japanese Americans on the West Coast were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated. Their only crime was looking like the enemy. Featuring the inspiring stories of people in our community, the 1-hour PBS documentary focuses on Japanese Americans during WWII, both inside and outside the evacuation zone; chronicling their struggles and perseverance.
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust Book talk with Dr. Joanna Sliwa -- Via Zoom
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2022, at 7:15 PM
Winner of the 2020 Ernst Fraenkel Prize from the Wiener Holocaust Library, Kean alumna Dr. Joanna Sliwa’s Jewish Childhood in Kraków is the first book to tell the history of Kraków in the second World War through the lens of Jewish children’s experiences. Here, children assume center stage as historical actors whose recollections and experiences deserve to be told, analyzed, and treated seriously. Sliwa scours archives to tell their story, gleaning evidence from the records of the German authorities, Polish neighbors, Jewish community and family, and the children themselves to explore the Holocaust in German-occupied Poland and in Kraków in particular. A microhistory of a place, a people, and daily life, this book plumbs the decisions and behaviors of ordinary people in extraordinary times.
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Where We Fear to Tread? Working with the Testimony of A Genocide Survivor-- Via Zoom
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2022, at 4:30 PM
In this interactive two-part workshop, participants will hear from genocide survivor, Beatha Uwazaninka, and work with Dr. Mitschke to look at the ‘questioning’ process, and consider how questions can help or hinder audiences from coming closer to a genocide survivor’s testimony. Participants will consider: What questions should be asked, and aren’t – or shouldn’t be asked, and are? Where can questions take us next? And where do we fear to tread?
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Refugee and Humanitarian Crisis during the Great War and the Armenian Genocide-- Via Zoom
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2022, at 7:00 PM
Dr. Darbinyan’s talk focuses on the humanitarian emergency and refugee crisis at the Caucasus front during the First World War, caused by population movements as a result of war and the Armenian Genocide. Reflecting on the experiences of the Armenian refugees in various parts of the Caucasus and in eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire occupied by Russian troops, her research aims to uncover the perspectives of refugees and to show the role refugees themselves played in the struggle for survival.
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Diversity Council LGBTQ+ Educators' Discussion-- Via Zoom
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Wednesday, April 6th, 2022, at 4:30 PM
In 2020, Governor Phil Murphy passed a law requiring NJ schools to educate their students on LGBTQ history. Kate Okeson, Allison Connolly, and Damien Lopez will examine the mandate through a lens of intersectionality, and discuss data and initiatives that dovetail with the mandate, such as colleague accountability, relevant policy, curriculum and lesson development, and opposition.
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Teaching Banned Material: How Including Challenging Topics Enhances Student Learning -- Via Zoom
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Thursday, March 31, 2022, at 4:30 PM
In response to the recent banning of the graphic novel Maus in a Tennessee school district, this workshop is designed for K-12 educators interested in sources that have been the subject of recent controversies within the education system. This program will focus on LGBTQ+ characters, Holocaust literature, feminist plotlines, questions of police brutality, and America's history with race as attendees seek to discover how these narratives may continue to be representative stories in the classroom. Participants will receive a toolkit of language, content, and strategies to use when using challenged or banned sources in their lessons.
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Holocaust by Bullets in the Occupied Soviet Territories --Via Zoom
To register, see the Holocaust By Bullet RSVP Form.
Thursday, March 17, 2022, at 4:30 PM & March 24, 2022, at 4:30 PM
Co-presented by the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University, the Holocaust Council of Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ, and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at Saint Elizabeth University
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Diversity Council On Global Education And Citizenship --Via Zoom
To register, see the ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE RSVP Form
Friday, March 04, 2022 at 9:00 AM — 10:30 AM or 1:00 PM — 2:30 PM
OUR MISSION
- Hear from Zenerations.org founders and members
- Network with students from other districts
- Receive a leadership training tool kit
- ...and more!
ATTENDANCE
- Free for DC member and their students
- Registration required by February 25, 2022, to Sarah Coykendall coykends@kean.edu
Sami Speaks: Conversation with a Holocaust survivor -- Via Zoom
To register, please email Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632 Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. 07083 www.kean.edu
Thursday, March 1, 2022, at 2:00 PM
Sami Steigmann is a Holocaust Survivor who lives to tell his story. Through speaking at schools, organizations, media outlets, and more, he is passionate about his role of sharing a fresh perspective on hope, life, and faith.
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided!
Black History Month Virtual Book Club -- Via Zoom
To register, see the Black History Month RSVP Form.
Thursday, February 24, 2022, at 7:00 pm
At age 38, Jennifer Teege discovered a horrifying fact: Her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler’s List. Reviled as the “butcher of Płaszów,” Goeth was executed in 1946. The more Teege learned about him, the more certain she became: If her grandfather had met her—a black woman—he would have killed her. Teege’s discovery fills her with questions: Why did her birth mother withhold this chilling secret? How could her grandmother have loved a mass murderer? Can evil be inherited?
Co-presented by the Holocaust Resource Center, Human Rights Institute, Nancy Thompson Learning Commons, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, and Women and Gender Studies of Kean University. PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits will be provided!
For more information, please contact: Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director - coykends@kean.edu / (908) 737- 4632
Holocaust Educators Conference Series! -- Via Zoom
To register, see the Holocaust Educators Conference Series RSVP Form.
January 24 at 4:30 PM - Art
In this session with teacher and museum professional Amanda Coven, participants will be introduced to and examine three educational resources where people have used art to cope with crisis or trauma as well as document and educate about an injustice.
February 7 at 4:30 PM - Music
In this session with musician Amanda Greenbacher-Mitchell, attendees will engage in activities designed to demonstrate how musical resistance by victims of the Holocaust connects to modern iterations of musical defiance and exhibit similar themes across history.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 4:30 PM - Memoirs
In this session, Michelle Sadowski from the Azrieli Foundation will demonstrate Re: Collection, an innovative digital resource that combines video interviews, memoir excerpts, photos, and artifacts with interactive timelines and maps.
Diversity Council on Global Education and Citizenship - General Assembly Meeting -- Via Zoom
Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at 3:30 PM
Dr. Schroeder is a disability rights activist and the founder of the DAC (Disabled Academic Collective).
Immediately following Dr. Schroeder's talk, Timothy Rohrer, an activist, and young adult with autism will conduct a workshop on best practices for classroom inclusivity. Educators will also receive professional development hours and practical resources for the 2020 mandate to teach disability history.
Through the Eyes of a Friend: A Living Voices Production -- Via Zoom
Friday, January 28, 2022, at 10:00 AM
What does it mean to survive? Sarah is a historically accurate composite character, based on the testimonies of those who knew Anne Frank, as well as other victims, resisters, and survivors of the Holocaust and World War II. Through the Eyes of a Friend will come to you as a professionally recorded live performance, with a live post-show discussion and Q&A session with a teaching artist.
Past Events 2021
Should Access to Adequate Food & Housing be Constitutional Rights? -- Via Zoom
Thursday, December 16, 2021, at 7 PM
Email agoldber@kean.edu to register for the event.
Co-hosted by: Holocaust Resource Center, Human Rights Institute, and the School of Communication, Media and Journalism.
Human Rights in the 21st Century -- Via Zoom
December 10, 2021, at 10:00 AM — 11:30 AM
A Program for student grade 7-12
Keynote Speaker: John Prendergast, Strategic Director, Clooney Foundation for Justice
Global Humanitarian Issues presented by: Tausi Suedi, Childbirth Survival International, & Jimoh Oluwatobi Segun, Media for Community Change
Co-hosts: Kean University Human Rights Institute, NJ Council for the Social Studies, Go Green Initiative, and HighschoolNGOconnect.org.
Some Great and Terrible Calamity: Ireland's Great Hunger -- Via Zoom
December 8, 2021, at 7 PM
The Great Irish Famine was one of the most devastating humanitarian disasters of the nineteenth century. In a period of only five years, Ireland lost approximately 25% of its population through a combination of death and emigration. How could such a tragedy have occurred at the heart of the vast, and resource-rich, British Empire? Join us and our invited keynote speaker Dr Christine Kinealy from Drew University to learn more!
Saints and Liars: American Relief and Rescue Workers during the Nazi-Era - A Murray Pantirer Memorial Scholar Lecture - Via Zoom
Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at 7 PM
A number of Americans — Quakers, Unitarians, secular people, Jews — traveled to points around the globe to offer relief, and to rescue victims of Nazi Germany. Exploring the derring-do and the daily grind of these intrepid souls, Debórah Dwork opens a window on the role of the unpredictable and irrational.
Debórah Dwork is renowned for her scholarship on Holocaust history and is a leading authority in this field. Her award-winning books include Children With A Star; Flight from the Reich; Auschwitz; and Holocaust. In 2020, Dwork received the International Network of Genocide Scholars Lifetime Achievement Award.
Human Rights Institute Book Club: "Caste" By Isabel Wilkerson
November 17, 2021 at 7:00 PM — 8:15 PM
Location: HRI Gallery inside the Nancy Thompson Learning Commons
A discussion about Wilkerson's analysis of the unspoken caste system that has shaped America shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
This discussion will be moderated by Erin Lester, Multicultural Affairs Coordinator from Kean University's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Co-Hosted by Kean University's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion & the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University.
Kristallnacht Commemorative Program -- Via Zoom
Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at 4 PM
An afternoon of poetry and conversation with the Polish poet and musician, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, and historian, Dr. Joanna Sliwa.
Grzegorz Kwiatkowski is a Polish poet and musician, who has authored several books of poetry about history, remembrance, and ethics. He is a member of the psychedelic rock band Trupa Trupa. Kwiatkowski's music and literary works have featured in international outlets including The Guardian (UK), CBC (Canada), Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and NPR.
Dr. Joanna Sliwa is Historian at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference). Her own research focuses on the Holocaust in Poland and Polish Jewish history. She has worked as an educator, researcher, translator, and consultant. Dr. Sliwa’s first book, Jewish Childhood in Kraków: A Microhistory of the Holocaust (Rutgers University Press, 2021), received the 2020 Ernst Fraenkel Prize from the Wiener Holocaust Library.
Americans: National Museum of the American Indian -- Via Zoom
Monday, November 8, 2021, at 3:30 PM
American Indian images, names, and stories infuse American history and contemporary life. Pervasive, powerful, at times demeaning, the images, names, and stories reveal how Indians have been embedded in unexpected ways in the history, pop culture, and identity of the United States.
Co-presented by the Holocaust Resource Center, Human Rights Institute, and the School of Communication, Media and Journalism at Kean University, and the Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Raritan Valley Community College.
'Indecent', 'Forbidden', 'Taboo': Representing Lesbians in Fiction about the Holocaust/Nazi-Era -- Via Zoom
Thursday, November 4, 2021, at 3:15 PM
Drawing on her own creative practice and research, fiction writer and academic Dr. Emma Venables will guide participants through aspects to consider when representing lesbian characters and relationships in fiction set during the Holocaust/Nazi era. Participants will gain an understanding of the social and political context, the moral and ethical issues of such representation; and have a chance to reflect on their own experiences of representations of lesbian characters/relationships set during this era.
Co-presented by the Holocaust Resource Center, Theatre Conservatory, Kean University Prism, and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program of Kean University.
Diversity Council on Global Education and Citizenship - General Assembly Meeting -- Via Zoom
Friday, October 22, 2021, at 3 PM
Clyde W. Ford is an award-winning author of 12 works of fiction and non-fiction. Clyde’s the recipient of the 2006 Zora Neale Hurston-Richard Wright Award in African American Literature and the winner of the 2021 Washington Center for the Book Award.
Human Rights Institute Book Club: "Becoming Eve" By Abby Stein
Thursday, October 21, 2021, at 7:00 PM —8:15 PM
Location: HRI Gallery inside the Nancy Thompson Learning Commons
A powerful coming-of-age story of an ultra-Orthodox child who was born to become a rabbinic leader and instead became a woman.
This discussion will be moderated by Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director of the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University.
Co-Hosted by Kean University's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion & the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University.
Alumni Homecoming Brunch with the Human Rights Institute, Holocaust Resource Center, and Diversity Council of Kean University
Sunday, October 17, 2021 at 11am-1pm
Located at the HRI Gallery in the Nancy Thompson Learning Commons
Inaugural Alumni Homecoming Brunch. In addition to brunch, there will be a tour of the current gallery exhibit, a visit to the Holocaust Resource Center, and more. There is no cost for this event.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Lauretta Farrell at lafarrel@kean.edu / 908-737-4672.
Pre-Service Teacher & Early Career Educator Conference -- Via Zoom
Friday, October 15, 2021, at 8:45 AM — 12 PM
What does it mean to go back to school after a year of remote/hybrid learning; ongoing social, economic, and political unrest; and in the midst of a pandemic? During this workshop, we will explore teaching strategies and share resources to help you create an open, supportive, and reflective classroom community. Presented with Facing History & Ourselves.
PD hours and Co-Curricular Credits provided.
Global Response to the Holocaust from Europe to Asia: Norway, Sweden, China, and India -- Via Zoom
Thursday, October 14, 2021, at 4:30 PM
Join Irene Shaland, Jewish historian and writer, for a fascinating workshop that focuses on how and why various countries around the world respond to Holocaust remembrance. The workshop examines factors that determined the Holocaust victims’ destiny in all four countries: What was the history of the Jews in the area? What degree of control was exercised by the Nazis? And, very importantly, how and why did the locals behave toward the Jews? These issues are extensively discussed within the historic content of each area.
With Me Here are Six Million Accusers: The Eichmann Trial in Jerusalem -- Via Zoom
Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at 4:30 PM
Join the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University in partnership with the American Society for Yad Vashem for a virtual exhibit and conversation led by Marlene Warshawski Yahalom, Ph.D., Director of Education for the American Society for Yad Vashem.
Women and the Holocaust -- Webinar
Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at 4:30 PM
Two girls who fought with the partisans in Croatia; a teenager who survived the Holocaust because she was
sentenced to ten years hard labor in the Gulag—for joining a youth group; a girl who survived, unlike her parents, because they courageously sent her to England on the Kindertransport. The experiences of women in the Holocaust are varied and Centropa’s interviews and photographs of women from different countries of diverse ages and socio-economic backgrounds help you explore human themes through real-life stories.
In this 90-minute webinar, Centropa will share user-friendly materials about women in the Holocaust, usable in online or in-class teaching. Participating teachers will return to class with specific activities for teaching these stories and NJ teachers have the option to earn 1.5 credit hours of PD credit.
- Event co-hosted in partnership with Centropa and the Holocaust Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ.
The Latin American Response to the Holocaust: Examples of the Dominican Republic and Mexico -- Via Zoom
Thursday, September 30, 2021, at 6 PM
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month 2021, Christina Chavarría will present materials from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's archives to reveal how various countries in Latin America responded to the events in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. Chavarría's interests lie in Holocaust literature, engaging new audiences and partners, and studying and disseminating information on the impact and history of the Holocaust in Spain, Latin America, and the US Latino population.
Asian American & Pacific Islander Voices Panel Discussion -- Via Zoom
Presented with Kean University's Asian Studies and the Hoboken Public School District.
Thursday, May 6, 2021, at 5:30 PM
Click here to watch the recording
France Divided: Understanding the WWII Occupation of France -- Via Zoom
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Eileen M. Angelini
Producer and Director of the film La France DiviséeWednesday, April 28, 2021, at 7 PM
The Destruction of Memory -- Via Zoom
The Destruction of Memory Film Screening and live Q&A with the director, Tim Slade.
Monday, April 26, 2021, at 4:30 PM
Co-Hosted with the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and the Human Rights Institute of Kean Univerity.
Third Generation Voices of the Holocaust -- Via Zoom
Our guest speakers, Rachel Fishman, and Jessica Wang are third-generation descendants of Holocaust survivors and will tell their family members stories of wartime survival and rebuilding after the Holocaust.
Friday, April 23, 2021, at 12:30 PM
Click here to watch the recording
"World Outside my Shoes": Sharing Stories from Rwanda -- Via Zoom
Carl Wilkens, the last American to remain in Rwanda during the Genocide against the Tutsis and founder of "World Outside My Shoes".
Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at 7 PM
Click here to watch the recording
BLACK POWER IN HISTORY: What the Early Modern French Empire Can Teach Us About Race and Empowerment -- Via Zoom
Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at 11 AM
In our time of racial reckoning following the murders of George Floyd,
Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor as well as the disproportionate impacts
of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black and other minoritized communities, it
is a key moment for us the think about histories of racial discrimination and
empowerment in order to understand the present.Dr. Christy Pichichero is an Associate Professor of French and History and Director
of Faculty Diversity at George Mason University.Sponsored by the Center for Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation,
the Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University
www.bergen.edu/PJR
Confronting the Challenging Landscape of Holocaust Research in Poland -- Via Zoom
Monday, April 19, 2021, at 7 pm
The Polish government's ongoing efforts towards revisionism of Holocaust memory, and the legal silencing of scholars, have propelled historians into the public light. Join Dr. Monika Rice (Gratz College) and Dr. Joanna Sliwa (Claims Conference) for a virtual discussion on the charges facing historians of the Holocaust in Poland, the ramifications of these attacks on their own research, and public understanding of this history moving forward.
Click here for more information
The Challenge of Teaching About the Holocaust in Public Schools
Sunday, April 18, 2021, at 10:30 AM
This program will be led by Kol Rina member and Holocaust educator, Marianne Sender. Panelists: Concetta Donvito, Ed. D., Jaclyn Fae Jones, and Rosemarie Wilkinson.
Email KolRinaNJWelcome@gmail.com for more information!
The Mitzvah Project -- Via Zoom
"The Mitzvah Project" is a combination theatre performance, history lesson, and conversation in which actor and child of a survivor, Roger Grunwald, explores one of the most shocking aspects of the Jewish experience during WWII.
Friday, April 16, 2021, at 2 PM
Presented by the Holocaust Resource Center. Generously supported by a grant from the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation.
Preventing Genocide Through Personal Narratives: Lessons Learned from the Armenian Genocide -- Via Zoom
April is Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Month. Harry Milian, a 3G descendant of Armenian Genocide survivors, will share his family's story of survival.
Thursday, April 15, 2021, at 7 PM
Co-presented by the Holocaust Resource Center and Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of Kean University, Meaningful World, and Facing History and Ourselves NJ.
Click here to watch the recording
Diversity Council General Assembly Meeting: LGBTQ+ Voices and Inclusion -- Via Zoom
Wednesday, April 14, 2021, from 4:30 — 7:00 PM
Abby Chava Stein, Rabbi, Educator & Activist. In 2016, Stein was named by The Jewish Week as one of the “36 Under 36” young Jews who are inspiring change in the world. In 2020, Stein was named by Prospect Magazine as one of "The World's top 50 Thinkers in the COVID-19 Age". Stein's first book, Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman, was published in November 2019.
David Schwartz, Creative Options for Progressive Educators. Following a 30-year career in public education and 10 years working for Facing History and Ourselves, Schwartz founded Creative Options for Progressive Educators. Schwartz will provide guidance and model lessons on incorporating LGBTQ+ history into your curriculum.
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Recognizing Hate Speech and Symbols -- Via Zoom
Presenter: Dr. Eric English of the School of Communication, Media, and Journalism.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at 6 PM
Co-presented by Tiffany Case of the Human Rights Institute
Click here to watch the recording
Considering your next career move? Learn about the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program at Kean University - an opportunity of a lifetime. Virtual information session with the program director, Dr. Dennis Klein. dklein@kean.edu
Monday, April 12, 2021, at 6 PM
Survivor Transitional Narratives of Nazi-Era Destruction -- Via Zoom
Dr. Dennis Klein's latest book examines the historical circumstances that inspired Nazi-era survivors to mass a public campaign for remembering Nazi racial crimes. dklein@kean.edu
Monday, April 12, 2021, at 4:30 PM
Click here to watch the recording
Yom HaShoah Commemoration -- Via Zoom
Each spring, the HRC partners with the Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest to present the Yom HaShoah memorial program.
Please join us to commemorate all those in our local community who survived, served, rescued, and continue to teach the lessons of the Holocaust today. This virtual program will include a candle-lighting ceremony, Mourners Kaddish, hymns, and so much more.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at 7 PM
Click here to watch the recording
Bilingual Pre-Service Teacher Conference -- Via Zoom
The Holocaust was a global event that impacted people of all faiths, nationalities, and languages. This Pre-Service Teacher conference, featuring experts from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, will introduce students to resources about the Holocaust in the Spanish-speaking world, and model best practices for teaching this history using bilingual resources.
Friday, March 26, 2021, at 8:45 AM
Click here to watch the recording
Nazis, Monsters, Fairytales? Holocaust Plays for Younger Audiences -- Via Zoom
Theater can be a powerful tool for introducing the Holocaust to students, but what are "good" plays for younger audiences? What are the benefits or pitfalls of "Holocaust plays"? How can these play texts be used in the classroom? Join Holocaust theatre historian Dr. Samantha Mitschke to discuss these questions and explore age-appropriate texts.
Presented with Premiere Stages at Kean
Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at 4:30 PM
Click here to watch the recording
Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust Workshop -- Via Zoom
Join Alexandra Zapruder, author of Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust, to learn more about these courageous youth and what it meant to be a child under Nazi occupation. Zapruder wrote and co-produced the MTV documentary, I'm Still Here, based on her award-winning book.
Thursday, March 11, 2021, at 4:15 PM
Click here to watch the recording
Diversity Council on Global Education and Citizenship: Coffee & Connect -- Via Zoom
Saturday, February 27, 2021, at 10:30 AM
Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 10:30 AM
Please join us for an educator discussion on diversity, equity, and inclusion!
Email agoldber@kean.edu for more information!
Pre-Service Teacher Conference: Holocaust Refugees and Contemporary Perspectives -- Via Zoom
Using the case of Holocaust refugees in the 1930s-1940s and the current refugee crises, PSTs will gain an understanding of human migration terminology and develop strategies for introducing this complex topic in the classroom.
Students will receive access and guidance on navigating Facing History and Ourselves resources, strategies, and teaching activities.
Friday, February 26, 2021, at 8:45 AM
From Segregation to Liberation: African American Soldiers and the Holocaust -- Via Zoom
In recognition of Black History Month, join us for a conversation about Dr. Leon Bass, an American eyewitness to the Buchenwald
concentration camp, and the history of segregated military units during World War II.Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at 3:15 PM
Click here to watch the recording
Click here for Dr. Bass's testimony
So You Think You Know Anne Frank? -- Via Zoom
Participants will work with Holocaust theatre Historian and educator, Dr. Samantha Mitschke, to look at four different stage adaptations of The Diary of Anne Frank. Attendees will examine contemporary approaches to the Diary that encourage students to think about Anne and her story in new ways.
Monday, February 22, 2021, at 4:30 PM
Analyzing Propaganda and Teaching Media Literacy with Echoes & Reflections
This program examines the events of the Holocaust through the lens of media by examining propaganda deployed by the Nazis to discriminate against Jews and other minorities.
Thursday, February 11, 2021, at 4:30 PM
Restorative Practices with Lockey Maisonneuve -- Via Zoom
Lockey Maisonneuve's first-hand experience with healing trauma is not a one-and-done event. Lockey incorporates her own accounts with managing flashbacks, triggers, anxiety, and rage as well as her Jersey Girl sarcasm to connect with her participants.
Friday, February 5, 2021, at 3:30 PM
BESA: Courage and Humanity During the Holocaust -- Via Zoom
Learn more about the experiences of Albanian Muslims who - at great risk to their own lives - saved Jews during the Holocaust. Professional Development and BESA photo exhibit walk-through presented by Marlene W. Yahalom, Ph.D., Director of Education for the American Society for Yad Vashem.
Thursday, February 4, 2021, at 4:30 PM
