Commemoration
Annual Scholar Lecture & Commemorative Programs
Each year, the Holocaust Resource Center delivers two hallmark events - the Murray Pantirer Scholars Lecture and Yom HaShoah memorial service - as well as commemorative programs for International Holocaust Remembrance Day and November Pogrom (Kristallnacht). The HRC also hosts various programs with Kean University’s Human Rights Institute; communities with a history of genocide, including Cambodians and Sudanese; and organizations such as Facing History and Ourselves and Echoes & Reflections. We are also interested in partnering with religious communities, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
2026 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University is excited to announce a new digital campaign in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27.
To commemorate this day and the lives lost, we are inviting students to reflect on what this day and Holocaust remembrance mean to you through poetry, art, or another form of creative expression. Our goal is to create a digital space where student voices can be heard and shared across the state to promote dialogue and combat antisemitism and all forms of hate.
Student submissions can be uploaded through the website link. Submission will be reviewed and uploaded to Kean's International Holocaust Remembrance Day website to be viewed publicly. All submissions are anonymous to protect students' identities.
About the Murray Pantirer Annual Scholars Lecture Series
Named for the late Holocaust survivor and HRC founder Murray Pantirer, the dynamic annual lecture series has attracted thousands of visitors to the Kean University campus. Among the noted guest scholars, theologians, survivors, and dignitaries are:
- Nobel Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel z”l
- Chief Rabbi of Israel Israel M. Lau
- Deborah Dwork (Clark University)
- Sir Martin Gilbert z”l
- Christopher Browning (UNC-Chapel Hill)
- Gerda Weissman Klein
We are pleased to share with you part of the 1986 Murray Pantirer Memorial Scholar Lecture with honored guest Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Author and Activist, Nobel Peace Prize Winner:
