Upcoming Events
General Assembly meeting: Heroes of the Holocaust
Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 4:30pm EST in the Human Rights Gallery
Meryl Lettire will guide educators on how to incorporate her Heroes of the Holocaust series into the classroom. The presentation will emphasize how art served as a powerful form of resistance, allowing Holocaust victims to assert their humanity and share their stories. Meryl will also offer ideas for extension projects that will encourage students to explore the role of art in fighting oppression, both in the past and in today’s world.
For more information, please contact: hrc@kean.edu
Kristallnacht Commemoration: Film Screening & Panel Discussion for After: Poetry Destroys Silence (2024)
Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 4:30pm EST in Kean Hall Room 127
AFTER is an exploration of poetry written about the Shoah. The film illuminates human resiliency, the power and courage to forge new lives, and the value of poetry in looking to the past to help create a better future. Starring Melissa Leo, Géza Röhrig, Edward Hirsch, Cornelius Eady, and more.
For more information, please contact: hrc@kean.edu
Online Educator Training: Foundations of Resistance
Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 4:30pm EST via Zoom
Teach students how to counter antisemitism with the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation’s new Foundations of Resistance: A Curriculum to Counter Antisemitism for Grades 6-12. Participants will learn how to bring JPEF’s Foundations of Resistance lessons to the classroom. Teach your students why they should and how they can resist antisemitism and hate. Featuring four 50-minute lesson plans with cutting-edge webquests.
For more information, please contact: hrc@kean.edu