US Holocaust Memorial Museum R3 program
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum's new youth-service program, R3, signifies remembrance, reflection, response. It encourages young people to think about the Holocaust's lessons and their implications today. To learn more and participate in R3, visit the Holocaust Memorial Museum website.
Yad Vashem Launches Special mini-site for Holocaust Remembrance Day and New Online Exhibition
Yad Vashem has launched a special mini-website, "Bearing Witness." The mini-site includes information on this year's Holocaust Remembrance Day theme, Bearing Witness, as well as information for names reading ceremonies, "Unto Every Person There is a Name", links to relevant material, video testimonies and more. A special mini-site for educators includes lesson plans and ideas for ceremonies.
A related, new online exhibition "Witness to the Holocaust - the Oneg Shabbat Archives" explores the most significant collection of sources in the world documenting the Holocaust -- sources that were created, gathered, and written by the victims themselves, in real time, at the moment when they were experiencing the horrors. The exhibit includes original archival footage, video testimonies, photos, diaries, documents, and more.
"Learning to Make a Difference: Teaching the Shoah, Antisemitism and Contemporary Israel"
The Israeli Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem is pleased to offer two-and-a-half week seminars for Jewish educators. "Learning to Make a Difference: Teaching the Shoah, Antisemitism and Contemporary Israel" introduces cutting-edge curriculum; helps teachers formulate teaching strategies; and examines the relationship between Israel, the Shoah, and seminar attendees. The summer session is July 16 through August 2, 2007 at the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. For more information and to register, visit the Yad Vashem website or contact Rabbi David Ebstein.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The USHMM website offers a number of resources for teachers and students, including online readings, online exhibitions, and a "learning site" for middle and secondary level students.
Facing History and Ourselves is an international educational and professional development organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. By studying the historical development and lessons of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide, students make the essential connection between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives.
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Educational resources and an email newsletter on Holocaust Resources are available from HaKol LaMoreh. Sign up for the email newsletter in the yellow box.
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