Moral and educational responsibility of the classroom teacher in relation to the Holocaust
Holocaust education is essential and each citizen has the moral responsibility to fight racism and hatred whenever and wherever it occurs. The Holocaust phenomenon is not rational and not based upon actual facts or science. It occurred, however, as part of the natural process in the way people think. In order to fight prejudice and […]
A Moment in Time – Remembering the Holocaust
Leon Weissberg, Ed. D. In a post-Holocaust world Jewish educators have endeavored to provide high school teens with an experience that will imbed the conceptual framework of the Holocaust into their beings turning the intellectual study into an emotional, memorable and meaningful experience. The experience is known as the March of the Living. Youngsters travel […]
Learning how to explore the anti-Semitic position of traitors to their faith and history
Posted By Isi Leibler On September 3, 2014 @ 5:12 am From the outset of Operation Protective Edge, [(the military operation to stop Hamas from firing thousands of rockets on Israeli citizens),] Jewish renegades have been increasingly propelled into the limelight. One example was a recent letter published as an advertisement in The New York […]
Navigation issue with some A Journey into the Holocaust DVDs
We have found that certain DVDs of A Journey into the Holocaust have a problem with three of the twenty-three scenes on the Scene Selection menu. All three problems are on the second page of the scene selection sub-menu. The problem is not critical, and there is an easy way to work around it. If […]
As Seen through my Eyes: Ways to prevent another Holocaust from the Eyes of a High School Student
Students at Garfield Park Academy often struggle to accept social differences and to look outside the box. The students we serve have emotional, learning and behavioral disabilities that have prevented them from succeeding in almost every other school setting. Prior to viewing the movie, my students had very little background knowledge surrounding the Holocaust. Students […]
Our students matured 3 to 4 years during the 5 day A Journey into the Holocaust educational program
At Garfield Park Academy our middle and high school students can be very self-focused. We consider this normal behavior for our student population with the emotional, behavioral and social challenges they endure each day. Staff noticed very significant changes in our students as they went through the five day educational program based on the film […]
The Holocaust and genocide should be studied at the start of the school year, not the end of the year when teachers are pressed for time
My interest in history, and more specifically the Holocaust, led me to pursue a career in teaching in order to attempt to cause an effect within the students I taught. It, also, resulted in my pursuance of my Masters in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. With all my heart, I believe in the necessity of Holocaust […]
International Holocaust Education Varies Widely
How do we teach the Holocaust? How do other countries teach the Holocaust? The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Georg Eckert Institute recently released a comprehensive report on Holocaust education in global curricula entitled “The International Status of Education About the Holocaust: A Global Mapping of Textbooks and Curricula.” This highly […]