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The Ghetto Fighters’ House Talking Memory Series presents: Artist as Witness: The Holocaust Art of David Friedmann in the Lodz Ghetto

By Ellen Resnek / Saturday, May 28, 2022 / Comments Off on The Ghetto Fighters’ House Talking Memory Series presents: Artist as Witness: The Holocaust Art of David Friedmann in the Lodz Ghetto

The Ghetto Fighters’ House Talking Memory Series presents: Artist as Witness:  The Holocaust Art of David Friedmann in the Lodz Ghetto Guest Speaker: Miriam Friedmann Morris David Friedmann (1893-1980) depicted […]

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Talking Memory: The Last Years of Yitzhak Katzenelson

By Ateret Cope / Thursday, April 21, 2022 / Comments Off on Talking Memory: The Last Years of Yitzhak Katzenelson

Guest Speaker: Professor Samuel Kassow   Few Jewish Poets were better able to convey the horror and the anguish of the Holocaust than Yitzhak Katzenelson. Mordecai Tennebaum wrote that in […]

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The Holocaust Card – Always Remember

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, March 16, 2022 / Comments Off on The Holocaust Card – Always Remember

Steven Koenig Day 3 | 2022 Inside Israel: Educational Leadership Seminar Today was our visit to Yad Vashem (translation-”a Memorial and a Name”), Israel’s tribute to the 6,000,000 Jews who […]

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Confronting the Complexity of Holocaust Scholarship

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, March 2, 2022 / Comments Off on Confronting the Complexity of Holocaust Scholarship

Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Holocaust Studies.

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Holocaust Museums and Memorials Around the World

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, March 2, 2022 / Comments Off on Holocaust Museums and Memorials Around the World

Alongside CWB Scholars we will travel with Museum historians, experts, and contemporary witnesses to 10 different regions.

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Primo Levi’s World and War: How can we trust what others tell us about the past? A Lesson for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Primo Levi’s World and War: How can we trust what others tell us about the past? A Lesson for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

This lesson addresses an Essential Question that is common within secondary history courses: How can we know what really happened in the past? It was written to mark two occasions: […]

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Comparing Accounts of Auschwitz: Primo Levi and Howard Chandler (prepared for International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021)

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Comparing Accounts of Auschwitz: Primo Levi and Howard Chandler (prepared for International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021)

This lesson provides a structure for educators to guide students in comparing two texts: Primo Levi’s Survival in Auschwitz (estimated Lexile 1210) and Journey with Howard Chandler, an app available […]

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Primo Levi’s Shema: Can ordinary language describe extraordinary experiences? A Lesson for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Primo Levi’s Shema: Can ordinary language describe extraordinary experiences? A Lesson for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

This lesson addresses Essential Questions that are common within Secondary ELA courses: What makes a text effective for its purpose? How are stories from other places and times about me? […]

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America and The Holocaust Learning Guide With Primary Sources 2021 CWB

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on America and The Holocaust Learning Guide With Primary Sources 2021 CWB

To accompany the graphic book America and the Holocaust, Author: Barbara S. Burstin, Ph. D., Ilustrator: Frederick H. Carlson This lesson relies on the use of Primary Sources to explore […]

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Nazi Ideology as Part of a Continuum of Antisemitism

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, February 1, 2022 / Comments Off on Nazi Ideology as Part of a Continuum of Antisemitism

Antisemitism existed long before Hitler’s rise to power: Jews had been victims of widespread hatred and suspicion for centuries before. This video explains the historical context of racial antisemitic ideology and […]

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