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The Establishment of the Ghettos

By Ellen Resnek / Sunday, August 28, 2022 / Comments Off on The Establishment of the Ghettos

Why did the Germans create ghettos throughout Eastern Europe? What functions did they fulfill for the Germans? For two and a half years, Jews from all over Poland were herded […]

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The Fate of Jewish Children Under Nazi Control

By Ellen Resnek / Sunday, August 28, 2022 / Comments Off on The Fate of Jewish Children Under Nazi Control

How did the Holocaust impact on society’s most vulnerable? Dr. Sharon Kangisser Cohen of Yad Vashem, will present some of the experiences of Jewish children under Nazi rule. Based on […]

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The Ghetto Fighters’ House Talking Memory Series presents: ‘Gross Aktion’: Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto’s Great Deportation 80 Year Later

By Ellen Resnek / Tuesday, July 26, 2022 / Comments Off on The Ghetto Fighters’ House Talking Memory Series presents: ‘Gross Aktion’: Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto’s Great Deportation 80 Year Later

The Ghetto Fighters’ House  Talking Memory Series presents: Grossaktion Warsaw:  80 Years Later Join us for the second program on Sunday, August 21st The Road to the Umschlagplatz: The Jewish […]

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A Short Reflection by Michelle Szydlowski 

By Ellen Resnek / Sunday, July 3, 2022 / Comments Off on A Short Reflection by Michelle Szydlowski 

A strikingly beautiful doe raced across the field where jagged trenches, now covered in grass, marked the site where thousands of human lives were stolen.

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Poland Seminar Day 1- June 26 By Michele Russo

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Poland Seminar Day 1- June 26 By Michele Russo

The power of their writing is a witness to what happened and was also used in actual trials as evidence of Nazi war crimes.

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2023 Poland Personally: A Study Seminar to Poland

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 20, 2022 / Comments Off on 2023 Poland Personally: A Study Seminar to Poland
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Teaching Resources about Gun Violence from National Council for the Social Studies

By Ellen Resnek / Friday, May 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Teaching Resources about Gun Violence from National Council for the Social Studies

Teaching resource and background articles on teaching about gun violence from NCSS, members, colleagues, and news outlets: NOTE: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), is providing these resources for […]

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Evaluating Media Coverage of the Holocaust and the Tree of Life Shooting

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Evaluating Media Coverage of the Holocaust and the Tree of Life Shooting

This lesson is a mini-unit that begins when students have an introductory level knowledge of the Holocaust. Students working in pairs decide on an event from the Holocaust they would […]

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Understanding and Ending Hate

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Understanding and Ending Hate

One of the biggest misconceptions about antisemitism is that it is part of the past akin to ancient history. When talking about my seminar in Poland, some people stated that […]

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Remembering ‘Tree of Life’… “Never again, means NEVER AGAIN!”

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Remembering ‘Tree of Life’… “Never again, means NEVER AGAIN!”

Learners will learn about the Tree of Life shooting as an event and as a piece of a larger narrative of antisemitism, discrimination and racial issues within the United States. […]

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