A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR’S BLUEPRINT FOR HAPPINESS: Teacher Training

Eddie Jaku survived Auschwitz and other camps. At aged 99 he presented a Ted Talk that has been viewed by over one million people, and at 100 he published a best-selling memoir. How did he make the choice to live a life with joy after experiencing unimaginable horror? Studying his Holocaust story provides us with the opportunity to learn about the choices that humans can make.

In this inspiring session, Yad Vashem educator, Yael Eaglstein, will take us on the journey of one survivor’s choices.

Yael Eaglstein

Yael, born in Jerusalem, Israel, earned her B.A from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.A in Urban Planning and Geography. In 2004, she joined the International School for Holocaust Studies (ISHS) as a member of the guiding department. In 2006, Yael joined the Israeli teacher training department (in the ISHS) and worked with pre-service educators from all over the country. She trained hundreds of Israeli teachers on the unique pedagogical philosophy and age appropriate methodology of the ISHS. In 2012 Yael was promoted to coordinator for Graduate Training Seminars in the European Department of the International School for Holocaust Studies. In 2016, Yael started working as the educational supervisor of the Gandel Holocaust Program for Australian Educators and since 2020 is Head of the Program.