A symposium on the eve of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day was held on “Repercussions of Identity—Personal and Collective Memory.” The event, moderated by Emanuel Halperin and broadcast live on national radio, featured representatives from a variety of fields, and was held in the presence of a diverse audience including many teenagers. The next day, the School hosted over 2,000 young people from around the country in a variety of workshops, activities and tours of the new Museum Complex. Other Remembrance Day events included “Muzika—Young People Make a Connection with the Holocaust;” an encounter project involving the Ohn School (for pupils with cerebral palsy) and Shenkar College; and a joint project with Ascola-Meimad College. The creative works from these two projects, based on this year’s theme, “The Anguish of Liberation and the Return to Life,” were exhibited in the School.

In May, the new multimedia Learning Center (“Reflections After the Holocaust”) was inaugurated as part of the new Museum Complex (see New Learning Center Inaugurated). Also during May, over 2,500 senior Air Force soldiers and officers participated in several study days, with lectures and testimonials from Holocaust victims. In addition, Witnesses in Uniform study days and preparatory activities were held for IDF delegations traveling to Poland. Over 1,600 March of the Living participants visited Yad Vashem, and the summer wave of birthright israel got underway, with several thousand students from around the world visiting the new Museum.

During April-June, the School held study days for heads of education departments, inspectors, school principals and literature teachers. In addition, dozens of preschool and student teachers from around the country attended training sessions. There were also training courses for educators from abroad, including teachers from Belgium, France, Hungary, Austria, Romania and Great Britain. The international summer seminar was held at the end of June.

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