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Recent
Highlights at the International School for Holocaust Studies
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At the beginning of the 2004-2005 academic year, 20 teacher
training courses were opened throughout the country, on “The
History of the Holocaust and How to Teach It.” These courses
included three seminars on “The Holocaust in Films” presented at
the Cinematheques in Sderot, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and an
Internet course on the fate of the Stanislavov community.
During October, Yad Vashem held a seminar for educators from
Romania, a seminar for educators from Germany, and a
study day for German volunteers from the Ot Hakapara
organization. At the end of the month, the Witnesses in Uniform
delegation left for Poland and Bucharest, concluding the project
for 2004. Also leaving for Poland was the “Green Leaf”
delegation—140 pupils from youth villages and residential
facilities who had spent the previous six months participating in
an extensive educational program. From Crisis to Hope—the
program to teach some 4,000 11th grade pupils from the
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Employment’s educational
facilities about the Shoah and its relevance today—began
the same month, for the third year consecutive year.
In November, groups of young adults began to attend seminars on
the subject of “Jewish Identity and the Holocaust” as part of
birthright israel. Seminars for teachers from Poland
and Austria were also held in November. On 9 November, 350
young people attended a study day commemorating
Kristallnacht organized in conjunction with the
Commemorations and Public Relations Division, with activities
focusing on German Jewry before and during the Holocaust. A
delegation from the Israel Police participated in two days
of seminars at Yad Vashem before leaving for Poland.
In December there was a seminar for Hungarian educators,
and representatives from the International School for Holocaust
Studies participated in seminars at Terezin in the Czech
Republic. The seminar for Jewish educators from abroad
began at the end the month.
At the end of December, the School marked the Tenth of Tevet
(general day of mourning) on the theme: “Rise Up and Shake off Thy
Dust,” marking “The Pain of Liberation and the Return to Life,”
this year’s theme at Yad Vashem. Also in December the winter
course for training guides opened. Running until March, this
course will include lectures and workshops, preparing guides for
the opening of the new Holocaust History Museum.
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