International Seminars in English and the Jewish World

Quotes on our seminars from former participants

"I wouldn't have known that I needed to expand my knowledge about the Holocaust as much as I did, without attending the Yad Vashem seminar."
Tania Eshel, Hillel Co-ordinator, The Shalom Institute, Sydney Australia, Winter Seminar (2003)

"I know what I want to do when I return to Zagreb. I want to retell stories of our survivors to generations and generations of my students."
Renata Abramac, School for Nurses, Zagreb, Croatia Winter Seminar (2001)

"An excellent course. I was thoroughly inspired and challenged by the vast array of lectures and seminars. I feel privileged to have been able to participate in this International course."
Amelia Klein, Research Assistant, Sydney, Australia Winter Seminar (2001)

"Nothing can take the place of hearing personally from the survivors. I am grateful for their courage and willingness to come and share with us."
Sister Anne Brady, Saint Dominic School, Mobile, Alabama, USA Summer Seminar (2001)

"What a privilege it has been to be a participant. This has been a learning and growing experience I will never forget - thank you."
Li Boiskin, Docent, Cape Town Holocaust Centre, South Africa Summer Seminar (2001)

Rabbi Ishmael says:
"If one studies in order to teach
one is granted the opportunity to study
and to teach;
but if one studies in order to practice,
one is granted the opportunity
to study and to teach,
to observe and to practice."

- Pirke Avot (The Sayings of the Fathers)

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