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What’s New at the
International School for Holocaust Studies?
1. European Department – ICHEIC Program
The European Department’s autumn semester
saw a renewal of seminars both at Yad Vashem and in Europe. The
department’s members of staff represented Yad Vashem at seminars in
Hungary, Poland, Germany (see photograph), and the Czech Republic
where they presented educational units and led pedagogical
discussions. At Yad Vashem, well-subscribed seminars were held, a
number of which simultaneously, for educators from the Czech
Republic, Germany, Poland, Ukraine and Hungary, and for German
clergy. Positive feedback was received from the participants, many
of whom commented that the seminar had more than met their
expectations, while expressing their appreciation for having had
such an opportunity to experience Yad Vashem and Israel in this
manner.
The European Department is currently
involved in developing educational units in a wide range of
languages, many of which will ultimately be placed online at:
http://www1.yadvashem.org/education/index_education.html
Nearing the end of development and due to
go online in early 2007 is a pedagogical unit titled “Transport”,
which focuses on the December 1941 transport of German Jews from
Düsseldorf to Riga and looks into the roles of perpetrators and
bystanders during the Holocaust.
In February we will hold the 2nd Annual
International ICHEIC Forum at Yad Vashem. This Forum is held once a
year for our European partners, with whom we work closely in the
organization of our seminars both locally and internationally. This
year the Forum will focus on the goals and resources in the creation
of a network of educators within the framework of the ICHEIC Program
for Holocaust Education. The Forum will give participants a platform
in which to describe Holocaust educational activity in their own
countries and express views stemming from personal experience on
Holocaust education. Participants will also be updated as to the
types of initiatives created by Yad Vashem graduates, following
their participation at a Yad Vashem seminar.
2. International Projects Department
On 29 January 2007, the United
Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) will organize the
second annual observance of the International Day of Commemoration
in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, with a ceremony from
10:30 am to 12:30 pm in the General Assembly Hall at United Nations
Headquarters. DPI will also launch a new website and resource for UN
Member States, educators and NGOs titled, "Electronic Notes for
Speakers". The site, developed for the Holocaust and the United
Nations Outreach Programme by Yad Vashem and the Shoah Foundation
Institute for Visual History and Education, provides survivor
testimony and information materials that will equip speakers with
the tools needed to conduct effective briefings on the Holocaust,
and lessons to be learned from it. This website will also be
accessed from Yad Vashem's website after the launch.
3. Department for International
Seminars in English and the Jewish World
Upcoming events by the department:
December
Jewish Educators Winter Seminar:
December 22, 2006 -
January 7, 2007. There is no charge for tuition and hotel
accommodations for this seminar. We are expecting about 20
participants in this seminar who are coming from the U.S.A.,
Australia and Canada. Our upcoming Summer Seminar is from July 22,
2007 till August 9, 2007. There is no charge for tuition and hotel
accommodations for this seminar as well. The Seminar Coordinator is
Rabbi David Ebstein. Please contact him for more details:
David.Ebstein@yadvashem.org.il
January
International Winter Seminar:
January 7 - January 25, 2007. There is a tuition fee for the seminar
of $750 plus Hotel fees. Scholarships are available. The Seminar
will be in English for 19 days in the International School for
Holocaust Studies in Yad Vashem Jerusalem. There will be about 25
participants from 12 different countries The Seminar Coordinator is
Stephanie McMahon-Kaye. Please contact her for more details:
Stephanie.McMahon-Kaye@yadvashem.org.il
Jewish Educators Seminar from South
America: January 14 -
January 26, 2007. There is no charge for tuition and hotel
accommodations for this seminar. We are expecting 30 participants
from 6 different countries from South America. The Seminar
Coordinator is Mario Sinai. Please contact him for more details:
mario_sinay@walla.co.il
February
Seminar for Holocaust Survivors:
February 11, 2007 - February 15, 2007. This unique 5-day seminar for
Holocaust survivors is geared to provide the survivors with the
necessary tools to help them to tell bits and pieces of their
personal story of the Holocaust. We are expecting 20 survivors to
participate in the seminar. The Seminar Coordinator is Sharon Niv.
Please contact her for more details:
Sharon.niv@yadvashem.org.il
Seminar for members of Yad Vashem
Societies from South America:
February 25 - March 3, 2007.
Participants will be introduced to all of the new parts of the
museum complex and department heads of yad vashem in order to
straighten the bond between them and yad vashem.
We are expecting 25 participants from 6
different countries from South America. The Seminar Coordinator is
Mario Sinai. Please contact him for more details:
mario_sinay@walla.co.il
4. Videoconference with Kingsborough
Community
College, New York
On November 13, 2006, the International School
for Holocaust Studies held a videoconference with Kingsborough
Community
College in New York. The participants were college students engaging
in genocide studies. Within the context of their curriculum, Yad
Vashem presented them with a lecture which explored Nazi propaganda
and its implementation during the various stages of the Holocaust.
One of our leading educators, Mrs Leah
Roshkovsky presented a lecture to the participants in New York. This
dynamic session also provided the students with an opportunity to
ask questions and interact with the staff from Yad Vashem.
In light of their studies involving analysis
of various genocides both current and past, Yad Vashem was able to
provide the students with a unique perspective involving the
intricacies of the Nazi genocide in World War II. The conference was
well received and beneficial for all those who participated.
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