What’s New at the International School for Holocaust Studies?

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1. European Department - ICHEIC program
2. International Projects Department
3. The Department for International Seminars in English and the Jewish World

1. European Department - ICHEIC program

• New Online Course: "At the Edge of the Abyss: The Holocaust of European Jewry"
  The International School presents a new online course on the Holocaust: "At the Edge of the Abyss: The Holocaust of European Jewry". The course, written by experts from the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, provides an extensive introduction to the subject of the Holocaust. It is modular, consisting of 5 independent, stand-alone sub-courses. The topics of these are: Jewish life before the Holocaust; Nazi Germany and the Jews; Ghettos; the “Final Solution” and Holocaust survivors and remembrance. The course makes use of a variety of sources from the Yad Vashem archives, as well as photographs, documents, testimonies, existing lesson plans, links to our online resource center and more.
  For more information, and to register to the first course, click here.
  
  

• A European Perspective: Activities in the European Department
  In April-June 2006, approximately 200 hundred European educators participated in teacher-training seminars at the International School for Holocaust Studies organized by the ICHEIC Program for Holocaust Education in Europe. Educators from Austria, France, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Poland, the United Kingdom and, for the first time, Finland, spent an intense period of study at Yad Vashem, toured the campus, and experienced elements of contemporary Israeli society, its history and culture. Yad Vashem also coordinated seminars for European educators in Austria, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Russia.

  An international colloquium for European and Israeli researchers took place at Yad Vashem in April. The colloquium, held in conjunction with the Herman Cohen Academy, explored, “Holocaust and Context: History, Memory and Education”.

  The European Department has recently developed a number of new educational study units including online programs in Russian, German, and Polish, available in our foreign languages section of our website.
  For the website, click here.
  
  

• First International Seminar for Teachers in Auschwitz, September 2006
  In September 2006 the International School will hold its first International Seminar for Teachers. This seminar, organized within the framework of the ICHEIC Program for Holocaust Education in Europe, and in conjunction with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, will be held in Auschwitz, September 6-10, 2006. The program, geared towards graduates of 2005 seminars, aims to deepen the knowledge of the graduates by modeling new teaching units and to build a professional network of multiplicators in the field of Holocaust education in Europe.

2. International Projects Department

• Yad Vashem - ODIHR Project Update
  In follow up to the successful proceedings of the international forum, supported by the Asper International Holocaust Studies Program at the International School for Holocaust Studies, that took place at the School last October, the guidelines, "Preparing Holocaust Memorial Days," have recently been translated into Hungarian by the Hungarian Ministry of Education as well as into Croatian by the Croatian Ministry of Education and Sport. Translations of this document are currently being prepared by additional organizations and governmental ministries, and may be found at here.

  In addition, suggestions on "Ways to Address Antisemitism in the Classroom", are currently being formulated. Experts such as Dr. Rob Rozett, director of the Yad Vashem library, Dr. Juliane Wetzel, researcher at the Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung, and Mark Weitzman, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Task Force on Hate, have been consulted on this project and this English-language document should be made available on the Yad Vashem website in Fall 2006.
  
  

• Working with the UN
  On May 12, 2006, Shulamit Imber, the pedagogical director of the School, presented at a UN program devoted to issues connected to Holocaust and genocide awareness. The School is currently in contact with the Department of Public Information of the UN in an effort to examine the possibility of disseminating educational resources on the Holocaust to UN information centers across the globe as well as collaborating on various projects. During the upcoming international conference, "Teaching the Holocaust to Future Generations," Kimberly Mann representing the Department of Public Information at the UN will present a workshop on the activities of the UN on Holocaust remembrance since the resolution was passed in November 2005.

3. The Department for International Seminars in English and the Jewish World

The 5th International Conference on Teaching the Holocaust to Future Generations
The Department for International Seminars in English and the Jewish World is responsible for the international conferences on Holocaust education that are held once every two years. Presently we are completing the preparations for the 5th International Conference on Teaching the Holocaust to Future Generations. Educators from around the world will gather at Yad Vashem from June 26-29, 2006 to hear some of the outstanding speakers and educators in the field of Holocaust education. The list includes Professor Lawrence Langer, Professor Irwin Cotler, Dr. Steven Feinstein, Professor Yehuda Bauer, Professor Colin Tatz, General Romeo Dallaire (ret.) among others. Afternoon workshops will allow the participants to present their research and classroom work in 45 minute sessions designed to promote an on-going dialogue among those who find this work so important.

Information on the conference can be accessed on this website or at www.teachingholocaust.com

For more information on the department, click here.

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