Educators from Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and San Luis Obispo participated in a weeklong professional development workshop on Aug. 6-10 on Holocaust education at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).
Brazil\’s Jewish community sent directors of five Brazilian schools named after Anne Frank on a Holocaust study tour in Amsterdam.
The last quarter century has witnessed a veritable explosion in the academic field of Jewish studies. During that time, Israel solidified its place as the global center in the field, while in the United States virtually every university and college of note has established its own program, center or chair.
Most young Frenchmen never heard of the World War II roundup of Paris Jews, a survey shows.
Yad Vashem and the Council of Europe have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote Holocaust education throughout the council\’s 47 member states
A South Carolina teacher was arrested on charges of assault and battery after trying to make a point during a lesson on the Holocaust.
For nearly 30 years, Los Angeles secondary-school educators have attended the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) annual Holocaust Education Workshop as part of their professional development. During the month-long series, L.A.-area teachers learned the history of anti-Semitism, listened to survivors’ firsthand stories and visited local Holocaust institutions, leaving them better equipped to teach the Holocaust to their students.
South Carolina\’s superintendent of education has recommended cutting Holocaust education funding to help make up a significant budget deficit. The $31,000 to the South Carolina Council on the Holocaust for Holocaust education programming is part of $71 million in cuts proposed by Superintendent Mick Zais.
The U.S. Attorney\’s Office in New York has arrested 17 people for participating in a $42.5 million fraud at the Claims Conference.
Earlier this spring, David Weiner, a 32-year-old social studies curriculum publisher from Los Angeles, went on an unlikely pairing of back-to-back missions to Israel.
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