October 2024

October 2024

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Echoes & Reflections | Humanizing History at Sites of Memory

Echoes & Reflections | A Growing Threat: Responding to Antisemitism in the Classroom

Echoes & Reflections | "Resist! To Our Last Breath": Jewish Uprisings in Auschwitz, Sobibor, & Treblinka

The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University | Online Educator Training: Foundations of Resistance

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Tue, Oct 15, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Mon, Oct 21, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Tue, Oct 29, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Wed, Oct 30, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Senate Bill 1828 charges the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission with developing or approving materials for a statewide Holocaust Remembrance Week. Provided is information on best practices and various lists of approved resources.

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Echoes & Reflections | Humanizing History at Sites of Memory

Echoes & Reflections | Humanizing History at Sites of Memory 6:30pm - 7:30pm (1h)

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Starts Oct 15, 2024 at 6:30pm
Ends Oct 15, 2024 at 7:30pm
Virtual IWalks are a unique multimedia educational experience that contextualizes and humanizes the history at sites of memory by using testimony, photographs and maps to engage students. Virtual IWalks in IWitness deepen student learning through guided questions, whose results can be assessed by educators.
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Echoes & Reflections | A Growing Threat: Responding to Antisemitism in the Classroom

Echoes & Reflections | A Growing Threat: Responding to Antisemitism in the Classroom 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)

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Starts Oct 21, 2024 at 6:00pm
Ends Oct 21, 2024 at 7:00pm
Join us at 7pm ET alongside Megan Nevels, Sr. Associate Director of Jewish Community Engagement, ADL West and Jesse Tannetta, Director of Holocaust Content & Pedagogy for Echoes & Reflections to discuss the impact that rising antisemitism is having on students and school culture.
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Echoes & Reflections | "Resist! To Our Last Breath": Jewish Uprisings in Auschwitz, Sobibor, & Treblinka

Echoes & Reflections | "Resist! To Our Last Breath": Jewish Uprisings in Auschwitz, Sobibor, & Treblinka 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)

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Starts Oct 29, 2024 at 3:00pm
Ends Oct 29, 2024 at 4:00pm
Despite the Nazis’ attempt to dehumanize their victims, Jews steadfastly maintained their humanity in the face of almost certain death. Even in concentration camps, Jews resisted the Nazi plan of annihilation by protecting their dignity and resisting, including through violent uprisings in multiple death camps.
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The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University | Online Educator Training: Foundations of Resistance

The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University | Online Educator Training: Foundations of Resistance 3:00pm - 4:00pm (1h)

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Starts Oct 30, 2024 at 3:00pm
Ends Oct 30, 2024 at 4:00pm
This training will teach students how to counter antisemitism with the Jewish Paristan Educational Foundation's new Foundation of Resistance: A Curriculum to Counter Antisemitism for Grades 6-12.
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