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Jerusalem QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, VOL Yad Va hem erusalem JQUARTERLY MAGAZINE, VOL. 51, OCTOBER 2008 Preserving the Memories (pp. 12-13) Teaching the Shoah: Fighting Racism and Prejudice 750 educators from 53 countries attend International Conference (pp. 3-5) Yad Va hem Jerusalem QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, VOL. 51, Tishrei 5769, October 2008 Published by: Yad Vashem Contents The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Teaching the Shoah: Remembrance Authority Fighting Racism and Prejudice ■ 3 ■ 750 educators from 53 countries attend Vice Chairmen of the Council: International Conference Dr. Yitzhak Arad Dr. Israel Singer The Challenge of Teaching the Holocaust Professor Elie Wiesel in a Multicultural Classroom ■ 4 Chairman of the Directorate: Avner Shalev ■ In early July, Yad Vashem held its “A Human Experience" ■ 5 Director General: Nathan Eitan sixth international conference on Holocaust Highlights from the Address of Head of the International Institute for Holocaust education—the largest ever of its kind in Research: Professor David Bankier Avner Shalev at the Conference Israel. For more than half the 750 participants, Chief Historian: Professor Dan Michman “So That the Generations to Come this was their first visit to the country. Close to 400 participants came from Europe alone and, Academic Advisors: Will Know” ■ 6 Professor Yehuda Bauer in light of the demographic changes that have Professor Israel Gutman New on taken place across the continent since the end Members of the Yad Vashem Directorate: www.yadvashem.org/education ■ 7 of WWII, a special emphasis was placed on Shlomit Amichai, Edna Ben-Horin, Chaim Chesler, Matityahu Drobles, Jews Rescuing Jews ■ 8 how to teach the Holocaust in a multicultural Abraham Duvdevani, Moshe Ha-Elion, setting (see p. 4). Who Will Tell Their Stories? ■ 9 ֿ Yehiel Leket, Tzipi Livni, Adv. Shelly (Shlomo) The Green Dumpster Mystery, The morning sessions at Jerusalem’s Malka, Linda Olmert, Adv. Dov Shilansky, International Convention Center centered on Effi Shtensler, Baruch Shub, Amira Stern, a Film by Tal Haim Yoffe Adv. Shoshana Weinshall, Eli Zborowski, Winner of the 2008 Avner Shalev Award three different themes: “Racism and Antisemitism Dudi Zilbershlag in the 19th and 20th Centuries—the prelude to Portal to Knowledge ■ 10 destruction;” “Teaching the Holocaust in a THE MAGAZINE Yad Vashem’s Library Catalogue Multicultural Society—combating the phenomena Editor-in-Chief: Iris Rosenberg Goes Online of racism and prejudice in the classroom;” Managing Editor: Leah Goldstein Not Following Orders ■ 11 and “Building a Better World—the legacy of Editorial Board: Dutch Policeman Honored as Righteous the Holocaust survivors and celebrating Israel Deborah Berman Among the Nations in its 60th year.” Panel participants included Na'ama Rosenberg Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak, who presented Susan Weisberg Preserving the Memories ■ 12-13 Cynthia Wroclawski a series of paintings he created especially for Estee Yaari Icons and Images ■ 14 the conference dealing with the iconic image Editorial Coordinator: Lilach Tamir-Itach The Israeli Andy Warhol of the Jewish boy with his hands held high Language Editor: Leah Goldstein News ■ 15-19 during the May 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Proofreader: Ezra Olman Commander of Israeli Air Force, General Ido Friends Worldwide ■ 20-23 Translated by: Hever Translators’ Pool (Intl) Nechustan, talked about the importance of Assisted by: New on the Shelf... ■ 24 teaching the Holocaust to the IDF officer corps Alexander Avraham, Prof. David Bankier, and the “Witnesses in Uniform” army trips to Rachel Barkai, Shaya Ben Yehuda, Poland. Nechustan’s presentation ended with Annie Eisen, Nadia Jacobson, Limor Karo, Dana Porath, Amanda Smulowitz a five-minute video clip of the September 2003 flyover of the three Israeli F-15s above Photography: Yossi Ben David, Isaac Harari the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Yad Production: Keter Press Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev spoke of the Design: Stephanie & Ruti Design challenges facing educators in an era when This magazine was published with the assistance of The Azrieli Group. Holocaust survivors will no longer be among us, and his vision of Holocaust education for future generations (see p. 5). After each main morning lecture, Christian, Jewish and Muslim educators from 53 countries ISSN 0793-7199 worldwide gathered at the International ©Articles appearing in this issue may be reprinted School for Holocaust Studies for more than with proper acknowledgement. 160 educational workshops that touched upon Yad Vashem’s activities are supported by multi-disciplinary aspects of the Holocaust. Sa’ad Khaldi, a Muslim educator whose roots the Ministry of Education ■ On the cover: go back to British Mandatory Palestine as well A page from the wartime diary of as to a Jewish grandmother, gave a moving the Claims Conference Rabbi Uri Feivish Tauber, restored and preserved by the Yad Vashem presentation on teaching the Holocaust in a and the Jewish Agency for Israel. Preservation Laboratory (see pp. 12-13). British multicultural classroom in which the Teaching the Shoah: Fighting Racism and Prejudice 750 educators from 53 countries attend International Conference by Ephraim Kaye ■ International conference delegates listen to a panel discussion on the topic of “Teaching the Holocaust in a Multicultural Society.” majority of his students are Muslim. Ahmad human rights and fight antisemitism—a journey “… What a wealth of El Ahmad, a graduate of the 2006 Yad Vashem resulting from his research into the crimes of seminar for Jordanian educators, came to the torture committed by the last Argentinean information I have taken conference out of a “deep-felt sympathy and dictatorship. Rafecas concluded his lecture by recognition of the importance of teaching the saying: “Over the last ten years I haven’t read back with me to use in my Holocaust to Arab students in the Middle East.” anything that isn’t related to the topic, because classroom. Thank you.” And four students from Korea came “in order the emotional and human dimension of the to learn more about the Jewish people, Israel Holocaust has captured my soul.” Abbe Snyder, USA and the significance of the Holocaust.” The closing session took place in the One of the more unusual workshops was Family Square, adjacent to the International a musical presentation based on the project School for Holocaust Studies. Kovno survivor Former Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman “I Believe,” given by Zane Zallis of Winnipeg, Prof. Kalman Perk spoke of his experience as of the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies Canada to a group of over fifty educators. The a young boy growing up in the shadow of Natan Sharansky gave the final address. He project is based on interviews with Holocaust the Holocaust, and the legacy that his father presented his rejection of the new idea that survivors and Zallis' attempt to communicate their bestowed upon him: to “be a mensch.” Yad democracy is more important than national feelings through music. He demonstrated several Vashem Academic Advisor Prof. Yehuda Bauer identity. Recalling his personal reconnection to themes from “I Believe,” and suggested methods gave a lecture in memory of Dr. Israel Asper his Jewish roots, Sharansky explained: “If you for teaching and presenting the material. on the topic of “The Holocaust and the State of see yourself as part of a much bigger story… The conference also hosted a number of Israel.” Calling the idea that the State of Israel you will have the strength to speak your mind. high-ranking officials: Guatemalan Minister of was created as a result of the Holocaust “false Real freedom comes only with identity.” Education Ana Ordoñez de Molina addressed historical consciousness,” he demonstrated that The Sixth International Conference on Holocaust more than 100 Spanish-speaking participants, “nothing is inevitable in history,” and that the Education was made possible through the generosity of the Adelson Family Foundation and emphasizing the importance of teaching the Holocaust did not produce the State of Israel the Asper Foundation, and with the support of Holocaust in South America. Argentinean federal but, paradoxically, “almost prevented it from the Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim Foundation, judge and criminal law professor, the Hon. coming into existence.” In the end, however, Charles Lownhaupt, David Sherman, the TLD Corporation and Hilda and Tom Weisz. Daniel Rafecas Esq., spoke about his personal the Shoah “produced a society that could The author, the conference director, is Director of journey towards realizing the importance of remember the Holocaust, and without it, Israel International Seminars at the International School teaching the Holocaust in order to protect basic would have looked very different.” for Holocaust Studies. education 3 The Challenge of Teaching the Holocaust in a Multicultural Classroom by Dr. Doron Avraham “I was so impressed ■ Over the last number of years, Yad Holocaust. Against this backdrop, some European Vashem’s International School for Holocaust teachers ask if there is a historical imperative by the quality and size Studies has been grappling with a relatively or pedagogical justification for teaching the of this event. I plan to new issue in Holocaust education: teaching Holocaust to these students and, if so, how it the Holocaust in a multicultural classroom. should be done. continue my work as a The School’s expanding scope of activity with At the Sixth International Teachers’ teachers from around the globe, primarily from Conference held at Yad Vashem
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