Our Own Lens Through

Yad Vashem
The International School for Holocaust Studies
Through
Our Own Lens
Reflecting on the Holocaust from
Generation to Generation
July 7-10, 2
014
The 9 th
Internation
al
Conference
on
Holocaust
Education
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY:
The Conference on Jewish
Material Claims Against Germany
Conference Program
T h rough Our Own Lens
Reflecting on the Holocaust from
Generation to Generation
Mo n da y, J u l y 7 , 2 0 1 4
Opening Ceremony
Tu e s da y, J u l y 8 , 2 0 1 4
The First and Second Generation
Telling the Story
We dn e s da y, J u l y 9, 2 0 1 4
The Second and Third Generation
Finding the Meaning in the Story
T h u rs da y, J u l y 1 0 , 2 0 1 4
The Third and Fourth Generation
The Relevance of the Story
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Monday, July 7, 2014
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
The First and Second Generations
12:00-15:00 Optional Guided Tours:
Holocaust History Museum
Holocaust Art Museum
8:00
Buses will leave from the Hotels to Yad Vashem
Exhibit: I Am My Brother’s Keeper- Marking 50 Years of Honoring 8:45-12:00
The Edmond J. Safra Lecture Hall
8:45-9:30
Opening Remarks
Chairperson: Dorit Novak, Director General, Yad Vashem
MK Rabbi Shai Piron, Minister of Education, Israel
Dr. Eyal Kaminka, Lily Safra Chair of Holocaust Education,
Righteous Among the Nations
Telling the Story
The Reflection Center
The Visual Center
17:45
Buses will leave from the Hotels to Yad Vashem
18:00-20:00 Supper will be served at Yad Vashem in the “Square of Hope”
20:15- 21:30
Opening Ceremony will take place in the “Valley of the Communities”
9:30-10:00
Topic: Passing the Legacy on from Generation to Generation
Opening Remarks:
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council
Avner Shalev, Chairman, Yad Vashem Directorate
Topic: From Generation to Generation- (M’Dor Le’Dor) Passing
10:00-10:30
Coffee & Cake Break
10:30-12:00 Topic: The 1st Generation: From Testimony to Collection
Chairperson: Prof. Steven Katz, Slater Professor of Jewish and
on the Legacy
Musical Performance by Yasmin Levy
21:30
Buses will take the participants from Yad Vashem to the Hotel
Director, ISHS, Yad Vashem
Holocaust Studies, Boston University
Serge Klarsfeld and Arno Klarsfeld
Prof. Yehuda Bauer, Academic Advisor, Yad Vashem
12:00-13:00
Lunch
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13:00-14:30 Topic: Documenting the Event – The Dialogue between the 1st and
2nd Generations (4 breakout sessions)
Location
Room 212-213
History and Memory – The German Police (ORPO) and the Holocaust
Klaus Donecke & Dr. Noa Mkayton
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Panel Moderator: Daniel Rozenga
Location
Constantiner Lecture Hall
The Significance of the Eichmann Trial
Justice Gavriel Bach, (Ret.) & Prof. Aviad Hacohen
Location
The Second and Third Generation
Finding the Meaning in the Story
Panel Moderator: Yael Richler Friedman
8:00
Buses will leave from the Hotels to Yad Vashem
The Edmond J. Safra Lecture Hall
8:45-12:15 The Edmond J. Safra Lecture Hall
Can We Pray After the Holocaust?
Prof. David Halivni & Rabbi Jeremy Stavisky
Topic: Documentation and Representations of the Holocaust
Location
Panel Moderator: Shani Lourie
Room 210
The Evolution of Yad Vashem over the Last Forty Years
Avner Shalev & Dr. Yitzhak Arad
Break
15:00-16:30
Topic: Using Primary Resources in Teaching the Holocaust
10 Educational Workshops
16:30-17:00
Panel Discussion on the Film “Shoah” by Claude Lanzmann
Shulamit Imber, Pedagogical Director, ISHS, Fred Hillman Chair in Memory
of Janusz Korczak, Yad Vashem
Irena Steinfeldt, Director, Department of the Righteous, Yad Vashem
Prof. Annette Insdorf, Director, Undergraduate Film Studies,
Columbia University
Panel Moderator: Liat Benhabib, Director of the Visual Center, Yad Vashem
LocationPlease see pages 12 -13 For more information
9:45-10:15
Coffee & Cake Break
Coffee & Cake Break
10:15-12:15 Presentations
Chairperson: Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General of the
Concluding Session
The Film -“Weapons of the Spirit” with Prof. Patrick Henry
18:00
Chairperson: Ephraim Kaye, ISHS
17:00-18:00
Location
8:45-9:45 Panel Moderator: Dr. Robert Rozett
14:30-15:00
The Edmond J. Safra Lecture Hall
Council of Europe
Prof. Daniel Goldhagen, The Nature of the Perpetrators,
”Hitler’s Willing Executioners”
Alexandra Zapruder, Diaries of Children in the Holocaust,
“Salvaged Pages“
Buses will take the participants from Yad Vashem to the Hotel
Michel Kichka, “Things I Never Told My Father”
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12:15-13:30
Lunch Break
13:30-15:30 Topic: Organizational Approaches to Holocaust Education
Location
The Edmond J. Safra Lecture Hall
Israel - “Paths of Memory” New Israeli Holocaust Curriculum –
16:00-18:00
Topic: The Reflection of Life through the Arts
Each dramatic presentation will be 1 hour and the second hour will be
an educational discussion of that presentation.
Location
Susie Sandager, A one-woman show: Giving voice to the legacy of the
Righteous Gentile Corrie ten Boom
Shulamit Imber, Eliraz Kraus, Shani Lourie
Poland- Brama Grodzka in Lublin- Witold Dabrowski & Bartosz Gajdzik
Panel Moderator: Alex Dancyg
Panel Moderator: Dr. Susanna Kokkonen
Location
Location
Constantiner Lecture Hall
USA- Facing History and Ourselves- Marc Skvirsky & Dimitry Anselme
letters of Etty Hillesum
Russian Federation-Educational Holocaust Center in Moscow-
Prof. Ilya Altman
Panel Moderator: Stephanie McMahon-Kaye
Location
Room 210
USA- Echoes and Reflections- David Warren- ADL, Dr. Stephen SmithShoah Foundation & Ephraim Kaye- Yad Vashem
Ukraine-Tkuma - Dr. Igor Shchupak
Panel Moderator: Dr. Robert Rozett
“The Green Dumpster Mystery”
Location
Room 212-213
Panel Moderator: Liat Benhabib
Location
Room 211
Goran Paskaljevic, Serbia, A film: A 1st & 2nd Generation story
of Jewish Identity, “When Day Breaks”
Room 210
Tal Haim Joffe, Israel, A film: A 2nd & 3rd Generation story:
Panel Moderator: Richelle Budd Caplan
Location
Constantiner Lecture Hall
Susan Stein, Performance of "Etty", adapted from the diaries and
The Edmond J. Safra Lecture Hall
Panel Moderator: Dr. Chava Baruch
Location
Room 212-213
Malte Ludin, Germany, A film: A 1st & 2nd Generation story of
German Perpetrators, “2 or 3 Things I Know About Him”
England- Institute of Education (IOE)- Prof. Stuart
Foster & Paul Salmons
Panel Moderator: Deborah Hartmann
Austria-erinnern.at- Dr. Maria Ecker & Dr. Nadja Danglmaier
18:00 Buses will take the participants from Yad Vashem to the Hotel
Panel Moderator: Yiftach Meiri
15:30-16:00
Coffee & Cake Break
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
The Third and Fourth Generation
11:00-11:30 Coffee & Cake Break
11:30-12:30 Topic: Future Challenges for the 4th Generation
Roundtable Discussions
The participants will be divided into 36 roundtables
Please see pages 16-17 for information
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:00
11 Educational Workshops
Please see pages 14-15 for information
Location
The Relevance of the Story
8:00
Buses will leave from the Hotels to Yad Vashem
8:45-11:00
The Edmond J. Safra Lecture Hall
Chairperson: Dr. Qian Tang, Assistant Director General for Education,
UNESCO
9:00 -9:25
Topic: The X, Y and Z Generation, Where do we go from here?
Dr. Eyal Kaminka, Lily Safra Chair of Holocaust Education, Director of
ISHS, Yad Vashem
9:25-9:50
Topic: Technology, Ethics and the Holocaust
Prof. Yossi Matias, Managing Director, Israel R&D Center, Google
9:50-10:15
Topic: Digital Strategies Associated with New Pedagogical
Approaches
Dr. Stephen Smith, Executive Director, USC Shoah Foundation for
Visual History
10:15-10:40
Topic: Connecting Knowledge and Technology- Creating a Personal
Virtual File
Dr. Haim Gertner, Director of Yad Vashem Archives, Fred Hillman Chair
of Holocaust Documentation, Yad Vashem
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:30 Topic: The Future of Holocaust Education- The Voices of the 4th
Generation
Location
The Edmond J. Safra Lecture Hall
Six students (18-25 years old) will share the motivation for their
interest in the Holocaust
England- Lucy Hamwijk
China- Laura Han
Canada- Iain Beaumont
Poland- Lukasz Matysiak
Argentina- Maria Gonzalez Warcalde
Israel- Batya Brownstein
16:30-17:00
“Mu-Zika” – A Musical Performance by Israeli High School Musicians
17:00-17:30
Refreshment Break
17:30-18:30
Closing Session in Memory of Izzy and Babs Asper
The Edmond J. Safra Lecture Hall
Location
Chairperson: Shai Abramson, Consultant, The Asper Foundation, Israel
Keynote Presentation: Prof. Shlomo Breznitz, Former Rector and
President University of Haifa
10:40-11:00
Topic: The Future of Holocaust Education in the Age of Technology
18:30
Avner Shalev, Chairman, Yad Vashem Directorate
Buses will take the participants from Yad Vashem to the Hotel
Thursday, July 10, 2014
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Tuesday, July 8th
15:00-16:30
Educational Workshops
1
Name
Country
Workshop Title
Room
Moderator
Jorge Brandão
Portugal
Tell Your Parents: History and
304
Haya Feldman
Carvalho
Clarita Fernandez
Costa Rica
Matarrita
Country
Workshop Title
Room
Moderator
Dr. Naama Shik
Israel
The Holocaust Education Video
210
Sandra
Toolbox (HEVT) in the Classroom:
Schools of Amares 2013-2014
Pedagogical Guidelines
Dr. Rachel Century
Y dijimos “Nunca más...” La
UK
USA
Mary Johnson
New resources on teaching about
7
Alexandra
USA
Zapruder
303
the Holocaust in Eastern Europe:
Yiftach
Dr. Ann Millin
Ashkenazy
Marta Berecka
Shani Lourie
8
History lesson or the unique
USA
From Concrete to Meaning: The Fate
Germany
Daniel Gaede
302
Clapsaddle
Multi-faceted Memory - Learning
A Personal Story: The Impact of the
Netherlands
Study in Contrasts
9
Mitch Braff
Tamar Machado
209
Nurit
Davidson
USA
Holocaust
Israel
Inger Schaap
Netherlands
“The Jewish Street”: Documenting
Jewish Life in Interwar Poland
Teaching about the Holocaust:
The Use of Graphic Novels in the
Classroom
Teaching Armed Jewish Resistance
Israel
211
James
McIntosh
Collecting Music During and After the
Holocaust
10
Ronaldas Racinskas Литва
Преподавание темы Катастрофы в
Ingrida Vilkiene
Литве - опыт работы со взрослой
аудиторией
From Names to Faces: A High-School
Project About Local Victims of the
Yiftach Meiri
Eyes from the Ashes and the
Sources
as a Teaching Tool in the Classroom
5
USA
During the Holocaust with Primary
Holocaust on Successive Generations
Martijn Pellis
Sheryl
Ochayon
on-site and online about Nazi
Australia
Authentic Encounters: Using Artifacts 212
Auschwitz Album Photographs: A
concentration camp
David de Groot
UK
Jonathan
and Stalinist internment and
4
Prof. Stuart Foster
Dr. Ann Weiss
of Families as Told by Objects
Steven Stegers &
Using Primary Documentation in
& Paul Salmons
experience? Education at the
Israel
Asaf Tal
Teaching the Holocaust in the High
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Site
3
Salvaged Pages: Using Young Writers’ 213
School and University Classroom
classrooms
Poland
Using Primary Resources in Teaching
Holocaust Diaries in the Classroom
Integrating recent research into
Andrzej Kacorzyk &
Rosenfeld
the Holocaust
experiencia de formación sobre
Derechos Humanos en Costa Rica
Dimitry Anselme &
6
Name
Memory of the Holocaust - Group of
Shoá, Genocidios Recientes y
2
Educational Workshops
301
Dr. Frumi
Shchori
214
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Educational Workshops
Thursday, July 10th
Name
13:30-15:00
Educational Workshops
6
Jonathan Friedrichs Canada
Prof. Glenn
1
Name
Country
Workshop Title
Room
Moderator
Patricia Moira
Argentina
El Holocausto: su impacto y legado
304
Sandra
Leonard & María
en nuestros valores, conducta,
González Warcalde
memoria y compromiso
2
Holocaust Education: Using Graphics
Kimmelman
as a Tool
Poland
Miriam Cooper
USA
Jason Russo &
Australia
USA
Jillian Mitsch
Tamar Don
8
214
Brenner
5
Eva Unterman,
USA
Inbal Kvity Ben Dov
Leah
& Richelle Budd
Roshkovsky
Caplan
Dr. Naama Shik
Using High Quality Literature to
UK
9
303
Nurit
Israel
SignPosts: Israeli Graphic Design
Israel
Jakub Niewinski &
Poland
Maciej Jedlinski
Through Three Lives to Common
Bonnie Abrams
302
Dr. Frumi
Shchori
10 Elena Barr Baum
USA
USA
Marian Held
Educational Tools Developed by the
Yael Richler-
ISHS for the 3rd & 4th Generation
Friedman
301
Voice of the Second Generation:
What We Carry – Changing the Face
213
of Holocaust Education
Israel
James
McIntosh
Witnesses and Education- Using
Holocaust Survivor Testimonies in
the Classroom
Yoni Berrous
11 Inna Sorkina
Беларусь
Маршруты по штетлам - опыт
изучения еврейского культурного
наследия в краеведческой работе
& Phoebe
Matina Kozireva
Belgium
Sternin
on the Holocaust
from Generation to Generation
Unterman
Michal
Memory: Polish – Israeli Reflections
Frameworks
Story
212
The Holocaust Education Video
Transferring Holocaust Legacies
Sophie Unterman,
Asaf Tal
Students Shaping Holocaust Memory
Students’ Moral and Ethical
A Family Dialogue: Third Generation
211
Responsibility?
Davidson
Choiceless Choices: Developing
Impact of Holocaust Education -
Yiftach Meiri
Passing on the Legacy: Whose
New Technologies
Teaching about the Holocaust in a
210
Teach the Holocaust: The Grade Six
Toolbox (HEVT) in the Classroom:
Creative Takes on a First Generation
& Andi Gergely
Kaye
Teaching about Anti-Semitism in
Steve Unterman,
Jane Braden-Golay
Making Aware and Passing On: The
the OSCE Region: Methodology for
Imparting to the Next Generation
Israel
McMahon-
Heritage Project
Multi-Racial Classroom
Greg Keith
Canada
& Iain Beaumont
Rosenfeld
Teachers
4
Shawntelle Nesbitt
Humana”
Anne Giebel
3
7
Domínguez
Developing Global Partnerships for
Stephanie
to Teach the Holocaust
Education
Coevorden
USA
209
Moderator
Luzhen Han
Un Ataque Contra la Dignidad
& Jane Jacobs
Using the Internet and Social Media
Martin Chung, &
& José Luis
Kimberly Mann
Room
Holocaust in Chinese University
Karen Van
Spain
China
Workshop Title
Timmermans, Dr.
Proyecto “Memoria del Holocausto:
Iñaki Mendoza
Country
Украина
Немецкие колонисты Юга
Holocaust Commemorative
Украины и "еврейский вопрос"
Programming: Case Studies from
- опыт исследовательско-
Jewish Student Unions
преподавательской деятельности
214
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Moderators for Roundtable Discussions
Thursday, July 10th
16
Name
Title
Room
Julie Golding
Director of Education, The Kleinman Family Holocaust
210
Education Center
17
Moderators for Roundtable Discussions
18
Name
Title
Room
1
Ann Millin, Ph.D.
Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
304
2
Maureen Carter
Holocaust Studies, School District of Palm Beach County,
3
4
Head of European Union of Jewish Students
Carlos Yebra
Academia Klass Formacion
19
Yessica San
Director, Department of Holocaust and Antisemitism,
Román
Centro Sefarad - Israel
Prof. Isabel
Educator, Escuela Integral, Montevideo, Uruguay
Distinguished Professor of Holocaust & Genocide Studies
RSM
and Dr. Marsha Radicoff Grossman Professor of Holocaust
21
Prof. Don Berry
University of Mobile, AL
Studies, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
22
Otto Rühl
Senior Master, Helsingoer Gymnasium, Denmark; Danish
Delegate to IHRA
Director, Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource
Rosenthal
Center – Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
23
Inger Schaap
Anne Frank House, The Netherlands
5
Liebe Geft
Director, Museum of Tolerance, L.A
24
Steven Stegers
Deputy Director, EUROCLIO
6
Linda Medvin
Chair, Florida Commission Task Force on Holocaust
25
Daniel Stejeran
Northern Transylvania Holocaust Museum Romania
26
Nevena Bajalica
Anne Frank House Amsterdam, The Netherlands
27
Lena Jersenius
Swedish Committee Against Antisemitism
28
Urs Urech
Programmleiter Shoa Education,
302
Education
Mark Weitzman
Simon Wiesenthal Center
8
Dr. Michael
Director, Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies,
Hayse
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
9
Marc Skvirsky
Vice President, Facing History and Ourselves
10
Dimitry Anselme
Program Director, Staff Development, Facing History and
303
Ourselves
11
Dr. Mary Johnson
Facing History and Ourselves
12
Dr. Miriam Klein
Director, Holocaust Studies Summer Institute, University of
Kassenoff
Miami, Florida
Richard
Director, South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation
13
Tali Nates
Director, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre
15
Ayalah Podwal
Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale, NY
29
Rachel Donnelly
Holocaust Learning Officer, Imperial War Museums
30
Karen Van
Education Officer, Holocaust Educational Trust
Coevorden
214
Freedman
14
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Schweiz
209
31
Lea Roshkovsky
Yad Vashem, ISHS
32
Dr. Na'ama Shik
Yad Vashem, ISHS
33
Yael Eaglstein
Yad Vashem, ISHS
34
Michal Sternin
Yad Vashem, ISHS
35
Jackie Metzger
Yad Vashem, ISHS
36
Dr. Frumi Shchori
Yad Vashem, ISHS
213
Constantiner Lecture Hall
Gail Hirsch
7
212
Burstein
Dr. Carol Rittner
301
211
Lopez
20
Florida
Jane BradenGolay
208
207
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