Our goal is to ensure that the tragedy and history of the Holocaust are remembered, that appropriate, fact-based instruction and materials are available to students, educators, and the public to enable them to learn the lessons of the Holocaust and that, as a result, we inspire our community to create a more just and equitable society. | |
HAPPENINGS IN HOLOCAUST EDUCATION | |
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Searching for Humanity Program with the Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center.
Our first group of students visited the Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center in October for the day-long Searching for Humanity exhibit and educational program. The students participated in interactive Holocaust lessons, had a tour of the current exhibition on display at the Samuel Bak Museum, and heard from a 2G speaker.
Throughout the program, students are asked to reflect on the question, "What is my responsibility today?", and to strive to have empathy and to be an upstander if the need arises them to do so.
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More field trips are planned for student groups monthly throughout the 2023-2024 school year.
Visit our website to register for the Searching for Humanity program at the Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center today!
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Anne Frank Traveling Exhibit
A partnership between the University of South Carolina's College of Education, Anne Frank House, and the Institute for Holocaust Education has made it possible for the traveling exhibit to travel to schools throughout Nebraska.
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The exhibit immerses viewers in Anne Frank's family life before, during, and after World War II. Juxtaposed against the horrors of the Nazi regime, passages from Anne's diary showcases her enduring sense of hope and unwavering belief in a bright future.
The exhibit will be displayed in Gretna, Omaha and the greater Nebraska area this year.
Learn more on our website and how you can bring the exhibit to your school at no cost to you or your school thanks to the Jewish Federation and others.
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WILLESDEN READS REGISTER TODAY!
Join IHE and JCRC on March 28th, 2024 to experience this 50-minute live theatrical performance based on the best-selling book, The Children of Willesden Lane. Author, performer and virtuoso concert pianist Mona Golabek offers uplifting messages of resilience and hope for students at a time when they most need it.
In advance of the live event, educators will be invited to participate in professional development, provided by Echoes & Reflections, to deepen understanding of the historical context of The Children of Willesden Lane book and to learn to incorporate The Willesden Project’s companion resources found in IWitness, USC Shoah Foundation’s educational website, into their teaching.
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The professional development, books, curriculum, and live performance is offered at no cost to participating schools thanks to the generous support of the Henry Davis Family Foundation, Rich & Fran Juro, and the Lozier Foundation.
Learn more on our website and register you school to participate in this opportunity today.
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UPCOMING NOVEMBER PROGRAMING | |
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PORTRAITS OF SURVIVAL
November 1 - 30
Eisenberg Art Gallery at the Jewish Community Center
During the month of November, we will again be displaying the Portraits of Survival exhibit created for the seventieth anniversary of Kristallnacht by David Radler in the Eisenberg Art Gallery at the Jewish Community Center. There will also be three special programs during the month of November.
Portraits of Survival features modern day portraits of Holocaust survivors who found their way to Nebraska. Next to each photo is a card telling the survivor’s story and how they came to rebuild their life within our community.
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THE DEATH OF ZYGIELBOJM
Tuesday, Nov. 7 | 7:00 pm | Tickets $5
Alan J. Levine Performing Arts Theater at the Jewish Community Center
Join us for the showing of the movie “The Death of Zygielbojm”.
The movie tells the story of Szmul Arthur Zygielbojm a Polish Jewish socialist politician and member of the Polish Government-in-Exile who died by suicide in May 1943 in London, in protest at the inaction of the Allies in the face of the German annihilation of European Jewry and in particular the defeat of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Dr. Arthur I. Zygielbaum, grandson of Szmul Arthur Zygiebojm will attend and introduce the film.
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A SENSORY HISTORY OF NAZI-
OCCUPIED AMSTERDAM
Thursday, Nov. 9 | 7:00 pm
Goldstein Community Engagement Venue at the Jewish Community Center
The Institute for Holocaust Education and the Omaha Jewish Press are partnering to bring Dr. Saskia Coenen Snyder, professor of modern Jewish history at the University of South Carolina, where she also serves as Director of the Jewish Studies Program on November 7th as a speaker.
Her talk will focus on the responses of Amsterdam citizens to the Nazification of the urban environment. Dutch war diaries (including Anne Frank's) offer insight into the sensory experiences of Jews and non-Jews during the war. They disclose not merely what people saw and heard, but also how they saw and heard, and how sounds affected their perceptions of war and occupation. Their diaries suggest that the Nazi authorities used the sights and sounds of the built environment to mediate and affirm new forms of hierarchy, control, and social structure, claiming the right to dominate Amsterdam’s visual and acoustic space.
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SAVED BY SCHINDLER:
THE LIFE OF CELINA KARP BINIAZ
Sunday, Nov. 12 | 2:00 pm
Goldstein Community Engagement Venue at the Jewish Community Center
We will welcome, Sandi Yoder the Director of the Iowa Jewish Historical Society and author Bill Friedricks who will be speaking about Celina Karp Biniaz, one of the last living survivors from Schindler’s List—and the only one who graduated from North High School and Grinnell College in Iowa.
Have a unique look at one of the youngest Holocaust and Schindler survivors and how she and her family lived through the Holocaust and then went on to live a remarkable and brave life after.
“Oskar Schindler gave me my life, but Steven Spielberg gave me my voice.”
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UPCOMING THIRD THURSDAY SPEAKERS | |
On November 16th at 11:30 AM by Zoom, Stephen Silberstein will present the story of his father, Holocaust Survivor, Michael Silberstein. Michael Silberstein was born in Grudziadz Poland in 1930 as the youngest of 4 siblings. When the war broke out Michael survived the Lodz Ghetto and was then sent to Auschwitz, survived the death march and was liberated from the Mauthausen concentration camp in May 1945. After spending time in the Santa Maria Di Bagni DP camp near Bari Italy, he travelled to London where he received his education and a degree in electrical engineering. After 7 years in London, he moved to America in 1952 where he was drafted into the Korean war shortly after his arrival. Michael was married in 1956 to Lillian, settled in Poughkeepsie NY where they raised 2 sons Stephen and Andrew. Michael worked for IBM for 32 years and would say he "lived the American dream". Michael returned to the camps in 1993, 2007 and 2020 to tell the growing family the story. Michael passed away at age 92 in April 2022. Michael was active in sharing his Holocaust story at the synagogue, religious school, public schools, and universities. |  | |
On December 21 at 11:30 AM by Zoom, Kati Larson will be speaking on her philosophy on Holocaust Education and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Teacher Fellow Program. Kati is a public school teacher in Bellevue, NE and a member of the class of 2023 USHMM Teacher Fellow Program which was created to ensure that learning how and why the Holocaust happened is an essential component of education in America and strengthens students' critical thinking about their roles in society. | |
On January 18 at 11:30 AM by Zoom, Alexandra M. Cardon will be presenting on the art of Samuel Bak. Alex is the curator and gallery manager of the Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center in Omaha, NE. She envisions the future museum as a collaborative space that celebrates Samuel Bak’s oeuvre and educates viewers on the realities of the Holocaust, while also offering exhibitions that explore contemporary artistic responses to conflict, human rights, and genocide. Alexandra has worked in art museums and taught art history in universities and colleges. | |
For more information regarding Third Thursday programming at IHE, to RSVP for a program please reach out to Scott Littky, Executive Director of IHE, at [email protected]
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The Institute for Holocaust Education provides educational resources, workshops, survivor testimony, and integrated arts programming to students, educators, and the public. The IHE provides support to Holocaust survivors in our community. | |
We are grateful for your generosity and care of Holocaust Education.
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