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Re-scheduled as WebEx Virtual Event–Author to Speak About Her Book, Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey

Remotely via WebEx Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

On Thursday, April 2 at 12 p.m., Mikhal Dekel, Ph.D., Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, will speak about her recently published book, Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey (W.W. Norton, 2019).  Her talk will be delivered remotely using WebEx […]

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Re-scheduled as a Webex Event–Scholar to Examine Legacy of Anti-Jewish Persecution in the Soviet Union

Via Zoom Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

On Thursday, April 23 at 12 p.m., Elissa Bemporad, Ph.D., the Jerry and William Ungar Chair in East European Jewish History and the Holocaust and an Associate Professor of History at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center of the City University of New York, will speak about her new book, Legacy of Blood: Jews, […]

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Workshop on Teaching about Genocide with Testimony and Film

Friends Hall (SC219) 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mawah, NJ

TIME: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 9 a.m.-3 p.m. PLACE: Robert A. Scott Student Center Friends Hall (SC219) Ramapo College of New Jersey 505 Ramapo Valley Road (Rt. 202) Mahwah, NJ 07430-1623  FREE OF CHARGE –Breakfast and Lunch Included Approved Workshop for Certification Renewal (5 Hours) Assists in Adopting and Implementing N.J. Core Curriculum Standards Language Arts 3.1 Social Studies 6.1­6.3 World Languages 7.1 and 7.2 Register Here: https://bit.ly/2vm2IJo Program 8:30-9 a.m. Registration and Refreshments 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Teaching Film with Testimony I: The Promise:  Introduction of Resources and […]

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Hitler’s First Hundred Days

Via Zoom Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Professor Fritzsche (University of Illinois-Urban-Champaign) will conduct a virtual conversation about his recent book, Hitler’s First Hundred Days. When Germans Embraced the Third Reich (Basic Books) with Ramapo professor Sam Mustafa, Ph.D., who teaches German History and is the author of several books in the field. Fritzsche’s probing account reveals how Germany’s fractured republic, in the spring […]

British Fascist Women, the Anti-War Campaign and Antisemitism

Via Zoom Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Professor Julie Gottlieb (University of Sheffield, UK) will be in conversation with Ellen Ross, Ph. D., Professor Emerita of History and Women's Studies at Ramapo College who written widely in British Women’s History. In the 1930s, Sir Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists (BUF), despite never having more than 50,000 members and never having one of […]

Role of Churches in Nazi Germany and Legacies of Antisemitism to be Explored

Via Zoom Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Rebecca Carter-Chand, Acting Director of the Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust in the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will discuss "The German Churches in the Nazi-Era and the Legacies of Antisemitism." The event will be held under the auspices of The Center for Holocaust and […]

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Teachers Workshop: CHOICES MATTER: COMPLICITY AND ACTION DURING THE HOLOCAUST

Via Zoom Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

CHOICES MATTER: COMPLICITY AND ACTION DURING THE HOLOCAUST Thursday, November 19, 2020; 10 AM to 1 PM Virtually via WebEx FREE OF CHARGE  Approved Workshop for Certification Renewal (5 Hours: Additional online activities to be assigned)  Assists in Adopting and Implementing N.J. Core Curriculum Standards Language Arts 3.1 Social Studies 6.1­6.3 World Languages 7.1 and 7.2  Registration: bit.ly/2DWLarM “Peoples’ stories will help students relate and empathize more with this topic and theme. One thingI’ll remember is to teach students that silence can do great […]

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Son of Survivors to Provide Presentation on Conducting Research about Family Members’ Experiences in the Holocaust

Virtually via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b6Y3DbzWT3qvD33O5OLtcw

Jerry Zaks, a retired IT professional from Bergen County and son of survivors, will conduct a presentation on researching the history of one’s family in the Holocaust titled, “Recovering the Past: Researching the Fate of One’s Family in the Shoah.”  He will also discuss his endeavor with Center Director, Dr. Michael A. Riff. The program […]

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Family Letters and Auschwitz Memoir Tell Story of Sephardic Community of Salonica in Twentieth Century

Virtually via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b6Y3DbzWT3qvD33O5OLtcw

On Thursday, February 11 at 7 p.m., Dr. Sarah A. Stein, Professor of History, U.C.L.A and Dr. Joe Halio, physician and President of the Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture, will discuss “A Sephardic Journey: The Jews of Salonica from the Ottoman Empire to the Holocaust.” The Center for Holocaust and Genocide […]

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Authors of Recent Books on Notorious Nazis to Discuss their Subjects’ Crimes and Fates

Virtually via Zoom:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/german-jewish-attorney-and-political-scientist-resisting-nazism-tickets-140695753787

On Thursday, February 18 at 12 p.m., Dr. Daniel Lee, author of The SS Officer's Armchair: Uncovering the Hidden Life of a Nazi(Hachette, 2020) and Senior Lecturer in Queen Mary University London’s School of History and, and Philippe Sands, Q.C., author of The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive (Knopf, 2021) and […]

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