2007 - 2008

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Westport Country Playhouse and the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center present an Educational Symposium at the Westport Country Playhouse:

Academic Freedom vs. Political Control: Freedom of Speech in the Classroom

Westport Country Playhouse
25 Powers Court
Westport, CT

Sunday, August 5, 2007, Following the 3pm matinee performance of Sedition

Guest Panelists:
David Wiltse, Playwright, Sedition
Marlene Warshawski Yahalom, Ph.D., Director of Education, Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center
Sergio Munoz-Sarmiento, Director of Education, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Paul Levinson, Novelist, Professor and Chair of Communications at Fordham University

A world premier by David Wilste; Directed by Tazewell Thompson. Based on a true story, a prominent professor of German at a Midwestern university is forced to stand up in defense of his freedom of speech - and pays the price for his courage.

This stunning new play questions with razor sharp dialogue - and not without a sense of humor - what it means to stand up for something that you believe in. The symposium begins at approximately 5pm. The program is free and open to the public. To purchase tickets to the performance call: 203.227.4177 or buy online at www.westportplayhouse.org

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Annual Benefit: Power to Inspire (Photos)

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club, Mamaroneck, NY

To view location: www.mamaroneckbeachandyacht.com

Honoring The Spirit of Humanity Award Recipients: Rita & Richard Lowenstein and Family of Mamaroneck.

Dinner Chairs: Betsy& Donald Landis of White Plains and Mindy & Howard Unger of Chappaqua.

To bid online from September 25 - October 21, 2007, click here

Ann Curry, NBC News Anchor and Correspondent, will be our keynote speaker. Read more about Ann Curry at: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8418780/



To make a donation to the benefit, download the Journal Form (PDF).

For more information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Annual Benefit: It Starts With ONE

Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Tappan Hill Mansion, Tarrytown, NY

Honoring The Spirit of Humanity Award Recipient: Sheldon Grebstein, Ph.D.

Dinner Chairs: Emily & Eugene Grant and Sherry & Robert Wiener

Please Save The Date for Our Annual Benefit: It Starts with ONE. To make a donation to the benefit, download the Journal Form (pdf).

Read Holocaust Center in Tarrytown Honors Retiring Director, By Gary Stern, The Journal News (Online), Original Publication: October 25, 2006.

For more information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Teachers Holocaust Museum Study Trip

October 27-28, 2006

For the second year, the Center is offering a thoughtfully designed trip for educators to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Thanks to a generous grant, there is virtually no cost to participants. The trip is a unique opportunity for Social Studies and Language Arts teachers to gain the knowledge and comfort to deal with a difficult and mandated subject. On the bus each way, master teachers lead discussions on guidelines for teaching the Holocaust, how to use the Museum as a resource, and the value of film in the classroom. Saturday is spent in the Museum. For more information, download and read the Holocaust Museum Study Trip Information PDF and the Holocaust Museum Study Trip Registration Form PDF.

Read German School Teachers Join In Holocaust Education Effort, By Leah Rae, The Journal News (Online), Original Publication: November 6, 2006.

We gratefully acknowledge the Arthur & Rebecca Samberg Foundation for their generous support of this program.

For more information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Distinguished Lecture: Lions of Judah : The Unsung Story of Jewish Anti-Nazi Resistance and Its Lessons for Today

Jud Newborn

Manhattanville College

Monday, December 11, 2006 7:30 p.m.

"Lions of Judah" provides vivid accounts of Jewish heroism and examples of true courage that will inform, surprise, and inspire, while fundamentally challenging common assumptions about how Jews responded to Nazi persecution. The speaker also sets the story of Jewish anti-Nazi resistance in a dramatic framework which draws parallels and illustrates its relevance to today's crisis-ridden atmosphere, threatened by terrorism, extremism, and inflamed anti-Semitism.

A founding historian and consultant for the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Dr. Newborn is currently Special Projects Curator and Director of Development at the Cinema Arts Centre, Long Island.

The Distinguished Lecture Series presents the leading scholars in the fields of Holocaust study, genocide, and human rights. Lectures are open to both educators and the community. Admission is free but reservations are requested to assure adequate seating. Students are welcome. Groups must reserve in advance.

We gratefully acknowledge Lee & Richard Laster, Dolly L. Maass and the New York Council for the Humanities for their generous support of this program.

For reservations and more information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Focus Seminar: Rwanda: Leave None to tell the Story

Presenter, Alison DesForges

Manhattanville College

Monday, January 29, 2007 4:00 - 6:30 p.m.

The Rwandan genocide, which resulted in the murder of approximately 800,000 people in one hundred days, April 6 to July 19, 1994, was unsurpassed in the brutality and intensity of its slaughter. At its height the killing rate even exceeded that of the Holocaust, even though the instruments of death were often wielded by hand. As in the Holocaust, preexisting prejudice was a condition for the genocide. As in the Holocaust, hatred was inflamed by an ideological and political process which motivated a majority group (Hutu) to purify the country by eliminating the "insects" (Tutsi) whose existence threatened it. As in the Holocaust major nations - including the U.S. - knew what was happening but took no action. The UN could readily have saved many lives but did not. The presenter, Dr. Alison DesForges, Senior Advisor to the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, has been cited by General Roméo Dallaire as "one of our greatest allies in trying to encourage the international community to intervene in Rwanda and to expose the genocide."

Focus Seminar sessions emphasize specific aspects of the Holocaust and its ongoing human rights lessons. Each seminar also includes practical suggestions and materials for the classroom. Interested community members are welcome to attend.

We gratefully acknowledge Micki & Gary Joseph and Tracy Smith-Joseph & Daniel Joseph for their generous support of this program.

For more information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Focus Seminar: Forgiveness and Reconciliation: From The Sunflower to South Africa

Presenter, Peter Nelson

Manhattanville College

Tuesday, February 13, 2007 4:00 - 6:30 p.m.

What are the possibilities and limits of forgiveness at the personal and national level? What roles do confession, contrition, and forgiveness play among individual people, groups, and entire nations, and how do these roles differ from place to place, group to group? This is a topic that on the surface seems familiar to everyone but few of us explore fully. This workshop hopes to provoke deeper understanding of ourselves and the subject via an examination of Simon Wiesenthal's classic Holocaust narrative, The Sunflower, as well as the move to restorative justice exemplified in South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Peter Nelson, Director of the New York office of Facing History and Ourselves, is the presenter.

Focus Seminar sessions emphasize specific aspects of the Holocaust and its ongoing human rights lessons. Each seminar also includes practical suggestions and materials for the classroom. Interested community members are welcome to attend. For more information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

All-Day Institute on Human Rights for High School Student Leaders

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

This popular annual event attracts a total of 300 students and educators from approximately 25 high schools. Dynamic keynote addresses focus on human rights abuses and injustices, and the importance of youthful leadership in confronting prejudice and discrimination. Small-group workshops led by experienced student facilitators encourage frank discussion. Schools are also invited to exhibit their current activities in human rights. The Institute is followed by an "Upstander Day" in which participating schools encourage and help students to produce an activist response to some appropriate human rights cause.


We gratefully acknowledge Rita & Richard Lowenstein, Mindy & Howard Unger, and Paula & Jeffrey Yormak for their generous support of this program.

For more information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Distinguished Lecture: Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust

Alexandra Zapruder

Manhattanville College

Monday, March 26, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Although Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl is rightfully considered a masterpiece of its kind, there is a treasure trove of more recently discovered and little known diaries and journals written by young people across Europe that make an important contribution to our understanding of the Holocaust. This lecture is an introduc tion to, and overview of, these documents, often created despite the most dire conditions. Above all, they provide valuable insight into the texture of individual experience and daily life during the war years.

Alexandra Zapruder is an independent writer and scholar who serves as a special consultant to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Her book of the same title received a National Jewish book Award.

The Distinguished Lecture Series presents the leading scholars in the fields of Holocaust study, genocide, and human rights. Lectures are open to both educators and the community. Admission is free but reservations are requested to assure adequate seating. Students are welcome. Groups must reserve in advance.

We gratefully acknowledge Lee & Richard Laster, Dolly L. Maass and the New York Council for the Humanities for their generous support of this program.

For reservations and more information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Distinguished Lecture: Buried by the Times: The Holocaust, the Press, and America's Most Important Newspaper

Laurel Leff

Manhattanville College

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Based on Professor Leff's widely praised work, which has been called "the best book yet about American media coverage of the Holocaust," the lecture summarizes the factors and forces that "ultimately resulted in the minimizing and misunderstanding of modern history's worst genocide" by the New York Times. Given the paper's prestige, the same deficiencies in news coverage were emulated by other media, thus depriving the general public of adequate knowledge of the Final Solution.

Laurel Leff is an Associate Professor of Journalism at Northeastern University. She was formerly a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and the Miami Herald.

The Distinguished Lecture Series presents the leading scholars in the fields of Holocaust study, genocide, and human rights. Lectures are open to both educators and the community. Admission is free but reservations are requested to assure adequate seating. Students are welcome. Groups must reserve in advance. For reservations and more information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Seeds of Hope - Garden of Remembrance Commemoration

Keynote Speaker: Noam Bramson, Mayor of New Rochelle

Garden of Remembrance
148 Martine Ave., White Plains NY
Sunday, April 15, 2007
11:00 - 12:30 p.m.

The Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center in collaboration with the Westchester Jewish Conference presents the Annual Westchester County Holocaust Commemoration: Seeds of Hope. Inspirational commemoration program to include choirs, elected officials, guest speakers and a moving ceremony that includes Holocaust survivors and their families. Keynote Speaker: Noam Bramson, Mayor of New Rochelle. Rain location: Hebrew Institute of White Plains, 20 Greenridge Avenue, White Plains, NY. Download the Flyer (pdf).

For reservations and more information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

24 hour Human Rights Film Festival

Presented by Jacob Burns Film Center and Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center with Local High School Human Rights Clubs.

Jacob Burns Film Center
364 Manville Road, Pleasantville, NY
Saturday, May 19, 2007 10:00 p.m. -
Sunday, May 20, 2007 10:00 p.m.

Young leaders from local high school Human Rights Clubs will help promote and sell tickets to this 24-hour continuous human rights film festival jointly sponsored by HHREC and the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, May 19. Films will examine the genocides in Darfur, Rwanda, Bosnia, Nanking, and during the Holocaust. The goal is to raise $1 million for Chad and Darfur relief. Download the Flyer (pdf). .

For reservations and more information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Film: Testimony of the Human Spirit

(1st Film in Jewish Film Series)

SUNY Purchase

Monday, September 12, 2005, 7:30 p.m.

Film overview, formats, creative team, for educators, and ordering information.

Seminar: Ostracism and Bullying

In collaboration with Facing History and Ourselves

Peter Nelson, Presenter

Manhattanville College

Thursday, October 27, 2005, 4:00-6:30 p.m.

For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Bus trip for Educators to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.

Depart from Manhattanville College

Friday - Saturday, November 4 & 5, 2005, Fri. 3 p.m. to Sat. 8 p.m.

For more information and an application, read the Holocaust Museum Trip Flyer (pdf). For more information about the U.S. Holocaust Museum, visit their web site: ushmm.org

Bus trip for Educators to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.

Depart from Manhattanville College

Friday - Saturday, November 4 & 5, 2005, Fri. 3 p.m. to Sat. 8 p.m.

For more information and an application, read the Holocaust Museum Trip Flyer (pdf). For more information about the U.S. Holocaust Museum, visit their web site: ushmm.org

Distinguished Lecture: The Nazi Conscience: How Did Evil Become Good?

Professor Claudia Koonz, Duke University

Manhattanville College

Monday, December 12, 2005, 8:00 p.m.

For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net. View Photos from this Program.

Seminar: Understanding Islam

Professor James Jones, Manhattanville

Manhattanville College

Tuesday, January 31, 2006, 4:00-6:30 p.m.

For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net. View Photos from this Program.

All Day Institute for Educators: Teaching the Holocaust and Its Lesson: The Fundamentals

Reid Hall, Manhattanville College

February 8, 2006, 8:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. (snow date February 9th)

This Institute has been rescheduled for October 17, 2006.

This Institute has been designed by experienced English and Social Studies teachers for Educators Grades 4-12. Its purposes are to:

• help teachers make study of the Holocaust, genocide, and human rights relevant for today's students;
• expand awareness of the Holocaust's continuing lessons for such related issues as prejudice, racism, and human rights violations;
• provide teachers with practical strategies and essential information for teaching those lessons;
• enable new teachers to approach a complex subject with confidence and competence.

Print the Institute Schedule and Registration Form (pdf)

For more information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

All Day Human Rights Institute for High School Student Leaders

SUNY Purchase

Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

We most gratefully acknowledge a generous grant from the Lowenstein Family Foundation in support of the Institute. For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Distinguished Lecture: Living with What We Know: The Holocaust's Legacy for Perpetrator's Children

Dr. Martin Rumscheidt

Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua

Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 7:30 p.m.

We gratefully acknowledge Joanna Rizoulis & Seth Rutman, German School New York and Paula & Jeffrey Yormak for their generous support of this program. For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

The Westchester Holocaust Education Center and Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester present "A Dialog on the Holocaust and the Churches of Europe"

Rabbi Dr. Richard Rubenstein
Dr. H. Martin Rumscheidt

Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester

Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 7:30pm

Join us at Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester Thursday evening, March 23, 2006 at 7:30pm for one of the most important presentations you will ever hear. The Westchester Holocaust Education Center and Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester present "A Dialog on the Holocaust and the Churches of Europe" with two of the foremost scholars of post-Holocaust theology, Rabbi Dr. Richard Rubenstein and Dr. H. Martin Rumscheidt. For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Distinguished Lecture: Hitler's Jewish Soldiers and Their Stories

Bryan Mark Rigg, American Military University

New Rochelle High School

Monday, April 3, 2006 7:30 p.m.

Note: This lecture was orignially scheduled on February 13th. We gratefully acknowledge Mr. Bernard J. Rosenshein, Kathleen & Richard S. Fuld Jr., Shelly & Jon Ballin, and Jody & Andrew Froehlich for their generous support of this program. For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Holocaust Remembrance Program

Lincoln Park Jewish Center
311 Central Park Avenue in southeast Yonkers

Monday, April 3 - Friday, April 7, 2006 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

With the cooperation of the Westchester Holocaust Education Center Speakers Bureau (Susan Rothschild), Lincoln Park Jewish Center and Rabbi Viñas, Yonkers Public Schools, & Jewish Council of Yonkers, the following will speak to student groups (*high school; ** grades 8-10) and the community.

· APR 3 - JAY SOMMER [10-11] escape from Nazi labor camp, author of Journey to the Golden Door. Presentation will be delivered in SPANISH.
· APR 3 - CLARA KNOPFLER * [12-1] from Romania to Hungary, from ghetto to Auschwitz and Riga, from East Prussian labor camp to a 3 month forced march back to Romania.
· APR 4 - RUTH BACHNER * [10-11] On Kristallnacht, Ruth was forced into hiding with a Christian family, then in a convent for two years.
· APR 4 - FRED BACHNER * [12-1] left Germany for Poland; upon arrest, Fred was sent to Aushwitz, then Dachau.
· APR 5 - BETTINA GRAF [10-11] life under Nazi occupation in Austria; survived London blitz 1940 and torpedo on ship to U.S. [younger grades].
· APR 5 - WILLIAM FARKAS [12-1] from ghetto in Hungary to Auschwitz, then labor camp in Austria; attributes survival to cousin.
· APR 6 - BERNHARD STORCH [10-11] from prisoner in labor camp in Siberia to Polish Army liberator of several camps, including Majdanek
· APR 6 - BETTY KNOOP ** [12-1], deported from Holland to Bergen-Belsen via the Dutch transit camp Westerbork (same camp as Anne Frank); liberated at Trobitz by the Soviet.
APR 7 - JOHN SWEENEY * [10-11] US Army camp liberator.

Admission is free, but reservations for groups are required. Plan for presentations of one hour for speaker & 30 minutes for exhibit. Additional half hour for sanctuary tour and Q+A session with Rabbi Viñas. Suggested preparatory lesson plans and follow-up available upon request. Bus transportation available free for Yonkers Public Schools. Contact Helene Alalouf at (914) 337-0226.

Distinguished Lecture:

Dr. Michael Berenbaum

Manhattanville College

Monday, April 24, 2006, 8:00 p.m.

This distinguished lecture is our annual commemoration for Yom Hashoah. We gratefully acknowledge Richard and Lee Lasters generous support of this program. For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.

Holocaust Remembrance Program

GREENBURGH HEBREW CENTER
515 BROADWAY in DOBBS FERRY

Monday, April 24 - Friday, April 28, 2006 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.

With the cooperation of the Westchester Holocaust Education Center Speakers Bureau (Susan Rothschild), GREENBURGH HEBREW CENTER AND RABBI BARRY KENTER, & Jewish Council of Yonkers, the following will speak to student groups and the community.

· APRIL 24 - BERNHARD STORCH from prisoner in labor camp in Siberia to Polish Army liberator of several camps, including Majdanek.
· APRIL 25 - LEO DREYFUSS life as a hidden child; smuggled from camp to France, rescued by Save the Children Movement; will read letters from his parents. [speaker courtesy of Hidden Child Foundation]
· APRIL 26- CLARA KNOPFLER from Romania to Hungary, from ghetto to Auschwitz and Riga concentration camps, from labor camp in East Prussia to a 3 month forced march back to Romania.
· APRIL 27 - BERNHARD STORCH from prisoner in labor camp in Siberia to Polish Army liberator of several camps, including Majdanek.
· APRIL 28 - JAY SOMMER escape from Nazi labor camp, author of Journey to the Golden Door.


Admission is free, but reservations for groups are required. Plan for presentations of one hour for speaker & 30 minutes for exhibit. Additional half hour for sanctuary tour and Q+A session with Rabbi Viñas. Suggested preparatory lesson plans and follow-up available upon request. Contact Helene Alalouf at (914) 337-0226.

Community Interfaith Holocaust Commemoration

Keynote Speaker: Ruth Messinger

Christ Episcopal Church, Bronxville
Thursday, April 27, 2006, 7:30p.m.

Lessons of the Past: Hope for the Future

Garden of Remembrance Commemoration

Keynote Speaker: Janet DiFiore, District Attorney

Garden of Remembrance, Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY
Sunday, May 7, 2006 3:00 p.m.

The Westchester Holocaust Education Center in collaboration with the Westchester Jewish Conference presents the Annual Westchester County Holocaust Commemoration: Lessons of the Past, Hope for the Future. Inspirational commemoration program to include choirs, drum corps, elected officials, guest speakers and a moving ceremony that includes Holocaust survivors and their families. Keynote Speaker: Janet DiFiore Westchester District Attorney. Download the Flyer (pdf).

2004 - 2005

Distinguished Lecture: American Dream

KEVIN JENNINGS, Executive Director of GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network)

Wednesday, December 1, 2004. 8:00 P.M.

Kevin Jennings is recognized as a leader in both education and civil rights. He is the co-founder and first Executive Director of GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, which has expanded to all 50 states. He is best known for his efforts to create safe schools for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students. He has written several books, and his film Out of the Past won the 1998 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary. Born and raised in the rural south, he is the first in his extended family to attend college. (PDF)

Admission is free. For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.


Focus Seminar: From Nuremberg to Saddam Hussein

HARRY REICHER, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Thursday, January 20, 2005 4:00 -6:30 P.M.

The 1945-46 Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders as war criminals were unprecedented in history and have produced a lasting moral and legal legacy, which includes the concepts of individual responsibility, crimes against humanity, and genocide. International courts are active today in the ongoing trials of Rwandan perpetrators and Slobodan Milosovec, and may also become involved in the pending trial of Saddam Hussein. This seminar examines both the legal and moral issues. (PDF)

Admission is free. For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.


Focus Seminar: The Rwandan Genocide and Ourselves

PETER NELSON, Facing History and Ourselves

Monday, February 7, 2005 4:00 -6:30 P.M.

The brutal mass slaughter of at least 800,000 Rwandians in 100 days beginning on April 7, 1994, without intervention by the UN or any of the major world powers, evokes bitter memories of the slogan "Never Again." What are the responsibilities of nations, communities, and individuals in such tragic situations? Has it fallen to the United States to be the world's primary emergency rescue squad? Facing History, our frequent and esteemed collaborator, will emphasize questions and provide materials that educators can use in their classrooms. (PDF)

Admission is free. For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.


Distinguished Lecture: The "Third Side": Possibilities for Peaceful Co-Existence

ANDREA BARTOLI, Director of the Center for International conflict Recolution at Columbia University

Monday, February 14, 2005. 7:00 P.M.

Professor Bartoli is Senior Research Scholar and Director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University. Trained as an anthropologist, he has been actively involved in conflict resolution since the early 1980's. Among his special interests is the role of religion in resolving conflicts. His theme will emphasize the "Third Side" approach to the Israeli-Palestinian dilemma and other conflicts, a process which seeks a negotiated both-gain solution, rather than a win-lose situation driven by force.

Admission is free. For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.


Human Rights Institute for High School Student Leaders At SUNY Purchase

Wednesday, March 23, 2005. 8:30-3:00

The day consists of dynamic keynote addresses on such topics as hate crimes, homphobia, and the importance of youthful leadership in confronting prejudice and discrimination. Small-group workshops encourage frank discussion of these issues by students. Participating schools select their student representatives. Workshop facilitators are chosen from students who attended prior Institutes and have received additional training. Schools are also invited to display their current activities in human rights.

For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.


Supper Seminar: Slavery and Its Aftermath CANCELLED

Tuesday, March 29, 2005. 4:00-8:00

Continuing our exploration of race - - a fundamental theme of the Holocaust and a salient factor in the American experience - - this Supper Seminar approaches a large topic with humility and with the hope of identifying racial stereotypes, interracial frictions, and persistent myths and misunderstandings that derive from slavery. The seminar will feature one or more keynote speakers and abundant opportunity for discussion, as well as materials of special interest to educators.

For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.


Distinguished Lecture: Current Anti-Semitism: Its Roots and Varieties

KENNETH STERN, American Jewish Committee

Monday, April 18, 2005. 8:00 P.M.

A program specialist on antisemitism and extremism for the American Jewish Committee since 1989, Kenneth Stern has published widely on the militia movement, hate in the media, anti-Zionism, Holocaust denial, and leaders in racist politics. He has also been in court cases involving hate crimes and active hate speech. His efforts to combat bigotry on campus and on the Internet have produced tangible results. Mr. Stern's appearances before Congress and on national television and radio shows testify to his stature as a fighter against intolerance. (PDF)

Admission is free. For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.


Distinguished Lecture: The Rescue of Rabbi Schneersohn from Warsaw by One of Hitler's Jewish Soldiers

BRYAN MARK RIGG, American Miliatary University

Tuesday, May 3, 2005. 8:00 P.M.

Bryan Rigg's two recently published books established him as a scholar whose original research enlarges our knowledge of the Holocaust. He demonstrates in Hitler's Jewish Soldiers (2002) that despite Nazi racist policies, thousands of men with Jewish ancestry served in the German military, some as senior officers. In Rescue from the Reich (2004), he constructs the unlikely tale of the collaboration between Americans and Nazis to save the Lubavitcher rebbe from Warsaw. Professor Rigg has also been a marine officer and a volunteer in the Israeli army. (PDF)

This distinguished lecture is our annual commemoration for Yom Hashoah. This is also the occasion when we announce the winner of the Susan J. Goldberg Memorial Teacher Award, which honors the creative commitment of a local educator in memory of one of the founding members of our Educators Planning Committee. We gratefully acknowledge Lee and Richard Laster's support of this event.

Admission is free. For reservations and information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us with your name and address at whc@bestweb.net.


Wings of Witness at the Katonah Museum of Art

May 5 - June 26, 2005

The public is invited to visit the Katonah Museum of Art for a special exhibition of Wings of Witness, a sculpture which will ultimately memorialize the 11 million victims of the Holocaust. Thousands of children and teachers have participated in this project with Croton-based artist Jeffrey Schrier, and the WHEC is pleased to have collaborated with the Katonah Museum for the exhibition's special opening for teachers on the afternoon of May 5.

Contact the museum at 914.232.9555 or katonahmuseum.org for program dates, hours and admission information.


Sixty Years Later

Sunday, May 15, 2005. 3:00 P.M.

The Garden of Remembrance in White Plains will be the setting for Sixty Years Later, a ceremony commemorating the end of World War II and the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Keynote speaker will be Auschwitz survivor Clara Knopfler, and liberator John Sweeney will also give remarks. The White Plains High School Orchestra will provide music.

For more information, call our office: (914) 696 0738, or email us at whc@bestweb.net.


14th Annual Community Holocaust Commemoration Interfaith Service at the Immaculate Conception Church in Tuckahoe, NY

Tuesday, May 17, 2005 6:45 P.M.

WHEC will join with the Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe communities for their 14th annual Community Holocaust Commemoration. This year's keynote speaker will be WHEC Advisory Board member and former Bronxville mayor Sheila Stein. The event will be held at the Immaculate Conception Church in Tuckahoe, NY and will begin at 6:45 pm. As part of the evening, the winner of the WHEC-sponsored essay and art contests for middle school students will be recognized. The entries for this year's contest have been asked to address the theme "When can right be wrong?"

2003 - 2004

Anne Frank: A History for Today
October 1-31, 2003
Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
Exhibition and accompanying programs are available to school and community groups as well as the general public.
The exhibit will be closed on October 5, 6 and 13.
Call for reservations and information: 914.696.0738

Distinguished Lecture: Anne Frank and After: The Diary and the Dutch Holocaust.
October 9, 2003
Lecture by Rolf Wolfswinkel, New York University.
7:30 pm at Greenwich Public Library, 101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT.
Admission is free but reservations are requested.

Film: "Testimony of the Human Spirit"
A four-part documentary film created by the Westchester Holocaust Education Center, intended to be used by teachers as they teach the Holocaust. The film tells the history of the Holocaust from 1933-1945 through the eyes and words of six Westchester survivors speaking both in the classroom and in the intimacy of their own homes. It will live in the future when there are no survivors left to tell their stories to students. The films will be presented in two showings:
"Indoctrination and Discrimination" and
"Persecution and Segregation"
Tuesday, October 21 at 7:30 pm

"Genocide" and "Liberation and Beyond"
Thursday, October 23 at 7:30 pm
Both evenings to be held at the Greenwich Public Library Auditorium, 101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT.
Admission is free to both but reservations are requested.

Focus Seminar: The Irish Famine
November 17, 2003
Seminar for teachers and the general public presented by Alan Singer and Maureen Murphy. 4:00-6:30 pm.
Admission is free but reservations are requested.

>Distinguished Lecture: Corporate Complicity in the Holocaust
December 8, 2003
Lecture by Peter Hayes, Northwestern University. 8:00 pm.
Admission is free but reservations are requested.

Focus Seminar: The Japanese-American Internment Experience
January 13, 2004
Seminar for teachers and the general public presented by
Dr. Sumi Mitsudo-Koide. 4:00 - 6:30 pm.
Admission is free but reservations are requested.

I Never Saw Another Butterfly
January 22, 2004
Rosenthal JCC, Pleasantville, NY
Day and evening performances.
Call for ticket information: 914.741.0333

Focus Seminar: Dismantling the Big Lie: Refuting the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
February 10, 2004
Presented by Marc Weitzman. 4:00 - 6:30 pm.
Admission is free but reservations are requested.

Human Rights Institute for High School Student Leaders
March 17, 2004
SUNY-Purchase, Purchase, NY
All-day conference for high school sophomores and their teachers. For information call: 914.696.0738

Distinguished Lecture: Nazi Ideology and Stolen Masterpieces
March 23, 2004
Lecture by Lynn Nicholas, Independent Scholar. 8:00 pm.
Admission is free but reservations are requested.

Distinguished Lecture: Hunting Nazi War Criminals in the U.S.
April 14, 2004
Lecture by Eli Rosenbaum, Office of Special Investigations. 8:00 pm.
Admission is free; reservations required.

Supper Seminar: Brown vs. the Board of Education:
A Reexamination
May 4, 2004
Presentations and panel discussion with Peter Nelson and others for teachers and the general public. In collaboration with Facing History and Ourselves. 4:00 - 8:00 pm.
Admission is free but reservations are requested.