2009 Garden of Remembrance Yom Hashoah Commemoration
The 2009 Garden of Remembrance Yom Hashoah Commemoration was held on April 19, 2009 at The Hebrew Institute of White Plains with Keynote Speaker Mayor Noam Bramson of New Rochelle.
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From left to right: Susan Rothschild, Director of HHREC's Speakers Bureau, Stephan Weinberg, Holocaust survivor, Mayor Noam Bramson, Richard Laster, Chairman, HHREC's Board of Directors
Joshua Fields, Temple Shaaray Tikvah � Sounding of the Shofar
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From left to right:
Yom Hashoah Commemoration Event Co-Chairs Barbara Tartell and Elise Flagg with Mayor Noam Bramson and Donna Cohen, Executive Director HHREC
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2009 Human Rights Institute for Student Leaders
250 Students and 30 Educators from 23 high schools throughout Westchester, Putnam & Fairfield Counties participated in the Institute
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Marlene W. Yahalom, HHREC Director of Education with motivational speakers Spencer West and Darren Tseng, from Leaders Today.
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Spencer West and Darren Tseng, part of the Me to We team of motivational speakers from Leaders Today, addresses an audience of students, educators, HHREC Board members and guests.
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Susan Rothschild, HHREC Speakers Bureau Director with Sel Hubert, HHREC Board Member, both Holocaust survivors, addressed the students in the afternoon.
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Carly Scott, alumni from the 2006 Student Institute, Fox Lane High School Graduate and current student at The University of Edinburgh in Scotland, addresses the audience on how she has become a Human Rights Activist.
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Darren Tseng and Spencer West from Leaders Today end the day on a high note!
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2008 Anne Frank Exhibit: A History for Today
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The Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center and the German School New York bring the Anne Frank Exhibit to the Westchester community and students, held at the German School New York in White Plains. Udo Bochinger, Head of School, German School New York and Donna Cohen, Executive Director, Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center
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Exhibit Docent Edee Tenser, Susan Rothschild, Director of the Speakers Bureau for the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center, Sel Hubert and Jay Sommer, Holocaust Survivor Speakers, speak and answer questions from students attending the exhibit
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2008 Human Rights Institute for Student Leaders
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Donald Landis, HHREC Board Member; Donna Cohen, HHREC Executive Director; Garry Norman, Senior Leadership Facilitator, Leaders Today; Richard Laster, HHREC Chairman; Michel Chiwanine, Motivational Speaker, Free The Children; Marlene W. Yahalom, HHREC Director of Education
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Garry Norman, Senior Leadership Facilitator from Leaders Today, performing a motivational rap
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Michel Chiwanine, Free The Children, giving a motivational address to the 250+ student attendees
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Seeds of Hope - Garden of Remembrance Commemoration May 4, 2008
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Westchester County Executive Andrew J. Spano
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White Plains Mayor Joseph M. Delfino
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Keynote Speaker Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Westchester Reform Temple
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Memorial Lighting
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Seminar: Understanding Islam;
Professor James Jones,
Manhattanville, at Manhattanville College,
January 31, 2006
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Richard Laster, Chairman of WHEC in discussion with Professor James Jones of
Manhattanville College at the Understanding Islam Focus Seminar.
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Professor James Jones speaks with an audience member at the Understanding
Islam Focus Seminar .
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