Join the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE) Holocaust Education Resource Center, Morristown, NJ, as it welcomes international, national and New Jersey scholars, educators, and religious leaders to its major conference entitled “Memory and Memorializations: What, Why and How Do We Remember? – Lessons from the Holocaust,” Monday, November 5, 2007 from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the College’s new arts and education building, Annunciation Center.

 

The Conference begins the Week of Holocaust Remembrance (Nov. 5 – 9), with keynote speakers and panelists including:
• Dr. Michael Berenbaum, founding research director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
• Dr. James Young, one of the world’s premier scholars of historical memory and memorializations. His publications include The Art of Memory: Holocaust Memorials in History and The Textures of Memory.
• Alice M. Greenwald, executive vice president for programs and director of the Memorial Museum for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center.
• John K. Roth, founding director for the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights at Claremont McKenna College, CA.
• Dr. Paul B. Winkler, executive director of the NJ Commission on Holocaust Education, who will receive the College’s prestigious Caritas Award from CSE President Sr. Francis Raftery at its panel on “The Role of the Classroom in the Process of Memory,” which begins at 2:30 p.m.

 

Eight Professional Development Hours and a DVD about the rescuer Nicolas Winton are available to teachers who register in advance in addition to a supper reception for registered attendees. Register online at www.cse.edu/holocaustcenter. For more information, contact Susan Jones, secretary for the College’s Holocaust Education Resource Center at (973) 290-4387 or email sjones02@cse.edu. 

 

“More than 60 years after the Holocaust, it is important that we consider the meaning of the ways we remember and commemorate these events,” said Dr. Harriet Sepinwall, professor of Education at CSE and co-director of the College’s Holocaust Education Resource Center.

 

 

 

 

This year’s Conference is funded in part by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.

 

Sponsored by the College of Saint Elizabeth Holocaust Education Resource Center, the Holocaust Council of MetroWest and the NJ Commission on Holocaust Education, this year’s Week of Holocaust Remembrance will include many day and evening programs including:

• Holocaust Wall Hangings Exhibition: October 29 – November 25.  The College will feature an exhibition by nationally and internationally known artist Judith Weinshall Liberman in conjunction with CSE Week of Holocaust Remembrance. The exhibition will feature 10 wall hangings, which will be on loan from The Temple Museum of Religious Art at The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood, OH. The gallery will also feature an exhibit on “Neighbors Who Disappeared,” based on work done by students in the Czech Republic under the guidance of their teachers from November 5 – 25; this was a project of the
International Task Force on Holocaust Education, and, according to Dr. Sepinwall, the College’s exhibit offers a unique opportunity to see this in New Jersey. Gallery hours are Monday – Friday from 1 – 7 p.m., Saturday – Sunday from 1 – 4 p.m., or by appointment with Dr. Virginia F. Butera, CSE director of the Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery at (973) 290-4315.

•Dedication of the Holocaust Education Resource Center: Monday, November 5 at 6:45 p.m. During a brief ceremony, a mezuzah will be installed at the door of the Conference Room. The mezuzah is the gift of Marjorie Feinstein, former Communications Professor at the College and Chair of the Capital Campaign for the Holocaust Education Resource Center’s new facilities. 

• 18th Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration: Monday, November 5 from 7:30 – 9:15 p.m. The evening’s service program includes remarks by Stuart Rabner, chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court; a prayer service, candlelighting, and a presentaby by Dr. Berenbaum entitled, “The Presence of Absence…and the Absence of Presence. As a special highlight during the candlelighting ceremony, the College will honor Holocaust survivors and children of survivors who, during the past 18 years, have come to the College to share their own or their parent’s personal experiences. Music will be provided by the Hazamir Teen Choir of New Jersey under the direction of Cantor Joel Caplan. Remarks will be given by Stuart Rabner, chief justice of the NJ Supreme Court.

• Inter-Faith Dialogue Discussion: November 8 from 7:30 – 9 p.m. Monsignor Edward Ciuba, pastor of Notre Dame Church in North Caldwell, N.J.; and Rabbi Alan Silverstein of Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, N.J., will share the reasons for beginning these dialogues between their congregations, the “learnings” that have happened, and why such dialogues are important models for our time. Refreshments and informal networking to follow shortly after discussion.

 

All programs will be held in Annunciation Center.

 

Held annually at CSE, the Week ofHolocaust Remembrance programs help to encourage remembrance of the Holocaust, promote Catholic/Jewish dialogue, and promote respect for racial diversity. All programs are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Ms. Jones at (973) 290-4387 or visit www.cse.edu/holocaustcenter for a complete schedule of the week’s programs.