On Monday, November 5, the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), Morristown, N.J. will bestow upon New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education’s Executive Director Dr. Paul B. Winkler its prestigious Caritas Award for his efforts in genocide and prejudice reduction.
 
 
Hosted by the College of Saint Elizabeth Holocaust Education Resource Center, the award presentation, which is part of the College’s day long conference, “Memory and Memorializations: What, Why and How Do We Remember? – Lessons from the Holocaust,” will take place during its afternoon session entitled, “The Role of the Classroom in the Process of Memory,” from 2:30 – 4 p.m. in Annunciation Center – CSE new arts and education building.
 
Dr. Harriet Sepinwall, CSE professor of Education and co-director of its Holocaust Education Resource Center, is delighted in recognizing Dr. Winkler’s accomplishments. “Dr. Winkler has been an outstanding advocate in New Jersey and the nation for meaningful Holocaust and genocide education. Over the past 25 years, his influence has enhanced teacher training and programming in exceptional ways. He reminds us of the dangers of indifference, and of the need to remember the Holocaust and to use its ‘lessons’ to prevent prejudice, hatred, racism and genocide today and in the future.”

Dr. Paul B. Winkler, executive director of NJ Commission on Holocaust Education 

Since 1974, Dr. Winkler has been formally involved in Holocaust/genocide and prejudice reduction education. His educational activities of more than half a century have included teacher, principal, superintendent, assistant commissioner for Exceptional Education in the State of New Jersey, and director of a Teacher Training Center. His efforts of Holocaust/genocide education in the state have seen a council, and eventually a commission on Holocaust education established in New Jersey and the Holocaust/genocide mandate, which was signed into law in 1994. A recipient of numerous awards from the state for his service and education work, Dr. Winkler has written several articles dealing with Holocaust and genocide themes and general educational curriculum development topics, including the situation in Darfur in the 2007 issue of NJEA Review.
 
The Conference begins the College’s Week of Holocaust Remembrance (Nov. 5 – 9), which welcomes onto campus internationally and nationally-known and respected scholars and educators, including those from New Jersey. For more information about CSE November’s Conference and its Week of Holocaust Remembrance, click here.
 
Admission to the College’s Conference and weeklong programs are free and open to the public. 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 sjones02@cse.edu.
 
Held annually at CSE, the Week of Holocaust Remembrance programs help to encourage remembrance of the Holocaust, promote Catholic/Jewish dialogue, and promote respect for diversity. All programs are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Susan Jones, secretary of the College of Saint Elizabeth Holocaust Education Resource Center, at (973) 290-4387 or visit www.cse.edu/holocaustcenter for a complete schedule of the week’s programs.