Co-directors of the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE) Holocaust Education Resource Center Dr. Harriet Sepinwall and Sr. Kathleen Flanagan flew to Jerusalem to attend the Sixth Annual International Conference on the Holocaust Education, July 7 – 10, 2008.

Hosted at the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, the Conference welcomed more than 700 educators from 52 countries. This year’s theme center on “Teaching the Shoah: Fighting Racism and Prejudice.”

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(l – r) College of Saint Elizabeth President Sr. Francis Raftery welcomes Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter, along with Dr. Harriet Sepinwall, CSE professor of Education and co-director of the CSE Holocaust Education Resource Center, and Pablo Gonzalez from Parsippany High School.

Mr. Gutter was one of two Holocaust survivors to be interviewed by Danish filmmaker Jon Bang Carlson in his film, “Purity Beats Everything,” which was shown at the College of Saint Elizabeth on Wednesday and Thursday, March 12 & 13, 2008. The film delves deep into the layers underlying Nazism’s purity ideals, traces of which, the filmmaker contends, still exist today. (Photo by Courtney Smolen)

Three hundred members from campus and surrounding communities gathered at the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), Morristown, N.J., Monday, November 5, 2007, to witness in the blessing of the College’s new Holocaust Education Resource Center, housed within CSE Annunciation Center.

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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.
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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.

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As the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), prepares to mark 18 years of its Week of Holocaust Remembrance, its Holocaust Education Resource Center (HERC) is extending a special invitation to Holocaust survivors and to the children of survivors in the Second Generation who have participated in previous remembrance programs at CSE. The College will honor these special individuals at its 18th annual Kristallnacht Commemoration, on Monday, November 5 at 7:30 p.m.

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The College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), Morristown, N.J., welcomed 600 attendees during its Annunciation Center Opening and Open House event. This new building is the College’s first arts and education building since its establishment in 1899 and the first building to be constructed on campus in more than four decades.

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The College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), during its 109th academic year, marks a magnificent moment in its history on Saturday, September 8, 2007, at 2 p.m. Community members are invited to join CSE for an Open House and Dedication of Annunciation Center, CSE’s First Performing Arts Center since its establishment in 1899, and the first building to be constructed on the campus in more than 40 years.

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The College of Saint Elizabeth will ask blessing on the work of its Holocaust Education Resource Center on Monday, November 5, 2007, 6:45 p.m., preceding the evening’s Kristallnacht Commemoration.

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College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, Women’s College student Marie Noël, ‘07, of Pleasantville, NJ, has been invited to speak at the Interfaith Council of Madison and Florham Park for its Yom Hashoah program of Holocaust Remembrance. The event will take place on Monday, April 16 at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Madison, NJ. For more information, please contact Dr. Harriet Sepinwall, professor of Education and director of CSE Holocaust Education Resource Center, at (973) 290-4351 or hsepinwall@cse.edu.

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Monday, January 29, 2007 marked the 62nd anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz – the Nazi’s most notorious death camp during World War II.

The day also marked the second International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Sponsored by the United Nations’ (UN) Department of Public Information, the day’s theme was the “Focus on Youth and the Lessons of the Holocaust.”

Among the distinguished speakers was College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, Women’s College student Marie Mirlande Noël, ‘07, of Pleasantville, NJ. Ms. Noël spoke to the international community about her travels to Poland in May 2006 on the March of Remembrance and Hope program: an educational leadership program designed to teach students of different religious and ethnic backgrounds about the dangers of intolerance through the study of the Holocaust and to promote better relations among people of diverse cultures. She spoke about the concentration camps that she, and her fellow peers visited, and how she is taking up the cause of Holocaust remembrance.

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Courtney Smolen, Administrative Assistant for the Office of Communication and Marketing at the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ spoke to CSE Women’s College student Marie Noël, ’07 of Pleasantville, NJ – a Theology and Sociology student with a concentration in Social Work.

Ms. Smolen spoke to Ms. Noël about her speaking at the United Nations (UN). She will be speaking to the General Assembly at the UN’s second International Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Holocaust, on Monday, January 29, 2007. Sponsored by the UN’s Department of Public Information, the ceremony will be webcast live from 10:30 a.m. to noon at: www.un.org/webcast/. 

In addition Ms. Smolen spoke to Ms. Noël about:
• Her cultural background
• Her experience on the 2006 March of Remembrance and Hope trip to Poland
• Her volunteer experience

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The College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, Women’s College Sociology student, Marie Noël, ’07, of Pleasantville, NJ will be one of only six speakers, invited to the United Nations (UN) to speak at this year’s second International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust on Monday, January 29, 2007. Sponsored by the UN’s Department of Public Information, the ceremony will be webcast live from 10:30 a.m. to noon at: www.un.org/webcast/.

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Dr. Harriet Sepinwall, professor of Education and Interdisciplinary Studies and co-director of CSE Holocaust Education Resource Center, gave a workshop, with Sr. Joseph Spring, SCC at the National Catholic Educational Association Convention (NCEA) in Atlanta, April 2006 entitled, “Lest We Forget: Goals, Strategies, and Resources for Teaching about the Holocaust in Catholic Schools.” Established in 1904, the NCEA is the largest private professional education organization in the world, representing 200,000 Catholic educators serving 7.6 million students in Catholic elementary and secondary schools, in religious education programs, in seminaries and in colleges and universities.

Students, faculty and staff of the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, watched in awe on November 21, 2006 as the final steel beam to the College’s new Annunciation Center was raised by Joseph A. Natoli Construction Company, general contractor to CSE’s construction project. For more information or to view construction progress via webcam or photo album, please visit www.cse.edu/annunciationcenter/; more updates of the Center’s progress will be posted as they become available. (Photo courtesy of Joseph A. Natoli Construction Co.)

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(l - r) Holocaust survivor, Pinchas Gutter smiles with Dr. David Machlis, executive director of the March of Remembrance and Hope and March of the Living, at the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, 17th Annual CSE Kristallnacht Commemoration, Monday, November 6, 2006. (Photo by Courtney Smolen)

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Members of the general public, students and staff of the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, came together on Monday, October 30, 2006 to its first event of its annual Prelude and Week of Holocaust Remembrance, which runs from October 30 - November 10, 2006. Held in CSE Mahoney Library Octagon, the College welcomed Holocaust survivor, Benjamin Abeles as the College’s first keynote speaker.

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History comes alive as the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, NJ, hosts its prelude events and Week of Holocaust Remembrance, from October 30 to November 10. Held annually at CSE, the program helps to promote respect and tolerance of ethnic and racial diversity. All programs are free and open to the public. For a complete schedule, visit www.cse.edu/holocaustcenter. For more information, contact Lynne A. Kraemer at (973) 290-4362 or lkraemer@cse.edu.

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