Over 20 Jewish educators from the Diaspora are participating in the second annual three-week Holocaust seminar at Yad Vashem, beginning today. The participants, from the United States and Canada, will hear academic lectures by leading scholars and educational experts from Yad Vashem and Israeli universities.
The seminar aims to provide participants with historical and pedagogical knowledge about the Holocaust and to create Jewish educators who can be leaders in the field of Holocaust education. Held at Yad Vashem's International School for Holocaust Studies, the seminar is being sponsored by the Asper International Holocaust Studies Program and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The International School for Holocaust Studies holds activities such as study seminars, teacher training programs, publications, curricula development, and overseas programming.
The seminar aims to provide participants with historical and pedagogical knowledge about the Holocaust and to create Jewish educators who can be leaders in the field of Holocaust education. Held at Yad Vashem's International School for Holocaust Studies, the seminar is being sponsored by the Asper International Holocaust Studies Program and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The International School for Holocaust Studies holds activities such as study seminars, teacher training programs, publications, curricula development, and overseas programming.