H OLOCAUST EDUCATION: June 25-28, 2018 Time, Place and Relevance 10 th International Conference on Holocaust Education ADELSON FAMILY FOUNDATION Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
MONDAY, JUNE 25 TENTATIVE CONFERENCE PROGRAM The History Museum, Art Museum and the Visual Center will be opened to the public until 17:00. There will be no scheduled guided tours. 12:00-17:00 Guided Tours of Two New Exhibitions 70 Years of the State of Israel Flashes of Memory - Photography during the Holocaust 14:00-16:00 The Role of Documents as a Teaching Tool "Behind the Scenes" Tour of the Yad Vashem Archives Dr. Haim Gertner, Yad Vashem 20:00 Opening Ceremony at the Memorial to the Jewish Soldiers and Partisans M.C. Ephraim Kaye Opening Remarks: Dorit Novak, Director General, Yad Vashem Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, Chairman, Yad Vashem Council Musical Performance David D or TUESDAY, JUNE 26 The Holocaust Shifting Definitions; Misrepresentations and Comparisons MORNING SESSION 9:00-12:00 (Simultaneous translation to Spanish & French) Opening Remarks 9:00-9:30 Why the Holocaust is still Relevant after 70 Years Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Presentations 9:30-11:15 What was the Holocaust? Dr. David Silberklang, Yad Vashem The Holocaust and Other Genocides Prof. Michael Berenbaum, American Jewish University, USA My Opposition: the Diary of Friedrich Kellner, USA Dr. Robert Scott Kellner Lecture 11:15-12:00 Are we Still Relevant in the 21 st century? The Implementation of New Yad Vashem Pedagogical Tools and Resources for Teaching the Holocaust Shulamit Imber, Yad Vashem LUNCH 12:00-13:30
AFTERNOON LECTURES 13:30-14:30 The Holocaust Content and Relevance 1. The Role of Churches During the Holocaust Dr. Iael Nidam-Orvieto Yad Vashem 2. The Tension between National Narratives and the Holocaust Dr. Rafi Vago, Tel Aviv University 3. Perpetrators of the Shoah: A Reassessment Dr. Robert Rozett, Yad Vashem 4. Transports to Extinction: Recording Holocaust-Era Deportations Dr. Joel Zisenwine, Yad Vashem 5. The Phenomenon of the New Antisemitism Prof. Dina Porat, Yad Vashem 6. The Jewish Dimensions of the Holocaust Prof. Dan Michman, Yad Vashem 7. Women in the Holocaust Dr. Naama Shik, Yad Vashem 8. The Holocaust in North Africa Dr. Irit Abramski 9. Memorias confrontadas: Relaciones entre polacos, judíos e isrelíes durante el Holocausto y en tiempos recientes Dr. Yossi Goldstein (SPANISH) 10. Auschwitz dans la conscience collective Européenne Dr. Annette Wieviorka, historian, member of the Board of Directors of the French "Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah" (FRENCH) BREAK 14:30-15:00 AFTERNOON PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOPS 15:00-16:30 Making the Holocaust Relevant in the Classroom 1. How Do We Approach the Phenomena of the New Antisemitism? A New Yad Vashem Classroom Application Shani Lourie, Yad Vashem 2. Righteous Behavior during the Holocaust Teaching Initiatives Stephanie McMahon-Kaye, Yad Vashem 3. Teaching Jewish Armed Resistance in the Classroom Mitch Braff, Executive Director, Jewish Partisan Education Foundation 4. Relevance without Trivialization Pedagogical Challenges Shlomit Steiner, Yad Vashem 5. Using New Yad Vashem Digital Resources (Oneg Shabbat) Billie Shilo, Asaf Tal, Jonathan Clappsaddle, Yad Vashem 6. Teaching the Trauma without Traumatizing Holocaust Education in Primary School Yael Richler-Friedman, Yad Vashem 7. How Was It Humanly Possible? Teaching about the Perpetrators Dr. Noa Mkayton, Yad Vashem 8. L'enseignement de la Shoah et l'outil audio-visuel Yoni Berrous, Yad Vashem (FRENCH) 9. "Mi corazón está en el Oriente, y mi pincel en el fin del Occidente" Uri Kochba un pintor en los Campos Nora Gaon, The Ghetto Fighters House (SPANISH) FINAL SESSION 17:00-18:00 Short Musical Performance
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 What Only the Heart Can Know Meaning & Relevance of Arts in Holocaust MORNING SESSION 9:00-12:30 (Simultaneous translation to Spanish & French) Presentations 9:00-10:30 Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction Ruth Franklin, New York University, School of Journalism, USA Music as a Form of Resistance Prof. Shirli Gilbert, Director of the Parkes Institute for Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton, UK Break 10:30-11:00 Presentations 11:00-12:30 From Newsreels to YouTube Liat Benhabib, Yad Vashem Giving Meaning to Life after Auschwitz through Art Yehuda Bacon, Israel LUNCH 12:30-13:30 AFTERNOON LECTURES 13:30-14:30 What Only the Heart Can Know The Place of the Arts in Holocaust Education 1. Medicine in the Holocaust and Beyond Reexamination of Fundamental Issues and Their Relevance to the Present Dr. Miriam Offer, Western Galilee College 2. The Use of Holocaust Films in the Classroom Uses and Abuses Rich Brownstein 3. Calendars in Ghettos and Camps Marking Time in Space Dr. Avraham (Alan) Rosen 4. Post-Holocaust Theology Dr. Gershon Greenberg, George Washington University, USA 5. Holocaust Diaries: Echoes and Reflections Educational Materials Sheryl Ochayon, Yad Vashem 6. Flashes of Memory - Photography during the Holocaust A Guided Visit to the New Exhibition Vivian Uria, Yad Vashem 7. Art as Vocation Three Female Artists and the Holocaust Eliad Moreh-Rosenberg, Yad Vashem 8. La Shoah en film y el cine de David Perlov: Una trayectoria cinemática por los ejes personales e históricos, en la vida y la filmografía de David Perlov, galardonado el Permio Israel en 1999 Liat Benhabib, Yad Vashem (SPANISH) 9. La musique sur la Shoah après la Shoah Tamar Machado (FRENCH) BREAK 14:30-15:00
AFTERNOON PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOPS 15:00-16:00 Teaching through Arts in the Classroom 1. The Auschwitz Album: Using Visual Images in the Classroom Nurit Davidson, Yad Vashem 2. Holocaust Art in the Classroom: Yad Vashem Video Toolbox Resource Liz Elsby 3. Rabbinical Leadership during the Holocaust Rabbi Moshe Cohn, Yad Vashem 4. Holocaust and Human Behavior: Incorporating New Scholarship in the Classroom: Facing History and Ourselves Jeremy Nesoff, Associate Program Director for Staff Development, USA Mary Johnson, Facing History and Ourselves 5. Integrating Photographs, Literature, Art, and Poetry in the Classroom to Tell the Human Story: Echoes and Reflections Educational Materials Sheryl Ochayon, Yad Vashem 6. Last Letters A Collection of Final Letters of the Victims: How Do We Use this Resource in the Classroom? Noam Gitin, Yad Vashem 7. Le cinéma à l'appui de l'enseignement de la Shoah Yoni Berrous,Yad Vashem (FRENCH) 8. Arte en el Holocausto Dalia Ofek, Yad Vashem (SPANISH) BREAK 16:00-16:30 FINAL SESSION 16:30-18:00 Moderated Round Table Discussions in English, Spanish and French reflecting on the topics of the day THURSDAY, JUNE 28 Preservation and Commemoration: Historical, Educational, and Personal Relevance after 70 Years MORNING SESSION 9:00-12:15 (Simultaneous translation to Spanish & French) Panel Discussion 9:00-10:00 Moderator: Dr. Iael Nidam-Orvieto Holocaust Museums and the Preservation of Holocaust Memory- The Challenges: A Discussion Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Dr. Piotr M.A. Cywiński, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Break 10:00-10:30
Presentations 10:30-12:15 Educational Technology in the 21 st Century Mark Lester, Director of Partnerships at FutureLearn, UK A World without Survivors: Different Approaches Dr. Stephen Smith, Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation Where are We Going? Holocaust and Memory Paul Salmons, Program Director, UCL Centre for Holocaust Education, UK The Implementation of New Digital Yad Vashem Pedagogical Tools Dr. Naama Shik, Yad Vashem LUNCH 12:15-13:30 AFTERNOON SESSION 13:30-14:30 Holocaust Survivors will speak about their immigration and contribution to the building of the State of Israel. 1. Hanna Pick Germany Moderator: Yael Eaglstein 2. Yehudit Kleinman Italy Moderator: Nurit Davidson 3. Tibi Ram Hungary Moderator: Irit Dagan 4. Daniel Gold Lithuania Moderator: Shlomit Steiner 5. Elisheva Lerman The Netherlands Moderator: Yiftach Meiri 6. Nachum and Genya Manor Poland Moderator: Ephraim Kaye 7. Moshe Ha-Elion Greece (Spanish) Moderator: Eliana Rapp- Badichi 8. Dora Weinberger France (French) Moderator: Yoni Berrous BREAK 14:30-15:00 AFTERNOON SESSIONS 15:00-16:30 1. Panel Discussion Topic: Educational Challenges of Teachers in Visiting Authentic Holocaust Sites with their Students Moderator: Shani Lourie 1. Rachel Metalin Upper Canada College, Toronto, Canada 2. Chris Bradbury The King s School, Parramatta, Australia 3. Prof. Glenn Timmermans Macau University, China 4. Jacub Niewiński Hipolit Cegielski Middle School, Warsaw, Poland 5. Orit Margaliot Yad Vashem, Israel
2. Panel Discussion Topic: Educational Challenges of Teachers in Visiting Authentic Holocaust Sites with their Students Moderator: Noam Gitin 1. Christer Mattsson Goteborgs University, Sweden 2. Edelgard Baron-Krömer St. Martin School, Sendenhorst, Germany 3. Jackie Boocock Lycée Aragon à Givors, France 4. Ronaldas Racinskas Director of the Secretariat, International Commission, Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupational Regimes in Lithuania 5. James McMillan Enka Private School, Adapazari, Turkey 6. Nitza Shabtay-Melamed Yad Vashem, Israel 3. Panel Discussion Topic: Shifting Narratives of the Holocaust in Contemporary Societies Moderator: Dr. Robert Rozett 1. Prof. Dan Michman Head, International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem (Israel) 2. Prof. Michael Berenbaum American Jewish University (USA) 3. Dr. Laurence Weinbaum Chief Editor, The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs (Poland) 4. Dr. Ilya Altman Director, Educational Holocaust Center in Moscow (Russian Federation) 5. Dr. Annette Wieviorka Historian, Member of the Board of Directors of the French "Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah" (France) 4. Panel Discussion Topic: Jewish Life in the Aftermath of the Holocaust: Challenges in Jewish Education Moderator: Rabbi Moshe Cohn 1. Rachel Urowitz Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto, Canada 2. Rachel Fink Jewish Free School, London, UK 3. Stephanie Klein Heichal Menachem School in Paris, France 4. Susan Sennett Ida Crown Jewish Academy, Chicago, USA 5. Panel Discussion Topic: A World without Survivors: The Educational Challenges Moderator: Richelle Budd Caplan 1. Dr. Birte Hewera Witnesses in Education, Yad Vashem 2. Jayne Josen Walking with a Survivor, Jewish Holocaust Center, Melbourne, Australia 3. Edward Serotta Holocaust Testimonies, Director, Centropa, Vienna, Austria 4. Jody Spiegel Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program, The Azrieli Foundation, Toronto, Canada 5. Sophie Nahum The Last Ones, Paris, France 6. Dorothee Wein Witnesses of the Shoah, Free University, Berlin, Germany
BREAK 16:30-17:15 CLOSING CEREMONY 17:15-18:00 In Memory of Izzy and Babs Asper M.C. Ephraim Kaye Opening Remarks Shai Abramson, The Asper Foundation Closing Lecture The Impact of the Holocaust on Today's World Prof. Yehuda Bauer, Yad Vashem MUSICAL PERFORMANCE 18:00-18:45 Kippalive Celebrating 70 Years of the State of Israel