Oct 21, 2010
Miami-Dade Jewish Educators Learn About Holocaust at Yad Vashem
Through a unique partnership between the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies, 10 Jewish educators from Miami-Dade County spent 10 days in Israel this summer, learning new ways to share the lessons of the Shoah with their students. Participants represented a wide range of Jewish day schools, synagogue religious schools and Jewish studies programs from across the county.
“This study mission at Yad Vashem provided a very meaningful opportunity for the teachers to study the many insights and historical facts concerning the Holocaust,” noted Rabbi Solomon Schiff, Chairman of the Holocaust Memorial. “As they studied and experienced the many details of the Shoah, they are now better equipped to impart to their students the sacred lessons of the most horrible period of our Jewish history. It is most appropriate that this study mission took place during the 20th year of our own Holocaust Memorial.”
Rabbi Schiff added, “These educators will become another vital force in educating our young students about the importance of remembering the Shoah. The Holocaust Memorial will now become a key venue for their students, where they will see, hear and learn — firsthand — from the survivors what happened during those terrible years. This way, the students will learn and absorb the vital message of the Holocaust, namely, to never stand idly by, while hatred and bigotry threatens those around us. They will join in a chorus of commitment that will make the hope of ‘never again’ a living reality.”
Miami-Dade participants in the Jewish Schools Teacher Program at Yad Vashem: (Back row, left to right) David Hazan, Temple Sinai of North Dade; Batsheva Cornelison, Hochberg Preparatory School; Rabbi Yaakov Fried, Yeshiva Toras Chaim; Efrat Daniely, Kesher L.D.; Rhonda Schuval, Nova Southeastern University; Drora Davis, Temple Beth Am Day School; Brenda Nullman, March of the Living. (Front row) Miriam Djerassi, Hochberg Preparatory School; Eilat Schmalbach, Temple Beth Am and Temple Hatikvah; Leslie Baum, Klurman Mesivta Yeshiva High School; and Sharon S. Horowitz, Executive Director, Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
Above, participants at Yad Vashem, looking over a model of a concentration camp.
For more information about the Jewish Schools Teacher Program and to join a waiting list for next year’s program, contact the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation at [email protected] or 305.538.1663.
