Holocaust Education Program

Sixty years after the Holocaust, when survivors are aging or have passed away, it is imperative that its lessons are passed to future generations. Teaching the Holocaust is not only a mandate in New Jersey; it is a Jewish imperative and a significant responsibility given the recent increase in worldwide anti-Semitism. 

The Holocaust Council of MetroWest is recognized nationwide as an innovator of effective ways to teach the Holocaust to children, educators, and the general public. Its programs and special events directly relate Holocaust lessons to the modern world: the value of standing up and speaking out in the face of injustice; the value of one’s individual voice; the value of one vote; and – as demonstrated by survivors, liberators, and POWs – the fact that human beings can overcome extraordinary obstacles to lead full, productive lives.

Some of the Council’s recent accomplishments include:

• From Memory to History – an exhibit of photos, artifacts, and videos viewed by approximately 8,000 students and community members last year.
• Adopt-A-Survivor – in which junior high and high school students research the Holocaust, are paired with a survivor, and pledge to tell the story of their survivor at a public forum in the year 2045.
• Twinning with a Survivor – B’nei Mitzvot students include a survivor’s story in their Dvar Torah and share their Bar or Bat Mitzvah with their twin.
• Council of Holocaust Educators (CHE) and Generations of the Shoah International (GSI) – programs and periodic conferences to facilitate the effective teaching of the Holocaust.

Your endowment gift of $3,000,000 will underwrite the Holocaust Council of MetroWest and ensure that its message reaches our children for generations to come. Smaller endowment opportunities may be available for particular Council programs.

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