The Ninth CandleJoin award-winning writer Liza Wiemer, author of "The Assignment," Amber Maze, the Holocaust Educator & Human Rights Associate at the Indianapolis JCRC, and Luke Berryman, founder of The Ninth Candle, at 5:00pm CDT for a discussion about some of the most controversial problems in Holocaust education today.
Why does the Auschwitz Memorial Museum keep having to ask people not to take selifes inside the camp? Why was there a "Holocaust trend" on Tik Tok in 2020? And How is social media and pop culture impacting Gen Z's understanding of the Holocaust? This free program is aimed principally at teachers of students in…
Teaching the Holocaust to 8th graders is a challenge! To them, the Holocaust can seem an impossibly long time ago; and the need to present material in a way they can understand risks making the Jewish victims unrelateable and two-dimensional. Attend this free program for 8th grade teachers to get materials on Jewish resistance and…