Archive for August 2022
Chappaqua Middle School Teacher Shares Insight From HHREC Trip: Summer Travels Amplify History of the Holocaust
Laurie Lichtenstein, a teacher at Seven Bridges Middle School in Chappaqua, and a new member of the HHREC Educators’ Program Committee, participated in the Summer 2022 Educators’ Trip to Germany and Poland. Read her informative and insightful article that appeared recently in MiddleWeb.
Read MoreHHREC Annual Benefit to Honor Dennis Mehiel, Feature Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist Bret Stephens as Keynote Speaker
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) will honor Westchester County Business Executive Dennis Mehiel and feature Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist Bret Stephens as Keynote Speaker at their annual Benefit on Thursday, October 27th starting at 6:30pm at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York. Dennis Mehiel, formerly a twenty-year Westchester County resident, is…
Read MoreTeachers From Westchester and Across the U.S. Attend HHREC Summer Educators’ Tour of Germany and Poland
Social studies and English teachers from Westchester County joined with others from across the U.S. for the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) Educators’ Study Tour of Holocaust museums and historic sites in Germany and Poland this summer. Co-Director of Education Steve Goldberg and professional tour guide Gerrit Book led a two-week series of…
Read MoreHHREC Executive Director Quoted in News Story on New York Law To Survey Schools on How They Teach About Holocaust
New York is launching a survey to ensure all public schools are adequately teaching about the Holocaust, according to a new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul last Wednesday, August 9th. Read the article here that includes a quote from our Executive Director Millie Jasper.
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