Posts by Millie Jasper

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) held their annual Benefit on Wednesday evening, October 30th at Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York. An estimated 200 people attended the event that featured a Q& A session moderated by Daniel P. Weinreb, Vice Chair of the HHREC Board of Directors with author Adrianne Black…

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center  (HHREC) of White Plains, NY has announced their International Educational Study Tour to Germany and Poland will be offered from June 20th through July 6th 2025. This guided tour will be hosted by HHREC Director of Education Steve Goldberg, and professional tour guide Gerrit Book. This past summer,…

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) will hold their annual Benefit on Wednesday evening, October 30th starting at 6:30pm at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York. This year HHREC will honor R. Derek Black and Elisha Wiesel. R. Derek Black (they/them) is the author of The Klansman’s Son, a book that…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE White Plains, NY – Agi Keleti: The Jewish Olympian’s Story of Survival and Triumph – Exhibit and Speaker Michael Gyory On Thursday, July 18th the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) in partnership with the Desmond-Fish Public Library in Garrison, NY will host a talk and presentation on the oldest living…

Our Executive Director Millie Jasper was interviewed recently by Phyllis Zimbler Miller, an LA-based screenwriter (film and TV), author and playwright about our GenerationsForward Speakers Bureau. Phyllis is the co-host of the NEVER AGAIN IS NOW podcast about antisemitism on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. We have seen a tremendous uptick in requests for speaking…

Press ReleaseContact: Millie JasperExecutive Director, Holocaust & Human Rights Education Centermjasper@hhrecny.org Tel 914.696.0738 IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center Appoints David Imamura to Advisory Board The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) of White Plains, NY has announced that David Imamura has joined the HHREC Advisory Board. Imamura was elected to the…

The Forward, a national award winning publication that delivers incisive coverage of the issues, ideas and institutions that matter to American Jews published a story about HHREC featuring GenerationsForward Speakers Click here for full story. Photo credits: Matthew Litman

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) held a dedication for the Anne Frank Sapling at the Garden of Remembrance in White Plains yesterday. The speakers included Westchester County Executive George Latimer, CEO Anne Frank Center USA Dr. Lauren Bairnsfather, HHREC Chairman Michael Gyory, New York State Deputy Director of Jewish Affairs Eva Wyner and…

On May 28th Helen Rubel of the HHREC GenerationsForward Speakers Bureau appeared on the Town of Greenburgh Public Access channel hosted by Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. Helen told the story of her mother and grandmother who where survivors of the Holocaust. By sharing her mother’s first person account of fleeing Germany, Helen hoped to ensure…