Posts by Millie Jasper

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) of White Plains has been selected by the New York State Education Department to revise and update all curricular resources to teach the Holocaust and other genocides in order to meet the 1994 mandate. Steven A. Goldberg, the HHREC Director of Education, serves as the project manager.…

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center hosted their 9th Annual Human Rights Institute for Middle School Student Leaders on November 19th – 21st at Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester in Rye, New York. Students and teachers from 33 public and private middle schools in the Hudson Valley attended. HHREC staff and area middle school teachers…

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