Posts by Millie Jasper

Westchester County, N.Y. – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin partnered with Assembly Members Chris Burdick, Dana Levenberg, Steve Otis, Gary Pretlow, Nader Sayegh, and MaryJane Shimsky to successfully secure $100K from New York State for the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC).  “Given the alarming incidents of anti-Semitism that are happening in New York and around the…

A crowd of over 300 people gathered at the Garden of Remembrance in White Plains yesterday for the Annual Westchester Countywide Yom HaShoah Commemoration. The event was presented by the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC), Westchester Jewish Council (WJC) and UJA-Federation New York. The program featured a moving speech by Holocaust Survivor Annie…

On Tuesday, April 16th the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) and Iona University hosted the Annual William H. Donat Shoah Commemoration at the Iona campus in New Rochelle. The event was presented by HHREC and Iona and featured a talk and presentation by Mark Weitzman, Chief Operating Officer, World Jewish Restitution Organization, Senior…

HHREC Board Chairman and GenerationsForward Speaker Michael Gyory will appear as the keynote speaker at this annual event in Utica, NY. https://www.wktv.com/news/education/annual-helen-and-leon-sperling-holocaust-program-speaker-announced/article_a8449078-00e1-11ef-82c1-cf70b30c0fa8.html

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE White Plains, New York – On Tuesday, April 16th the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) will honor Laurie Lichtenstein, an English/Social Studies teacher and E.N.O.U.G.H. Jr. club advisor at Seven Bridges Middle School with the 22nd annual Susan J. Goldberg Memorial Teacher Award. Lichtenstein will be presented with the award…

Over 400 students and teachers from 34 schools in Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam, Orange, Suffolk Counties and Fairfield County CT attended the 22nd Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) High School Institute event on March 14th at Iona University in New Rochelle, New York. The program began with welcoming remarks by Millie Jasper, HHREC Executive…

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) of White Plains, NY has announced three Holocaust Survivors have joined their Speakers Bureau. Dr. Victor Borden is the son of Holocaust survivors Rywen (Roman) and Mina Bornsztajin (Bronstein), who were born and raised in Lodz, Poland from prosperous families. Victor tells the chilling story of his…

A group of local second-generation Holocaust survivors have written and published a book documenting their families’ experiences during World War II. Testaments of Courage in the Holocaust is a compilation of true stories told by the authors that describes the courage and resilience of their family members who escaped the Nazis’ final solution. “Putting this…

On Wednesday, January 31st the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) and the Ossining Public Library hosted a live theatrical performance of Letters from Anne and Martin, a unique production featuring actors that combines the iconic voices of Anne Frank and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The performance portrayed by actors from The Anne…