Posts by Millie Jasper

This featured article in LoHud reviewed education efforts at schools in the Hudson Valley and New York State as reported by the journalist that “The passionate reactions of young people to the Israel-Hamas war have reminded many of the outcry over the Vietnam War.” and answer to the question: “But what do New York students…

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center hosted their 9th Annual Human Rights Institute for Middle School Student Leaders on November 15th, 16th and 17th at Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester in Rye, New York. Students and teachers from 37 public and private middle schools in the Hudson Valley attended. HHREC staff and area educators facilitated…

Education is what other experts offered as some of the most important parts of each Kristallnacht. “Our hearts are heavy, as we enter this Kristallnacht,” said Millie Jasper with the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center. She said education is one of the most valuable ways to mark Kristallnacht each year, and especially this year.…

HHREC Director of Education Steve Goldberg was featured in this story published by The Journal News about racism and antisemitism in the Hudson Valley and our role working with area schools and their students to work through these issues. https://lnkd.in/eGgxBHn5

North Salem High School students create artwork inspired by their Holocaust studies for Yom HaShoah. The student award winners previously attended the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration presented by the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center and Westchester Jewish Council. North Salem and Somers students lit memorial candles during the ceremony at the Garden of Remembrance…

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center  (HHREC) of White Plains, NY has announced that Yonat Assayag has joined their Board of Directors, and Rika Levin has joined the HHREC Advisory Board. Yonat Assayag is member of the HHREC GenerationsForward Speakers Bureau and is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. She is a Partner at ClearBridge…

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) will hold their annual Benefit Safeguarding our Shared History on Thursday evening, October 26th starting at 6:30pm at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York. This year HHREC will honor second generation Holocaust Survivors Sam Rosmarin and Kathy Zaltas, who will be presented with the Eugene…

On July 13th at the official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Israel, Lisa Salko, a member of the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) GenerationsForward Speakers Bureau, presented the story of the 13 Drivers’ Licenses. Her presentation is based on the individual stories of thirteen Jewish citizens of Lichtenfels, a northern…

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) recently held their annual Genocide Awareness Student Contest in commemoration of April as Genocide Awareness and Prevention month. HHREC invited students to create an original project in visual arts, poetry, music, or other media of artistic expression that commemorates an aspect of a genocide which occurred in…