HHREC Fall Benefit to Feature Keynote Speaker Scott Shay, Founder and Chairman of Signature Bank
The HHREC Annual Fall Benefit will feature our keynote speaker Scott Shay, Founder and Chairman of Signature Bank, as we gather with our friends and colleagues to honor Andrew M. Greenspan, Principal, GHP Office Realty on October 28th at Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York. Scott was a founder and has been Chairman of…
Read MoreHHREC Board Chairperson to Present at International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
HHREC Board Chairperson Michael Gyory will present next week at the 41st Annual IAJGS (International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies) International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. This virtual conference will be held from August 1st through the 5th, and will feature live-stream presentations as well as more than 100 pre-recorded, on-demand videos that will also become…
Read MoreHHREC Co-Director of Education Steven Goldberg Completes Translation of Book On Working with Immigrant Children
HHREC Co-Director of Education Steven Goldberg recently completed the English translation of a book written for educators, teachers, students, and people involved in working with immigrant children. And I’m Still Alive: Stories About Arriving in Germany is based on the everyday social pedagogical work of the author, Kristina Sellmayr. The book relates vignettes about the arrival and…
Read MoreHHREC Fall Annual Benefit to Honor Real Estate Leader Andrew Greenspan at Annual Fall Benefit
The HHREC will honor Andrew M. Greenspan, Principal, GHP Office Realty at our Annual Benefit on October 28th at Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York. Andrew Greenspan is a native New Yorker who has resided in Westchester for nearly his entire life. He is a graduate of Scarsdale High School, has a Bachelor of…
Read MoreDan Joseph Joins Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center Board of Directors
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center has announced that Dan Joseph has joined their Board of Directors. Mr. Joseph is the Co-founder and President of Corridor Ventures, a vertically integrated real estate investment company with client relationships and assets across the United States. Dan has primary responsibility for Corridor’s strategy and also leads Corridor’s efforts…
Read MoreHHREC Hosts Inaugural White Rose Student Competition
On May 20th, the HHREC launched an inaugural White Rose Student Research Contest event for students grades 7 through 12 in the greater Westchester County area. This contest, named in memory of the White Rose, a resistance movement consisting of German university students, commemorated the efforts of these brave young people who gave their lives…
Read MoreNew Children’s Book Featuring Stories of Survivors Published in German and English
The German International School New York has published a unique and powerful book for children grades 4 through 9 that can be read in either English or German. We Lived on Miracles- Stories of Holocaust Survivors was written to offer schools and educators a new resource for young people to read passages shared by Holocaust Survivors…
Read MoreHolocaust & Human Rights Education Center Partners with Yeshiva University
May 13, 2021– The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) of White Plains, NY has entered into a partnership with the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Yeshiva University to further promote education programs, events and archived resources for schools and educators. “We are very excited to be…
Read MoreHolocaust & Human Rights Education Center Announces New Board Members
April 13, 2021– The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) of White Plains, NY has announced their Board of Directors has elected Ziporah Janowski and Debby Ziering to join their board. Janowski and Ziering will serve three-year terms effective January 1, 2021. “We are very pleased that Ziporah and Debby will be joining our…
Read MoreStudents and Teachers Attend HHREC High School Institute Leaders Virtual Event Featuring Holocaust Survivor and Former White Supremacist
Over 600 students and teachers from 42 schools in the Westchester County NY and Fairfield County CT area attended the annual Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) Human Rights Institute for High School Leaders virtual event on March 18th. This year’s event featured intimate talks and testimonials by Holocaust Survivor Judith Altmann and former…
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