HHREC Annual Benefit to Honor Dennis Mehiel, Feature Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist Bret Stephens as Keynote Speaker
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) will honor Westchester County Business Executive Dennis Mehiel and feature Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist Bret Stephens as Keynote Speaker at their annual Benefit on Thursday, October 27th starting at 6:30pm at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York. Dennis Mehiel, formerly a twenty-year Westchester County resident, is…
Read MoreTeachers From Westchester and Across the U.S. Attend HHREC Summer Educators’ Tour of Germany and Poland
Social studies and English teachers from Westchester County joined with others from across the U.S. for the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) Educators’ Study Tour of Holocaust museums and historic sites in Germany and Poland this summer. Co-Director of Education Steve Goldberg and professional tour guide Gerrit Book led a two-week series of…
Read MoreHHREC Executive Director Quoted in News Story on New York Law To Survey Schools on How They Teach About Holocaust
New York is launching a survey to ensure all public schools are adequately teaching about the Holocaust, according to a new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul last Wednesday, August 9th. Read the article here that includes a quote from our Executive Director Millie Jasper.
Read MoreLeah Eisenberg Elected to Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center Board of Directors
White Plains, NY July 28th, 2022– The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) of White Plains, NY has announced that Leah Eisenberg has joined their Board of Directors. Eisenberg is a partner in Mayer Brown, a New York City Law firm, and she is a member of the firm’s Restructuring practice. Leah’s practice focuses…
Read MoreHHREC White Rose Student Research Contest 2022
May 24, 2022 – The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) held their second annual White Rose Student Research Contest for 2022 for 7th-12th grade students in the greater Westchester County NY area. The 2021/2022 contest theme was Auschwitz and the Hungarian Deportations. This year, HHREC honored students and teachers from Irvington High School, Westchester…
Read MoreHHREC Hosts Student Contest to Promote Genocide Awareness
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. This event 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…
Read MorePurchase College and Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center Co-Sponsor Screening of Holocaust Historical Film and Talk with Producer Nancy Spielberg
Purchase College State University of New York and the the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) co-sponsored a screening of a documentary film and talk with Executive Producer Nancy Spielberg on April 26th at the Humanities Theater on the campus of Purchase College. Attendees watched the screening of the film Who Will Write our…
Read MoreHHREC and Westchester Jewish Council Countywide Yom Hashoah Commemoration Draws Crowd at Garden of Remembrance
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) and Westchester Jewish Council came together to co-sponsor the annual Countywide Yom Hashoah Commemoration Keeping the Memory Alive on April 28th at the Garden of Remembrance in White Plains, NY. HHREC Chairman Michael Gyory greeted attendees and spoke about the importance of the Westchester community in coming…
Read MoreHHREC to Honor Byram Hills School District Teacher with Susan J. Goldberg Memorial Teacher Award at Iona College Event
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) will honor Jennifer Laden, Social Studies Department Chair 6-12 of Byram Hills Central School District in Armonk as the 20th annual Susan J. Goldberg Memorial Teacher Award to be presented at the annual William H. Donat Shoah Commemoration Event at Iona College on Wednesday, April 27 at…
Read MoreHHREC Statement on Ukraine
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) strongly condemns Russia’s continuous and abhorrent attack on Ukraine. We are deeply concerned about the death of innocent civilians and the plight of Ukrainian refugees. In his justification of the invasion, Vladimir Putin has misrepresented Holocaust history by claiming that Ukraine needed to be “denazified.” HHREC supports…
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