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The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) held a dedication for the Anne Frank Sapling at the Garden of Remembrance in White Plains yesterday. The speakers included Westchester County Executive George Latimer, CEO Anne Frank Center USA Dr. Lauren Bairnsfather, HHREC Chairman Michael Gyory, New York State Deputy Director of Jewish Affairs Eva Wyner and…

On May 28th Helen Rubel of the HHREC GenerationsForward Speakers Bureau appeared on the Town of Greenburgh Public Access channel hosted by Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. Helen told the story of her mother and grandmother who where survivors of the Holocaust. By sharing her mother’s first person account of fleeing Germany, Helen hoped to ensure…

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center will hold a dedication ceremony on Tuesday, June 11th at the Garden of Remembrance in White Plains, NY for the planting of a sapling grown from a tree referenced in Anne Frank’s Diary. The ceremony will begin at 12:00pm noon, and will include remarks by Westchester County Executive…

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…