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HHREC Hosts Westchester Social Studies Teachers Holocaust Education Seminar
How do you decide what facts to include in a history textbook? How do the facts not included change the narrative? How do you tackle teaching the topic of the Holocaust? A diverse group of teachers from Westchester County grappled with these issues and more during a recent day-long educational seminar hosted by the Holocaust…
Read MoreHHREC Speakers Bureau Featured in Westchester Magazine Article on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022
Thank you to our friends at the Westchester Magazine including June Hersh, the author of this profoundly powerful and timely article, as we prepare for our commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th.
Read MoreHHREC 7th Annual Middle School Institute
We were very pleased at the tremendous response from area schools to our 7th annual Middle School Institute, as our Co-Director of Education Julia Scallero worked closely together with them on this program to promote awareness of human rights issues and help empower students to take action in their schools. A special thank you to our good…
Read MoreHolocaust & Human Rights Education Center Offers Annual Middle School Institute Program for Area Students
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center will offer their annual Middle School Institute online on Tuesday, November 16th, Wednesday, November 17th and Thursday, November 18th, 2021. This educational program provides area students and teachers an opportunity to promote awareness of human rights issues and empowers them to take action in their schools. This year,…
Read MoreRescued Torah Scroll Finds New Home at Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center
October 15, 2021– The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC), a nonprofit organization that offers education programs in partnership with local schools to enhance the teaching and learning of the lessons of the Holocaust, has received a Rescued Holocaust Sefer Torah from the Yorktown Jewish Center. The HHREC will safeguard it at their library…
Read MoreRachel Greenspan Joins Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center Board of Directors
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center of White Plains, NY has announced that Rachel Greenspan has joined their Board of Directors. Greenspan is Senior Director at GHP Office Realty, where she focuses on Sales, Acquisitions and Financing of GHP’s commercial portfolio throughout the greater Westchester area. Since her start at the company two years ago,…
Read MoreHHREC 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…
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