Raising the Stakes: Assessing the Impact of Rising Antisemitism on Holocaust Education

Apr 24, 2025 6:00PM—7:00PM

Location

In person Kupferberg Holocaust Center @ Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Avenue Queens, NY 11364 and on Zoom

Cost Free

Event Contact Laura B. Cohen, Ph.D. | Email

In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, join us for a discussion about the implications for Holocaust education in the face of rising antisemitism, the impact of the October 7 terrorist attack, and the changing political landscape in the US and across the globe. Featuring Dr. Oren Stier, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Holocaust & Genocide Studies Program in the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University.  This event is organized by the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) and is underwritten by the Yehoshua and Edna Aizenberg Holocaust Memorial Fund. It is co-sponsored by the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center; the Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at Christopher Newport University; the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University; the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University; the Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan University; the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity at Western Washington University; the Wagner College Holocaust Center; the Cohen Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College; and the Center for the Study of Genocide & Human Rights at Rutgers University. 

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