Seminar for Teachers from Mechelen - Yad Vashem

YAD VASHEM The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority

The International School for Holocaust Studies

ICHEIC Humanitarian Fund

The ICHEIC Program for Holocaust Education in Europe

Seminar for Educators from Belgium With the Support of The Jewish Deportation and Resistance Museum At The International School for Holocaust Studies, (ISHS) October 30 - November 7, 2010 Class 11, ISHS Building Saturday, Oct 30 23:20

Arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport Check-in at Leonardo Inn hotel, Jerusalem

Sunday, Oct 31

Jewish Life Before the Holocaust

09:00-10:00

Opening of the Seminar at Yad Vashem, Welcome and first Orientation Daniel Rozenga, Ariele Nahmias, The International School for Holocaust Studies (ISHS), Yad Vashem Break The Educational Concept of the International School for Holocaust Studies Daniel Rozenga, Ariele Nahmias, ISHS, Yad Vashem Break The Valley of the Communities, Workshop About Pre-War Jewish life Daniel Rozenga, Shlomo Balzam, ISHS, Yad Vashem Lunch Break+Group Photo A Panorama of Judaic World and Culture Ofir Yarden, Director of Education of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (in English)

10:00-10:15 10:15-11:30

11:30-11:45 11:45-13:15

13:15-14:10 14:15-15:45

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15:45-21:00

Tour of the Old City (Jerusalem) Dinner at restaurant in the Old City Michal Hess, Tour Guide

Monday, Nov 1

Prelude to Destruction

09:00-10:30

The Rise of Modern Antisemitism and National Socialism Dr. Simon Epstein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (in English) Break “But the Story Didn’t End That Way”, Workshop About the Reichs Pogrom and the Persecution of German Jewry Daniel Rozenga, Yoni Berrous, ISHS, Yad Vashem Lunch Break Tour of The Holocaust History Museum Ariele Nahmias, Daniel Rozenga, ISHS, Yad Vashem Break Tour of Yad Vashem Site Following the Historical Evolution Of the Remembrance Authority and the Shaping of Memory Daniel Rozenga, Ariele Nahmias, ISHS, Yad Vashem Reflections on the Concept of The Holocaust History Museum Daniel Rozenga, Ariele Nahmias, ISHS, Yad Vashem

10:30-11:00 11:00-12:30

12:15-13:30 13:30-15:30 15:30-16:00 16:00 –17:15

17:15-18:15

Tuesday, Nov 2

Persecution of the Jews

08:30-10:30

The Establishment of the Ghettos Daniel Rozenga, Ariele Nahmias, ISHS, Yad Vashem Break The “Final Solution” and Operation Reinhard Dr. Daniel Uziel, Yad Vashem Archive (in English, with French Flemish Translation) Lunch Break Stories Behind the Artifacts in the Yad Vashem Museum Collection Michael Tal, Artifacts Collection, Yad Vashem (in English, with French Flemish Translation) Break

10:30-11:00 11:00-12:30

12:30-13:30 13:30-15:00

15:00-15:30






15:30-17:00

20:30

Teaching the Holocaust Through Poetry Ariele Nahmias, ISHS, Yad Vashem (in French) Liz Elsby, ISHS, Yad Vashem (in English) “Antisemitism Today” Dr. Simon Epstein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Wednesday, Nov 3

Teaching the Holocaust in Classroom

08:30-10:00

“Bobrek, A World of Chaos”, A Forced Labour Camp in Auschwitz Ariele Nahmias, ISHS, Yad Vashem (in French) Album Auschwitz, The Lilly Jacob Family, Unit for High School Students Daniel Rozenga, ISHS, Yad Vashem Break The Unique and Universal Aspects of the Holocaust Dr. Rob Rozett, Director of Yad Vashem Library Lunch Break and Distribution of Educational Materials Music During the Holocaust Tamar Machado, Musicology (in French) Break The Righteous Among the Nations Irena Steinfeldt, Director of the Department of the Righteous Among the Nations (in French) Break “How was it Humanly Possible”, Workshop Daniel Rozenga, Yoni Berrous, ISHS, Yad Vashem

10:00-10:15 10:15-11:45 12:00-13:15 13:15-14:45

14:45-15:15 15:15-16:45

16:45-17:00 17:00-18:30

Thursday, Nov 4

Between Memory, History and Education

08:30-10:00

“Return to Life”, Holocaust Survivors and the Aftermath, Workshop






19:00-21:00

Michal Sternin, Director of The Pedagogic and Resource Center ISHS, Yad Vashem (in French) Yeshaya Balog, ISHS, Yad Vashem (in English) Break Testimony Natan Ramet, Survivor and President of The Jewish Deportation and Resistance Museum Lunch Break "Why Didn't You Come Before the War?” A Theater Performance, Based on the Novel of Lizzie Doron, Followed by Discussion Fabiana Meyuchas, Israel (in English) Break To Live As a Survivor, To Live as a Descendant… Laurence Kaplan-Dreyfus, Amcha (in French) Dr. Nathan Durst, Amcha (in Dutch) Farewell Reception at the Belgium Ambassador’s House

Friday, Nov 5

After the Holocaust

08:30-10:00

How to Use Documents to Teach the Holocaust in Class? How to Retrace the Path of a Single, Starting with one Simple Photograph? Shlomo Balzam, ISHS, Yad Vashem (in English, with French an Flemish Translation) Break “Desecraters of Memory”, Holocaust Denial Dr. Stephanie Courouble Share Associate Researcher at The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary AntiSemitism and Racism, Tel-Aviv University (in English with French and Flemish Translation) Break

10:00- 10:30 10:30-12:00

12:00-13:00 13:00-15:00

15:00-15:30 15:30-17:00

10:00-10:15 10:15-11:45

11:45-12:00






12:00-13:30 13:30-17:00 16:30-18:00

Conclusion and Evaluation of the Seminar Daniel Rozenga, Ariele Nahmias, ISHS, Yad Vashem Visit Bethlehem (Optional) Shabbat Service in a Synagogue (Optional)

Saturday, Nov 6 07:30 08:00-17:00

Check Out at the Hotel Trip to Dead Sea and Masada Raphi Peleg, Tour Guide

01:20 (Nov 7)

Departure
