Holocaust Education

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Holocaust Remembrance Day Events at Beth Israel

Care of the Beth Israel Holocaust Education Committee:

Join us Monday, January 27th from 5 – 8 p.m. at Beth Israel. Commemorative Candle Lighting at 5:30 p.m., followed by information about current and planned holocaust and antisemitism education work in region and a presentation of Peter Suedfeld’s September, 2024 Max Eisen Lecture on Holocaust Studies, “Shattering of a Presumptive World: A Family Story” at 6:15 p.m. with discussion to follow. For more information or to RSVP, email Ralph. 

Join us Sunday, February 2nd from 10:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. for a Ghetto Fighters House Museum virtual and interactive tour: The Hall of Camps -In Search for Humanity. This exhibit portrays the industrialization of the attempted extermination of Europe’s Jews, with a look at the Treblinka camp model created by one of its few survivors along with artifacts that symbolize the capacity of the human spirit for spiritual resistance, even in the darkest times, followed by information and discussion from the Beth Israel HE Committee. Email Ralph to receive the link. 

Join Beth Israel members Thursday, February 6th for a Group Visit to the Royal Ontario Museum’s Holocaust Exhibit, including preparatory materials and an optional follow-up would be arranged for the participating members. Carpool in the morning and return by suppertime. Email Ralph to sign up. 

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Beth Israel Applies for Holocaust Education Funding

With support from the Beth Israel Board of Directors, Ralph Baehre and the BIC Holocaust Education Committee and grant writer and BIC member Ziysah von Bieberstein have applied for $419,467 in funding over five years from the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program-National Holocaust Remembrance Program to build Beth Israel’s capacity to provide Holocaust and antisemitism education in the Peterborough, Northumberland, and Kawartha Lakes regions. We hope to hear an affirmative response soon. For more information, to make a donation in support or in honour of this work, or to get involved, email the BIC Holocaust Education Committee.