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Recent Highlights at the
International School for Holocaust Studies
In July, 17 employees from Israeli
institutions that commemorate Holocaust, most of them guides from
the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem,
attended a seminar in the Auschwitz Museum in Poland. In
the same month, a seminar for Jewish educators from the FSU
and a seminar for educators from Austria were held at Yad
Vashem. Additional events included a training course for
teachers who accompany pupils during the March of the Living
in Poland and a training course for future guides.
There were also study days on using survivor testimonies to
teach about the Holocaust, attended by Israeli teachers working in
the FSU and other teachers from all over Israel.
In the days preceding Tisha B’Av,
the School conducted Holocaust-related educational activities
for religious institutions. In August, elementary
school teachers attended orientation days in
preparation for the new school year, and in September, there was a
study day for German volunteers from the Ot Hakapara
organization.
Over the summer some 3,500 youths from
the birthright israel program visited Yad Vashem and
participated in programs specially designed for them. Study
days for senior IDF officers were also held in July. In
addition, seven IDF delegations participated in a two-day
preparatory course prior to their trip to Poland and other Eastern
European destinations, as part of the Witnesses in Uniform
project.
During September, From Crisis to
Hope—the program to teach 11th grade students from
the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Employment’s educational
facilities about the Shoah and its relevance today—entered
its second year. Over 4,000 of these students participated in
study days held at Yad Vashem, and conducted activities with the
Mobile Unit in their schools. In addition some 500 children and
their parents at the Yahalom summer camp visited the
School, and 140 students from youth villages and residential
facilities participated in two meetings prior to their trip to
Poland in October, as part of the Green Leaf project.
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