6th International Conference on the Holocaust and Education
Speakers at the opening ceremony of the International Conference (left to right): Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Yisrael Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev, Education Minister Prof. Yuli Tamir, Director of the International School for Holocaust Studies Dorit Novak Holocaust survivor and Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Yisrael Meir Lau addressing the participants of the conference Participants of the largest conference in Israel on Holocaust education at the opening ceremony at Yad Vashem Participants of the conference in afternoon sessions at Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies
Speakers at the opening ceremony of the International Conference (left to right): Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Yisrael Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev, Education Minister Prof. Yuli Tamir, Director of the International School for Holocaust Studies Dorit Novak Holocaust survivor and Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Yisrael Meir Lau addressing the participants of the conference Participants of the largest conference in Israel on Holocaust education at the opening ceremony at Yad Vashem Participants of the conference in afternoon sessions at Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies

For additional pictures from the conference click here
 

More than 700 educators from across the globe are participating in a unique international conference held at Yad Vashem, “Teaching the Shoah: Fighting Racism and Prejudice”. Participants from 52 countries are attending the conference, the largest of its kind in Israel. The conference is focused upon three themes: racism and antisemitism in the 19th and 20th centuries, Holocaust education in a multi-cultural classroom, and the legacy of the survivors in the State of Israel throughout its 60 years of independence. The conference serves as a forum for dialogue among educators dealing with the challenges of Holocaust education in countries with large multi-ethnic populations. The conference is an opportunity for its participants to reflect upon educational strategies and techniques with leading scholars and experts on a plethora of Holocaust related subjects and topics.
 
Among the speakers at the conference are Professor Yuli Tamir, Minister of Education, Yitzhak Herzog, Minister of Social Affairs, MK Rabbi Michael Melchior, Former Minister and MK Natan Sharansky, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Professor Yehuda Bauer, Academic Advisor to Yad Vashem, Professor Omer Bartov, Brown University, USA, Artist and Holocaust Survivor Samuel Bak, Prof. Dina Porat, Tel Aviv University, and the Hon. Daniel Rafecas, Esq., Federal Judge, Argentina.

The conference is being supported through the generosity of the Adelson Family Charitable Foundation and the Asper Foundation.

 

The conference program (pdf)



Mr. Yossi Gevir, Senior Assistant to the Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, chairs a roundtable discussion Participants listen attentively to lectures presented during a session Encounters and discussions by participants in the conference Former Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies Natan Sharansky delivers a keynote lecture during the closing session.
Mr. Yossi Gevir, Senior Assistant to the Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, chairs a roundtable discussion Participants listen attentively to lectures presented during a session Encounters and discussions by participants in the conference Former Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies Natan Sharansky delivers a keynote lecture during the closing session.
Professor Yehuda Bauer, Academic Advisor to Yad Vashem, speaks about the Holocaust and the State of Israel Holocaust Survivor Professor Kalman Perk speaks to participants in the conference    
Professor Yehuda Bauer, Academic Advisor to Yad Vashem, speaks about the Holocaust and the State of Israel Holocaust Survivor Professor Kalman Perk speaks to participants in the conference    

Photos by Isaac Harari
 
Copyright ©2008 Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority