Category Archives: Press Releases
NOV. 9: CONFRONTING HOLOCAUST DISTORTION: ISRAEL WAR AGAINST HAMAS IS NOT GENOCIDE
A month after the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, there is a moral inversion of history taking place. Israel is being accused of genocide by protesters, human rights activists, and various media in response to its military campaign against the Hamas regime in Gaza. Not only is it a debasement of the term […continue]
Read MoreOCT. 9: Statement by TOLI on the Hamas Terrorist Attacks in Israel
We are shocked and heartbroken over the senseless killings and hostage-taking of innocent Israelis by Hamas terrorists from Gaza. These organized attacks, with over 900 Israelis murdered, thousands injured and dozens kidnapped – among them children and elderly Holocaust survivors – is the worst crime against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. As an organization that teaches the […continue]
Read MoreLearning from the Past, Acting for the Future
We are happy to share with you our brand new Handbook – Learning from the Past, Acting for the Future, describing TOLI interdisciplinary approach, based on the experience of working in 10 European countries, over the last 10 years. In this handbook, teachers can find: a rationale for an interdisciplinary approach combining Holocaust education, human […continue]
Read MoreRNS: Teaching teachers about the Holocaust and its lessons for democracy today
The Olga Lengyel Institute trains schoolteachers to view the Holocaust as a prism for understanding social injustice, bigotry and hatred. Read more in Religion News Service>>
Read MoreTOLI-Supported Project Wins International Discovery Award
The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes honored a Nebraska high school student with the 2022 International Discovery Award for a TOLI-supported project. Gracie Conrad, a junior at Loup County High School won the award for her film documenting Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk, an unsung hero from the Holocaust. Conrad’s teacher Meagan McNeil Heilberg, participated in the […continue]
Read MoreTOLI Seminar Leader Nicole Korsen’s Lesson Featured in PBS Documentary
Nicole Korsen is an English teacher at Dominion High School in Sterling, Virginia, and one of TOLI’s Satellite Seminar leaders. She created the lesson “The Symbolism of the Statue of Liberty” featured in the new Ken Burns PBS documentary “The U.S. and the Holocaust”. Find “The Symbolism of the Statue of Liberty” on PBS here>> […continue]
Read MoreMassLive: Ken Burns Holocaust documentary raises important questions, say survivors, educators
Ken Burns’ new PBS documentary offers a multi-layered look into a democracy built on immigration and egalitarianism likely to resonant with viewers as those interviewed discuss anti-Semitism, racism and authoritarianism in the country when the Nazis rose to power in Germany and began to introduce anti-Jewish legislation and propagate hatred against the Jewish population. Educator Cara Crandall […continue]
Read MoreNew York’s former hate crimes czar has a new mission: teaching the Holocaust
Three years after her appointment as the head of the brand-new office, Lauter stepped down in March to take a new job as executive director of the Olga Lengyel Instute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights, or TOLI, a New York-based nonprofit that promotes Holocaust education. Read more in the JTA>>
Read MoreNew Mexico Jewish News Mentions TOLI
This June, a group of 14 teachers from around the state met for a week-long seminar, Teaching the Holocaust for Social Justice. This was the 9th year for the seminar, which is sponsored by the Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies, headquartered in New York, and which conducts Holocaust education programs for teachers throughout the […continue]
Read MoreDetroit Jewish News: Understanding Jewish Philanthropy
Samantha Caminker, a sophomore at Frankel Jewish Academy, writes how she presented $5,000 in grant money to two nonprofits as part of the Morris J. & Betty Kaplun Foundation Youth Board. Read more in the Detroit Jewish News>>
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