Category Archives: TOLI in the News
FBI Albuquerque Thanks TOLI
The FBI in Albuquerque joined TOLI and educators at the New Mexico seminar, “Teaching the Holocaust for Social Justice” and tweeted a thank- you to the organization on June 14, 2022. The #FBI thanks The Olga Lengyel Institute @olgas_table for inviting us to speak to New Mexico teachers about hate crimes & our civil rights […continue]
Read MoreHow the Holocaust shaped three generations of women
By Larry Luxner When Mignon Langnas, a nurse in a Jewish children’s hospital in Vienna, sent her small son and daughter on a ship to the United States after the Nazi invasion in 1939, she had no idea when — or if — she’d ever see them again. It was an agonizing choice, but her […continue]
Read MorePortland Tribune – Clackamas County educators implement Holocaust curriculum
By Jaelen Ogadhoh Two Clackamas County educators are attending a five-day seminar focused on implementing Holocaust education and other instruction on racial and ethnic discrimination in Oregon. The program, called “Lessons from the Past: Understanding the Holocaust and Human Rights Violations” is taking place Aug. 2-6 at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust […continue]
Read MoreLoudoun Times-Mirror – Educator program explores effects of Holocaust, racial injustice
By John Battiston Last week, Loudoun County Public Schools partnered with The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Education (TOLI) to conduct a seminar exploring the Holocaust and Virginia’s history of racial injustice. Seventeen educators from Virginia and Maryland participated in the weeklong program, which was organized by Nicole Korsen and Jennifer Rodgers, teachers at Sterling’s […continue]
Read MoreOlga Lengyel: A Continuing Legacy
Since 2007, Holocaust survivor and author Olga Lengyel’s former home in New York City has been the site of a summer seminar for teachers offered by The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights (TOLI), a professional development organization for teachers across the United States and overseas. For 11 days, middle school, high […continue]
Read MoreTimes of Israel – Why is online hate surging — and what can we do about it?
By Larry Luxner Six weeks after right-wing bigots, white supremacists and others violently stormed the US Capitol — and mere hours after the death of radio talk-show provocateur and conspiracy theorist Rush Limbaugh — two experts appeared via Zoom to discuss the proliferation of online hate. The Feb. 17 webinar showcased the findings of Andrew […continue]
Read MoreTOLI Statement on Violence At the US Capitol
, Like so many Americans, we were shocked and dismayed by the mob violence at the US Capitol this week. We condemn this appalling crime and those responsible, many representing far-right groups. What happened was the result of extremist rhetoric and incitement by President Trump and other political leaders, their discrediting of the democratic process, […continue]
Read MoreTimes Of Israel – As Holocaust Awareness Declines in US, Youth Make Art to Preserve Fading History
NY’s Olga Lengyel Institute reacts to disturbing new research about lack of once common Holocaust facts, highlighting its new ‘How High School Students See the Holocaust’ exhibit By MATT LEBOVIC September 22, 2020 As The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany released disturbing new research about the state of Holocaust memory this week, the New […continue]
Read MoreTOLI STATEMENT ON RACISM AND PROTESTS IN THE US
We at TOLI, like so many others, are deeply disturbed over the senseless killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and the far too many other Black people who have died because of systemic racism. It is unacceptable that the scourge of racism, inequality before the law and social injustice are […continue]
Read MoreNewsday- UN to mark 75th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
“We believe that education is the most important thing to prevent these types of holocausts in the future,” said Mark Berez of Dix Hills, who serves as president of The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights in Manhattan, referring to mass slaughters in places such as Sudan and Syria, which occurred since […continue]
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