Category Archives: TOLI in the News
Washington Jewish Week- Teachers Confront the Past in Lithuania and Ukraine
I recently visited Lithuania and Ukraine to take part in Holocaust education programs for local teachers, organized by the Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights (TOLI) in partnership with the International Commission for the Evaluation of Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania and the Vilna Gaon State Jewish […continue]
Read MoreJewish Telegraphic Agency- Lithuania’s Holocaust record is an ‘open wound,’ Israeli envoy tells history teachers in Vilnius
Lithuania’s Holocaust record is an ‘open wound,’ Israeli envoy tells history teachers in Vilnius OCTOBER 29, 2019 8:05 AM (JTA) — Israel’s ambassador to Lithuania said the European nation’s Holocaust-era history is “an open wound” and called on local patriots to teach history “honestly” because “people have to know what happened here.” Yosef Levy’s […continue]
Read MoreUSA TODAY- THE HOLOCAUST: STATES REQUIRE EDUCATION ABOUT ITS ANTI-SEMITISM, HATE CRIMES SURGE
“Sondra Perl, director of U.S. programs for the Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights in New York City, said most programs on the Holocaust, including her organization’s, stick strictly to historical fact so as ‘not to give fuel to deniers.’”
Read MoreGreat Falls Tribune- Teachers In Billings Learn From History’s Tragedies
BILLINGS — As an educator, Lacy Watson has invested in not just learning about, but learning from the worst of history. She once attended a special Holocaust training program that included a trip to Europe, visiting sites of death camps. Watson, a West High teacher who grew up in Fort Benton, believes that understanding the […continue]
Read MoreMassLive- Teacher Seminar to Focus on Holocaust Lessons for Today
AMHERST – Teachers from across New England will attend a professional development seminar on the Holocaust July 15 through 20 at the University of Massachusetts. Some six million Jews and others were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators who considered them inferior and the seminar will look at what lessons can be learned from these crimes […continue]
Read MoreBillings Gazette- The Holocaust and American Indian Massacres: Teachers in Billings learn from history’s tragedies
The Billings, Montana Seminar, Worlds Apart But Not Strangers was featured in the Billings Gazette, the main newspaper of Western Montana. “It’s somewhat common for students to lack knowledge of Native American history. But it’s also not unheard of for students to be unaware of the Holocaust, the systematic killing of about 6 million Jews […continue]
Read MoreNew York Jewish Week- Shoah Teacher Training Growing Amid Toxic Politics
Two weeks before Yom HaShoah, which occurs next Thursday, a high school teacher in rural Michigan gave a presentation about the Holocaust at a genocide conference at Michigan State University. While a colleague was developing a Holocaust Remembrance Day program for next week, he explained, he was planning a Shoah education program he will co-direct […continue]
Read MoreCNN Features TOLI Op-Ed On Importance Of Holocaust Education
We are pleased to share with you this op-ed written by Harry D. Wall, a member of TOLI’s Board of Directors, which appeared on CNN.com for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27th. Ignorance about the Holocaust is growing By Harry D. Wall Updated 2311 GMT (0711 HKT) January 27, 2019 (CNN)- Ignorance about the Holocaust is […continue]
Read MoreTHE NEW YORK JEWISH WEEK – Teaching The Holocaust In The Land Of Truffles
Over 30 teachers from Italy gather for a training seminar in Northern Italy.
Read MoreBOSTON JEWISH ADVOCATE: Amherst, Mass. Teaching the Holocaust Through Writing
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