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September 23, 2024
Few youth know Albania is the only European country whose Jewish population was higher after WWII; a teachers’ conference aims to change that – and inspire kids with the country’s heroism.August 7, 2024
The seminar, “Bringing Human Rights Into the Classroom Through Exploration of the Holocaust and Local Histories of Racial Injustice,” hosted by The Olga Lengyel Institute, invites educators to learn best practices for teaching the Holocaust, antisemitism and other human rights issues in the United States.August 7, 2024
Inspired by the 2018 TOLI seminar in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Marzena Wolschlaeger, a History and Social Studies teacher in Bydgoszcz developed the powerful “In the beginning was a Word …” project together with Danuta Kopińska- Kołowacikin to show students how intolerance and discrimination are spread in their schools. “It began with words, then turned to…July 29, 2024
Twenty teachers from Catholic schools around the country were in Oakland this month for a seminar on the history of Jewish-church relations and teaching the Holocaust. “We Remember: Exploring the Holocaust and Antisemitism,” held July 17-20, was sponsored by the Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights, a…July 17, 2024
The teachers – middle, high school, and college educators – were brought together by The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights.July 15, 2024
TOLI Executive Director, Deborah Lauter: Broad philanthropic support for combating antisemitism must include greater investment in teaching about the Holocaust.
June 10, 2024
Scott Lone, a Wisconsin teacher at West Bend East High School in West Bend, Wisconsin, has been teaching the Holocaust for 23 years. Scott first attended the NY Summer Seminar in 2014: “It was the best professional development I’ve ever had in 23 years of teaching. It unfolded all kinds…November 27, 2023
Accusing Israel of ‘genocide’ for going into Gaza and taking proactive steps to eliminate those who slaughtered their families, not only debases the term, but also fuels surge in antisemitism worldwide…November 9, 2023
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…
November 2, 2023
Amber Tilley, a teacher at Northland Pines High School, was raised in a small Wisconsin town. She recalls how profoundly moved she was by Elie Wiesel’s book “Night” when starting her career. She knew she wanted to teach the book and its depiction of Auschwitz and genocide, but…