The Museum provides opportunities for teachers who are interested in learning more about incorporating Jewish heritage and lessons from the Holocaust into their curriculum, using object based education.

Professional development sessions provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information about how the content of the Museum's collections may be used to enhance classroom teaching. In addition to events scheduled at the Museum, staff development workshops can be arranged for your school or region.

Upcoming Events

Meeting Hate with Humanity: Life During the Holocaust

Sessions from 4:30-7:00 pm

September 10, 17, 24

October 7, 16, 24

November 5, 12, 19

December 3, 10, 17

Meeting Hate with Humanity is an after school course for K-12 educators. Through lectures, in-depth study of the Museum's galleries, and testimony from Holocaust survivors, teachers examine the impact of WWII and the Nazi genocide on Jewish lives in the communities of Europe. This course is approved for 3 NYC DOE P-credits.

For more information, please call 646.437.4309.

This course is made possible by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany: The Rabbi Israel Miller Fund for Shoah Research, Documentation and Education.

Coming of Age Now, Coming of Age During the Holocaust

Sunday, January 11, 2009

1:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Reservations required

This session provides educator's with training for use of the new Coming of Age Holocaust curriculum for Bar/Bat Mitzvah students.  Through the Coming of Age curriculum students learn about someone their own age who survived the Holocaust, deepening their understanding of Jewish identity, community, and responsibility, while also gaining a strong knowledge of the chronology, geography, and vocabulary of the Holocaust. 

Training includes a complimentary set of the Coming of Age curriculum, with DVDs.  There is no cost to training, but participation is by application only, for teachers working with Bar/Bat Mitzvah aged students.  For educators not participating in this training, the cost of the curriculum is $125.  For more information, click here.

To register, call 646.437.4308 or email nisenberg@mjhnyc.org

Coming of Age is a project of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York in collaboration with Yad LaYeled — The Ghetto Fighters’ Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum in Israel, made possible by the generous support of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany:  The Rabbi Israel Miller Fund for Shoah Research, Documentation and Education.   

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