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TEACHERS WORKSHOP– Ethnic Cleansing: When Does it Become Genocide?

Trustees Pavilion (PAV 1-2) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

In cooperation and with the support of the New Jersey State Commission on Holocaust Education FREE OF CHARGE –Breakfast and Lunch Included Approved Workshop for Certification Renewal (5 Hours) Assists in Adopting and Implementing N.J. Core Curriculum Standards Language Arts 3.1 Social Studies 6.1­6.3 World Languages 7.1 and 7.2 Although the term "ethnic cleansing" gained currency after its use by the media to describe Serb initiatives to remove non-Serbs, especially Muslim Bosnians, from its territories during the breakup of […]

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Linkage of Ethnic Cleansing to Genocide to be Explored

Alumni Lounges (SC158) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ

On Friday, November 1 at 1:30 p.m. in the Alumni Lounges of the Robert A. Scott Center at Ramapo College (SC158), Dr. Laura B. Cohen, the Kupferberg Holocaust Center’s Executive Director, will unpack the term of “Ethnic Cleansing” and analyze how the phenomenon is connected to genocide. Her talk, “Ethnic Cleansing: The Language of Mass […]

Experiences of Refugees Coming to America to be Related in Their Own Words

Alumni Lounge (SC156) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Lee T. Bycel, a humanitarian activist, rabbi, teacher and author, who serves as the Sinton Visiting Professor of Holocaust, Ethics and Refugee Studies at the University of San Francisco, will speak on Tuesday, November 12 at 1:45 p.m. in the Alumni Lounges (SC156) of the Robert A. Scott Student Center at Ramapo College of New […]

Shifting Diasporas of Bialystok Jewry to be Discussed

Alumni Lounges (SC158) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ

Dr. Rebecca Kobrin, the Joseph Engel Visiting Professor of American Jewish History at Harvard University, will speak on Tuesday, November 26 at 1:45 p.m. in the Alumni Lounges (SC138) of the Robert A. Scott Student Center at Ramapo College of New Jersey about “Competing Diasporas, Shifting Centers: Bialystok's Jews in the Age of World Wars.” […]

Re-scheduled as WebEx Virtual Event–Author to Speak About Her Book, Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey

Remotely via WebEx Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

On Thursday, April 2 at 12 p.m., Mikhal Dekel, Ph.D., Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, will speak about her recently published book, Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey (W.W. Norton, 2019).  Her talk will be delivered remotely using WebEx […]

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Joint Holocaust Commemoration with Ramapo Chorale at Beth Haverim Shir Shalom

Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom 280 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom (280 Ramapo Valley Rd., Mahwah, NJ 07430) A Commemorative Concert: Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) The Ramapo Chorale and the Adult Choir of Beth Haverim Shir Shalom

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Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas

Via Zoom Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Professor Jeffrey Ostler (University of Oregon), will conduct a virtual conversation about his 2019 book, Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas(Yale University Press) with Ramapo professor Sarah Koenig, Ph. D., who teaches Native American History, and whose book, Providence and the Invention of American History, will be published […]

Hitler’s First Hundred Days

Via Zoom Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Professor Fritzsche (University of Illinois-Urban-Champaign) will conduct a virtual conversation about his recent book, Hitler’s First Hundred Days. When Germans Embraced the Third Reich (Basic Books) with Ramapo professor Sam Mustafa, Ph.D., who teaches German History and is the author of several books in the field. Fritzsche’s probing account reveals how Germany’s fractured republic, in the spring […]

Teachers Workshop: CHOICES MATTER: COMPLICITY AND ACTION DURING THE HOLOCAUST

Via Zoom Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

CHOICES MATTER: COMPLICITY AND ACTION DURING THE HOLOCAUST Thursday, November 19, 2020; 10 AM to 1 PM Virtually via WebEx FREE OF CHARGE  Approved Workshop for Certification Renewal (5 Hours: Additional online activities to be assigned)  Assists in Adopting and Implementing N.J. Core Curriculum Standards Language Arts 3.1 Social Studies 6.1­6.3 World Languages 7.1 and 7.2  Registration: bit.ly/2DWLarM “Peoples’ […]

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