{"id":3457,"date":"2023-12-11T13:21:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T18:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/?page_id=3457"},"modified":"2023-12-22T15:45:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T20:45:37","slug":"educator-workshop-fall-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/educator-workshop-fall-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Educator Workshop, Fall 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holocaust and Genocide Educator Workshop<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u201cWhy Study the Holocaust Now\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Resources and Links from our Educators<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

December 6 at Ramapo College, 8:30 AM \u2013 3:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why Study the Holocaust Now?<\/i> This is an inquiry becoming more pressing by the day. From the pervasiveness of book bans to the polarization of ideologies, from the current surge in antisemitic rhetoric to the propagation of misinformation and disinformation, it is clear that the present is a palimpsest of the past, one still susceptible to the dangers of discrimination, prejudice, and genocide. Our workshop guided teachers through some of these profound issues, offering context, resources, lessons, and time for reflection with the aim not only to familiarize ourselves with one or more of these topics but also to converse about them in a collegial, collaborative setting.<\/p>\n

The day featured discussions with Dr. David Austin Walsh<\/a>\u00a0(Yale) and Dr. Jacob Labendz (Ramapo), and a pedagogy workshop with our partner educators, Colleen Tambuscio and Heather Lutz.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Walsh emphasized the need to study the Holocaust as a historical event. Too often we encounter students who view the Holocaust as a unique or sui generis<\/em>\u00a0phenomenon driven by Hitler and the Nazis\u2019 unique evil. That framework, which has been repeated\u00a0ad nauseum<\/em>\u00a0in our popular culture, is ultimately counterproductive. If the Holocaust were\u00a0sui generis<\/em>, it would imply there was nothing of value to be gained by studying it in detail.<\/p>\n

Instead, Dr. Walsh argued that we need to embed the Holocaust in the global history of the twentieth century, and how various forces\u2014among others, antisemitism, biological racism, imperialism, industrialization and technology, fascism, and mass violence\u2014culminated in the genocide. Taking such a material view of the Holocaust\u2014the largest, but by no means the only\u2014genocide of the twentieth century helped us recognize how these processes still impact our present-day world. Furthermore, such an approach opens up space to talk about resistance and the ways which people in the past have fought racism, antisemitism, and fascism, from picking up a rifle to organizing a shop floor.<\/p>\n

The Center\u2019s Holocaust and Genocide Educator Workshop is supported by a generous grant from he Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.<\/p>\n

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