{"id":4664,"date":"2025-09-06T21:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T01:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/?page_id=4664"},"modified":"2025-09-06T22:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T02:03:23","slug":"educator-workshop-spring-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/educator-workshop-spring-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Educator Workshop, Spring 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">Spring 2025 Holocaust &amp; Genocide Educator Workshop<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Belonging: Reconsidering Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other Racisms<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>With special guest, Ben Lorber<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Tuesday, May 20, 2025<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>8:30 am &#8211; 3:00 pm at Ramapo College of New Jersey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This workshop is free-of-charge to all educators in our region.<br \/>\nBreakfast, lunch, and refreshments will be served.<br \/>\nProfessional development credits available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Attendance is limited to 80 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.<br \/>\nWe will operate a waiting list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><b><i>This program has already passed.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4250 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/04\/SP25-Workshop-Graphic-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Graphic with information in the text of this page. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/04\/SP25-Workshop-Graphic-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/04\/SP25-Workshop-Graphic-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/04\/SP25-Workshop-Graphic-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/04\/SP25-Workshop-Graphic-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/04\/SP25-Workshop-Graphic-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We have witnessed and tracked concerning increases in antisemitism and Islamophobia over the past years. Strident debates about race and racism feature prominently in politics and media. This turn has presented significant challenges not only to students, but also to the teachers and administrators called upon to respond, often in the eye of a divided public with competing sets of definitions and demands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This semester&#8217;s workshop will feature discussions with Ben Lorber, Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates, and CHGS Director Jacob Ari Labendz. Both scholars have developed belonging- and solidarity-centric approaches to studying and responding to racism, antisemitism, and Islamophobia. This contrasts with frameworks focused primarily on defining, naming, and shaming real and perceived manifestations of bigotry\u2014frameworks which have failed to meet the present moment and which may even have exacerbated the problems we face together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Colleen Tambuscio, our Pedagogy Programs Administrator (see below), will deliver an interactive presentation to introduce participants to classroom and program resources, as well as the services that the CHGS can offer their schools and organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4224 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/Lorber-headshot-final-scaled-e1742502980179-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Ben Lorber. He is a white man in his 30s with brown hair and a beard wearing glasses. Ben is wearing a gray shirt and glasses.\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/Lorber-headshot-final-scaled-e1742502980179-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/Lorber-headshot-final-scaled-e1742502980179-1024x906.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/Lorber-headshot-final-scaled-e1742502980179-768x679.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/Lorber-headshot-final-scaled-e1742502980179-1536x1359.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/Lorber-headshot-final-scaled-e1742502980179.jpg 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Ben Lorber<\/strong> works as a Senior Research Analyst at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/politicalresearch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"caps\">Political Research Associates<\/span><\/a>, focusing on white nationalism and antisemitism. Lorber has worked as a journalist, organizer and movement-builder for over a decade. He has published on right-wing social movements, Israel\/Palestine, Jewish culture and other topics at <em>The Nation<\/em>, <em>Salon<\/em>, <em>Jewish Currents<\/em>, and more. He is the co-author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/741043\/safety-through-solidarity-by-shane-burley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2024).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">We thank the NJ Commission on Holocaust Education for their support!<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/njche_banner-300x35.png\" alt=\"NJ Commission on Holocaust Education banner\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/njche_banner-300x35.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/njche_banner-1024x120.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/njche_banner-768x90.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/njche_banner-1536x180.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/holocaust\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/njche_banner-2048x240.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"infoBox col-sm-12 col-lg-12 \"><div class=\"boxTitle\">Workshop Schedule<\/div><div class=\"boxContent\">\n<p>8:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arrival and Breakfast \/ Please sign in<\/p>\n<p>9:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Welcoming Remarks<\/p>\n<p>9:15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Activity: Considering Belonging<\/p>\n<p>10:05\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coffee Break<\/p>\n<p>10:15\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAdopting a Belonging-Centered Approach,\u201d Jacob Labendz, CHGS Director<\/p>\n<p>10:35\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Discussion with Ben Lorber<\/p>\n<p>12:15\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lunch<\/p>\n<p>13:00\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 CHGS Belonging Curriculum<\/p>\n<p>13:20\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bridging the Gaps Curriculum<\/p>\n<p>13:30\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Activity: Issues, Obstacles, and Solutions<\/p>\n<p>14:20\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Concluding Remarks<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring 2025 Holocaust &amp; 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