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(Editor’s note: This is the third blog entry by Louisville teachers Fred Whittaker and Ron Skillern as they tour Holocaust sites in Poland with a group of students and instructors from Classrooms Without Borders (CWB). This post, which is from day … Read More
(Editor’s note: This is the second blog entry by Louisville teachers Fred Whittaker and Ron Skillern as they tour Holocaust sites with a group of students and instructors from Classrooms Without Borders (CWB). This post covers days three and four of … Read More
(Editor’s note: Fred Whittaker and Ron Skillern, two Holocaust studies teachers at St. Francis Assisi Catholic School in Louisville and the VAMPY program for gifted teens at Western Kentucky University respectively, are currently in Poland touring sites of the Shoah … Read More
Two Kentucky school teachers who have made major, though different, contributions to Holocaust education in the state, will travel together to Poland this summer to see the scenes of the genocide for themselves. Ron Skillern, who teaches Holocaust studies at … Read More
Interfaith Paths to Peace held a gala celebrating its 20th anniversary of peacemaking on Thursday, October 6, at Second Presbyterian Church. The gala, which was also IPP’s seventh annual My Recipe for Peace dinner, drew a large crowd. Amid the … Read More
Each year’s Yom HaShoah community-wide Holocaust commemoration program is special in its own way. While each inspires awe and reverence, this year’s program provided an educational component as well that made the familiar feel new again. This year’s Jewish Community … Read More
When the movie Woman in Gold was released last year, awareness of the efforts by Jewish families to recover valuable art looted by the Nazis during World War II was elevated substantially. The movie told the story of Maria Altmann’s … Read More
Throughout January and February, the Louisville Free Public Library has been offering a variety of Holocaust education opportunities. A display of Anne Frank family photos has been on display there since January 30. If you hurry, you can still catch … Read More
StageOne Family Theater will present And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank in public performances on Sunday, February 7 at 2 and 7 p.m.; and Saturdays February 13 at 2 p.m. and February 20 at … Read More
Some local teachers got an opportunity to learn more about the Holocaust with a whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C., and a thorough tour of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum with the Jewish Community Relations Council. The group of 17 Jefferson … Read More
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