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Ron Skillern

Jews, non-Jews come together for #ShowUpForShabbat after shootings

(Editor’s note: In the wake of the shootings at Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha in Pittsburgh and the Kroger in Jeffersontown, area congregations opened their doors for #ShowUpForShabbat, a nationwide campaign by the AJC and Jewish Federations of North … Read More >

Latest News National/Global Other Agencies November 5, 2018

Latest Never Again mural

Holocaust studies students in this year’s VAMPY program for gifted teens at Western Kentucky University work on the latest in the class’ Never Again series of murals. The murals depict themes inspired by the Shoah. This year’s painting is based … Read More >

Latest News National/Global Other Agencies July 26, 2018

Takeaways from Poland: Teachers changed by experience

(Editor’s note: This is the final blog entry by Louisville teachers Fred Whittaker and Ron Skillern from their tour of Holocaust sites in Poland with a group of students and instructors from Classrooms Without Borders (CWB). Before leaving Poland, the two educators … Read More >

Latest News National/Global July 11, 2018

Reflections of a teacher: Whittaker on how Majdanek experience will affect his work

(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 >

Latest News Other Agencies July 5, 2018

Treblinka, Majdanek pose sobering experiences for Louisville teachers

(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 >

Latest News Other Agencies July 4, 2018

Touchdown in Poland: Louisville teachers experience Shoah history firsthand

(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 >

Latest News July 3, 2018

Blogging from Poland: Local teachers to tour scenes of Holocaust

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 >

Latest News National/Global June 21, 2018
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