Good News Speaks to the HHREC

The Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center, formally know as the Westchester Holocaust Education Center, is an interfaith, not-for-profit organization, serving Westchester, Fairfield and Putnam counties, to encourage and enhance teaching and learning about the Holocaust and its human rights lessons for today. Our work with students and teachers helps schools fulfill the New York State mandate that the Holocaust and other human rights abuses be included in their curriculum. Since 1994, we have brought the lessons of the Holocaust, genocide and human rights crimes to more than 1750 teachers, and through them to thousands of middle and high school students. Our programs are compelling and enlightening, making the past personally relevant to today’s children and tomorrow’s leaders while encouraging them to be rescuers and resisters in the face of prejudice and hate. Through our volunteer Educators Planning Committee, the HHREC gives teachers the unique opportunity to develop programs for themselves and others. These programs not only enrich teachers’ knowledge about the Holocaust and related issues, they provide the lens through which to view all other human rights violations. Visit http://www.holocausteducationctr.org http://www.holocausteducationctr.org , call 914-696-0738 or email mailto:whc@bestweb.net whc@bestweb.net for more information. More about Dr. Marlene Warshawski Yahalom: Dr. Yahalom will be providing vision and leadership for the Center’s educational programs, products, and services and defining long-range educational goals, strategies and priorities. “The lessons of the Holocaust are a way to start appreciating the value of Human Rights,” said Dr. Yahalom. “The Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center gives further credence to studying the Holocaust and bringing it to a higher level of awareness by incorporating Human Rights to its mission. I look forward to raising that awareness through creative educational programs about this increasingly important cause and topic.” Dr. Yahalom earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University in Sociology. She wrote her thesis on “The Role of Archives in Remembering the Holocaust: a Study in Collective Memory.” She also received her M.A. and her M.Phil. in Sociology from Columbia. She graduated from Queens College with a B.A. in Sociology, and is a child and grandchild of Holocaust survivors. Dr. Yahalom also serves on the Education Advisory Board of the Rose and Sigmund Strochlitz Holocaust Resource Center, Jewish Federation of Southeastern Connecticut and on the Education Advisory Board of Project P.A.T.C.H. Constitutional Law Program of New York State. She has been an Adjunct Lecturer on Sociology at Vassar College, Touro College, and Essex County College. http://www.holocausteducationctr.org http://www.holocausteducationctr.org