The award-winning documentary film, How Saba Kept Singing, shares the story of Cantor, Holocaust Survivor, and Military Veteran David S. Wisnia, affectionately known as "Saba," who spends his later years travelling with his grandson and musical accompanist, Avi Wisnia. David shares the story of how he survived the Holocaust through music. For years, Cantor Wisnia’s story centered around the belief that he survived Auschwitz mainly by using his beautiful singing voice to entertain his Nazi captors. These performances in the death camp gave him status as a “privileged prisoner.” However, when David takes his family back to Poland for one last performance, Avi starts asking questions and they discover that someone else had a hand in Saba’s survival. Please join us for an uplifting story about music, faith, family, and resilience, proving love can grow and take hold in even the darkest of places.

For NJ Educators: 2.0 PDH (professional development hours)

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP REQUIRED

609.652.4699 or HRC@stockton.edu

Please join us for a lecture with Dr. Alex Kor as he chronicles the incredible strength, perseverance, and forgiveness by both of his parents, Holocaust survivors Eva Mozes and Michael Kor. This lecture will feature the USC Shoah Foundation’s Dimensions in Testimony Interactive Biography of Eva Kor.

For NJ Educators: 2.0 PDH (professional development hours)

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP REQUIRED

609.652.4699 or HRC@stockton.edu

n 1938, Kristallnacht, or the November pogrom, sent shockwaves through Germany, Austria and elsewhere. Many Jewish families, including the Frank family who fled to Amsterdam, had already begun their desperate search for safety. This essential program will analyze the critical early warning signs of rising Nazism and Fascism across Europe and new research about the Frank family and their helpers in Amsterdam. Dr. Hondius will also explore the vital importance of early awareness, resilience, and education as fundamental lessons from the Holocaust.

THIS EVENT IS FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP REQUIRED

609.652.4699 or HRC@stockton.edu

For NJ Educators: 2.0 PDH (professional development hours)

In this program, Adrianne Black will share her personal story from growing up in a white nationalist family to becoming an antiracist, using that experience to spark conversation about how people change their beliefs. She will guide students through an interactive case study exercise based on real moments from her past life, helping them to consider the roles of participants in those events, the motivations and pressures involved, and best practices moving forward. Afterward, she will lead a conversation about how persuasion often arises not from arguments alone, but from the conflicts and relationships within communities that we come to care about. This approach will connect her own journey to the broader themes of Sarah Viren’s To Name the Bigger Lie, while giving students a direct, participatory experience of wrestling with questions of truth, denial, and change.

Adrianne Black is a historian and she is the author of The Klansman’s Son (Abrams, 2024). Since 2016 she has shared her story with audiences across the country, at universities, museums, corporations, schools, synagogues, and churches, about how communities, conflict, and belonging shape the way people change their beliefs. She lives in Baltimore and is a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Chicago.

RSVP is not required, but appreciated.

Questions: 609.652.4699 or HRC@stockton.edu

Born in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, Maud Dahme (née Peper) endured the horrors of the Holocaust as a child. Separated from her parents and forced to adopt a new identity, she and her sister, Rita, were placed into hiding from 1942 until the war’s end. After liberation, Maud immigrated to the United States, where she built a new life with her husband, Hans, and raised four children.

However, the weight of her past has never faded. Today, Maud dedicates herself tirelessly to Holocaust education, ensuring the world remembers and learns from her experiences. As a past president of the New Jersey State Board of Education and the current chair of the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, her commitment to remembrance is profound. Her autobiography, Chocolate, The Taste of Freedom, chronicles her wartime ordeal, a project significantly aided by the Writing as Witness Project at Stockton’s Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center. Through her work and her words, Maud Dahme transforms her experiences during the Holocaust into a powerful legacy of education, resilience, and hope.

THIS EVENT IS FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP REQUIRED

609.652.4699 or HRC@stockton.edu

REGISTRATIONS ARE FULL | Please call if you would like to be added to the waitlist

Please join us for a faculty-led study tour to Anne Frank the Exhibition in New York City. Visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the context that shaped Anne’s life from her early years in Frankfurt, Germany through the rise of the Nazi regime and the family’s move to Amsterdam. The New York City exhibition occupies over 7,500 square feet of gallery space. This marks the first time dozens of artifacts will be seen in the United States, many of which have not been seen in public and includes a reconstruction of Otto, Edith, and Margot’s room in the Amsterdam Hiding place.

COST: Round trip bus to the Center for Jewish History with private standard guided tour or lecture

Students (ages 18+): $15.00

Educators (grades k-12 & higher education): $30.00

Guests of Educators/Community Members: $60.00

RSVP REQUIRED | Please Call 609-652-4699

Space is limtied. Your reservation is only confirmed one payment is recieved.

4.0 PDH (profesional devleopment hours) for New Jersey Educators

Please join us for the 2nd Annual Good Neighbor Walk hosted by:

ATLANTIC CITY HISTORICAL DISTRICT OF THE AME CHURCH | ATLANTIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE | BRIDGE OF FAITH | COALITION FOR A SAFE COMMUNITY | FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES | JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL | JEWISH FEDERATION OF ATLANTIC & CAPE MAY COUNTIES | MASJID MUHAMMAD OF ATLANTIC CITY | NAACP AC | SARA & SAM SCHOFFER HOLOCAUST RESOURCE CENTER I STOCKTON UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Stress Test brings together twelve Chrstian scholars to examine the impact of the Israel-Hamas conflict on Christian-Jewish dialogue and relations. Dr. Rittner and Dr. Roth will explore the challenging questions and honest reflections presented in the book, equipping listeners with the tools to have productive, informed conversations about on of the most significant conflicts of our time.

Free and Open to the Public - RSVP Required

Please RSVP by calling 609.652.4699 or by email to HRC@stockton.edu

For NJ Educators: 2.0 PDH (professional development hours)

The Mitzvah Zecher Avot for Holocaust survivors, families, and community members is an annual service held at the Holocaust Survivor section of Rodef Sholom cemetery in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. This service was created by survivors and is now maintained by their families and the community to honor their memories and share their stories. As the number of survivors declines, this yearly tradition provides a vital opportunity to remember their immense contributions to both the Jewish and general communities in southern New Jersey.

Should inclement weather occur, the service will be held completely on Zoom. Visit Stockton's Holocaust Resource Center Website for the latest information: Stockton.edu/HRC

This event is free and open to the public. RSVP Required.

To Register, email HRC@stockton.edu or call 609.652.4699

Please join us for a virtual presentation led by Christina Chavarria, Program Manager at the United States Holoaust Memorial Museum as she shows how to integrate Spanish-language lesson plans, primary sources, and historical connections to the Spanish-speaking world in the classroom. Learn how these resources build relevant cultural connections and historical context while providing access to reosurces and support from local Holocaust organizations.

To Register, please visit https://shorturl.at/4Wfw0

Please join Benjamin Rogers, AJC Director of Middle East and North Africa Initives & Deputy Director of the Center for a New Middle East, and Dalia Ziada, Egyptian Human Rights Activist, for a timely discussion exploring the complexity of antisemitism and geopolitical dynamics in the Middle East. 

Moderated by Kaleem Shabazz, President of the AC Branch of the NAACP and Bridge of Faith

This educational event is free and open to the public. RSVP Required.
To Register, email HRC@stockton.edu or call 609.652.4699

Please join us for the 8th Annual Wally & Lutz Hammerschlag Summer Educator Seminar.

Participants will recieve free educational materials.

A Continental breakfast and complimentary lunch are included.

Free and Open to Educators - RSVP Required

For NJ Educators: 8.0 PDH (Professional Development Hours)

Join us to honor local Holocaust survivors and listen to the testimony of Holocaust survivor Michael Bornstein. Michael was four years old when he was liberated from Auschwitz. He did not speak about his Holocaust experience for 70 years, despite his image being one of the most well-known from the Holocaust liberation.

Please RSVP to info@jewishbytheshore.org or 609.822-4404 

Educating students about difficult subjects like atrocity crimes, genocides, and the Holocaust has evolved considerably over the past decade. This workshop offers practical strategies for responding effectively to unexpected current events, proactive approaches to teaching tough topics in your classroom, and valuable tools to support your students.

All participants will receive a complimentary copy of the new book, Teaching Tough Topics: Human Rights, Genocide, and Atrocity Crimes in the 21st Century

For NJ Educators: 2.0 PDH (professional development hours)

Please join us to witness the planting of a symbol of resilience and hope.

The white horse chestnut tree, visible from the window of the Secret Annex, provided Anne Frank with a precious glimpse of life and sustained her hope during her time in hiding in Amsterdam.

A sapling descended from Anne Frank's chestnut tree will be planted at Stockton University in remembrance of Gail Hirsch Rosenthal, former director of Stockton's Holocaust Resource Center, to honor her dedication to Holocaust education and remembrance.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | RSVP REQUIRED

609.652.4699 or HRC@Stockton.edu