Friday, December 10, 2021

2:00 - 4:00 pm (EST)

Virtual Fall 2021 MAHG Capstone Presentations via Zoom

Join the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MAHG) Program and MAHG students Marisa Campbell and Allison King for their final Capstone presentations. Click here to view the recording.

Click here to view the recording:https://youtu.be/Qo1MwnvC6Nw

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Discussion with the Filmmakers: Paper Spiders

Stockton students are invited to attend a Zoom discussion with the filmmakers of Paper Spiders on Tuesday, December 7, 12:30-2:00 pm. After registering, students will receive a link to watch the film for free. The event supports learning objectives related to mental health disorders, family relationships and/or filmmaking and storytelling. 

Thank you to the Psychology program, Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center and Toby Rosenthal in the Communication Studies Program for bringing this special event to our campus. And special thanks to the filmmakers Natalie and Inon Shampanier for sharing their film and their time with our students.

Registration is required for this free event. 

Click here to view the recording.

Sunday, December 5, 2021

11:00 am - 12:00 pm (EST)

Book Launch Event Led by Dr. Michael Berenbaum and Mindelle Pierce:

LOVE WITH NO TOMORROW

Join us virtually via Zoom to learn about love, joy and passion that took root among young Jews in ghettos and concentration camps, in hiding and in the killing fields of the Holocaust when tomorrow was precarious and all that there could be was today. The event will feature Dr. Michael Berenbaum, scholar of the Holocaust, author, and educator, and Mindelle Pierce, Second Generation after the Shoah, and author of Love With No Tomorrow: Tales of Romance During the Holocaust. The event will be held virtually, via Zoom, on Sunday, December 5, 2021, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST). For more information contact Gail Rosenthal at 609-653-4699. 

This event is sponsored by the Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University, The Milton and Betty Katz Jewish Community Center of Atlantic County, and the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage of Stockton University.

Click here to view the recording:  https://youtu.be/LxaJbgvGlK8

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

7:00 pm (EST)

The Annual Kristallnacht Lecture:

THE NOVEMBER POGROM OF 1938

(Online via Zoom)

Presented by Dr. Michael Hayse, Associate Professor of History and Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University & Director of the Holocaust Survivors of South Jersey Project and Exhibition

Drawing on oral history testimonies of Holocaust survivors who lived in South Jersey, Dr. Michael Hayse will explore Kristallnacht as an important turning point for Jews in Germany and Austria. 

Click here to view the recording:https://youtu.be/D_vgaRvqO6w

Thursday, October 28, 2021

4:30 - 6:00 pm (EDT)

Stockton University Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Alumni Panel Discussion: Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education (Online via Zoom)

Learn from MAHG alumni who are now working as Holocaust and genocide educators in museums and institutes across the United States. The panelists will discuss current opportunities available in the field of Holocaust and genocide education and key issues and challenges for those teaching Holocaust and genocide studies in the classroom and beyond. Dr. Jordan Corson, Assistant Professor of Education and Affiliated MAHG faculty, and Dr. Mary Johnson, Adjunct Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University, will moderate the panel. Attendees will have the opportunity to raise questions for discussion with the panelists.

Click here to view the recording: https://youtu.be/l4QPpr5QM10

Thursday, October 21, 2021

4:30 - 5:30 pm (EDT)

IN HONOR OF MULTICULTURAL MONTH AT STOCKTON UNIVERSITY

Virtual Book Presentation: The Mexican of Buchenwald

By Julio Godínez

Please join us for a conversation with author and journalist Julio Godínez who will discuss his new book, El mexicano de Buchenwald (The Mexican of Buchenwald). The book tells the unknown and brave story of one of the few Mexicans captured by the Nazis.

Julio Godínez is a Mexican journalist specialized in international current affairs. Godínez has reported for Newsweek en Español, Esquire Latin America, & GQ.

Click here to view the recording: https://youtu.be/qYGdfuxKixM

Sunday, September 12, 2021

11:00 am

PLEASE JOIN US VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM!

Mitzvah Zecher Avot

(The Good Deed of Remembering Family) Service 

The Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University announces the MITZVAH ZECHER AVOT (THE GOOD DEED OF REMEMBERING FAMILY) service for Holocaust survivors and their families on Sunday, September 12, 2021, at 11:00 am. For more information and the Zoom link, please contact Gail Rosenthal at 609-652-4699.

Click here to view the recording. 

Tuesday, July 17 - Thursday, July 29, 2021

9:00 am – 12:00 noon – There are no afternoon sessions.

The cost is free and open to all educators.

4th Annual Wally and Lutz Hammerschlag Summer Educator Seminar 

Yad Vashem, The Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage, the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University, Echoes & Reflections, and The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous will present the 4th Annual Wally and Lutz Hammerschlag Summer Educator Seminar, "LESSONS OF HOPE: Learning about Rescue, Resistance, and Faith during WWII and the Holocaust." The cost is free for educators. This seminar will teach about the history of the Holocaust by using the theme of hope to learn from the past to make a better future for all. 

https://stockton.edu/holocaust-resource/yadvashemseminar2021.html

June 3rd, June 10th, June 17th, & June 24, 2021

11:00 am - 12:00 pm (EDT)

Stockton Institute for Lifelong Learning (SILL) Short Summer Course:

The Holocaust and the Christian World: Reflections on the Past, Challenges for the Future

The Holocaust and the Christian World seems an unlikely combination of ideas, as surely nothing could be further removed from the principles, ethics, and aspirations of well-intentioned Christians. And yet, Christianity is linked to one of the greatest episodes of human hatred in history.

Monday, April 5, 2021

7:00 - 8:00 pm (EDT)

Virtual Yom HaShoah 2021:

Meet Holocaust Survivors via Zoom

Hear Their Life Stories

Please join us for this year's virtual Yom HaShoah Service for 2021 with Stockton University's Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Professor of Holocaust Studies (1999-2000), Dr. Michael Berenbaum, and Holocaust survivors: Maud Dahme, Betty Grebenschikoff, Laura Oberlender, and Rosalie Simon. The event will be held on Monday, April 5, 2021, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm (EDT), online via Zoom. Please contact Gail Rosenthal for more information at 609-652-4699.

Thursday, March 18, 2021

4:30 - 5:45 pm (EDT)

Through the Lens of Now

Good Neighbors, Bad Times Revisited: New Echoes of My Father's German Village

Written by Mimi Schwartz

Join us in a conversation with American born author Mimi Schwartz and Rivka Weinstein, who grew up in Germany sharing perspectives on being a neighbor in the 1930s and today. The event will be held on Thursday, March 18, 2021, from 4:30 to 5:45 pm (EDT), online via Zoom. For more information, please contact Gail Rosenthal at 609-652-4699.

This event is sponsored by the Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University, The Historical Studies Program of the School of Arts and Humanities, The Milton and Betty Katz Jewish Community Center of Atlantic County, and the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage of Stockton University.

Sunday, February 28, 2021

3:00 pm - 4:35 pm (EST)

Book Launch Event: The Hotel on St. James Place by Molly Golubcow

Molly Golubcow, Second Generation after the Shoah, will discuss her new book, The Hotel on St. James Place: Growing up in Atlantic City between the Boardwalk and the Holocaust. The book is the life story of Molly’s Holocaust survivor parents, Harry and Sonia Golubcow, former owners of the Seacrest Hotel - Atlantic City. The event will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2021, from 3:00 to 4:30 pm (EST), online via Zoom. For more information please contact Gail Rosenthal at 609-652-4699.

This event is sponsored by the Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University, The Milton and Betty Katz Jewish Community Center of Atlantic County, and the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage of Stockton University.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

4:30 pm - 5:15 pm (EST)

Sergeant Leon Bass During World War II in Nazi-Occupied Europe

Please join us for a Zoom presentation next week in honor of Black History Month at Stockton University, Sergeant Leon Bass During World War II in Nazi-Occupied Europe. The presentation will focus on the life story of Dr. Leon Bass. Dr. Leon Bass joined the U.S. Army during World War II and was a liberator of the Buchenwald concentration camp. As an 18 year old African American soldier, he encountered the brutal realities of racism in the United States Armed Forces. Decades later, Dr. Bass used his experiences to teach high school students about the consequences of racism.

This event is cosponsored by the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage, Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program, Minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and Minor in Jewish Studies at Stockton University. 

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 

8:00 pm (EST)

18 Voices: A Liberation Day Reading Of Young Writers’ Diaries From The Holocaust

More than one million Jewish children were killed during the Holocaust and countless others survived. Some, like Anne Frank, kept diaries in which they confided their hopes, fears, and experiences. Join us for a special virtual reading of excerpts from these diaries, narrated by Liev Schreiber. By giving voice to the written words of some of the Nazis’ youngest victims, we will commemorate their suffering and learn from their courageous and resilient spirits. Watch the recording of the event here: https://youtu.be/7p_08hkOqGs

18 Voices is curated by Alexandra Zapruder and based on her book Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust.

Tuesday, January 26, 2021 

4:30 pm (EST)

A Personal Account: Looking Back at the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz Ceremony

with Doug Cervi, Executive Director of the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education and Adjunct Professor at Stockton University

Join the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center for a discussion with Doug Cervi about his experiences at the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz ceremony Poland on January 27, 2020. Doug Cervi attended the ceremony with Holocaust survivors David Wisnia and Rosalie Simon. All are welcome. Watch the recording of the presentation here: https://youtu.be/DkJdFj7nilM

This event is cosponsored by the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage, Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program, Minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and Minor in Jewish Studies at Stockton University. 

Monday, November 9, 2020

7:00 pm (EST)

THE ANNUAL IDA E KING MEMORIAL LECTURE
Remembering Kristallnacht 82 Years Ago
(November 9 – 10, 1938)

Presented by Dr. Dienke Hondius

Ida E King Distinguished Visiting Professor of
Holocaust Studies - Spring 2020

“HIDING PLACES DURING THE HOLOCAUST:
NETWORKS OF SOLIDARITY UNCOVERED”

This illustrated lecture will show the latest findings of the “Mapping Hiding Places Research Project,” including Stockton University student research. This historical project presents findings on where and how Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe found hiding places. All can share and contribute knowledge about this topic in Holocaust Studies.

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

4:30 - 5:45 pm (EDT)

Zoom Presentation by Professor Jane Denny and

Irvin Moreno-Rodriguez

"Hoy Por Ti, Manana Por Mi (Today For You, Tomorrow For Me): Mexico During & After World War II"

This presentation will focus on the role of Mexico before and after World
War II and the story of Gilberto Bosques Saldivar (1892-1995), who served as
the Mexican Consul General in Marseille, France between 1939 and 1943. As
the Consul General, Bosques issued tens of thousands of visas for Spanish
and Jewish refugees who wanted to escape from Nazi-occupied Europe.

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

4:30 - 5:45 pm

Zoom Lecture by Dr. Jonathan Wiesen

"From Birmingham to Berlin: Racial Terror Lynching and Public Violence in the United States and Nazi Germany"

Dr. Jonathan Wiesen is Author of West German Industry and the Challenge of the Nazi Past, 1945-1955 (2001) and Creating the Nazi Marketplace: Commerce and Consumption in the Third Reich (2011) and he is the coeditor of Selling Modernity: Advertising in Twentieth Century Germany (2007). Questions: 609-652-4699. 

Thursday, September 26, 2019

4:30 - 5:45 pm

MAHG Student-Faculty Coffee Break

All Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MAHG) program faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend a coffee break in the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center classroom on Thursday, September 26, 2019, at 4:30 pm. Welcome the new semester with a cup of coffee and good company! The coffee break is sponsored by the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MAHG) Society. Questions: 609-652-4699

Monday, August 17th - Thursday, August 20, 2020

3rd Annual Wally and Lutz Hammerschlag Summer Educator Seminar 

On Monday, August 17th - Thursday, August 20, 2020, Yad Vashem, The Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage, the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University, and Echoes & Reflections will present the 3rd Annual Wally and Lutz Hammerschlag Summer Educator Seminar, "In the Age of Digital Learning: Teaching about the Holocaust through Art, Photograhy, Literature, Film, and more." The cost is free for educators. This seminar will teach about the history of the Holocaust by using the arts to connect with the past to make a better future for all. Strategies and resources will be shared.

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Father's Day 2020 Recipes from Holocaust Survivors Settled in South Jersey Communities in Atlantic and Cape May Counties

As we celebrate Father’s Day, we can lovingly look back and remember our dads (sometimes moms) preparing special recipes that they brought from their childhoods into their own kitchens. After WWII, as Holocaust survivors settled in South Jersey communities in Atlantic and Cape May Counties, some of these recipes were brought from Europe into their kitchens in South Jersey. For Father’s Day 2020, the staff of the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University are sharing stories and recipes of some of our local Holocaust survivors.

Sunday, June 14, 2020

"We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope"

The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Sing for Hope, and Lang Lang International Music Foundation will come together to present “We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope.” This special livestreamed concert event—which will be presented by a network of more than 100 organizations across the United States and world—commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 77th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, even as it speaks to the challenges of the current moment. The Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center is proud to be a distribution partner for this event! People from more than 26 states and countries, including Belarus, Canada, France, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland and South Africa will be coming together to watch the 90-minute event. A recording of this event is still available at www.wearehere.live.

Monday, May 11, 2020

Holocaust & Genocide Studies Dual High School Credit End-of-Year Wrap-up Meeting

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Online Lecture and Zoom session: "Self-Help During the Armenian Genocide: Recovering Refugee Voices," presented by post-doctoral Fellow in Holocaust and Genocide studies at Stockton University, Dr. Asya Darbinyan

In commemoration of the 105th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program, Hughes Center for Public Policy, and Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center present an evening of Armenian culture and remembrance. Dr. Asya Darbinyan, Post-Doctoral Fellow of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University, will present a lecture entitled “Self-Help during the Armenian Genocide: Recovering Refugee Voices.”

The lecture will be available for viewing starting at 10:00 am on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Watch here, or join us on Facebook or YouTube to watch.