The Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center

A Message About Gail Hirsch Rosenthal

Gail, who was the director of the Holocaust Resource Center since 1991, passed away on Oct. 13.

Read more about Gail

 

The Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University preserves and shares the history of the Holocaust and life stories of Holocaust Survivors of South Jersey.

 

The Center is located on the second floor of the Richard E. Bjork Library at Stockton University. It is open Monday through Thursday, 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM and Fridays from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Questions? Please contact us at 609-652-4699.

 

Featured Events

Questions/Registration: 609-652-4699 

MAHG Capstone Web

MAHG Capstone Presentations

Monday, December 11, 2023

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Online Via Zoom

Please join us for our MAHG Capstone Presentations by Isabel Blanco and Brianna Doherty. 

For more information and the Zoom link, please contact Dr. Raz Segal at Raz.Segal@stockton.edu

 

Dr. Carol Rittner

Teaching about the Holocaust, Learning from the Holocaust

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center Liviu Librescu Classrom - e206c
101 Vera King Farris Drive
Galloway, NJ 08205-9441

 

Please join us for a Free and Open to the Public Educator Workshop presented by Dr. Carol Rittner on the relationship between teaching about the Holocaust and learning from the Holocaust.

Preregistration is required for the workshop

 

To register please click here or call 609.652.4699

For NJ Educators: 2.) PDH (professional development hours) will be provided.

Free resource materials will be distributed to participants.

 

Save the Date

Celebrate the Work and Legacy of Gail Hirsch Rosenthal

Thursday, December 7, 2023

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Campus Center Event Room
101 Vera King Farris Drive
Galloway, NJ 08205-9441

Please join us as we celebrate the work and legacy of Gail Hirsch Rosenthal. 
Light Refreshments will be served.

More information to follow.

Rowan Five Survivors

Five Holocaust Survivors Tell The World

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Friday, November 10, 2023

Saturday, November 11, 2023

8:00 pm
Pfleeger Concert Hall
Rowan University
North Campus Drive
Glassboro, NJ 08028

A world-premiere documentary play based on the memoirs Girl in a Striped Dress by Rosalie Lebovic Simon, Try to Survive… and Tell the World by Rose Ickowicz Rechnic (both published by the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University), the testimony of Manya Frydman Perel, Elizabeth Ehrlich Roth, and Itka Frajman Zygmuntowicz.

 

Complimentary tickets available for Stockton University students & members of the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center Executive Committee. 

 

Please request your tickets at the Rowan Concert Hall Box Office. 

 

Kristallnacht Lecture

The Annual Kristallnacht Lecture
Remembering the Holocaust & Emigration: The Moritz and Hammerschlag Families

Monday, November 6, 2023

7:00 p.m. (Promptly)
In-Person and Via Zoom
Chabad at the Shore - Chai Center
6605 Atlantic Ave
Ventnor City, NJ 08406
(Please contact the Holocaust Resource Center for Zoom Link)

Dr. Michael Hayse and Lennard Hammerschlag will speak about the Moritz and Hammerschlag families, emigration from Germany, and the efforts of Germans who are documenting the history of the towns where the parents were born as well as the horrors of the Holocaust.
2 PDH (Professional development hours) will be provided for NJ Educators.

For information and the zoom link please contact us at 609.652.4699 or email Irvin.Moreno-Rodriguez@stockton.edu

Within and Beyond Workshop

Within and Beyond Exclusionary Communities: White Supremacy and Racism In the United States Workshop

CANCELLED

 

Thursday, October 26, 2023

3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
The Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage
610 Washington Ave, Woodbine NJ 08270
 

The workshop will include brief presentations by Dr. Elke Weesjes, Steven Marcus (Holocaust and Genocide Studies Dual Credit Program), and Dr. Toyo Aboderin (Africana Studies Dual Credit Program); work in groups; and time for questions. The workshop is designed for 7th-12th grade teachers, is free, and will provide 2 professional development hours (PDH). 

 

Teachers who would like to participate in the workshop need to register ahead of time via email to the following address: Irvin.Moreno-Rodriguez@stockton.edu.

 

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Jallalla! A Celebration of Life

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Stockton Multicultral Center (1st floor E-J Wing in front of bookstore)

This lecture will feature the testimony of Mike Kleidermacher, a Holocaust survivor whose family made Bolivia their home after World War II. The presentation will center on the Holocaust survivor’s experience and two cultures interconnecting with each other. A reception will follow the event.

 

YadVashemWorkshop

Love Stories as Resistance During the Holocaust and A Tool to Teach It

CANCELLED

 

Dear Educators,

We are writing to inform you that the “Love Stories as Resistance During the Holocaust and A Tool to Teach It” workshop, scheduled for tomorrow, October 10, 2023, at 4:00 pm has been cancelled. We understand this is disappointing news, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please reach out to Irvin Moreno-Rodriguez, Assistant Director of the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center if you have any questions or concerns at 609-652-4699 or Irvin.Moreno-Rodriguez@stockton.edu.

We know this is a busy time of year for teachers, and we appreciate your understanding and support.

 

 

 

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Within and Beyond Exclusionary Communities: White Supremacy and Racism in the United States

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
F-221 

Please join us for an exhibit opening featuring Dr. Elke Weesjes and photojournalist Anthony Karen. See flyer for details and more information.

 

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Resilience, Resistance, and Defiance during the Holocaust

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online via Zoom 

Please join us to welcome Dr. Michael Berenbaum presentation about the partisans who hid in the forests and resisted the forces who wanted to destroy them during WWII. A question and answer session will follow Dr. Berenbaum’s presentation. See flyer for details and more information.

 

Rodef

Mitzvah Zecher Avot (The Good Deed of Remembering Family)

Sunday, September 10, 2023

11:00 AM
Rodef Sholom Cemetery
8891 Black Horse Pike
Egg Harbor Twp 

Please join us for the Mitzvah Zecher Avot (The Good Deed of Remembering Family) at the Rodef Sholom Cemetery, Holocaust Survivors Section. The program will also be available via Zoom. See flyer for details and more information.

 

 

 

 

 

Center of Excellence

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Copyright © Jewish Foundation for the Righteous

 

The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center is a Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) Holocaust Center of Excellence. The JFR Holocaust Centers of Excellence Program was established to honor centers who have made an extraordinary commitment to teach the Holocaust in their communities. The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center faculty, staff, and supporters were honored to be chosen as a JFR Holocaust Center of Excellence.

 

For more information about the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, please visit: JFR.org