The Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center

The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center was honored to host the 30th anniversary of New Jersey's Holocaust and genocide education mandate on Monday, April 16, 2024.

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Stockton celebrates 30th anniversary of Holocaust education mandate Stockton University celebrated the 30th anniversary of the state's Holocaust and genocide education mandate Monday.

Happy birthday to Dr. Yitzhak Sharon, distinguished professor of Physics at Stockton University and an honorary member of our Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center Executive Committee.

Thank you Stockton University for highlighting our latest event featuring Dr. Saliba Sarsar, the co-founder, president and CEO of the Jerusalem Peace Initiative.

“I’m interested in peace not in 50 years, 100 years or 200 years. I’m interested in peace for my children, grandchildren and all the other children of the world,” he said. “But we are not desperate for a man on a white horse. We need to engage the youth." - Dr. Saliba Sarsar

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Scholar Discusses Pathways to Peace in Middle East Saliba Sarsar, co-founder of Jerusalem Peace Initiative, lectures on Israeli-Hamas War at Stockton University

We would like to thank the educators as well as students, faculty and staff of Stockton University who attended Carl Wilkens' workshop yesterday, "Rwanda's Community Approach to Rebuilding Trust.". Wilkens was the only American who chose to stay in Kigali, Rwanda throughout the 1994 genocide and we thank him for sharing his story of bravery and personal journey of healing. A hope-filled afternoon inspired educators, who left with renewed energy and the tools for navigating our polarized society.

With World Outside My Shoes

The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University hosted students from Egg Harbor Township High School this week. Learning about the Holocaust in high school is crucial to confronting antisemitism and other types of prejudice, understanding the dangers of hate, honoring the victims of the Shoah, and remembering the Holocaust survivors of southern New Jersey. If your school or organization is interested in a tour of the Holocaust Resource Center, please call 609-652-4699.

We express our gratitude to the dedicated social studies educators of Bridgeton Public Schools who participated in the "Teaching the Holocaust Today" Professional Development Day at the Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University.

It was an honor to welcome your educators to our space and engage in such important learning together!

The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University sponsored a study tour to the Neue Galerie New York for Mainland Regional High School's Dual High School Credit class in Holocaust & Genocide Studies. Students were guided through exhibits featuring artwork stolen by N***s and returned to their rightful heirs after 1945.

Thank you to all the educators, community members, and Stockton University faculty, staff, & students for attending the workshop, "Teaching about the Holocaust, Learning from the Holocaust," led by distinguished Holocaust historian, Dr. Carol Rittner, RSM. We must ensure the lessons from the Shoah continue to illuminate the path towards a more compassionate world.

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Today we welcomed Kingsway Regional High School's Dual High School Credit in Holocaust & Genocide Studies class for a tour of the Holocaust Resource Center and Stockton University. We were delighted to host this group of future leaders who were eager to become familiar with the Holocaust Resource Center and our permanent exhibition "The Extraordinary Heroism of Ordinary People: The Rescue of One Jewish Family in the Netherlands." Through Holocaust education, we can remember the victims of the Shoah, honor the Holocaust survivors of southern New Jersey, and continue to combat antisemitism and other forms of hatred.

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Statement from Stockton University President Joe Bertolino in memory of our Director, Gail Hirsch Rosenthal.

In Memory of Gail Hirsch Rosenthal Honoring the Director of the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center

William Pikolycky, Mayor of Woodbine, NJ; Michael Azeez, representing The Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage of Stockton University; and AJC Regional Director Marcia Bronstein proudly display a resolution adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism as a valuable educational tool and recognizing the growing problem of antisemitism in America. This resolution is an important action item as outlined in the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, which AJC is helping to implement. Thank you to Mayor Pikolycky and Woodbine Borough Council Members for your leadership and action.

Stockton's Holocaust Center to Screen Documentary about World War II Jewish Partisans (NORTHFIELD, NJ) -- It's a question that Gail Rosenthal hears a lot, especially in her job as the executive director of Stockton University's Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center. Why didn’t the Jews fight back?

Thank you to NBC10 Philadelphia for highlighting the lives of Elizabeth and Arnulf Reichert and the gift they left to the Kölner Zoo. Learn more about how Arnulf and Elizabeth's lives during the Holocaust and about the pet shop they opened in Northfield, NJ. Link below 👇

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NJ couple who survived the holocaust gives $30 million to a German Zoo The legacy of a local couple who survived the holocaust will live on in a big way at a zoo in Europe. Arnulf and Elizabeth Reichert gifted $30 million to the Cologne Zoo in Germany to show their deep love of animals and an appreciation for the kindness of others who helped them during World War II.....

The Museum and Memorial in Sobibór was recently visited by Marvin Raab, Second Generation after the Shoah and Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center Executive Committee Member. His mother, Holocaust survivor Esther Raab, was involved in the planning of the Sobibór Uprising in 1943.

Learn more about Esther Raab: https://stockton.edu/news/2023/dear-esther.html

***IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE MITZVAH ZECHER AVOT COMMITTEE***

The Mitzvah Zecher Avot Service (the good deed of remembering family) on Sunday, October 2, 2022, at 11:00 am, promptly, has CHANGED from in-person to virtual via Zoom due to the predicted rain and high winds for Sunday.

Please contact Gail Rosenthal at 609-652-4699 for more information and the Zoom link. Thank you!

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Thank you to everyone who was able to join us this evening for the third play of The Manya Project: One-Woman Holocaust Survivor Plays, "Girl in a Striped Dress: The Holocaust Story of Rosalie Lebovic Simon."

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Thank you to everyone who was able to join us tonight for the play, "Try to Survive: Rose Ickowicz Rechnic's Memory of the Holocaust." Sponsored by The Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage & the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University

Thank you to everyone who attended the play, "Rella, Rose, and I: Elizabeth Roth’s Story of Survival," last night at Stockton University's Scarpa Academic Center (Atlantic City). It was a night to remember!

We hope to see everyone next Thursday, July 14th, at 7:00 pm, for the play, "Try to Survive: Rose Ickowicz's Memory of the Holocaust."

Thank you for joining us this evening for the first play at Stockton's Atlantic City Campus: The Manya Project: One-Woman Holocaust Survivor Plays - "Rella, Rose, and I: Elizbeth Ehrlich Roth’s Story of Survival.”

Margate, N.J. – Area Holocaust survivors and their families received a preview of the Stockton University Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center’s “Holocaust Survivors of South Jersey Project” at an intergenerational brunch hosted at JCC of Atlantic County on June 12.

Sponsored by:
Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties, The Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage, The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, Milton and Betty Katz JCC

Holocaust Survivors, Families, Preview New Project Database will record area Holocaust survivors' stories

The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University was recently featured in The Jerusalem Post / JPost.com📰: "Ensuring future generations learn the lessons and legacies of the Holocaust"

Read more: https://www.jpost.com/special-content/ensuring-future-generations-learn-the-lessons-and-legacies-of-the-holocaust-707671

Ensuring future generations learn the lessons and legacies of the Holoca Since it’s opening in 1971, Stockton University (then known as Stockton State College) has been in the forefront of addressing diversity, human and civil rights and this is exemplified by its commitment to Holocaust and Genocide Studies.  Hundreds of students at 30 area high schools each year stu...

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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.

For Zoom Link/Questions: 609-652-4699

Join us for a conversation with author 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 N***s. A Q&A session will follow the author's presentation.

Julio Godínez is a Mexican journalist who has reported for Newsweek en Español, Esquire Latin America, & GQ.

For NJ Educators: 2.0 PDH (professional development hours)
OspreyAdvantage available for Stockton University Students
Questions: 609-652-4699
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En español: Únase a nosotros para una conversación con el autor Julio Godínez, quien hablará sobre su nuevo libro, "El mexicano de Buchenwald." El libro cuenta la desconocida y valiente historia de uno de los pocos mexicanos capturados por los n***s. Una sesión de preguntas y respuestas seguirá la presentación del autor.

Julio Godínez es un periodista mexicano que ha reportado para Newsweek en Español, Esquire Latin America y GQ.

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