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Jacob Ari Labendz (Lion Swan) @labendz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please help spread the word! Apply if you're eligible. It's a wonderful honor and an important program.

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Bonnie and Richard Fertel z”l Memorial Emerging Scholars Prize and Lecture in Holocaust and Antisemitism Studies Eligibility requirements and application instructions at www.ramapo.edu/holocaust/sp... Application deadline is Oct. 31 at 11:59 p.m. (eastern) Please help spread the word!

Bonnie and Richard Fertel z”l Memorial
Emerging Scholars Prize and Lecture
in Holocaust and Antisemitism Studies

The Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Ramapo College of NJ invites early-career scholars to submit a proposal for our annual Fertel Memorial Emerging Scholars Prize and Lecture in Holocaust & Antisemitism Studies.

We will formally recognize the winning candidate in the spring semester, when they deliver a public talk at Ramapo College.

CHGS extends its deep gratitude to the Fertel family for their generosity and commitment to our mission.

Eligibility requirements and application instructions are available on our website.

Contact Us
201-684-7409
holgen@ramapo.edu
www.ramapo.edu/holocaust

Apply by Oct. 31 at 11:59 pm eastern

https://www.ramapo.edu/holocaust/special-programs/fertel_endowment/

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Join us for a haunting exhibition addressing the "Holocaust by Bullets" and commemorating the roughly two-million people, mostly Jews, murdered by their hometowns. An environmental sensibility suggests a relationship between genocide and ecocide. More: www.ramapo.edu/holocaust/la...

The Landscape of our Memory
An exhibition by Gabriela Bulišová and Mark Isaac (Prague)
Kresge Gallery, Berrie Center, Ramapo College
September 16 - December 4, 2026
"An artistic commemoration of more than two-million victims murdered in the "Holocaust by Bullets"
Opening Reception: Wed., Sep. 16, 5:00 - 7:00 pm (Kresge Gallery)
Informal Artist Talk: Thu., Sep. 17, 12:30 p.m. in the Adler Theater
www.ramapo.edu/holocaust

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Jacob Ari Labendz (Lion Swan) @labendz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Incredible new resource: Mapping database of all of the Holocaust monuments and memorials in the Czech Republic. One of the principle investigators told me that the list I compiled in my diss from 40 years of Jewish newsletters proved extremely helpful. No attribution. zachovanipameti.udu.cas.cz/en

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Holocaust Monuments and Memorials in the Czech Republic

Explore more than 600 Holocaust monuments and memorials in a unique database and specialized map of the Czech Republic.

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We're thrilled to see this book come out in print! It is the first produce of our Publishing Symposium Series, supported by the S. Rubenstein Family Foundation.

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We are particularly excited for this book, which is the first material fruit of our Publishing Symposium Series. We thank the S. Rubenstein Family Foundation for their continued support which made this volume possible.

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It's a privilege to share the wonderful news that the first book to emerge from our Publishing Symposium Series has just hit the bookshelves. We'll plan some events in the coming academic year. For now, with gratitude to all contributors, I encourage y'all to get a coffee and start reading!

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

NJ Folks! You do not want to miss this incredible and important theatrical event. Reserve your space now: forms.gle/6Wk5xyk4KjGR... Questions or to reserve parking: holgen@ramapo.edu

Neighbors! Please join us for an evening of important theater.

"The Fallen" by Yasmine B. Rana / Read by Ramapo Students

Wednesday, March 25th at 5:00pm in Ramapo's Adler Theater

A Q&A session with Ms. Rana and a reception will follow.

Space is limited. Register here: https://forms.gle/nLBhVH3TrxhhLmdZA

Off campus guests should email to reserve parking: holgen@ramapo.edu

Part of Yasmine B. Rana's latest collection of plays, "The Fallen" explores the painfully complex legacies of sexual and gendered violence perpetrated in the Bosnian War (1992-1995)

A "table read" is an organized reading of a script in which the speaking parts, stage directions, and scene headings are read out loud. The actors typically do not wear costumes and the stage tends not to have any scenery.

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

NJ Folks! You do not want to miss this incredible and important theatrical event. Reserve your space now: forms.gle/6Wk5xyk4KjGR... Questions or to reserve parking: holgen@ramapo.edu

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Jacob Ari Labendz (Lion Swan) @labendz.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

What an excellent convo! Parents asked us how to protect their kids. On 3/9 at 7PM, @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social & Ridgewood Public Library will host @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social and discussing his book, “How to Talk to Your Son about fascism.” ridgewoodlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/exp...

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Exploring History and Humanity for a Better Future with Craig A. Johnson

NEW! Paths to Understanding Series from the Ramapo College Center for Holocaust and Genocide StudiesExploring History and Humanity for a Better Future:

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Visit our events page or use the QR Code to register in advance: www.ramapo.edu/holocaust/ce...

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Please join us for a moving commemoration focus on the intersection of art and communal memory.

Event announcement
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Book Launch and Exhibition
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Rescheduled—New Date and Time
"Lost Synagogues of Europe: Paintings and Histories"
Andrea Strongwater
Thursday, February 19 at 5:00PM
Friends Hall, Ramapo College
Lost Synagogues offers a window into European Jewish history. It depicts, in paint and prose, seventy-seven synagogues demolished in the twentieth century, and bring the memory of their erstwhile communities to life. This unique book inspiringly directs our attention beyond genocide, to revisit and re-immerse ourselves in the magnificence of European Jewish heritage and culture.
Non-Ramapo Guests, please email to confirm attendance.
www.ramapo.edu/holocaust - holgen@ramapo.edu - 201.684.7409

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

We have rescheduled this very special event for Thursday, February 19th at 5:00pm in Friends Hall. Non-Ramapo guests should email to register: holgen@ramapo.edu. @ramapocollegenj.bsky.social

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Ramapo College of New Jersey

Book Launch and Exhibition
International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Rescheduled — New Date and Time

"Lost Synagogues of Europe: Paintings and Histories"
Andrea Strongwater

Thursday, February 19 at 5:00 pm
Friends Hall, Ramapo College

Lost synagogues offers a window into European Jewish history. It depicts, in paint and prose, seventy-seven synagogues demolished in the twentieth century, and brings to the memory of their erstwhile communities to life. This unique book inspiringly directs our attention beyond genocide, to revisit and re-immerse ourselves in the magnificence of European Jewish heritage and culture.

Non-Ramapo guests, please email to confirm attendance
www.ramapo.edu/holocaust
holgen@ramapo.edu 201.684.7409

The graphic includes a picture of the front of the book, featuring the interior of a synagogue with two rows of balconies, constructed in "Orientalist" style.

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Due to the incoming storm, we will be postponing our Jan. 26 program featuring a discussion with Andrea Strongwater about her new and exquisite book, “Lost Synagogues of Europe: Paintings and Histories.” Please stay tuned for an update. Stay safe and take care of each other!

Cover of “Lost Synagogues of Europe: Paintings and Histories” by Andrea Strongwater. It features the interior of a synagogue with two levels of balconies, built in “Moorish” style.

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Book launch and exhibition for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Andrea Strongwater, "Lost Synagogues of Europe: Paintings and Histories" (JPS 2025). Mon., Jan. 26 at 1:15 pm in Friends Hall. Non-Ramapo guests should follow the link for registration information. mailchi.mp/583878e82c7d...

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Holocaust Commemoration - Testimony Access

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Jacob Ari Labendz (Lion Swan) @labendz.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

My interns and I are putting together an exhibit about propaganda in the contexts of Nazism, WWII, and the Nazi genocides, including the Holocaust. If you or someone you know have relevant artifacts looking for a good home or would be interested in lending pieces, please hit me up.

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

It's Giving Tuesday and you're receiving a lot of emails. We packed ours full of incredible announcements and new videos. Please give it a look! mailchi.mp/d1be4864a0b9...

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Fantastic Updates - Giving Tuesday

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Jacob Ari Labendz (Lion Swan) @labendz.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Behold our glorious cover art! "Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders" Eds. @rkpejsova.bsky.social & @labendz.bsky.social (Purdue '26). Moshe Peter Shamah created this original artwork. The volume derived from two symposia, the last held at @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social.

Book cover. Keeping Contact: Jewish Cultural Initiatives across Cold War Borders, eds., Rebekah Klein-Pejšová and Jacob Ari Labendz (Purdue, 2026)

The centerpiece of the cover is a collage produced for the volume by Moshe Peter Shamah.

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Jacob Ari Labendz (Lion Swan) @labendz.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

What a workshop! Musicologist and recitalist Tamara Freeman played music composed in the ghettos and camps of Nazi Europe and shared paintings to an intimate audience of genocide students and children of Holocaust survivors. We processed emotions and memory through art in meaningful partnership.

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

This is going to be an incredible event... and it is only part one! On March 25, 2025, in commemoration of Women's History Month we will stage a table read of one of Ms. Rana’s plays. Students interested in participating in the table read should contact Dr. Labendz (holgen@ramapo.edu).

Playwright Yasmine Rana in Conversation with Dr. Laura Cohen
War, Genocide & Sexual Violence in Bosnia: History and Theather
Thursday, October 30, 2025
1:15 - 2:15 pm in Friends Hall (SC-219)
www.ramapo.edu/holocaust/center-events
holgen@ramapo.edu
Logos (CHGS and Office of Violence Prevention) and QR Code
Pictures of Dr. Cohen and Ms. Rana
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
School of Contemporary Arts

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

What an important evening. Thank you so much for sharing your time and wisdom, Andrea!

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

CfP: Inaugural Richard E. Fertel, z”l, Emerging Scholars Prize and Lecture in Holocaust and Antisemitism Studies We proudly issue the CfP for this fantastic initiative. Share widely and stay tuned for announcements. With gratitude to Bonnie Bornstein Fertel. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

NY and NJ people! I'll be talking about concentration camp history and how mass civilian detention without trial took root all over the world more than a century ago. Join us at 5:30pm on Tuesday October 21 at Ramapo College in Mahwah. www.ramapo.edu/holocaust/ce...

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Our trip this past summer was so wonderful, we're running it again in Summer 2026. We encouraged all interested students to attend this info session. Great news! We raised funds to cover the $1,000 fee for the 2-credit course for all participants! Program, flight & incidental fees paid by students.

Study abroad in the Czech Republic, Summer 2026. "The Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights in Central Europe," May 25 - June 4, 2025. INFO SESSION, Monday, October 20 at 1:00 pm in the Special Collections Reading Room, LC-215. (Second floor of the library, through the glass doors in the back). Spend ten days in one of Europe's most beautiful cities studying the region's history of genocide ant its influence on contemporary approaches to human rights and multicultural belonging. Visit www.ramapo.edu/holocaust/study-abroad or use the QR code for more information.

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

We're thrilled at the opportunity to bring this program to Ramapo College for Women's History Month. In the spring, we intend to stage a table-read of one of Ms. Rana's plays on this difficult subject. Students are encouraged to become involved!

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We're accepting applications & nominations for this year's Bridging the Gaps Fellowship. Follow this link to learn more about the BtG Fellowship. You'll find links to apply or nominate a student. Open to Ramapo only. Testimonials below! www.ramapo.edu/holocaust/btg/

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Bridging the Gap Fellowship

Our society is deeply divided. Cultivate bridge-building skills and be part of the solution. The Bridging the Gap Fellowship (BtG) equips students with bridge-building skills to engage in meaningful c...

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

We had such an incredible time in Prague and its environs, we couldn't help getting together to tell y'all all about it! This is also an opportunity to thank our friends who contributed to defray participation costs. Please email holgen@ramapo.edu if you'd like to contribute for our 2026 trip!

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

This promises to be incredible. Don't sleep on this important issue or a chance to be in discussion with Dr. Marianne Hirsch!

"Foundational Concepts: Holocaust Trauma and Postmemory," with Dr. Marianne Hirsch

"From Trauma to Repair: Rethinking Postmemory in a Time of Crisis"

Thursday, September 18 at 5:30 pm
Trustees Pavilion 1 or via Zoom

For more info or to register for the webinar, visit www.ramapo.edu/holocaust/center-events

For parking: holgen@ramapo.edu

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

This is going to be fascinating. We highly encourage you to sign up!

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Ramapo students enjoying their time in Prague! The fancy room is the Franz Kafka Hall at the Jewish community, which was a place where young Jews could socialize freely during Communism.

Group of students and a very cool looking professor standing at the banks of the Vltava river with the castle behind them.

Students sitting around a table (10 students at a table for 20). It is a meeting room in Prague’s Jewish Town Hall. The professor has a fantastic beard!

Students and a professor standing behind a fancy wooden table underneath a painting of Emperor Franz Josef.

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Are you a teacher or educator (loosely construed) in the NJ-Area? Limited space is available for this incredible program, featuring @benlorber8.bsky.social and CHGS director @labendz.bsky.social. Colleen Tambuscio will lead a related pedagogy session. We hop to see you there!

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One People's Project @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Updated Post: VIDEO: Former White Supremacists Scott Kelly Ernest & Tyler DiPeppe – Ridgewood, NJ 4/3/2025 idavox.com/index.php/20...

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Annual Armenian-Genocide Lecture "131 Years of Armenian Genocide and Counting" With Dr. Henry Theriault, Assoc. Provost, Worcester State University April 21, 2025 — Zoom only Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

131 Years of Armenian Genocide and Counting Dr. Henry Theriault, Associate Provost, Worcester State University April 21, 2025, 8:00 - 9:30 pm via Zoom. Dr. Henry Theriault, Associate Provost, Worcester State University April 21, 2025, 8:00 - 9:30 pm via Zoom. Dr. Theriault will situate the events of 2023 in a history of genocide and displacement that began with the Ottoman massacres of 1894 and continued, in various forms, reflecting the emergence of nation-states during the interwar period and the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. Over the past four decades, the center of antiArmenian-ism has shifted to Azerbaijan.

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Educator Workshop Tues., May 20th /8:30 am - 3:00 pm / Ramapo College "Belonging: Reconsidering Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other Racisms" with Ben Lorber PD credits available. Space is limited. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ramapo-chg... @ramapocollegenj.bsky.social

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College
Holocaust and Genocide Educator Workshop, Spring 2025

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 / 8:30 am - 3:00 pm / Ramapo College

With Ben Lorber, Author and Expert, and Jacob Labendz, CHGS Director

This program is free and open to regional educators. Breakfast and lunch will be served. PD credits available.

Reserve space by following the QR Code or by visiting www.ramapo.edu/holocaust/educator-workshops

The graphic includes a picture of the cover of the book Mr. Lorber published with Shane Barley, "Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism"

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

"Making History at Ramapo College" - Learn about our history program, its students, and our embrace of digital humanities. Featuring the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies w comments from students and dir. @labendz.bsky.social. @ramapocollegenj.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX3I...

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Making History at Ramapo College

YouTube video by Ramapo College

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Join us tomorrow night!!!! Tuesday, April 8 at 6:30 pm (webinar only) Genocide Briefing: Sudan Danica Damplo, Policy Manager Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Genocide Briefing: Sudan

Danica Damplo, Policy Manager
Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Tuesday, April 8 at 6:30 pm (webinar only)

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

CHGS Director @labendz.bsky.social in conversation with @mxscottkernest.bsky.social and @tylerdipeppe.bsky.social at Ridgewood Public Library on April 3, 2025. It was an incredible evening. Give it a watch! @ramapocollegenj.bsky.social

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Jacob Ari Labendz (Lion Swan) @labendz.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Lord Pickles is right that our institutions aren't prepared for the passing of the survivor generation. Yet Pickles responds wrongheadedly. I've been developing new pedagogies & giving talks about the future of Holocaust ed. Invite me to speak with your community/org. www.thejc.com/news/politic...

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Lord Pickles: We aren’t prepared for the impact on Holocaust education of there being no survivors - The Jewish Chronicle

The outgoing Special Envoy for post-Holocaust Issues also pressed Parliament to support the new Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Westminster during an exclusive interview with the JC.

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

There is still space. Please join us for an important and, I can almost guarantee, toms of fun.

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

If you are in the Bergen County (NJ) area, please join us for a timely and meaningful discussion with former white nationalists Tyler Parker-DiPeppe and Scott Kelley Ernest (apologies for the naming mistake in the flier). Registration required ridgewoodlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/lea...

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Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of NJ @chgs-ramapo.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Contemporary Germany Dr. Armin Langer, University of Florida Friday, March 28 from 10:00 - 11:30 am Zoom only — Register in Advance Below To register use the QR Code or visit www.ramapo.edu/holocaust/Ce... @ramapocollegenj.bsky.social

Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Contemporary Germany
Friday, March 28 from 10:00 - 11:30 am
Zoom only — Register in Advance Below

Dr. Armin Langer, University of Florida

Open Classroom Series. We invite the public to join Ramapo students as they learn from guest speakers in courses related to Holocaust and genocide studies. We will prioritize student participation before allowing members of the public to ask questions or comment.

To register in advance use the QR Code or visit https://www.ramapo.edu/holocaust/Center-Events

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