News from the 19th Floor – Alfred Lerner Fellows – June 2024
News from the 19th Floor
2024 SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS
On June 22 we will welcome 22 middle and high school teachers and Holocaust center staff to the JFR’s 24th Summer Institute for Teachers (SIT). The program will be held at the Hilton Newark Airport and runs through Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Twelve leading Holocaust scholars will present at the program. The text for the SIT is How Was it Possible? A Holocaust Reader by Professor Peter Hayes.
HOW WAS IT POSSIBLE? HOLOCAUST CURRICULUM FOR AND BY TEACHERS™
The JFR new online program will be available on JFR’s website this summer. We have been working with a number of Lerner Fellows these past two years and we thank them for their participation. More on these Lerner Fellows in an upcoming email. For more information about this program, please reach out to Stanlee at [email protected].
THANK YOU TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
I would like to thank Dr. Yoram Bitton for inviting me to speak and present JFR’s documentary, “Footsteps of My Father” at the Library of Congress last month. It was an excellent program.
Proof of Life Forms
Each spring the JFR requests all supported rescuers to submit proof of life documentation to our office. This insures that we have up to date information on the rescuers we support. These documents are due in our office by July 1, 2024. Rescuers have begun sending us their documents and have included photographs. We thought we would share some of these photographs with you.
Bronislava K., Belarus
WE MOURN THE PASSING OF ALLA YESPIENKO
We mourn the passing of Alla Yespienko a Righteous Gentile from Ukraine. Alla lived in the Zaporizhzhia region. She died on May 5, 2024, at the age of 94. May her memory be a blessing.
LET US KNOW HOW YOUR HOLOCAUST UNIT OF STUDY WENT
As the school year ends, we would like to hear from you – how did your Holocaust unit of study go and what are your plans for teaching the Holocaust during the 2024-2025 academic year.
KEEP YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION CURRENT
If you change names, home address, telephone numbers, emails – please do let us know so we can keep your record current. And please let us know if you have retired from teaching!