Holocaust Educator Study Tour
About
A unique program that brings teachers and teacher candidates to sites of Jewish memory in Berlin and Poland, Holocaust Educator Study Tours are run biennially, dependant on funding. Our specific goal is to enhance their ability of Canadian educators to teach about the Holocaust in a meaningful and in-depth manner. The program is limited to 30 teacher participants and is led by professional Holocaust educators and, where possible, a Holocaust survivor.
By visiting historic sites of destruction (Auschwitz-Birkenau, Majdanek, Warsaw Ghetto and Wannsee Conference House), of Jewish culture (Neu Synagoge Berlin, Lublin Yeshiva) and of rescue (Otto Weidt Museum, Schindler’s Factory*) participants actively encounter living history. These encounters are supplemented with pedagogical methods and expertise to enable participants to teach about the Holocaust in new and meaningful ways when they return to their classrooms.
The program has been offered in 2005, 2008 and 2010 with participants from all parts of Canada.
The participants have been inspired to teach about the Holocaust in a manner that will make a difference in their classrooms and schools.
2012 Ride 2 Remember to Support the Study Tour
The Jewish Motorcyclists Alliance (JMA) is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2012 Ride 2 Remember (R2R) fundraising is the Holocaust Educators Study Tour which is organized under the auspices of the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre. The tour sends Canadian educators to Europe to learn about the Holocaust so that they may impart their knowledge and experience to their students.
The JMA will be holding the 8th annual and first Canadian R2R in Toronto on June 1, 2012. The Ride to Remember honours the memory of those that perished in the Holocaust. Every R2R is a fundraising effort the goal of which is to fund Holocaust education at local community centers, schools, museums, universities and colleges throughout the world. The JMA believes that we can make an important difference in the lives of the world’s future leaders by teaching the lessons of the Holocaust for the benefit of humanity.
The JMA’s mission statement: The objective of the JMA’s annual Ride to Remember is to support the teaching of today's youth to sustain the defining doctrine of all free men and women around the world; that people of all races and religions must be treated equally and without prejudice.
The Holocaust Educators Study Tour is perfectly aligned with the JMA’s fundraising objectives. The JMA is looking forward to achieving a milestone in 2012 to support the Holocaust Educators Study Tour.
The Neuberger gratefully acknowledges the support of the JMA and the R2R in supporting our work and enabling another Study Tour to take place in the future.
2010 Study Tour in the Warsaw Ghetto
2012 Ride 2 Remember
The Jewish Motorcyclists Alliance's 2012 Ride 2 Remember will support future Holocaust Educator Study Tours at the Neuberger. To donate, click here.
