Informal Educators and Student Influencers on College Campuses – December 16 – 24, 2024 – Jerusalem, Israel

The seminar for Informal Educators and Student Influencers on College Campuses is a nine-day, intensive program for informal educators and student influencers who are on the front lines of battling Antisemitism on College Campuses. The seminar focuses on helping educators develop the skills needed to create programs and content for students where Antisemitism can be discussed and studied and misinformation and distortions can be confronted and corrected. The seminar will examine the history of Antisemitism, Unique permutations of Antisemitism, and how Antisemitism is prevalent today.  There will be focus on Antisemitism as expressed in Anti-Israel propaganda, and  Holocaust Distortion and Denial.  By using the unique Yad Vashem pedagogical approach to history, modeled lessons, and workshops plus the ongoing collegial interaction during the seminar, participants will be engaged and empowered to create individual programs geared to battle Antisemitism both in small groups and community programs

Included in the topics studied, under the guidance of world famous professors, teachers, and educators are; The History of Antisemitism, What is Unique About Nazi Antisemitism?, Modern Antisemitism, Antisemitism in National and Communal Politics, The Rise and Differences of Antisemitism on the Political Right and Left, What we Can Learn from Examining the Jewish Response to the Rise of Nazism in Germany 1933 -38?  As well, there will be time devoted to the unique challenges faced by different Campus groups and how they have been dealt with.

In order to be considered eligible for this seminar you must currently be a student on Campus or an Educator involved in Campus activities. 

For more information please contact Rabbi Moshe Cohn at moshe.cohn@yadvashem.org.il  

In order to apply please click here: https://forms.yadvashem.org/event-registration-intl?id=SE-1717