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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Terezin Music Foundation / 857-222-8263 / [email protected]
December 12, 2016
Holocaust Organizations, Scholars and Educators Sound Alarm on Surge in Hate Crimes
Issue Call to Action to Lawmakers, Media, and Citizens
In a powerful statement, an international group of Holocaust institutions, scholars, and educators around the world denounce racism and sound the alarm on the rise of intolerance, hate speech, and hate crimes. These ninety institutions and seventy-one individuals urge lawmakers and the media to disempower white nationalist groups. Terezín Music Foundation is proud to be among the signatories.
The statement is as follows:
Recent months have seen a surge in unabashed racism and hate speech – including blatant antisemitism and attacks on Hispanics, Muslims, African-Americans, women, the LGBTQ community, as well as other targeted groups. Journalists have been threatened. Places of worship, schools and playgrounds have been defaced with Nazi symbols intended to intimidate and arouse fear. White supremacist groups have become self- congratulatory and emboldened.
As Holocaust scholars, educators and institutions, we are alarmed by these trends. History teaches us that intolerance, unchecked, leads to persecution and violence. We denounce racism and the politics of fear that fuels it. We stand in solidarity with all vulnerable groups. We take Elie Wiesel’s words to heart: “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.”
Therefore, we call upon all elected officials as well as all civic and religious leaders to forcefully and explicitly condemn the rise in hate speech and any attacks on our democratic principles. We call upon all media and social media platforms to refuse to provide a stage for hate groups and thus normalize their agenda. And we call upon all people of good conscience to be vigilant, to not be afraid, and to speak out.
This statement is co-authored by members of the Association of Holocaust Organizations, a network dedicated to the advancement of Holocaust education, remembrance and research, and is affirmed by the following institutions and individuals:
Organizational Signatories
Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, Steven Goldstein, Executive Director, New York, NY
Birmingham Holocaust Education Center, Rebecca C. Dobrinski, Executive Director, Birmingham, AL
CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Kiel Majewski, Executive Director, Terre Haute, IN
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education, College of Saint Elizabeth Dr. Amy Weiss, Director, Morristown, NJ
The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education, Sarah Weiss, Executive Director, Cincinnati, OH
Center for Holocaust Awareness & Information (CHAI), Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester Bonnie Abrams, Director, Rochester, NY
Center for Holocaust, Genocide, & Human Rights Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Prof. John Cox, Director, Charlotte, NC
Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education (CHHANGE), Brookdale Community College Dale Daniels, Executive Director, Lincroft, NJ
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies, Appalachian State University
Prof. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Director, Boone, NC
The Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism, Museum of Jewish Heritage -- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust Abraham H. Foxman, Director, New York, NY
Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Sonoma State University
Prof. Myrna Goodman, Director, Rohnert Park, CA
Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College
Prof. Henry Knight, Director Keene, NH
The Colorado Holocaust Educators, Todd Hennessy, Director, Denver, CO
Columbia Holocaust Education Commission, Lilly S. Filler, M.D., Co-Chair Lyssa Harvey, Co-Chair, Columbia, SC
The Council of Holocaust Educators, Colleen Tambuscio, President, Trenton, NJ
Darfur and Beyond, Cory Williams, Co-Founder, Phoenix, AZ
Dayton Holocaust Resource Center, Dr. Renate Frydman, Director, Dayton, OH
El Paso Holocaust Museum & Study Center, Lori Shepherd, Executive Director, El Paso, TX
Esther Raab Holocaust Museum & Goodwin Education Center, Helen Kirschbaum, Director, Cherry Hill, NJ
Evidence of Holocaust, Yakov Zakon, Director, Chicago, IL
Eyes from the Ashes Educational Foundation, Ann Weiss, Director, Bryn Mawr, PA
Facing History and Ourselves, Roger Brooks, President and CEO; Julie Leff, Chair, Board of Directors, Brookline, MA
Finnish Holocaust Remembrance Association, Oula Silvennoinen, Chairman, Helsinki, Finland
Fundación Memoria Viva, Karen Codner, CEO, Santiago, Chile
Galicia Jewish Museum, Jakub Nowakowski, Director, Krakow, Poland
Generations of the Shoah International (GSI), Esther Finder, Member of the Coordinating Council
Gulf Coast Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education, Dr. Donald Berry, Co-Director, Mobile, AL
Haiti Jewish Refugee Legacy Project, Harriet and Bill Mohr, Founders, Menlo Park, CA
The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Queensborough Community College, CUNY Dr. Dan Leshem, Director, Bayside, NY
Herbert and Leonard Littman Families Holocaust Resource Center, Rutgers University
Karen Small, Associate Director, New Brunswick, NJ
Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center, Millie Jasper, Executive Director, White Plains, NY
Holocaust Center for Humanity, Dee Simon, Executive Director, Seattle, WA
Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, Dr. Lauren Bairnsfather, Director, Pittsburgh, PA
The Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Elena Barr Baum, Director, Virginia Beach, VA
The Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest, Barbara Wind, Director, Whippany, NJ
Holocaust Education and Programming Center, Wagner College, Prof. Lori R. Weintrob, Director, Staten Island, NY
Holocaust Education Resource Council, Barbara Goldstein, Executive Director, Tallahassee, FL
Holocaust Educational Foundation, Northwestern University Sarah Cushman, Director, Evanston, IL
Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project, Monroe Community College
Prof. Regina Fabbro, Endowed Chair, Rochester, NY
Holocaust Learning and Education Fund, Inc., Craig R. Weiner, President, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County, Steven Markowitz, Chair, Board of Directors, Glen Cove, NY
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, Sharon Horowitz, Executive Director, Miami Beach, FL
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, Ellen Ollervidez, Director, San Antonio, TX
Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida, Pam Kancher, Executive Director, Maitland, FL
Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, Jean Cavender, Executive Director, St. Louis, MO
Holocaust Museum Houston, Dr. Kelly J. Zúñiga, CEO, Houston, TX
Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo, Mara Koven-Gelman, Executive Director, Buffalo, NY
Holocaust Survivors & Friends Education Center, Shelly Z. Shapiro, Director, Albany, NY
Holocaust Theater International Initiative, National Jewish Theater Foundation Arnold Mittelman, President, Coral Gables, FL
Human Security Initiative, Dr. Gregory Weeks, Director, Vienna, Austria
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Susan L. Abrams, CEO, Skokie, IL
Institute for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Raritan Valley Community College Peppy Margolis, Director, Branchburg, NJ
Institute for Holocaust Education, Liz Feldstern, Executive Director, Omaha, NE
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, Jeremy Burton, Executive Director, Boston, MA
Jewish Federation of Greater Austin, Beth McDaniel, Director of Genocide Prevention, Austin, TX
Jewish Labor Committee, Arieh Lebowitz, Associate Director, New York, NY
Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation, Elliott Felson, President, San Francisco, CA
The Julius and Dorothy Koppelman Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center, Rider University
Prof. Harvey R. Kornberg, Director, Lawrenceville, NJ
The Kindertransport Association, Melissa Hacker, President, New York, NY
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Beth Kean, Interim Director, Los Angeles, CA
The Memorial Library and Art Collection of the Second World War, David A. Field, Vice-President, New York, NY
The Memory Project Productions, Laurie Weisman, Executive Director, New York, NY
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, Michael S. Glickman, President & CEO, New York, NY
Music of Remembrance, Mina Miller, President & Artistic Director, Seattle, WA
National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education, Seton Hill University Prof. Tim Crain, Director, Greensburg, PA
New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, Lawrence M. Glaser, Executive Director, Trenton, NJ
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Judith Margles, Director, Portland, OR
Philadelphia Center on the Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights, Dr. Marcia Sachs Littell, President, Philadelphia, PA
The Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanit, Western Washington University, Prof. Sandra Alfers, Founding Director, Bellingham, WA
Remember the Women Institute, Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, Founder and Director, New York, NY
Remember Us, Samara Hutman, Director, Santa Monica, CA
Ruth Fajerman Markowicz Holocaust Resource Center of Greater Toledo Ohio, Hindea Markowicz, Director, Sylvania, OH
The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center, May-Ronny Zeidman, Executive Director, Providence, RI
Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, Stockton University Gail Rosenthal, Director, Galloway, NJ
The Selden K. Smith Foundation for Holocaust Education, Minda Miller, Chair, Columbia, SC
Sousa Mendes Foundation, Olivia Mattis, Ph.D., President, Huntington, NY
The South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation, Richard Freedman, Director, Cape Town, South Africa
South Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Eileen Chepenik, Chair Columbia, SC
The Sparks Fly Upward Foundation, Cathy Lesser Mansfield, Executive Director, Des Moines, IA
Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center, Susan Dubin, Librarian, Las Vegas, NV
Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice, Queens University of Charlotte Talli Dippold, Assistant Director, Charlotte, NC
The Strochlitz Foundation, Romana Strochlitz Primus, President, New London, CT
Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity and Human Understanding, Steven Schrier, Executive Director, Selden, NY
Terezín Music Foundation, Mark D. Ludwig, Executive Director, Boston, MA
Tolerance Minnesota, Susie Greenberg, Associate, Minneapolis, MN
Virginia Holocaust Museum, Charles Coulomb, Interim Executive Director, Richmond, VA
Voices of the Generations, Julie Kohner, CEO, Los Angeles, CA
Weinberg Center for Holocaust Education, The Breman Museum, Liliane Kshensky Baxter, Ph.D., Director, Atlanta, GA
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide, Ben Barkow, Director, London, United Kingdom
World Without Genocide, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D., Executive Director, St. Paul, MN
Individual Signatories
Prof. Mehnaz Afridi, Director, Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY
Prof. Taner Akçam, Chair Armenian Genocide Studies, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Clark University, Worcester, MA
Ethan Bensinger, Documentary Filmmaker Bensinger Global Media, Deerfield, IL
Prof. Michael Berenbaum, Director, Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust American Jewish University, Los Angeles, CA
Solvej Berlau, Project Manager
Danish Institute for International Studies Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. Emerita Mira Binford, Department of Communications Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT
Mitchell Bloomer, Resource Teacher, Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida Maitland, FL
Prof. Emeritus Randolph Braham Department of Political Science The Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY
Dr. Linda Burghardt, Scholar-in-Residence, Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County Glen Cove, NY
Nancy Civin, Holocaust Educator Baltimore, MD
Prof. Richard Clark, Department of Sociology and Criminology John Carroll University
University Heights, OH
Melissa Cohen, Program Coordinator, Martin-Springer Institute Flagstaff, AZ
Beth Dotan, Founding Director Institute for Holocaust Education Omaha, NE
Susan H. Dubin, Library Consultant Off the Shelf Library Services Henderson, NE
Prof. Debórah Dwork, Founding Director, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Clark University
Worcester, MA
Matthew Faulkner, Program Coordinator Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio San Antonio, TX
Dr. Tamara Reps Freeman, President Holocaust Music LLC, Saddle River, NJ
Prof. Jonathan Friedman, Department of History West Chester University West Chester, PA
Prof. Alan Goldberg, School of Education Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
Dr. Henry Greenspan, Faculty Scholar, Mellon Institute on Arts-Academic Integration University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Larry Grimes, Holocaust Educator Tampa, FL
Bonnie Gurewitsch, C.A., Former Archivist/Curator, Museum of Jewish Heritage -- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
Marco Gutewort, Historian, Castle and Memorial Site Lichtenburg, Bad Schmiedeberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Marilyn Harran, Ph.D., Director, Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education Chapman University
Orange, CA
Joyce Hess, Board President, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education Overland Park, KS
Kent Hirschfelder, Past Chair Holocaust Museum & Learning Center St. Louis, MO
Amanda J. Hornberger, Coordinator, Lakin Holocaust Library & Resource Center Reading, PA
Prof. Sara R. Horowitz, Department of Humanities York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prof. Paul B. Jaskot, Chair Faculty Academic Council Holocaust Education Foundation DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Marcia Reines Josephy Josephy Exhibitions Los Angeles, CA
Prof. Emeritus Marty J. Kalb, Department of Fine Arts Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH
Prof. Joshua Kavaloski, Director, Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study Drew University
Madison, NJ
Rositta E. Kenigsberg, 2nd Generation Golden Isles, FL
Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Holocaust Author and Educator Miami Beach, FL
Prof. David S. Koffman, Department of History York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prof. Patricia A. Kress, Department of Psychology Monroe Community College Rochester, NY
Prof. Bjorn Krondorfer, Director Martin-Springer Institute Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ
Ilana Krygier Lapides, Director Holocaust & Human Rights Education Calgary Jewish Federation, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sonia Marie Leikam, Holocaust Educator and Anti-Genocide Activist Portland, OR
Prof. Laura Levitt, Department of Religion Temple University Philadelphia, PA
Prof. Emeritus Kevin, Lewis Department of Religious Studies University of South Carolina Columbia, SC
Margaret Lincoln, Ph.D., Librarian, Lakeview School District Battle Creek, MI
Holly Mandelkern, Holocaust Educator and Author Winter Park, FL
Mel Mann, Executive Director Friends of the March of the Living Miami, FL
Prof. David A. Meola, Department of History University of South Alabama Mobile, AL
Jeffrey Allen Miller, Immediate Past President, Holocaust Memorial Resources and Education Center of Florida Orlando, FL
Stephen Naron, Director, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies Yale University
New Haven, CT
Jud Newborn, Ph.D., Holocaust Historian, Author, Lecturer
The White Rose Resistance Project for the Advancement of Civil Courage New York, NY
Nancy Powell, Benefactor, The Powell Heller Holocaust Education Conference Gig Harbor, WA
Prof. Dan J. Puckett, Department of History Troy University Montgomery, AL
Mary Jane Rein, Ph.D., Executive Director, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Clark University
Worcester, MA
Dr. Michael A. Riff, Director, The Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJ
Prof. Ann L. Saltzman, Director Emerita Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study Drew University, Madison, NJ
Dr. Carl R. Schulkin, Holocaust Educator Laguna Niguel, CA
Prof. Emerita Harriet Sepinwall, Former Co-Director Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
Aley Sheer, Manager, Leo Martin March of the Living Miami, FL
Prof. Emeritus Arthur Shostak, Department of Sociology Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
Dr. William L. Shulman, President Association of Holocaust Organizations New York, NY
Prof. Angelique Stevens
Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project Monroe Community College
Rochester, NY
Marsha Tishler, Holocaust Educator and Survivor Rockville, MD, Prof. Emeritus Samuel Totten School of Education, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR
Prof. Steven Wasserstrom Department of Judaic Studies, Reed College Portland, OR
Dr. Ronald Weisberger, Director Holocaust Center, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
Dr. Leon Weissberg, Holocaust Educator LTW Educational Consultants Hollywood, FL
Prof. Lenore J. Weitzman, Vice-President, Jewish Book Council Visiting Scholar, NYU Department of History New York, NY
Mark Weitzman, Director of Governmental Affairs Simon Wiesenthal Center
New York, NY
Prof. Daniel Wildeson, Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
Jamie L. Wraight, Ph.D., Director, The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI
Dr. Bill Younglove, Ed.D., Holocaust Educator Lakewood, CA
Jean Zeldin, Executive Director, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education Overland Park, KS
Gail G. Ziegler, LISW-S, Senior Manager, Jewish Family Service Center for Holocaust Survivors Cincinnati, OH
Contact: Terezin Music Foundation / 857-222-8263 / [email protected]
December 12, 2016
Holocaust Organizations, Scholars and Educators Sound Alarm on Surge in Hate Crimes
Issue Call to Action to Lawmakers, Media, and Citizens
In a powerful statement, an international group of Holocaust institutions, scholars, and educators around the world denounce racism and sound the alarm on the rise of intolerance, hate speech, and hate crimes. These ninety institutions and seventy-one individuals urge lawmakers and the media to disempower white nationalist groups. Terezín Music Foundation is proud to be among the signatories.
The statement is as follows:
Recent months have seen a surge in unabashed racism and hate speech – including blatant antisemitism and attacks on Hispanics, Muslims, African-Americans, women, the LGBTQ community, as well as other targeted groups. Journalists have been threatened. Places of worship, schools and playgrounds have been defaced with Nazi symbols intended to intimidate and arouse fear. White supremacist groups have become self- congratulatory and emboldened.
As Holocaust scholars, educators and institutions, we are alarmed by these trends. History teaches us that intolerance, unchecked, leads to persecution and violence. We denounce racism and the politics of fear that fuels it. We stand in solidarity with all vulnerable groups. We take Elie Wiesel’s words to heart: “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.”
Therefore, we call upon all elected officials as well as all civic and religious leaders to forcefully and explicitly condemn the rise in hate speech and any attacks on our democratic principles. We call upon all media and social media platforms to refuse to provide a stage for hate groups and thus normalize their agenda. And we call upon all people of good conscience to be vigilant, to not be afraid, and to speak out.
This statement is co-authored by members of the Association of Holocaust Organizations, a network dedicated to the advancement of Holocaust education, remembrance and research, and is affirmed by the following institutions and individuals:
Organizational Signatories
Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, Steven Goldstein, Executive Director, New York, NY
Birmingham Holocaust Education Center, Rebecca C. Dobrinski, Executive Director, Birmingham, AL
CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Kiel Majewski, Executive Director, Terre Haute, IN
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education, College of Saint Elizabeth Dr. Amy Weiss, Director, Morristown, NJ
The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education, Sarah Weiss, Executive Director, Cincinnati, OH
Center for Holocaust Awareness & Information (CHAI), Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester Bonnie Abrams, Director, Rochester, NY
Center for Holocaust, Genocide, & Human Rights Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Prof. John Cox, Director, Charlotte, NC
Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education (CHHANGE), Brookdale Community College Dale Daniels, Executive Director, Lincroft, NJ
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies, Appalachian State University
Prof. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Director, Boone, NC
The Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism, Museum of Jewish Heritage -- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust Abraham H. Foxman, Director, New York, NY
Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Sonoma State University
Prof. Myrna Goodman, Director, Rohnert Park, CA
Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College
Prof. Henry Knight, Director Keene, NH
The Colorado Holocaust Educators, Todd Hennessy, Director, Denver, CO
Columbia Holocaust Education Commission, Lilly S. Filler, M.D., Co-Chair Lyssa Harvey, Co-Chair, Columbia, SC
The Council of Holocaust Educators, Colleen Tambuscio, President, Trenton, NJ
Darfur and Beyond, Cory Williams, Co-Founder, Phoenix, AZ
Dayton Holocaust Resource Center, Dr. Renate Frydman, Director, Dayton, OH
El Paso Holocaust Museum & Study Center, Lori Shepherd, Executive Director, El Paso, TX
Esther Raab Holocaust Museum & Goodwin Education Center, Helen Kirschbaum, Director, Cherry Hill, NJ
Evidence of Holocaust, Yakov Zakon, Director, Chicago, IL
Eyes from the Ashes Educational Foundation, Ann Weiss, Director, Bryn Mawr, PA
Facing History and Ourselves, Roger Brooks, President and CEO; Julie Leff, Chair, Board of Directors, Brookline, MA
Finnish Holocaust Remembrance Association, Oula Silvennoinen, Chairman, Helsinki, Finland
Fundación Memoria Viva, Karen Codner, CEO, Santiago, Chile
Galicia Jewish Museum, Jakub Nowakowski, Director, Krakow, Poland
Generations of the Shoah International (GSI), Esther Finder, Member of the Coordinating Council
Gulf Coast Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education, Dr. Donald Berry, Co-Director, Mobile, AL
Haiti Jewish Refugee Legacy Project, Harriet and Bill Mohr, Founders, Menlo Park, CA
The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Queensborough Community College, CUNY Dr. Dan Leshem, Director, Bayside, NY
Herbert and Leonard Littman Families Holocaust Resource Center, Rutgers University
Karen Small, Associate Director, New Brunswick, NJ
Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center, Millie Jasper, Executive Director, White Plains, NY
Holocaust Center for Humanity, Dee Simon, Executive Director, Seattle, WA
Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, Dr. Lauren Bairnsfather, Director, Pittsburgh, PA
The Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Elena Barr Baum, Director, Virginia Beach, VA
The Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest, Barbara Wind, Director, Whippany, NJ
Holocaust Education and Programming Center, Wagner College, Prof. Lori R. Weintrob, Director, Staten Island, NY
Holocaust Education Resource Council, Barbara Goldstein, Executive Director, Tallahassee, FL
Holocaust Educational Foundation, Northwestern University Sarah Cushman, Director, Evanston, IL
Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project, Monroe Community College
Prof. Regina Fabbro, Endowed Chair, Rochester, NY
Holocaust Learning and Education Fund, Inc., Craig R. Weiner, President, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County, Steven Markowitz, Chair, Board of Directors, Glen Cove, NY
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, Sharon Horowitz, Executive Director, Miami Beach, FL
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, Ellen Ollervidez, Director, San Antonio, TX
Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida, Pam Kancher, Executive Director, Maitland, FL
Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, Jean Cavender, Executive Director, St. Louis, MO
Holocaust Museum Houston, Dr. Kelly J. Zúñiga, CEO, Houston, TX
Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo, Mara Koven-Gelman, Executive Director, Buffalo, NY
Holocaust Survivors & Friends Education Center, Shelly Z. Shapiro, Director, Albany, NY
Holocaust Theater International Initiative, National Jewish Theater Foundation Arnold Mittelman, President, Coral Gables, FL
Human Security Initiative, Dr. Gregory Weeks, Director, Vienna, Austria
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Susan L. Abrams, CEO, Skokie, IL
Institute for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Raritan Valley Community College Peppy Margolis, Director, Branchburg, NJ
Institute for Holocaust Education, Liz Feldstern, Executive Director, Omaha, NE
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, Jeremy Burton, Executive Director, Boston, MA
Jewish Federation of Greater Austin, Beth McDaniel, Director of Genocide Prevention, Austin, TX
Jewish Labor Committee, Arieh Lebowitz, Associate Director, New York, NY
Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation, Elliott Felson, President, San Francisco, CA
The Julius and Dorothy Koppelman Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center, Rider University
Prof. Harvey R. Kornberg, Director, Lawrenceville, NJ
The Kindertransport Association, Melissa Hacker, President, New York, NY
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Beth Kean, Interim Director, Los Angeles, CA
The Memorial Library and Art Collection of the Second World War, David A. Field, Vice-President, New York, NY
The Memory Project Productions, Laurie Weisman, Executive Director, New York, NY
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, Michael S. Glickman, President & CEO, New York, NY
Music of Remembrance, Mina Miller, President & Artistic Director, Seattle, WA
National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education, Seton Hill University Prof. Tim Crain, Director, Greensburg, PA
New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, Lawrence M. Glaser, Executive Director, Trenton, NJ
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Judith Margles, Director, Portland, OR
Philadelphia Center on the Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights, Dr. Marcia Sachs Littell, President, Philadelphia, PA
The Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanit, Western Washington University, Prof. Sandra Alfers, Founding Director, Bellingham, WA
Remember the Women Institute, Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, Founder and Director, New York, NY
Remember Us, Samara Hutman, Director, Santa Monica, CA
Ruth Fajerman Markowicz Holocaust Resource Center of Greater Toledo Ohio, Hindea Markowicz, Director, Sylvania, OH
The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center, May-Ronny Zeidman, Executive Director, Providence, RI
Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, Stockton University Gail Rosenthal, Director, Galloway, NJ
The Selden K. Smith Foundation for Holocaust Education, Minda Miller, Chair, Columbia, SC
Sousa Mendes Foundation, Olivia Mattis, Ph.D., President, Huntington, NY
The South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation, Richard Freedman, Director, Cape Town, South Africa
South Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Eileen Chepenik, Chair Columbia, SC
The Sparks Fly Upward Foundation, Cathy Lesser Mansfield, Executive Director, Des Moines, IA
Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center, Susan Dubin, Librarian, Las Vegas, NV
Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice, Queens University of Charlotte Talli Dippold, Assistant Director, Charlotte, NC
The Strochlitz Foundation, Romana Strochlitz Primus, President, New London, CT
Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity and Human Understanding, Steven Schrier, Executive Director, Selden, NY
Terezín Music Foundation, Mark D. Ludwig, Executive Director, Boston, MA
Tolerance Minnesota, Susie Greenberg, Associate, Minneapolis, MN
Virginia Holocaust Museum, Charles Coulomb, Interim Executive Director, Richmond, VA
Voices of the Generations, Julie Kohner, CEO, Los Angeles, CA
Weinberg Center for Holocaust Education, The Breman Museum, Liliane Kshensky Baxter, Ph.D., Director, Atlanta, GA
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide, Ben Barkow, Director, London, United Kingdom
World Without Genocide, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D., Executive Director, St. Paul, MN
Individual Signatories
Prof. Mehnaz Afridi, Director, Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY
Prof. Taner Akçam, Chair Armenian Genocide Studies, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Clark University, Worcester, MA
Ethan Bensinger, Documentary Filmmaker Bensinger Global Media, Deerfield, IL
Prof. Michael Berenbaum, Director, Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust American Jewish University, Los Angeles, CA
Solvej Berlau, Project Manager
Danish Institute for International Studies Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. Emerita Mira Binford, Department of Communications Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT
Mitchell Bloomer, Resource Teacher, Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida Maitland, FL
Prof. Emeritus Randolph Braham Department of Political Science The Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY
Dr. Linda Burghardt, Scholar-in-Residence, Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County Glen Cove, NY
Nancy Civin, Holocaust Educator Baltimore, MD
Prof. Richard Clark, Department of Sociology and Criminology John Carroll University
University Heights, OH
Melissa Cohen, Program Coordinator, Martin-Springer Institute Flagstaff, AZ
Beth Dotan, Founding Director Institute for Holocaust Education Omaha, NE
Susan H. Dubin, Library Consultant Off the Shelf Library Services Henderson, NE
Prof. Debórah Dwork, Founding Director, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Clark University
Worcester, MA
Matthew Faulkner, Program Coordinator Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio San Antonio, TX
Dr. Tamara Reps Freeman, President Holocaust Music LLC, Saddle River, NJ
Prof. Jonathan Friedman, Department of History West Chester University West Chester, PA
Prof. Alan Goldberg, School of Education Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
Dr. Henry Greenspan, Faculty Scholar, Mellon Institute on Arts-Academic Integration University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Larry Grimes, Holocaust Educator Tampa, FL
Bonnie Gurewitsch, C.A., Former Archivist/Curator, Museum of Jewish Heritage -- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
Marco Gutewort, Historian, Castle and Memorial Site Lichtenburg, Bad Schmiedeberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Marilyn Harran, Ph.D., Director, Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education Chapman University
Orange, CA
Joyce Hess, Board President, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education Overland Park, KS
Kent Hirschfelder, Past Chair Holocaust Museum & Learning Center St. Louis, MO
Amanda J. Hornberger, Coordinator, Lakin Holocaust Library & Resource Center Reading, PA
Prof. Sara R. Horowitz, Department of Humanities York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prof. Paul B. Jaskot, Chair Faculty Academic Council Holocaust Education Foundation DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Marcia Reines Josephy Josephy Exhibitions Los Angeles, CA
Prof. Emeritus Marty J. Kalb, Department of Fine Arts Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH
Prof. Joshua Kavaloski, Director, Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study Drew University
Madison, NJ
Rositta E. Kenigsberg, 2nd Generation Golden Isles, FL
Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Holocaust Author and Educator Miami Beach, FL
Prof. David S. Koffman, Department of History York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prof. Patricia A. Kress, Department of Psychology Monroe Community College Rochester, NY
Prof. Bjorn Krondorfer, Director Martin-Springer Institute Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ
Ilana Krygier Lapides, Director Holocaust & Human Rights Education Calgary Jewish Federation, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sonia Marie Leikam, Holocaust Educator and Anti-Genocide Activist Portland, OR
Prof. Laura Levitt, Department of Religion Temple University Philadelphia, PA
Prof. Emeritus Kevin, Lewis Department of Religious Studies University of South Carolina Columbia, SC
Margaret Lincoln, Ph.D., Librarian, Lakeview School District Battle Creek, MI
Holly Mandelkern, Holocaust Educator and Author Winter Park, FL
Mel Mann, Executive Director Friends of the March of the Living Miami, FL
Prof. David A. Meola, Department of History University of South Alabama Mobile, AL
Jeffrey Allen Miller, Immediate Past President, Holocaust Memorial Resources and Education Center of Florida Orlando, FL
Stephen Naron, Director, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies Yale University
New Haven, CT
Jud Newborn, Ph.D., Holocaust Historian, Author, Lecturer
The White Rose Resistance Project for the Advancement of Civil Courage New York, NY
Nancy Powell, Benefactor, The Powell Heller Holocaust Education Conference Gig Harbor, WA
Prof. Dan J. Puckett, Department of History Troy University Montgomery, AL
Mary Jane Rein, Ph.D., Executive Director, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Clark University
Worcester, MA
Dr. Michael A. Riff, Director, The Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJ
Prof. Ann L. Saltzman, Director Emerita Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study Drew University, Madison, NJ
Dr. Carl R. Schulkin, Holocaust Educator Laguna Niguel, CA
Prof. Emerita Harriet Sepinwall, Former Co-Director Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
Aley Sheer, Manager, Leo Martin March of the Living Miami, FL
Prof. Emeritus Arthur Shostak, Department of Sociology Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
Dr. William L. Shulman, President Association of Holocaust Organizations New York, NY
Prof. Angelique Stevens
Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project Monroe Community College
Rochester, NY
Marsha Tishler, Holocaust Educator and Survivor Rockville, MD, Prof. Emeritus Samuel Totten School of Education, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR
Prof. Steven Wasserstrom Department of Judaic Studies, Reed College Portland, OR
Dr. Ronald Weisberger, Director Holocaust Center, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
Dr. Leon Weissberg, Holocaust Educator LTW Educational Consultants Hollywood, FL
Prof. Lenore J. Weitzman, Vice-President, Jewish Book Council Visiting Scholar, NYU Department of History New York, NY
Mark Weitzman, Director of Governmental Affairs Simon Wiesenthal Center
New York, NY
Prof. Daniel Wildeson, Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
Jamie L. Wraight, Ph.D., Director, The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI
Dr. Bill Younglove, Ed.D., Holocaust Educator Lakewood, CA
Jean Zeldin, Executive Director, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education Overland Park, KS
Gail G. Ziegler, LISW-S, Senior Manager, Jewish Family Service Center for Holocaust Survivors Cincinnati, OH