Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Book Discussion with author Seth Stern: "Speaking Yiddish to Chickens: Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms"

The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center presented a virtual book discussion with author Seth Stern. Seth Stern is a legal journalist and author of "Speaking Yiddish to Chickens: Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms (Rutgers University Press, 2023)." He is the grandson of Holocaust survivors who settled on a Vineland, New Jersey, chicken farm. Stern is an editor at Bloomberg Industry Group and has co-authored "Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010)" and is a graduate of Harvard Law School.

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Lessons of Hope and Resilience: Stories of Holocaust Survivors in Cumberland County

Lessons of Hope and Resilience: Stories of Holocaust Survivors in Cumberland County, presented by Dr. Michael Hayse and Gail Rosenthal, highlighted stories of Holocaust survivors from Cumberland County.

 Tuesday, April 26, 2022

YOM HASHOAH

Unto Every Person There Is A Name

Dr. Michael Berenbaum, historian, author, and scholar of the Holocaust who was Stockton's Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Professor of Holocaust Studies (1999 - 2000) interviewed Betty Grebenshikoff, Holocaust survivor who was an eyewitness to Kristallnacht in Berlin, Germany and fled with her parents to Shanghai, China.

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Profiles of Local Holocaust Survivor Owned Businesses in South Jersey

The presentation “Profiles of Local Holocaust Survivor Owned Businesses in South Jersey” highlights businesses established by Holocaust survivors in Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland Counties. These are profiles of businesses that were founded, owned, and/or managed by Holocaust Survivors in southern New Jersey. These resilient individuals and their families arrived in the United States as refugees from Nazi controlled Europe. Stockton University student, George Quinn, who received a Stockton University Board of Trustee Fellowship for Distinguished Students in Spring Semester 2022, created these profiles of Holocaust Survivor owned businesses in Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland Counties. Under the direction of Dr. Michael Hayse, Associate Professor of Historical Studies, and supported by other Stockton students, including MAHG students, these stories of resilience will become a permanent part of the larger Digital Archive and Exhibition Project of Holocaust Survivors in Southern New Jersey at the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center.

Monday, April 11, 2022

Russia's War on Ukraine: Reflections of Ukrainian Holocaust Scholars and Educators"

A panel discussion was moderated by Natalya Lazar, Ph.D., United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Raz Segal, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Stockton University.

Thursday, March 31, 2022

39th Annual Holocaust Awareness Program Presents: "The Betrayal of Anne Frank."

Atlantic Cape Community College and Stockton University's Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center Present "The Betrayal of Anne Frank," the 39th annual Holocaust Awareness program via Zoom. This program was designed for students (grades 5-12 and college/university), educators, and community members. A Zoom discussion was held, followed by a question and answer session regarding the cold case team investigation about who and why Anne Frank's family was betrayed. Presenters are Jan Erik Dubbelman, Emeritus Director of International Education Projects at the Anne Frank House, and Dr. Dienke Hondius of Vrije University in Amsterdam, the Ida E King Distinguished Visiting Professor of Holocaust Studies at Stockton University - Spring 2020.

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Waste and Recycling from Nazi Germany to the World Around Us Today

The Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program and the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University presented this conversation commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Dr. Anne Berg and Dr. Carl Zimring discussed the links between waste, recycling, and state violence that are key in addressing the urgent environmental and political challenges we face.

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Discussion with the Filmmakers: "Paper Spiders" at Stockton University

Stockton students were invited to attend a Zoom discussion with the filmmakers of "Paper Spiders" on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. The event supported learning objectives related to mental health disorders, family relationships and/or filmmaking and storytelling. Special thanks to the filmmakers Natalie and Inon Shampanier for sharing their film and their time with our students.

Sunday, December 5, 2021

Book Launch Event Led by Dr. Michael Berenbaum and Mindelle Pierce:

LOVE WITH NO TOMORROW

Learn about love, joy and passion that took root among young Jews in ghettos and concentration camps, in hiding and in the killing fields of the Holocaust when tomorrow was precarious and all that there could be was today. The event featured Dr. Michael Berenbaum, scholar of the Holocaust, author, and educator, and Mindelle Pierce, Second Generation after the Shoah, and author of Love With No Tomorrow: Tales of Romance During the Holocaust.

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

The Annual Kristallnacht Lecture:

THE NOVEMBER POGROM OF 1938

(Online via Zoom)

Drawing on oral history testimonies of Holocaust survivors who lived in South Jersey, Dr. Michael Hayse explored Kristallnacht as an important turning point for Jews in Germany and Austria. 

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Stockton University Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Alumni Panel Discussion: Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education (Online via Zoom)

Learn from MAHG alumni who are now working as Holocaust and genocide educators in museums and institutes across the United States. The panelists discussed current opportunities available in the field of Holocaust and genocide education and key issues and challenges for those teaching Holocaust and genocide studies in the classroom and beyond. Dr. Jordan Corson, Assistant Professor of Education and Affiliated MAHG faculty, and Dr.Mary Johnson, Adjunct Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University, moderated the panel. Attendees had the opportunity to raise questions for discussion with the panelists.

Thursday, October 21, 2021

IN HONOR OF MULTICULTURAL MONTH AT STOCKTON UNIVERSITY

Virtual Book Presentation: The Mexican of Buchenwald

By Julio Godínez

Recording of our conversation with author and journalist, Julio Godínez, who discussed his new book, El mexicano de Buchenwald (The Mexican of Buchenwald). The book tells the unknown and brave story of one of the few Mexicans captured by the Nazis.

Julio Godínez is a Mexican journalist specialized in international current affairs. Godínez has reported for Newsweek en Español, Esquire Latin America, & GQ.

"A Dream, A Journey, A Community: A Nostalgic Look at Jewish Businesses in and Around Atlantic City," presentation by Leo Schoffer

Leo Schoffer grew up the child of immigrants who came to Atlantic County looking to establish a new life. Pre-casino Atlantic City during the early 20th century is full of stories about immigrants like Leo’s parents who came to Atlantic City and established businesses that became the center of the city's commercial culture. Through interviews of people who grow up in the Atlantic City of the 30s, 40s and 50s, Leo will share fond stories of the many Jewish businesses that lined the avenues and the boardwalk through family photos of our local Jewish community. For more information, please watch the video based on the book, "A Dream, A Journey, A Community: A Nostalgic Look at Jewish Businesses in and Around Atlantic City:" https://youtu.be/FzddOSgHD0o​ The presentation was sponsored by the Board of Jewish Education of Atlantic and Cape May Counties.

"The Courage to Care," lecture by Dr. Carol Rittner

Dr. Carol Rittner, RSM, is Distinguished Professor of Holocaust & Genocide Studies Emerita, and Dr. Marsha Raticoff Grossman Professor of Holocaust Studies Emerita at Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey. She has published numerous books and articles on the Holocaust and other genocides of the 20th century. Dr. Rittner has worked and lectured in both the Republic and the north of Ireland, the UK, Australia, Sweden, Israel, and Cambodia.

"Depending Upon Each Other In A Time of Choiceless Choices," lecture by Dr. Michael Berenbaum

This lecture is presented by Dr. Michael Berenbaum. Dr. Michael Berenbaum is an internationally renowned educator, historian, and scholar of the Holocaust. He is author of twelve books, scores of scholarly articles, and hundreds of journalistic pieces. Dr. Berenbaum is also the former Ida E. King Distinguished. Professor of Holocaust Studies at Stockton University. In this lecture, Dr. Berenbaum discusses the term "choiceless choices." A term coined by influential theorist Lawrence Langer.

"My Father: One of the Original Tuskegee Airmen of World War II" - Thursday, February 20, 2020

In honor of Black History Month at Stockton University, the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, SANKOFA, Office of Military & Veteran Services, Office of Student Development, and UNIDOS present "My Father: One of the Original Tuskegee Airmen of World War II." 

"Mothers in Search for their Missing Children" Lecture by Lucía de los Ángeles Díaz Genao - Thursday, October 17, 2019

The Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program present, as a part of the Globalization Lecture Series: "Mothers in Search for their Missing Children" with Lucía de los Ángeles Díaz Genao. Ms. Díaz Genao is one of the founders of "Colectivo Solecito de Veracruz," a grassroots group of mothers searching for their missing loved ones in Mexico's Gulf state of Veracruz, who the state has abducted and murdered in the course of its "war on crime" in the last 13 years. In 2013, Lucía de Los Ángeles Díaz Genao's son disappeared, and she later found that he was a victim of narcoterrorism. Genao formed the Colectivo to help other mothers in similar situations. The group then discovered one of the largest mass graves in Mexico.

"Americans To The Rescue: Efforts To Save Imperiled People During The Nazi Era" - Thursday, March 22, 2018

Dr. Deborah Dwork, Rose Professor of Holocaust History and Founding Director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University will present "Americans To The Rescue: Efforts To Save Imperiled People During The Nazi Era."

"NOT ACCEPTING REFUGEES: The Evian Conference of 1938 and its Relevance Today"

Dr. Paul Bartrop, Professor of History at Florida Gulf Coast University in fort Meyers, Florida presents "NOT ACCEPTING REFUGEES: The Evian Conference of 1938 and its Relevance Today."